The Short Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

Another sunny Sunday and I am happy to report that the wonderful summer weather still holds: yesterday afternoon I read put in the sun and even got a tan! Imagine sunbathing in October, I’m amazed at the beautiful weather and hope it holds for a few weeks more 🙂

Other news, as of yesterday I’m on study leave to prepare for my first bar exam and won’t be back to work until November, the only challenge besides having to learn and review all that amount of books and laws is that I’ll have to seriously limit my time online, because we very well know how once you get online (and check e-mails then Twitter) it just sucks hours off your day. *le sigh* But as long as it’s sunny outside it’ll be easier to study. I hope.

Anyway, today I have only one winner to announce (but don’t forget to …

Review: Mistress by Marriage by Maggie Robinson

Format read: eARC provided by author
Series: Book #3 in the Courtesan Court series
Release Date: 30 August 2011
Number of pages: 352 pages
Publisher: Kensington Brava
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository

Blurb:

Too late for cold feet

Baron Edward Christie prided himself on his reputation for even temperament and reserve. That was before he met Caroline Parker. Wedding a scandalous beauty by special license days after they met did not inspire respect for his sangfroid. Moving her to a notorious lovebirds’ nest as punishment for her flighty nature was perhaps also a blow. And of course talk has gotten out of his irresistible clandestine visits. Christie must put his wife aside—if only he can get her out of his blood first.

Too hot to refuse. . .

Caroline Parker was prepared to hear the worst: that her husband had determined to divorce her, spare them both the torture of passion they …

Interview with Maggie Robinson + Giveaway

Today we would like to welcome to Book Lovers Inc. Maggie Robinson who is here to celebrate the release of Mistress by Marriage, Book #3 in her Courtesan Court steamy historical romance series!  (You can read my review of the novel here.)

Hi Maggie, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
Maggie: I’m a big homebody and live on a lake in Maine. We’ve got four grown kids, three grandchildren and one on the way! My family has been hugely supportive of letting me stay in my nightgown until late morning writing away. When I get out (and get dressed), I love to garden and sit on the dock to read. Of course, that’s hard to do during a Maine winter.

 
Stella: Describe a typical day of writing? Are you a planner or pantser?
Maggie:Oh, pantser, pantser, pantser. Am awful at planning. I …

The Sun-soaking-up Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

My luck is holding out: the weather is still mild and warm (26-28 Celsius) with blinding sunshine and clear blue skies, and I soak up the lingering summer ray of sunshine as much as I can, I already fear the long gray autumn months :-/

So want to know what is my program for this weekend (besides shopping and meeting friends)? It’s of course spending hours out in the garden in the sun, like some kind of little lizard 😀 (But I’ll reading while lounging 😉

So tata my dears, hope you are all having wonderful relaxing weekends, and until next time here are today’s winners:

The lucky winner of an ebook copy of Deadly Descent by Kaylea Cross is: Andrea  

 
The lucky winner of an ebook copy of Lucky Girl by Cate Lord is: _yay_

I hope you’ll enjoy the books Ladies, I’ve read both and they were great! 🙂

Congratulations winners, you have all been notified by e-mail …

Romance and Me: Military Romance

Today I’m here to tell you a secret. Last week I was in a crazy frenzy. You know the kind when all you can think about is how fantastic a story was and you keep thinking about it long after it finished.

Want to know what started it? I read a novel which opened my eyes and made me discover a whole new world of romance stories: the military romance subgenre!

And after my crazy enthusiasm for said novel I went on a Goodreads rampage and searched for hours and hours becoming more and more enthralled by all the wonderful novels and series I found in the genre! Who knew military romance existed? And that it was so mindblowingly great?

If you think the military romance subgenre can be swept under the “romantic suspense” category you are mistaken. This is so much more than that! Let me tell you why…

I have always loved novels and movies …

The Back to School Winner Post

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We have been lucky this past week as the sunny summer weather decided to stay, so I was able to enjoy wearing my sundresses for one more week and I really hope we’ll have a mild and very sunny autumn. That is my favourite season: when the leaves start to change and everything is colourful, when the weather is still nice and warm enough so you only need a sweater or a blazer but it’s not so hot you are melting (=sweating) like in summer. I always liked September when I was younger: the excitement of school starting, of seeing my friends again, of buying all the school supplies. Yep, I very much liked going to school 😀 (I’m not saying there weren’t times when I wished school was over and I did my share of playing hookie, but I enjoyed learning).

But anyway, I’ll stop my rambling about …

Review: Dangerous Desire by Diane Escalera

Format read: ebook provided by author for review
Release Date: 18 July 2011
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Sienna Diaz is desperate to find her missing beagle, no matter what it costs. She hires Cruz Santino, the best-and hottest-in the business. He’s an ex cop, dangerous on many levels, which comes in handy when all evidence indicates her beloved pet was snatched to use in a dogfighting ring.

Cruz will do whatever it takes to find Sienna’s lost pet, but he also wants results from the smokin’ hot attraction between them-and he isn’t above breaking his own hands-off-clients rule to get there. However, until he brings her beloved beagle home safely, he won’t have Sienna’s undivided attention…and affection.

My Thoughts: I have to confess that when I first heard of Dangerous Desire and its premise (a pet detective) I thought it would be a comical …

Interview with Author Diane Escalera + Giveaway

Today we would like to welcome to Book Lovers Inc. Diane Escalera who is here to tell us more about her super sexy and hot romantic suspense novel Dangerous Desire! (You can read my review here.) 

Hi Diane, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
 
Diane: Thank you so much for having me! Born and raised in the Bronx, NY, I relocated to South Florida, a sultry paradise I instantly fell in love with. I’m married, have two children and a super cute Dachshund I can’t get enough of. I write hot contemporary romance, and I’m published with Kensington Publishing and Lyrical Press.

Stella: Describe a typical day of writing? Are you a planner or pantser?
 
Diane: I’m the organized type, and I need to have a few things in place before I start a new book such as a working …

Review: Hold Me by Lucianne Rivers

Format read: ebook provided by publisher through NetGalleySeries: Book #1 in the Caldwell Sisters seriesRelease Date: 2 August 2011Number of pages: 69 pagesPublisher: Entangled PublishingFormats available: ebook, paperbackPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Still reeling from her mother’s death, news anchor Jane Caldwell’s life is upended further when she learns the father she lost twenty years ago is still alive. Her mother’s will unleashes a manhunt—the Caldwell sisters must find their father, or their mother’s estate will not be settled, and their questions about his disappearance will remain unanswered.

Jane’s search leads her to Guatemala to investigate a man who claims to be her father and heir to the family fortune. Needing a translator, she enlists enigmatic Harrison DeNeuve, a sexy ex-patriot with a penchant for wearing dark sunglasses in public.

As Jane struggles to reunite with her would-be father, Harrison fights to suppress his desire for …

Review: Deadly Descent by Kaylea Cross

Format read: ebook provided by publisher through NetGalley
Release Date: 5 September 2011
Publisher: Carina Press
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Devon Crawford is an officer; Air Force Pararescueman Cam Munro is enlisted. Dev flies medical evacuations; Cam jumps into danger zones to save lives. Dev wants to return home from Afghanistan with her heart untouched; Cam will do anything to win the woman he loves.

Reaching for happiness in a war zone is the last thing Captain Devon Crawford plans, but she can’t ignore the feelings she’s hidden for so long. Cam’s sexy charm and wicked kisses weaken her resistance, but she’s too afraid of losing him to give in.

When Dev’s helicopter and crew are shot down and set up as bait by a notorious warlord, Cam risks all to save the team. What he doesn’t know is that the trap is set for …