N. N. Light's Book Heaven presents C J Bahr #authorspotlight #paranormalromance #supernaturalsuspense #pnr #mustread
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    • Apr 22
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N. N. Light's Book Heaven presents C J Bahr #authorspotlight #paranormalromance #supernaturalsuspense #pnr #mustread



Hi! I’m C J Bahr. After selling my first short story in my twenties to the first publisher I submitted (a one-hit wonder!), it took me twenty years to sell again. So in my late forties, my first full-length novel sold to The Wild Rose Press. I’m a late bloomer I guess. Now, I have four novels and participated in two anthologies. It’s never too late to achieve your dreams.

 

My love of writing started with a love for reading. My parents were avid readers and books always surrounded me. One of my earliest memories was of my parents reading together on the couch. When I finished a favorite story, I’d be bummed it was over, which had me creating new scenes for beloved characters. Eventually, I morphed into writing my own original tales. My love of romance was all from my mom, who devoured the genre. When I was fourteen, she passed away, so I dove into her book collection to feel closer to her.

 

I write paranormal romance, supernatural suspense, and fantasy/Sci-Fi. A mix of magic, darkness, action and adventure, with happily-ever-afters, is my jam. My current series, The Fire Chronicles, is a seven-book interconnect standalone series with three books currently released. The glue is seven Archangels. You can jump into the fire with any book, no need to read in order.

 

I’m embarking on a new writing adventure collaborating with my best friend on a contemporary sports romance series. We’re combining our mutual love of hockey and our writing talents. Keep an eye out for Lincoln: A Los Angeles Quakes Hockey Series, Book 1.

 

I live in Southern California in the town of Tarzana, named by Edgar Rice Burroughs in homage to his character, Tarzan. When I’m not editing or writing, you’ll find me visiting wineries, going to the beach, cheering on the L.A. Kings hockey team, cooking, and playing Cards Against Humanity with great friends while laughing so hard you might pee.

 

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Title Redeemed By Fire

Author C J Bahr

Genre Paranormal Romance

Publisher The Wild Rose Press

 

Book Blurb

 

New Orleans, hot sultry nights, and an ancient evil who makes the French Quarter home.

 

Cassanne Thomas returns to New Orleans to start her life over and becomes the target of a supernatural serial killer. Escaping her close call with death, Casi is the only witness to the crime and finds herself placed in protected custody by a handsome Cajun detective. But with her dark, troubled past, trusting the police is the last thing she wants to do.

 

Detective Lucas Avery, the top homicide detective in NOLA, is unaware of the supernatural world surrounding him. With the killer stalking the streets, he vows to shield the beautiful, enigmatic, Casi with his life while fighting his growing attraction to her. He's been burned before.

 

Danger chases Lucas and Casi from the streets of the French Quarter to the wilds of the bayou. Will they be able to stop a monster, straight out of a nightmare or become victims themselves?

 

Excerpt

 

Casi screamed and covered her ears, though too late. The loud boom made her ears ring. Who was shooting at them? She tried to see, but Luc’s weight had her effectively pinned. Squealing tires along with a string of Cajun curses from Luc, had Casi guessing the shooter had fled.

 

Luc holstered his weapon when Casi spotted the blood dripping off his arm.

 

“Oh my God!” She pushed at him. “Let me up. You’re hurt. You’re bleeding!”

 

Luc rolled off her and did as she asked, while gripping his thigh with both hands. Her gaze left his arm drawn to the blood oozing out between his fingers. The thigh wound appeared much more serious. She tugged her phone out and quickly dialed 911. But before it connected, Luc’s bloody fingers grabbed her phone and disconnected the call.

 

“We can’t call this in.” Luc exhaled harshly and gritted his teeth as once again, he applied pressure to his leg.

 

“You’re shot. You’re bleeding from multiple places. We need an ambulance!”

 

He shook his head. “Can’t. We need to leave. Now.”

 

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Title Forged In Fire

Author C J Bahr

Genre Paranormal Romance

Publisher The Wild Rose Press

 

Book Blurb

 

Beth Leighton moved to Scotland to marry the love of her life. But then he betrays her and she is fatally shot.  However, the Archangel Remiel interferes, and she awakes to find herself in 18th-century England. Alive but confused and lost, she wants to go home. Despite a roguish and handsome highwayman.

 

Christopher “Kit” Locke is haunted by his past mistakes and lives on danger’s edge, not caring if he lives or dies. He will leave that choice to Fate. Intrigued by the spirited Beth, he is drawn from his spiraling descent and is enlisted to help steal an evil artifact, the Viper’s Eye, a demonic soul-stealing jewel. 

 

While the Archangel and the Duke of Hell battle it out, both Beth and Kit must also fight evil. When the stone seeks Kit's soul can Beth's love keep him from falling victim to the Viper's Eye or will she lose Kit to Hell's fire

 

Excerpt

 

“So…” he drew the single word out.

 

She shivered. He was taller than her, but almost everyone was. He had to bend to whisper in her ear, his body enveloping her.

 

“What are you doing out alone in the woods, this dark and dreary night?” His soft words tickled her ear. “Dressed as you are?” He slowly removed one hand from his horse. The hand came to rest on her waist, just above her jeans. She felt a light caressing of his thumb on her cotton T-shirt. “So soft,” he murmured.

