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Rika Ashton

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Once upon a time...okay so we've all heard that story, but how about this one?

This is the story a girl, who can't tell you her real name (it's nothing personal, she's just paranoid), but has aspirations towards fame and fortune (hey, who doesn't?)...

Rika Ashton, our favourite author (okay, maybe not everybody's, but most people...or a few...), was born and raised in Western Canada, but has dreams of seeing the entire world at least twice. (As if!)

Rika's your average girl, she like reading, drawing, cooking, dancing and of course, writing. She's a big fan of cats (and other assorted felines), but dislikes dogs with a passion. She just can't seen to get along with them. Or maybe they don't get along with her.

Either way, she's at constant war with her neighbour's dog. (A big ugly labrador...I think!)

But that's not all you should know about her boring life. She's also a big fan of anime and comedy. Rika hates heart-breaking, tragic stories and is a romantic at heart. She often reads romance with a suspensful twist or some fantasy thrown in. (Like the Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.)

While writing Rika often listens to music, particularly rock/alternative or pop. Her favourite musicians include the Jonas Brothers, Evanescence, Linkin Park and many more that I can't think of write now.

So what did you think about this normal, average, everyday story about a normal, average, everyday girl? (If you read this far then you're more determined than I am...and I wrote it!)

favourite books

Anything by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Johanna Lindsey, Jayne AnnKrentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle, Teresa Medeiros, Julia Quinn...Basically anything with a good romance, along with fantasy or suspense.

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http://www.rika-ashton.webs.com/     http://www.youtube.com/RikaAshton

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Masquerade: A Blood Kindred No....

Rika Ashton

Hidden secrets. A possible murder. Matchmaking grandmas. Scandalous, well, scandal. And last but not least, the romance of a lifetime. Let the masquerade begin!


Debut author, Rika Ashton, tells a tale of the ultimate deception, passion and romance...

Lucien Castello, a former student of Oxford and the heir to a weathly dukedom, has been ordered to commit the most grevious of deeds...GET MARRIED! But if that wasn't enough, someone has also been sabotaging his secret empire. Really what's a man to do?

Enter Jade...

She is Lucien's every wish fulfilled and the perfect wife to boot...only she refuses to surrender her independence for anything! Jade knows that marrying Lucien would mean revealing the very secrets she has worked too hard to conceal, yet the young duke-to-be is proving far more persistent that she would have imagined.

And so the masquerade begins...

(Complete at 90,000 words--partial, uneditted draft posted.)

 

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Daniel Delacy wrote 30 days ago

Care to swap reads? :o)

Francis Albert McGrath wrote 125 days ago

Hi Rika Ashton, this is just to say I BACKED your book previously. If....

Francis Albert McGrath wrote 131 days ago

Hi Rika Ashton, this is just to say I BACKED your book previously. If....

Aimee Fry wrote 157 days ago

Hi, I realise you must get a lot of read requests and I apologise i....

Daniel Delacy wrote 158 days ago

CAN A RANK OUTSIDER MAKE THE DESK? At the beginning of March Apoca....

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I wrote 393 days ago

For those of you who pointed out the typos in the story: thanks for the help with the editting. I'm still working on it, but I've posted this link for the Masquerade book trailer if you're getting impatient with the wait. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmsVqfGSBJ0 (Copy and paste into your b... view book

I wrote 406 days ago

Once again thank you, thank you, thank you for all the great feedback! (I'm working on all the issues as we speak...and I've also decided to add a prologue instead of the flashback.) view book

I wrote 406 days ago

Hi Patricia, I finally got a chance to finish the story--I commented on it before, but had only read a few chapters--however, now that I've finished I'd just like to say that this is a splendid story...two thumbs up! LOL And I take pleasure in adding it to my shelf. -Rika Ashton (Masquerade) view book

I wrote 408 days ago

Haha, I loved this book from start to finish. Your writing style is smooth and entertaining without overwhelming the reader with too much information. Watchlisted! -Rika Ashton (Masquerade) P.S: Thanks for your feedback on Masquerade! view book

I wrote 409 days ago

Thank you all for the wonderful comments and great feedback! I'm going on a short two-week haitus to address some of the major conerns in Maquerade and then update the chapters... -Rika Ashton view book

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