Elements in Lit 201: How to kill a Zombie

I’ve been hitting the Historical Romance themed posts pretty hard recently, so I thought I’d go in a very different direction today: the most effective ways to kill a zombie.

I hadn’t really thought much of zombies before, not seeing how a book could be interesting with just a bunch of re-animated corpses running around. But, my opinion has changed greatly with my new found love of the TV show, The Walking Dead, and also having listened to Max Brooks’ World War Z. What solidified my change of heart was a viewing of Shaun of the Dead the other night. Quirk in the apocalypse? For the win!

The thing that has fascinated me nearly as much as the personal stories of survival in these fictitious renderings, is the tools used for self-preservation. I thought we’d take a look at what weapons work best when faced with a brain eating mutant.

I …

Early Review: Wrong Side of Hell by Juliana Stone + Giveaway

Wrong Side of Hell by Juliana Stone

Format Read: e-book provided courtesy of Author for Review
Length: 178 Pages
Publisher: Avon Impulse
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: League of Guardians Prequel
Release Date Kindle: March 6, 2012
Release Date Paperback: March 27, 2012
Formats Available: Mass Market Paperback, eBook, Kindle, Nook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Goodreads, Nook, Kindle

Book Blurb:

With battle lines drawn and evil forces gathering in the shadows, the League of Guardians is all that stands between chaos and the human realm…

Logan Winters, an elite hellhound shifter, wants to forget his allegiance to the League and the pain he’s suffered because of it. But when he’s ordered to retrieve Kira Dove from purgatory and bring her back to life, he can’t refuse. Not only will her death affect the balance between the realms, she’s also linked to a past he …

Interview with Augusta Blythe + Giveaway

Today, we are really happy to welcome Augusta Blythe here at Book Lovers Inc. Augusta is here today to talk about her newest release Ravenstoke, the second book in her Unbound Universe series.  In Ravenstoke we follow Loie’s adventures after the shocking revelations that took place in the end of Winterborne and let me tell you this book is as good as the first one and then some! Augusta’s world is really fascinating and her stories just manage to grab your interest until the very end. But let’s just leave Augusta tell us all of that in her own, unique way 🙂 And don’t forget, that there is a giveaway at the end of the post!

Anna: Hello Augusta and welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Augusta: Hi, thanks so much for having me. I am a self-published author who is very excited …

Review: Past Tense by Nick Marsh

Format read: ebook provided by the author
Release Date: October 28, 2010
Number of Pages 238
Publisher Immanion Press
Formats Available: paperback, ebook
Purchasing Info:Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Immanion Press, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords

Book Blurb:

Alan Reece, an unassuming animal doctor from the West Country, was surprised to discover that he had become the link between reality and the strange world beyond. Unfortunately, ripples from his unwitting transformation have freed a dark and terrible creature from its improbable prison.

My Thoughts:
Past Tense reminded me of the old “Doublemint Gum” commercial. Because it was two, two, two books in one.
And you might think that’s a terrible joke, but it fits with the snarky tone of the first part of the book. Fully realizing that everyone’s taste in both humor and snark varies widely. And wildly.

The beginning of the book takes off about a year after Marsh’s first book, Soul …

New Releases: Feb. 27 – Mar. 4, 2012

Angel’s Flight by Nalini Singh

A Collection of Guild Hunter short stories

In Angel’s Wolf a vampire becomes fascinated with the seductive angel who rules Louisiana. But all is not what it appears to be in her court.

In Angels’ Judgment a hunter must track one of her own gone bad, while surviving the deadly tests placed in her way by the archangels themselves. Unexpected backup comes from a stranger who might just be the most lethal threat of all…

Plus FIRST TIME IN PRINT
In Angels’ Pawn a vampire hunter faces off against two rival factions and the angel manipulating them both, and a vampire whose help is not entirely selfless…

And NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED
In Angels’ Dance an angel trapped in the mountain stronghold of the Refuge finds herself under siege by a warrior angel from a martial court.

Her Lucky …

The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?

Welcome to our new sexy edition of The Good, The Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me? This week we’re sticking to these 3 categories and applying them to Ménage covers! We’ve found that successfully portraying Ménages on covers is not always easy. Or maybe we’re just picky. Who knows! Be prepared for the best and the worst!

Reminder: We’re just talking about the covers and not about the books’ content. Some great books have horrid covers and vice-versa. 😉

Ménage on a cover: The good and the Bad and the Are-you-kidding-me?

The Good Sandwich:

Caro: I know we’ve already talked about the Tart cover so I’ll ust keep it short and say I love it. Now I just discovered the cover of Double Time and I love it too! It’s soft and sexy. I love the colors I love how they skin looks so soft. 2 thumbs up!

I like the cover of Tequila Truth. …

Review: Mask of the Gladiator by Georgie Lee

Format Read: e-book provided by publisher
Release Date: Jan. 30, 2012
Publisher: Carina Press
Formats Available: ebook
Length: 17,000 words
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Publisher’s Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble

Book Blurb:

Rome, 41 AD

Livia Duronius is driven to seek out a gladiator after watching him triumph in the Colosseum. His touch arouses a sense of hope she hasn’t felt since Rome fell under the tyrannical rule of Caligula—and her late husband betrayed her. Though in danger of losing more than her heart, she vows to see him again, even after she learns her uncle has arranged her marriage to a senator.

Senator Titus Marius cannot resist indulging in a passionate encounter with the veiled woman who waits for him after the games, though he faces execution if his true identity is discovered. Bound by honor to wed another, and embroiled in a plot to free Rome from madness, he never expects to see the …

Guest Post: Sic Semper Tyrannis by Georgie Lee + Giveaway

Top o’ the week to you, guys and gals! We’re pleased to welcome author Georgie Lee to BLI today for a guest post in which she provides some background and context for her latest story set in ancient Rome, The Mask of the Gladiator. Emperor Caligula and his diabolical influence on ancient Roman society played a large role in both the history books and in this book–Georgie discusses these deets and more. Please show her a warm BLI welcome!

Sic Semper Tyrannis

I’d like to thank everyone for joining me today and to especially thank Book Lovers, Inc. for inviting me here to discuss my new release, Mask of the Gladiator. It is a sexy, suspenseful story of lust, love and conspiracy set in ancient Rome during Emperor Caligula’s reign.

And what a reign it was. Depending on how much you believe the ancient scholars, the vices at …

Sunday Cravings

Hello my fellow Book Lovers! How was this week for you? Crazy enough? If that’s the case, well, I seriously hope that all of you had a really nice weekend! Here in Greece tomorrow is a holiday, so, and I’m so happy to say that, I have to sit and rest for another day! Yeah!

Anyway, are you prepared for all the great releases of this week? Because believe me, publishers waited for the last week of February to empty our monthly budgets! So, sit comfortably, and let’s start with our Cravings for this week!

Alisha, Amanda and Caro: Nice Girls Don’t Bite their Neighbors by Molly Harper

Just as Jane Jameson’s unlife seems to be stabilizing, fate sinks its fangs firmly into her butt. Despite her near-phobia of all things marital, her no-frills nighttime nuptials to her sexy boyfriend Gabriel are coming along smoothly. But the road to …