Interview: Author Jaci Burton + Giveaway!

Please join us in giving a warm BLI welcome to New York Times and National Bestselling Author Jaci Burton! Jaci is known for writing sensual, compelling love stories that will tug at your heartstrings and her latest publication is no exception. “The Perfect Play“, the first of Jaci’s “Play By Play“ series hit the stands yesterday, February 1st, and IMHO she scored a touchdown with this story! Be sure and read the end of the post as Jaci is offering a chance to win a copy of one of the awesome books from her extensive backlist!! 🙂

Thank you so much for joining us here today Jaci!

Jaci: Thank you for inviting me Lea!

BLI: Jaci can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

I’ve been writing for almost ten years now, published for seven. I live in Oklahoma with my …

Review: "The Perfect Play", by Jaci Burton

Format Read: e-Book provided by Author for reviewLength: NovelRelease Date: February 1, 2011Publisher: Berkley HeatFormats Available: Trade Paperback, e-Book, KindlePurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Book Depository, Amazon.com, Borders, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Chapters, Kindle, Nook.

Football pro Mick Riley is an all-star, both on the field and in the bedroom. But a sexy, determinedly single mom just might be the one to throw him off his game…

For years Mick has been taking full advantage of the life available to a pro athlete: fame, fortune, and a different girl in every city. But when he meets and beds confident, beautiful event planner Tara Lincoln, he wants much more than the typical one-night stand. Too bad Tara’s not interested in getting to know football’s most notorious playboy any better.

As the single mother of …

Interview with Devyn Quinn + Giveaway!

We are delighted to have author Devyn Quinn join in for our Blogoversary celebration week today. “Siren’s Surrender”, the second book in Devyn’s “Dark Tides Series” from NAL Publishing hits the stands on February 1st and she is here to talk about what happens to the Lonike sisters next and specifically Gwen Lonike who I think can be described as the most reserved of the three mermaid sisters. Please give Devyn a warm BLI Blogoversary welcome! Be sure and read the end of the post as Devyn is offering an extremely generous giveaway today!!

BLI: Hi Devyn, so delighted you were able to take time out to join us again today. Susi, The Geeky Lover, talked to you in August last year and I’m going to invite folks to read that interview because you talked about you, your writing process as well as the first novel in the …

Review: "Nice ‘N Naughty", by RJ Fury

Format read: e-Book galley from Manic Readers Review DepotLength: 17 pagesFormats available: e-Book, KindleRelease Date: December 20, 2010Publisher: Noble Romance PublishingPurchasing Info: Noble Romance Publishing, Amazon Kindle Diesel eBook Store

It’s Christmas Eve, and Grady Hobart is feeling anything but “nice.” Not only is he working the graveyard shift at the Traffic Town Truck Stop, but he hasn’t had a customer in over two hours! All that changes when a comely stripper from the Booty Barn strolls in, still in costume as Mrs. Nasty Claus, complete with a black lace thong, matching bra, sheer red cape and six-inch Lucite heels!

Unfortunately, Cherry isn’t there to tempt Grady with her feminine wiles; only to buy her nightly stash of lottery tickets, one more sucker hoping to strike it right with a little bit of luck—and a heaping …

Review: "The Willow", by Stacey Kennedy

Format read: e-Book provided by author for reviewSeries: The Magical Sword Book ILength: 124 pagesFormats available: e-Book, Kindle, PrintRelease Date: July 10, 2010Publisher: Liquid Silver BooksPurchasing Info: Author Website, Liquid Silver Books, Amazon Kindle, Goodreads, All Romance Ebooks, Fictionwise, Barnes & Noble

A past of secrets, a life broken by death―awakens to a world of promise and love, but lurking danger threatens to destroy it all.

In Carson City, Nevada a tragic car accident has claimed the lives of Nexi Jones’ adoptive parents. Now, without them, her reason to live has vanished and she is determined to end her pain.

The problem with that, it’s not heaven she wakes up to, it’s the Otherworld. Nexi must reconcile the truth about her past, and her heritage as part guardian/part witch, while she begins to train to join …

Review: "Night Haven", by Fiona Jayde

Format read: e-Book provided by author for reviewLength: 48 pagesFormats available: e-Book, KindleRelease Date: September 21, 2010Publisher: Samhain PublishingPurchasing Info: Author Website, Samhain Publishing, Amazon Kindle, Goodreads, All Romance Ebooks, My Bookstore and More

Desire cuts both ways…

Nothing gives Dina more pleasure than leaving the vampires she hunts to the mercy of the dawn. And yet most humans she is sworn to protect seem all too happy to offer up their necks. She has vowed never to be like those needy creatures yet, three months ago, she allowed a vampire to kiss her. The memory still makes her body burn—and her skin heat with humiliation.

For over twenty empty years, Luke has lived in a world of dead pleasure and burning sunrise, feeding off those who long for immortality and taboo thrills. Only his art makes …

Review: "Run to You" by Sarah Ballance

Format read: e-Book galley from Manic Readers Review DepotLength: 154 pagesFormats available: e-Book, KindleRelease Date: December 13, 2010Publisher: Noble Romance PublishingPurchasing Info: Author Website, Noble Romance Publishing, Amazon Kindle, Goodreads, All Romance Ebooks

Mattie James can’t pinpoint exactly when she lost control of her life, but the moment she decided to take it back made the front page of the local paper. Desperate to dodge the fallout— and the tabloids—she jumps at the chance to spend an off-season week in a tiny resort community by the sea. Making the trip with her ex-lover is a complication she can live with; coming face to face with a dead woman is not.

The last thing Sheriff Wyatt Reed expected to find on the storm-ravaged beach was a beautiful blonde with a jealous sidekick, but one look at Mattie …

Review: Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning

Series: Sinners On Tour Book 1Format Read: Trade Paperback Number of Pages: 384 pagesPublisher: Sourcebooks CasablancaRelease date: October 1, 2010Formats Available: Trade Paperback & e-BookSource: Gift from friend.

Purchase information: Goodreads, Barns & Noble, Amazon, Borders, The Bood Depository, Books A Million, Author Website

Book Blurb:

Human Sexuality Professor, Myrna Evans, wants nothing but a weekend of hot, no-strings-attached sex with Sinners’ sensual lead guitarist, but Brian Sinclair is looking for something more permanent than a one-night stand. Unable to compose music for months, when Brian makes love to uninhibited Myrna, he hears exquisite guitar riffs and finger-burning solos.

In Myrna, he’s found his muse.

My Thoughts:

There are many excellent reviews of this book posted already and it is well documented that for …

Review: Storm Warning by Toni Anderson

Format Read: e-BookNumber of Pages: 240 pagesPublisher: Carina PressRelease date: October 11, 2010Formats Available: e-BookSource: Review Copy provided by NetGalley courtesy of Carina Press Purchase information: Goodreads, Carina Press, Amazon, All Romance/OmniLit, Author Website

Book Blurb:

Sorcha Logan is looking for peace.

Recently returned to her hometown on Scotland’s craggy coast, Sorcha wants to tame the spirits that made her flee. When she finds a corpse in the surf, however, she can’t suppress the memory of discovering her father’s body. Nor can she suppress the ghosts that haunt her—or the town’s conviction that she’s dangerous, and a witch.

Ben Foley is looking for a killer.

An American DEA agent, Ben is in town to investigate the suspicious death of his partner. He’s sure that Sorcha knows more than she’s letting on—but the more time he …