 

Beth wasn’t sure if she was meant to hear his last remark. His hand began to stroke upward until she felt the light brush of his fingertips against the side of her breast.

 

“Hey!” Beth spun in his embrace, so she now faced him, plastered against his front with the warmth of his horse seeping into her back. “Knock it off! I’m a married woman.” She held up her left hand and showed him her wedding rings.

 

He chuckled, grabbed her hand, and started to slide off her rings. “Stop!” She yanked her hand from his grasp. “What in the world do you think you’re doing?”

 

“What I am very, very, good at,” he replied from behind his mask while reaching for her hand again.

 

Beth whipped her hand behind her back. “You can’t have my rings.”

 

“Think of them as payment for services rendered.”

 

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Title Walking Through Fire

Author C J Bahr

Genre Paranormal Romance

Publisher The Wild Rose Press

 

Book Blurb

 

Tortured, trapped, he’d risk it all.

 

Simon MacKay, the last Earl of Cleitmuir, was murdered two hundred years ago because of his family’s dangerous legacy.  Alone and cursed he haunts his home to protect the lost treasure. A pastime that leaves him angry and embittered until he meets a feisty American tourist. Not only is Laurel sexy and beautiful, she can also see him in his ghostly form.

 

Antiquities expert, Laurel Saville, leaves Chicago to visit her best friend in the romantic Scottish Highlands.  She is saved from a tragic fall by the ghostly Simon. Once she realizes she is not crazy, she pledges to help him find his family’s missing artifact. A pledge hindered by treasure hunter Alex MacKenzie, a descendant of the clan that murdered Simon.

 

Laurel risks everything, including her life, to help Simon resolve the issues keeping him earthbound. But will she lose him forever or is there a way Laurel can keep him with her on this earthly plane?

 

Excerpt

 

“Well, lass. That was about the stupidest thing I’ve ever witnessed.”

 

Laurel jerked upwards at the low angry brogue. Stupid? She’d fallen off a horse, for crying out loud. It happens.

 

She peered into the dense fog trying to get a glimpse of the disembodied Scot. The thick mist swirled, thinned, and parted to reveal a pair of well-worn, brown riding boots with red cuffs at the top. Her eyes climbed higher, following the boots to a pair of large muscular thighs encased in dark-colored breeches. Her eyes continued upward, past the flat stomach, which led to a broad chest and shoulders covered in a mostly unbuttoned white shirt.

 

She craned her neck and finally saw his face. Roughly chiseled, he had a square jaw with high cheekbones, a slightly off-centered nose, and full lips pursed into a frown. She forced herself to meet his eyes, and her jaw dropped. The light gray eyes were almost opalescent against his dark lashes and black shoulder-length hair—eyes that pierced right through her.

 

“Every bloody year the tourists just get dumber,” he declared.

 

She clamped her mouth shut on a sharp retort and shook her head. “Gee, thanks for your concern. It’s not like I planned to fall off.” She started to push off the ground, but her right arm collapsed under her. Before she could fall back, the man reached her side and grabbed her good arm, pulling her to her feet.

 

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Title Valley Fever

Author C J Bahr

Genre Supernatural Suspense

 

Book Blurb

 

Sometimes the monsters don’t stay in the dark.

 

A devastating earthquake that rocks Southern California turns Jill Cassidy’s life upside down, but the quake is nothing compared to what looms on the horizon. Armed with determination and an incomplete graduate degree in geology, Jill embarks on a dangerous journey through a world of elves and monsters she had no idea existed.

 

Fae-prince Alden watched in horror as one of his own people released the Kolgardi, a hive intelligent race of monsters. Now the ancient evil roams free, feeding on humans and gaining in strength. Despite a judgment laid against him for a crime Alden didn’t commit, he is willing to risk execution to right the wrong and stop what awaits humanity.

 

Together, with a cynical reporter, Thomas Rainer, the unlikely trio stands together, determined to stop the Kolgardi.  Can they save mankind from extinction?

 

Excerpt

 

An audible groan drew Thomas’s attention. He saw Jill collapse to the ground. “Wow, she fainted.” He stood there dumbstruck.

 

He shot a glance over his shoulder at Alden and exchanged looks. With a nonverbal truce implied, Alden finally released his grip on his wrenched arm and they both rushed belatedly to her side.

 

“Jill?” Alden shook her gently.

 

“Out cold and no wonder. Who do you think you are?  Batman?”

 

“Why did you attack her?”

 

“I’m telling you I didn’t attack her. Oh hell, why am I defending myself to you? What are you doing here?” He glared at his ambusher. “You should get yourself out of here, ninja warrior. I think this lady has had enough of you for one day. I know I have.” Thomas reached for Jill’s keys on the ground next to her. Before he could stop him, the wanna-be Captain America scooped Jill into his arms.

 

“You couldn’t possibly carry her and get the door.” The man effortlessly stood while cradling her.

 

Thomas stood speechless for a moment. He didn’t have much of a choice with the guy standing there holding her. And obviously, he’d need to interview the boy wonder anyway.

 

“Just don’t drop her.” Massaging his sore shoulder, Thomas turned, searching for Jill’s condo, as Alden followed.

 

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