Dual Review: A Hint of Frost by Hailey Edwards

Format read: ebook
Release Date: 17 April 2012
Publisher: Samhain
Series: Book #1 in the Araneae Nation series
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Hope dangles by a silken thread.

When the head of the Araneidae clan is found poisoned in her nest, her eldest daughter, Lourdes, becomes their clan’s new maven. If her clan is to survive, she has but one choice: she must marry before her nest is seized. All she needs is a warrior fierce enough to protect her city and safeguard her clansmen. Such a male is Rhys the Cold.

Born the youngest son of an impoverished maven, the only things Rhys has to his name are his sword and his mercenary reputation. His clan is starving, but their fondness for the flesh of fellow Araneaeans makes them unwelcome dinner guests. Torn between loyalty to his clan and fascination …

Interview with Hailey Edwards + Giveaway

Today we are excited to welcome Hailey Edwards to Book Lovers Inc! Hailey is the author of fantasy and paranormal romance series, including her most recent release, A Hint of Frost. We had a whole host of questions for Hailey, and she very graciously answers them all (including a tidbit about a secret foot-writing skill!).  Check out what she has to say about her writing and reading habits, her characters, and her future writing plans. Then be sure to check out the end of the post, where Hailey has a few questions for you!

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Stella: Hi Hailey, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Hailey: Hi! Thanks for having me. There isn’t too much to know about me. I’m married, a mom, I love to bake and I always have some sort of home improvement project …

The High School Reunion Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

Yesterday I had my 10 year high school reunion. Yep 10 years! And no, it does not make me old! (insert ferocious kitten look) So anyway I was excited to meet my high school classmates and see what everyone has become, the last time we met everyone was still at college/university so now I was curious to see if people changed schools/careers and what they ended up doing. And you know what was the weirdest part? My two closest best girl friends and my best guy friend are my high school friends and I usually see them/talk to them at least once a week if not more, but there were some high school friends/classmates I haven’t seen for more than 8 years and after 5 minutes we were back to those times and it didn’t feel like a decade has gone by, so weird, but so great 😀 And …

Dual Review: Chairman of the Whored by Lucy V. Morgan

Format read: ebook
Release Date: 20 February 2011
Publisher: Lyrical Press Inc.
Series: Book #1  in the Whored series
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Dark. Debauched. Delicious.

Is she ready to go under his knife?

Leila Vaughn is a tax lawyer at a prestigious London law firm. And a whore. Leila didn’t take the night job just to pay off her debts–an affair with an older man once stirred a pit of darker desires. Now her year as an escort is almost over, she’s ready to lock up her alter-ego, Charlotte, and be normal once again.

What’s bad is that her colleague, Matt, just caught her out.

What’s worse is that their boss, Joseph, is with him.

Matt wants to rescue Leila. She should want what he does–monogamy and escape from the city–if she’s going to be normal, right? But Joseph is as familiar …

Interview with Lucy V. Morgan + Giveaway

Today we welcome Lucy V. Morgan to Book Lovers Inc. Lucy is here to discuss her latest release, The Chairman of the Whored, an erotic tale of passion and self-discovery. There’s also a giveaway, so be sure to read through the interview for your chance to  win.

BLI: Hi Lucy, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Hello, and thank you for having me 🙂

I’m from England. I like to bake. I like the little, beautiful, terrible things about people, the stuff lots of people never notice. All three things inform my stories.

BLI: Describe a typical day of writing? Are you a planner or pantser?

Lucy: A planner—I suck with the pantsing. I drop my daughter off at school, run a few errands, do my admin and probably do some editing work. I …

Review: The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis

Format read: ebook 
Release Date: 28 March 2011
Number of pages: 348 pages
Publisher: Forever
Series: Book #2 in the Lucky Harbor series
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Source: review copy provided by publisher through NetGalley
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Two Men Are One Too Many . . .

Tara has a thousand good reasons not to return to the little coastal town of Lucky Harbor, Washington. Yet with her life doing a major crash-and-burn, anywhere away from her unfulfilled dreams and sexy ex-husband will do. As Tara helps her two sisters get their newly renovated inn up and running, she finally has a chance to get things under control and come up with a new plan for her life.

But a certain tanned, green-eyed sailor has his own ideas, such as keeping Tara hot, bothered . . . and in his bed. And when her ex wants Tara back, three is a …

Romance and Me: I need my fix RIGHT NOW! or Reading Withdrawal Symptoms

Last week I was between two review books: I have just finished reading a contemporary romance novel and the next book on my reading schedule (oh no, do not think I have a fancy schedule I follow, it is just a thrown together list of books and review dates I have signed up for) was a contemporary romantic suspense story, when I felt like I was suffocating and needed something else. No, it wasn’t because the books weren’t good or were lacking in anything, no it was simply that I overloaded on contemporary stories and needed my historical romance fix. It certainly had physical symptoms like an actual withdrawal: 

– my attention span was that of a fly (all over the place, the book couldn’t hold my interest for longer than half an hour),
– I felt bored with the story, the characters and the romance (I stress once …

The Pre-Summer Winner Post

Source: ComputerWeekly.com

Hey Everyone!

Though it was only the first week of May where I live it has been so hot and sunny everyone felt like summer had come early this year. With the temperature rising to 27-30 degrees C everyone wanted to enjoy the beautiful weather and spend as much time outdoors as possible. The terraces of the restaurants and the parsk are full at lunch time, and it is funny seeing colleagues start to have a tan just from spending their lunch break out in the fresh air 😀

I just love it when the weather is nice and warm, especially when I’m reading a particularly gripping book that I can take a sandwich and spend my lunch break on a bench in the park reading my lunch hour away. I remember exactly that’s how I devoured Gini Koch’s Touched by an Alien on a sunny …

Interview with Denise Tompkins + Giveaway

Today we welcome to Book Lovers Inc paranormal author Denise Tompkins whose newest release Wrath, the 2nd book in the Niteclif Evolution urban fantasy series became available recently. We sat down (even if only virtually) with Denise to ask her a few questions to get to know her and her exciting series better. Come and join us, and you could also win a copy of Wrath!

Stella: Hi Denise, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Denise: Hi Stella! It’s so nice of you to have me. I’m an avid reader of anything in the urban fantasy and/or paranormal romance genres. I’m married with no children, so writing is a full-time passion along with my love of my husband, two dogs (Sophie and Max) and three parrots (June, Wyatt and Emma).

Stella: Describe a typical day of writing? Are you …

Review: Improper Relations by Juliana Ross

Format read: ebook
Release Date: 23 April 2012
Publisher: Carina Press
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Audible

Blurb:

Dorset, 1858

When Hannah’s caught watching her late husband’s cousin debauch the maid in the library, she’s mortified — but also intrigued. An unpaid companion to his aunt, she’s used to being ignored.

The black sheep of the family, Leo has nothing but his good looks and noble birth to recommend him. Hannah ought to be appalled at what she’s witnessed, but there’s something about Leo that draws her to him.

When Leo claims he can prove that women can feel desire as passionately as men, Hannah is incredulous. Her own experiences have been uninspiring. Yet she can’t bring herself to refuse his audacious proposal when he offers to tutor her in the art of …