Review: Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep

Format Read: eARC provided by the authorNumber of pages: 350 pagesRelease Date: 26 July 2011Formats available: Paperback, eBookPublisher: KensingtonPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository (US), Book Depository (UK), Author’s website

Book Blurb:

My name is Gwen Frost, and I go to Mythos Academy — a school of myths, magic and warrior whiz kids, where even the lowliest geek knows how to chop off somebody’s head with a sword and Logan Quinn, the hottest Spartan guy in school, also happens to be the deadliest.

But lately, things have been weird, even for Mythos. First, mean girl Jasmine Ashton was murdered in the Library of Antiquities. Then, someone stole the Bowl of Tears, a magical artifact that can be used to bring about the second Chaos War. You know, death, destruction and lots of other …

Review: The Secret Guide to Dating Monsters by Sierra Dean

Format read: eARC provided by authorRelease Date: 19 July 2011Publisher: SamhainSeries: Book #0.5 in the Secret McQueen seriesFormats available: ebookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Are blind dates supposed to be this bloody?

A Secret McQueen Story

They say it’s impossible to find a man in New York City. Secret McQueen needs to find two in one night. Of course, it’ll mean pulling off the impossible—find and kill a displaced rogue vampire without disrupting the first promising date she’s had in ages. As a werewolf hybrid used to walking a fine line of survival in the vampire world, though, Secret eats impossible for breakfast.

Somewhere between hello and the first round of drinks, Secret makes her move. Her target, Hollywood’s biggest star, shouldn’t be hard to spot. Just look for swarms of fans. Except every time …

Interview with Sierra Dean + Giveaway

Today I am very happy to welcome back to Book Lovers Inc. one of my new favourite urban fantasy authors, please welcome the wonderful Sierra Dean! Sierra pens the fantastic Secret McQueen urban fantasy series, the first novel of which Something Secret This Way Comes was released on 10 May 2011 (you can read my review here) and as the prequel novella The Secret Guide to Dating Monsters was released yesterday (again for a spoiler-free first taste of the story you can check out my review), it’s time to celebrate! Read on to get to know Sierra and Secret better and for your chance to win an ebook copy of The Secret Guide to Dating Monsters!
 
 

Stella: Sierra can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
 
Sierra: I’m a fun-loving, trouble-making, book-reading kinda girl. I …

Scary Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

Before I scare you all away I’ll explain that it was scary for me as there are so many winners I have to announce this week, I dreaded sitting down and going through all the giveaways and drwaing the lucky people today. But can you blame me? Outside it is warm and sunny, the garden calls me with its peaceful quiet and my book is taunting me from across the room. *resigned sighs*

Well anyway, so as today I have TONS of winners to announce, let’s get down to it, I bet you all have better things to do like enjoy the sun, take a nap, get back to that yummy book you are reading (like me!), go to the pool or just go to see why that poor cat has been for the past minutes and try to …

Romance and Me: I’m a Gang Member Baby, so Why Don’t You Love Me?

Hey Everyone!

Today to tie in with Jill Sorenson’s guest post and latest novel (The Edge of Night) we are talking about gang love stories.That is, those novels where (at least) one of the characters is a gang member and which detail is crucial either because it shaped that character’s personality and outlook on life/love/relationships or because it causes difficulties for the couple.

I have Caro here to help me with today’s topic as she has recently read a few stories fitting this category, so I’ll give it over to her:

Caro: I haven’t read many gang books but the only ones I read were fantastic. I read Perfect Chemistry (and the following in the series) by Simone Elkeles, it’s a YA romance series and it features gangs. I LOVED it to pieces. Why? Well first the hero is part of a Mexicano Gang, he’s …

Announcing some July Winners!

Hey Everyone!

I’m doing this post on Sunday early morning my time (well it’s not yet 9am, and on a Sunday that is early morning isn’t it?). I just love these summer mornings when the family still asleep the sun is already shining and you just soak up the quiet and peace 🙂 Which will be over as soon as the family wakes up and gets together for breakfast. So do you have any exciting vacation plans? Travelling somewhere? Or perchance are you already away? Tell me, until I’ll go on vacation myself I’d love to hear about yours 🙂 And until then, here are this week’s winners:

Today congratulations are in order for…

The lucky winner of a signed copy of Geist and an ARC of Spectyr by Philippa Ballantine is: JC Maramba

The 2 lucky …

Interview with Vivian Arend + Giveaway

Please join us in welcoming Vivian Arend back to BLI today who is here to celebrate the release of Rising, Freestyle, the second novella in her Xtreme Adventures series which is available from Samhain today! Falling, Freestyle, the first story in the series released on November 30, 2010, is a sizzling hot story friends to lovers story, and the main characters are extreme alpine sports enthusiasts. Rising, Freestyle is Melanie Dixon and Derrick James’ love story and they are into extreme rock climbing.
 
Viv! Welcome back to Book Lovers Inc. thank you for joining us again today. 🙂
 
Viv: It’s great to be back!
 
Lea: Since you were here previously and talked about writing process etc. We wanted to cut to the chase and get the low down on your Xtreme Adventures series and Rising, Freestyle in particular, …

Review: Seduction & Scandal by Charlotte Featherstone

Format read: eARC provided by publisher through NetGalleySeries: Book #1 in The Brethren Guardians seriesNumber of pages: 384 pages Publisher: HQN BooksFormats available: paperback, ebookRelease Date: 1 July 2011 Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Kindle store, Book Depository

Blurb:

With the scandalous nature of her birth to live down, Isabella Fairmont dreams of a proper marriage—even if a passionless one. She saves her deepest desires for the novel she dares to pen, wherein a handsome lord with dark powers seduces her. But then her courtship with an appropriate suitor is threatened by the sudden attentions of the reclusive Earl of Black…whose pale blue eyes and brooding sensuality are exactly as she described in her book.

Isabella tries to resist the mysterious Earl of Black.

Yet as he pursues her, with inexplicable knowledge of her past …

Independence Day Winners!

Hey Everyone!

Another weekend is over, and unfortunately as I live outside the US, I’ll have to work tomorrow *sighs* But at least I have some wonderful news: my little sister has finished her exam period and came home for 2 whole months, I’ll have my lil sis with me, yay! *Stella does happy dance* 😀 So to spoil her I did some yummy desserts: some crispy strudel with banana-cranberry or sour cherry-cottage cheese filling, mmm… 😀

Ok, I’ll have to go back for another slice with my caffé latte, but before that I’ll announce today’s  winners!

Today congratulations are in order for…

The lucky winner of an ebook copy of Bleeder by L.K. Rigel is: Katie who won

The lucky winner of the swag pack and a copy of Collide by Megan Hart is: Lisa who won

Congratulations winners, you have …