We Love Your Comments Giveaway Winner & New Start

The winner of our We Love Your Comments Giveaway for September  is …Ailsa  who commented on our Around the Bookish World: Week-in-Review  post:

Yay! I can’t wait for ‘Death’s Rival’, I love that series 🙂
Prices going down on kindles makes me feel more like I might get one in the future, but I’m still perfectly happy with the kindle ap on my computer, and reading other things as pdf or on adobe reader on my laptop.

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We will now start counting for October. Here again the rules:

We thought long and hard about how we should show you, the readers of Book Lovers Inc how much we appreciate your input and interaction. We are happy and grateful for every comment cuz we know …

Guestpost by Zoë Archer: Love Those Cowboys! + Giveaway

Today we are happy to welcome Zoë Archer on Book Lovers Inc! Zoë will tell us about her book Lady X’s Cowboy and why she loves Cowboys. Join the fun and you may win a copy of the book. Let’s give a warm welcome to Zoë!

What is it about the cowboy hero that’s so damned appealing? Why do so many of us love to see them in movies, on television, and read about them?

For starters, the outfit’s pretty sexy. Rugged clothes? Check! Leather chaps that accentuate the butt? Check! Cool hat that casts mysterious shadows over a man’s eyes? Check! And a man on horseback is definitely alluring, especially if the territory he’s riding over is rough and dangerous—but he can handle himself and his mount (heh). Cowboys have to be physically strong to do their work, so you already know he’d going to be fit, …

ARC Review: Gold Digger by Aleksandr Voinov

Format Read: e-book provided by publisher through NetGalley
Length: 127 Pages
Genre: Contemporary M/M Romance
Release Date: September 17th 2012
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Formats Available: Ebook
Purchasing Info:  Author’s Website, Goodreads, Riptide Publishing

Book Blurb:
Not all that glitters is gold.

Nikolai Krasnorada leads the life of a corporate nomad. Working for a gold explorations company, he’s never put down roots, and he likes it that way. Roots can be dangerous, as everyone from his “man-hating” sister to his manipulative mother to his war-traumatized father has proven.

But when his CEO sends him to Toronto to strike a deal with LeBeau Mining, Nikolai meets Henri LeBeau, crown prince to the resources conglomerate and inveterate flirt. Sparks fly immediately, despite the business deal that threatens to go sour and Nikolai’s own reluctance to give Henri false hope about him being Mr. Right. He’s barely come to terms with his bisexuality, and getting involved with Henri would …

pssssssst you know what?

Guess what? Today is Anna’s Birthday!!! *g*  It’s time to celebrate! We’ve decided to make this an educational post. How many do you recognize? You can’t drink or open presents until you got them all right 😉

Boldog Születésnapot!  gelukkige verjaardag!  joyeux anniversaire!   
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! να τα εκατοστήσεις!
 buon compleanno!   lá Breithe sona duit!   生日快乐 !  
 felix dies natalis!  ra whanau koa!  feliz aniversário!  С днем рождения !
 สุขสันต์วันเกิด!  grattis på födelsedagen!  hyvää syntymäpäivää

Happy birthday Anna!!!

We all hope you’ll have a fantastic day with cake and presents and an awesome party. Can I bring my teddy to the b-day party?

Lea: Anna!!!! Happy, Happy Birthday to You. I hope your day is filled with love and laughter, prezzies, chocolate and CAKE!!! Indulge & enjoy! (((Hugs)))

And it was delicious!

Caro: O Canada! Our home and…wait wrong song. Happy birthday to youuuuuuuu! Happy Birthday to you. Happy birthday to …

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

Welcome back to our new edition of The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me? This week we decided to talk about look-alike covers. We’ve all at some point stumbled upon a cover that looks very very similar to another one. Sometimes it’s only 2 covers using the same Stock photo but doing 2 different thing with it…but sometimes it’s exactly the same cover. We’ve dig up a few example (mostly Historical romances because these are the ones I remembered the most) to show our point. It seems to happen a LOT with foreign (or UK) editions. It’s also often the case with YA covers but we didn’t go there today (it’s just too vast a field). So take a look and tell us what you think…

Libertine’s Kiss by Judith James Vs Ruthless by Anne Stuart (UK/Mills and Boon)

Susi: I like the Judith James version more. The whole setting …

ARC Review: The Shifting Price of Prey by Suzanne McLeod

Format read: E-Arc provided by the author
Series: Book # 4 in the Spellcrackers.com series
Release Date: August 30th 2012
Number of pages: 534 pages
Publisher: Gollancz
Formats available: Ebook, Paperback, Hardcover
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)

Blurb:
Sometimes a bit of magical help might cost more than you bargained for . . .

London is hosting the Carnival Fantastique, and Genny’s job has never been busier or more fulfilling. Only not everyone is so happy. The fae are in trouble again and Genny learns the mysterious Emperor may have the solution they need – if Genny can find him.

Genny needs help. She turns to the vampire, Malik al-Khan, only to find he’s wrestling with his own demons. Genny’s own problems are about to multiply too. An …

Guestpost: Fighting the Muse by Aleksandr Voinov + Giveaway

Today it’s a pleasure to welcome Aleksandr Voinov on Book Lovers Inc.  If you’ve missed my previous raving posts about his work, here is your chance to learn more about Aleksandr and his new book, Skybound, which was released earlier this week.  Meet Aleksandr and his muse! 

Hi, I’m Aleksandr Voinov, and I’m happy to join you guys at Book Lovers Inc. It’s my first time, so be gentle. 🙂 You might know me from my dark and sexy mafia series Dark Soul, but today I’m going to talk a little about Skybound, my new release from Riptide Publishing.

Skybound is one of those stories that hit me like lightning. Now, that sounds about as much fun as it is (though, unlike real victims of lightning, I did not physically explode or my heart didn’t stop—sorry, too much research into killing people). I was perfectly …

ARC Review: Skybound by Aleksandr Voinov

Format read: E-Arc provided by the publisher
Release Date: August 20th 2012
Number of pages: 44 pages
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Riptide Publishing

Blurb:
Germany, 1945. The Third Reich is on its knees as Allied forces bomb Berlin to break the last resistance. Yet on an airfield near Berlin, the battle is far from over for a young mechanic, Felix, who’s attached to a squadron of fighter pilots. He’s especially attached to fighter ace Baldur Vogt, a man he admires and secretly loves. But there’s no room for love at the end of the world, never mind in Nazi Germany.

When Baldur narrowly cheats death, Felix pulls him from his plane, and the pilot makes his riskiest move yet. He takes a few days’ leave to recover, and he takes Felix with him. Away from the pressures of the airfield, their bond deepens, and Baldur …