My Top 5 Books of All Time by Blodeuedd + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome the wonderful Blodeuedd here today. If you venture into bloglandia on a regular basis I’m sure you saw her around. She’s chatty and has a spidey sense for detecting new posts going up somewhere. We love her for her constant support and well she’s our guest reviewer so we love her even more for putting up with us. 

Today Blodeuedd will share her favorite reads of all time. Be sure to tell us what you think in the comments.

Thank you Book Lovers Inc for inviting me for a guest post 😀 I am thrilled to be here, and congrats on your 1000 follower celebration! Keep up the amazing work.
My topic for the day is top 5 books, my top 5 books. And yes sure there are books that moved me, books that were written so beautifully that …

Five Books That Rocked My World by Alisha from My Need To Read + Giveaway

Today our special blogger guest is the wonderful Alisha from My Need To Read. She is a wonderful and heartfelt person who always brings a smile or two to my face. She is a wonderful reviewer too. (you really should check out her great blog). Alisha will tell us about 5 books that rocked her world and well I have to agree with her choices. Be sure to leave a comment for her and you might win a sag pack. Detail at the end of the post. So now, take the mic Alisha!
To even glance at my book blog, it’s fairly obvious that I’m all about the genre fiction. ^_^ These days I’ll read just about anything that has an element of the fantastical, surreal, or absurd, but that varied taste was developed over time, with a small handful …

How I Got Where I Am by Gini Koch +Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome the wonderful author Gini Koch here at the Book Lovers United Event today. She is the creator of the fabulous and hilarious Katherine Kitty Kat series and just recently released the first novel The Royal Scam in her new science fiction series The Martian Alliance. Today she will tell us how she became an author and she also got a wonderful giveaway prepared. So give Gini a warm welcome. 

I got my love of reading from my mother and grandmother. As a little girl, they used to read to me all the time, and I loved it. (I still love to have someone read aloud to me — the hubs does this regularly, usually what we call News of the Weird, which, knowing me, should surprise no one.)

Being read to was great. However, even …

Review: The Breaker’s Concubine by Ann Mayburn

Format read: review copy provided by author Release Date: 4th October 2011Number of pages: 126 pagesPublisher: Loose IdFormats available: ebookGenre: Erotic Sci-Fi Romance with BDSM/Forced Seduction elementsPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Loose Id, Amazon

Book Blurb:

Prince Devnar of Jensia is goaded into raiding the wrong space ship, springing a trap that captures him for use as a Royal pleasure slave, a Concubine, on Kyrimia. He vows to do everything he can to escape and keep from forming a psychic bond with his captors that would render him absolutely and totally in love. This proves difficult to do when the female Breaker assigned to turn him into a Concubine, Melania, is the epitome of his perfect woman. 

Melania has been raised and trained to help reluctant and abused Novices to break through their personal blocks and attain the ultimate prize …

We Love Your Comments Giveaway: Winner & new Start

This winner of our We Love Your Comments Giveaway for September  is……

Silver Thistle

who commented on our post: ‘Genres 101: Today’s Lesson – Literary Fiction“‘

If you just came up to me and asked “Do you read literary fiction?” I’d immediately say “NO”, without hesitation. However, I’ve read 3 of the 5 books you’ve picked to show on the post… so maybe I’m not as shallow a reader as I thought I was 😀

Congrats hon! I just sent you an email. Please email us back in the in the next 72 hours to claim your price.

We will now start counting for October. Here again the rules:

We thought long and hard about how we should show you, the readers of Book Lovers Inc how much we appreciate your input and interaction. We are happy and grateful for every comment cuz we know how …

Review: Amber Moon by Ann Mayburn

Format read: review copy provided by author Release Date: 26 July 2011Number of pages: 38 pagesPublisher: Decadent PublishingFormats available: ebookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Decadent Publishing,  B&N, Kobo, Smashwords, AReBook Blurb:

Sabrina Wayne yearns for the perfect mates to fill the void in her heart. As a werepuma Beta, she is driven to find the strongest Alpha to submit too, or in her case, Alphas. Sabrina craves the delicious softness of a woman as well as the rugged strength of a man. She has almost given up finding the right couple when she takes a leap of faith and allows Madame Evangeline of the 1Night Stand matchmaking service to set her on what Madame Eve promises will be an evening she’ll never forget. 

Alphas Nick and Madeline Turea have been searching for a woman like …

Review: Golden by Joely Sue Burkhart

Format read: review copy provided by author Release Date: 29 August 2011Number of pages: 72 pagesPublisher: Carina PressFormats available: ebookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Carina Press, B&N, Kobo, Powell’s

Book Blurb:

Golden-eyed Jin has spent her life preparing to be the Emperor’s consort. She knows her destiny is to serve the Emperor by indulging the dark desire that he has buried deep inside his heart—the desire to give pain.

Only she can take the pain he yearns to give, and transform it into the most unimaginable pleasure. But to enjoy all the Emperor can give her, she must survive assassination attempts from those who would keep them apart. Seducing the Emperor is risky…but it’s the only way to fulfill her destiny.

My Thoughts:

I was prepared to be thrown into a story like non I read by Burkhart …

Review: Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl

Format read: ebook provided through netgalleyRelease Date: 27 September 2011Publisher: HQN BooksLength: 384 pagesFormats available: ebook, paperbackSeries: Donovan Brothers Brewery #2 (Book 1: Good Girls Don’t)Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository (US), Book Depository (UK)

Book Blurb:

Olivia Bishop is no fun. That’s what her ex-husband said. And that’s what her smart bob and glasses imply. So with her trademark determination, Olivia sets out to remake her life. She’s going to spend time with her girlfriends and not throw it all away for some man. But when an outing with her book club leads her to a brewery taproom, the dark-haired beauty realizes that trouble—in the form of sexy Jamie Donovan—may be too tempting to avoid.

Jamie Donovan doesn’t mean to be bad. Sure, the wild streak in his wicked green eyes has lured the ladies …

New Releases Sep 19 – 25

Unclaimed (Turner #2) by Courtney Milan

Her only hope for survival…

Handsome, wealthy and respected, Sir Mark Turner is the most sought-after bachelor in all of London—and he’s known far and wide for his irreproachable character. But behind his virtuous reputation lies a passionate nature he keeps carefully in check…until he meets the beautiful Jessica Farleigh, the woman he’s waited for all his life. Is to ruin the man she loves… But Jessica is a courtesan, not the genteel lady Sir Mark believes. Desperate to be free of a life she despises, she seizes her chance when Mark’s enemies make her an offer she can’t refuse: seduce Mark and tarnish his good name, and a princely sum will be hers. Yet as she comes to know the man she’s sworn to destroy, Jessica will be forced to choose between the future …

Review: Tempted by His Target by Jill Sorenson

Format Read: won ARC copyLength: 224 PagesRelease Date: September 20, 2011Publisher: HarlequinGenre: Romantic SuspenseFormats Available: Paperback, eBookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon.com, Book Depository (US), Book Depository (UK)Book Blurb:

Wanted for the murder of a Mexican drug lord’s son, party girl Isabel Sanborn fled to Oaxaca. Now she owes her life to Brandon Knox, a passing tourist who just saved her from a hit man.

But Knox is no accidental hero—he’s an undercover U.S. marshal assigned to bring Isabel to justice. Instead, wanting to protect her, he joins her on the lam…with cartel goons and corrupt police in hot pursuit! And as the danger escalates, sexual tension sizzles. For the first time in his career, Brandon considers jeopardizing his mission to safeguard his target. And though Isabel can elude the authorities,she can’t escape her feelings….

My Thoughts:

I’m a huge Sorenson …