Interview with Justine Elyot + Giveaway

Today we are happy to welcome to BLI erotic romance author Justine Elyot, who has written several dozens of erotic stories and released in January at Carina Press a unique blend of erotic sci-fi, thriller and romance story: Under His Influence. I thought it was about time we got to know Justine a bit better, so please give her a warm welcome and read on, you could even win one of her books! 😉

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

Justine: Well, whenever I do the internet personality-quiz memes, I come out as INTJ, the moon, or Professor Snape. So that’s me, basically – although I don’t think Professor Snape would ever do a personality-quiz meme, so…

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

Justine: I …

Review: Blushing Violet by Ann Mayburn

Format read: ebook copy provided by author
Release Date: 18 November 2011
Number of pages: 110 pages
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Shy and quirky Violet Bishop has finally found the perfect way to meet a man who could fulfill her hidden submissive desires, something that she has never dared to ask her conservative and uptight ex-boyfriends to do. She joins an on-line matchmaking site that puts couples together based on the books that they love, in this case the BDSM erotica that lines her bookshelves.

Two Dominant best friends and business partners, Carlos Romano and Morgan Kane, are matched with Violet. They both want to date her and rather than fight about it they decide to keep the fact that they know each other away from her and let her pick who she wants to be with. A good idea in theory but something that …

Interview with Tamara Morgan + Giveaway

Today we are happy to welcome to BLI contemporary romance author Tamara Morgan, whose debut novel Love is a Battlefieldd is a romance full of fun, men in kilts and one of the most determined and entertaining battle of the sexes (check out my review here)! Please give Tamara a warm welcome and read on to learn more about her, the novel and the Highland Games! 😉

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

Tamara: Thanks for having me! I’m a freelance copywriter by day and a romance writer by night—both of which mean I spend quite a bit of time on my computer. Sadly, this makes my life a lot less interesting for an interview than one would hope.

But I will say that I am a total re-enactment junkie. I love to attend Renaissance fairs, Highland …

The Easter Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

Finally the time has come for the 3-day-long weekend, sunny afternoonsand chocolate bunny hunt  in the garden, aka Easter is here!! But before you go on your chocolate egg hunt let me just quickly tell you who won our giveaways this week.

Congrats to…

the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Everything You’ve Got by Erin Nicholas is:

Justine

the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Still Hot For You by Diane Escalera is:

bn100

the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Holiday Affair by Annie Seaton is:

maria perry mohan

the lucky winner of an ebook copy of A Tale of Two Djinns by Mina Khan and a neat swag pack is:

FredTownWard

the lucky winner of a paperback copy of A Perfect Storm by Lori Foster is:

Amy Peppers

the lucky winner of the amazing swagpack offered for Marlene’s Blogoversary (congrats Marlene!! :-D) is:

Romance and Me: The InstaLove Connection

Hey Everyone!

Today I thought I would talk to you about pet peeves. Romance novels certainly have quite a few of the usual clichés (soulmate connection, misunderstanding crisis, big love declaration at the end, etc.) and we romance lovers tend to tolerate and even enjoy them at times. However there are some that we just can’t accept.

One of those pet peeves that irritate me more than anything is the instalove connection. I’m sure you have already come across it in a novel or two when the hero and heroine meet, lock eyes and bada beem bada boom feel the Earth-shattering love, soul-deep connection after having known each other only for 5 minutes /2 days/ a week, etc. (recurring mentioning of the words destiny, fated, special bond, etc. usually appear) Any time I read this happening to a fictional couple it drives me hair-tearing-out mad.

Yep, just like …

Guest Post: The Lure of the Mediterranean by Nina Croft + Giveaway

Today I am happy to welcome to Book Lovers Inc. Nina Croft, author of sci-fi and paranormal romances. Recently she released a sizzling contemporary romance set in sunny places with a  dashing hero, so of course I was curious to hear more about what inspired Luc, the irresistibly charming rogue of  Blackmailed by the Italian Billionaire (you can read my review here). Please give Nina a warm welcome and answer her question to be entered to win a copy of her novel.

The Lure of the Mediterranean

I think one of the things I’ve always loved best about reading romance is being transported to fabulous, exotic places—preferably hot.

I’m English, and I grew up in a small town in the north of England, in an area known as the Lake District. It was a beautiful place, but the sun rarely shines and it rains …

Pre-Easter Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

After having had to work last weekend I’m still trying to catch up with everything (yesterday I was running around trying to fit everything into one day: yoga, lunch at my grandma, dance class (haven’t gone in the past 6 weeks eek!), house warming party at a friend of mine, then movie night with a friend), so this weekend wasn’t about relaxing for me yet. I hope with next week’s long weekend (can you believe Easter is already here?) I’ll get some quiet reading-sleeping time. Until then we still have to survive this week and my little sister will come to visit, so I’ll be a happy bunny!

But until then let’s just see who were lucky this week:

Congrats to…

the lucky winner of an ebook copy of either The Initiation of Ms Holly or The Pet Shop is:

MJB 

the lucky winner of an ebook copy of …