Review: Bolted by Meg Benjamin

Format read: ebook copy provided by the author for review
Series: Book #2 in the Promise Harbor Wedding series
Release Date: 2 April 2013
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Number of pages: 272 pages
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Samhain, Read an excerpt

Blurb:

Sometimes you have to get lost before you can find yourself.

The Promise Harbor Wedding, Book 2

Greta Brewster McBain in a bind. Two, if she’s really counting. First there’s the can-barely-breathe, bridesmaid’s dress from hell. Second, the stranger who just carried her “perfect” brother’s fiancée out the church door has made it impossible to tell her own mother about her own divorce.

Rather than confirm her reputation as the family screw-up, Greta takes a drive to clear her head.

Trapped in a hole and unable to reach his cell phone, Hank Mitchell is resigned to becoming a permanent part of his own archeological dig when help arrives—in the form of …

Guest post by Hayson Manning + Giveaway

What we all wouldn’t give to work on a tropical island, or even just to fly there for a few days to unwind and soak up the sun… *sighs* But if you can’t do that right now, do the next best thing: grab a copy of Wife in Name Only, the freshly released debut novel of contemporary romance author Hayson Manning and a glass of chilled margarita and escape to this faraway paradise. But before you do that, join us as Hayson stops by to talk a bit about her novel and its connection to dream jobs… and of course you could even win a copy of Wife in Name Only! 😉 

Dream Jobs

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When I was writing Wife in Name Only, I thought Zoe’s job of running a boutique honeymoon resort on a small island in Tonga was a dream job! Living on a Pacific …

Interview with Robin Covington + Giveaway

We are happy to welcome back to BLI Entangled author Robin Covington, who stops by to tell you about her latest release, His Southern Temptation, the second book in her The Boys Are Back in Town series! So please give her a warm welcome, read on to learn which sexy actors she could picture as playing her heroes and if you share with us your pick you could even win yourself a copy of His Southern Temptation!  😀

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

Robin: Hi Stella – thanks for having me back. I’m a pretty ordinary person. I’m 44, a wife and mother of a son and daughter (10 & 8) and I work a day job as a civilian attorney for the U.S. Navy. I’m a lead singer in a band and I love to …

The Early Summer Winning Post

Hey Everyone!

Lol, you remember my whining for weeks about spring being late? Well it seems it was so late because this year we skipped it altogether and went straight to summer! It is blindingly sunny with 29 C, seriously, everyone is confused not knowing how to dress since it is only mid-April and it feels as if it were late June. So yeah, spending the weekend soaking up the sun in the garden feels like I’m on summer vacation 😀

And here are this week’s winners:

the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Rebellion by Eleri Stone is:

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the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Hard Way by Katie Porter is:

Melanie S.

the lucky winners of the Alex Hughes giveaway  are:

Paul Girardin

Pratikhya

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Congratulations winners, you have all been notified of your win in e-mail. You have 72 hours to get back to us, or we’ll have to draw …

Interview with Kimberly Kincaid + Giveaway

You all know how much I love cooking and baking and what a huge fan I am of culinary romances, so it is with great pleasure that I welcome to Book Lovers Inc. and introduce you to foodie romance author Kimberly Kincaid, who stops by to tell you a bit about her brand new release Love on the Line! So please give her a warm and delicious welcome (with chocolate chip cookie and cinnamon latte ;-)) and if you share with us your favourite treat you could even win a copy of her book! 😀

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

Kimberly: I write contemporary foodie romance (where the characters are involved in food in some way—chefs, caterers, restaurant owners, etc.), both for Curtis Brown Digital and Kensington Books. I’m also a food nut, a yoga instructor, and a …

Romance and Me: The Horror of the Episode Novels

Hi Everyone!

You might have encountered this new trend that seems to be spreading recently, namely that a story is told in several shorter instalments. These are not “series” in the classic sense of the term, where the individual books were full-length 300 or more pages long, no in these new episode-novels the individual instalments are between 25-120 pages usually and end with (often cruel) cliffhangers to entice the reader to pick up the next instalment.

Many recent erotica stories used this form like Beth Kery’s Because You Are Mine series or Maya Cross’ brand new Alpha Group books, and even Eloisa James released her latest historical romance With This Kiss in this format.

Many readers object to this new trend because 1) the story or the different storylines don’t get resolved at the end of the individual episodes, 2) they have to suffer …

Interview with Tracy March + Giveaway

You know how much I love sport romances, so I am very happy to introduce you to newcomer romance author Tracy March, whose debut novel The Practice Proposal, a contemporary romance novel featuring a sexy baseball player just got released by Entangled Publishing. Take a seat and get to know Tracy and learn more about her Suddenly Smitten series, and she also has some very sweet treats for you at the end, so don’T forget to enter the giveaways! 😉 

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

Tracy: I like to write, whether it’s romantic thrillers influenced by my career in the pharmaceutical field, and my interest in science and politics, or lighthearted romances inspired by my real-life happily ever after. (Lucky me!)

Always up for travel and adventure, I’ve flown in a stunt plane, snowmobiled on the Continental Divide, ziplined …

The Spring Has Finally Arrived Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

Yay, spring has finally arrived!! Was about time! I enjoy it so much walking outside in just a leather jacket and soaking up the sun reading on a bench in the park 😀 I can’t wait for warmer days when I can finally spend the weekends out in the garden! 😀 But until then I’m happy with the sunnier weather and here are this week’s winners:

the lucky winner of a copy of Sinner’s Heart by Zoe Archer  is:

Ren

the lucky winners of a paperback copy of The Wanderer by Robyn Carr  are:

Darline Stewart

Stephanie @ Love.Life.Read

Congratulations winners, you have all been notified of your win in e-mail. You have 72 hours to get back to us, or we’ll have to draw a new winner.

Enjoy your weekend everyone! 😀

Review: Temptation by Kathryn Barrett

Format read: ebook copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley
Release Date: 15 February 2013
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Number of pages: 322 pages
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iTunes, Kobo, Read an excerpt

Blurb:

Laura Hayes has been acting since she was an infant, making Hollywood the only home she has ever known. But when she moves to Pennsylvania’s Amish country to film her next movie, she discovers there’s more to life than a pair of Jimmy Choos and a Marie Claire cover.

Intrigued by the Amish simplicity, she’s soon gardening and baking plum pies—and enjoying it. And when her neighbor turns out to be the local heartthrob and a talented furniture maker, she realizes that what’s missing from her life might be the love of a good man—not to mention the perfect heirloom tomato.

Jacob fights the urge to question the teachings of …

Guest post by Heather Snow + Giveaway

I am very happy to welcome back to BLI one of my favourite new historical romance authors, the wonderful Heather Snow, author of the Veiled Seduction series, a very exciting and emotional historical romance and mystery series! And I couldn’t be happier because Book #3 Sweet Madness was released recently, and let me tell you, it was worth the wait! It is full of heartache, passion and love, I enjoyed it a lot and I’m sure you will too! Read on to hear more about the story and the writing of it and you could even win a copy of Sweet Enemy or Sweet Deception, the 1st or 2nd book in the series!

Thank you so much for having me back at Book Lovers Inc. I’m thrilled to be here to celebrate the release of Sweet Madness, the third …