The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?

Herzlich willkommen to our next German cover post. After last times French sneak attack we decided to take a look at what the German publishing industry has to show. 

We have a vast variety of covers this time- some good, some bad and yes we have the third kind too.

Caroline: I will admit that I don’t know Michelle Raven’s books but I’m really not attracted by this cover. I’m not even sure what makes me dislike it. o_O
The Faith Hunter cover is pretty, I love the color and the font. BUT it’s not really Jane. That girl is pretty but I’m just too used to the model on the original covers, a model who looked very Indian. So yeah…pretty but not …

Guest Review: Contra Alliance: Shadows of the Past by Tom Kolega

Format read: HardcoverNumber of pages: 376 pagesPublisher: BCH Fulfillment & DistributionFormats available: ebook, HardcoverRelease Date: January 1st, 2011Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, AmazonBook Blurb:

The year is 2035. America’s preeminence has withered. Global warming, scarce resources, and conflict have pushed the world to its breaking point. Throughout the increasing turmoil, a rogue group called The Revolution has risen to prominence seeking domination over humanity.

Shadows of the Past explores the adventures of a NATO Counter-Revolutionary (CONTRA) Strike Force as it battles against the mysterious organization. Elite Special Forces operators use advanced military technology to hunt The Revolution, finding its feared wickedness is worse than imagined. When secrets of the enemy’s origin threaten accepted reality, dangers intensify.

Disturbing evidence exposed by CONTRA uncovers stunning truths about the galaxies. A covert faction of extraordinary messengers race to save Earth. Legends of …

Interview Author Elizabeth Vaughan + Giveaway

We are so proud to have author Elizabeth Vaughan here at Book Lovers Inc today. She writes one of the best fantasy romance novels out there and we here at BLI are huge fans. We can’t say enough how happy we are to have her here. The latest novel in her Chronicles of the Warlands series was released this month. She is here to tell us about Warcry and give us some insight into her series. Please give her a warm welcome and feel free to ask her anything you want- she will stop by today and tomorrow to answer all the questions you might have. And there’s also a wonderful giveaway- so keep the questions coming. BLI: Elizabeth can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Elizabeth: Ah, well now, the truth is that its my stories that …

New Releases: May 16 – 22, 2011

Graveminder by Melissa Marr

The New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series delivers her first novel for adults, a story about the living, the dead, and a curse that binds them.

Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the tender attention her grandmother, Maylene, bestowed upon the dead of Claysville, the town where Bek spent her adolescence. There wasn’t a funeral that Maylene didn’t attend, and at each Rebekkah watched as Maylene performed the same unusual ritual: three sips from a small silver flask followed by the words “Sleep well, and stay where I put you.”

Now Maylene is dead and Bek must go back to the place–and the man–she left a decade ago. But what she soon discovers is that Maylene was murdered and that there was good reason for her odd traditions. It turns out that in placid Claysville, …

The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?

This week we have an unexpected French covers invasion. Caro visited her French amazon site and was bombarded with new, more or less, gems for our post series. Here is what she found. Be prepared for optical illusions, whory lipstick and messy heroines that never change their shirt. Enjoy and please leave us your two cents in the comments.

Susi: I like the Masques cover. The girl looks really mysterious and the wolf has this intriguing look- as if he’s gazing right into your soul. But again really much blue and that’s just not my color.
I’m not really sure what I should think of the Angels’ Blood cover.The feather doesn’t look like an angel feather. It looks so ordinary. Not sure what …

Interview Author Thea Harrison

We are very happy to welcome author Thea Harrison here at Book Lovers Inc today. Her new novel, Dragon Bound was just released and with all this pre-release buzz we just couldn’t pass on the chance to ask her some question about her work. Pleas give Thea a warm welcome.

BLI: Thea can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Thea: I have been lucky in that I’ve had the opportunity to travel. I lived in England for several years, and that allowed me to see a bit of Europe. When I was nineteen I wrote my first category romance, and for many years I was Mills & Boon UK’s youngest author. Somehow I’ve still managed to wear quite a few hats—as a teenager I was a waitress, and I’ve been a receptionist, an office manager, a penniless …

Interview Author Vanessa Kelly + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome Regency author Vanessa Kelly here at Book Lovers Inc again today. Her new novel, My Favorite Countess, will be released tomorrow and she was brave enough to answer some of out question about her writing in general and also about her new book. Please give her a warm welcome and check out the end of teh post for your chance to win.

BLI: Vanessa can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Vanessa: I write sexy Regency-set historical romance for Kensington Zebra. My next book is called My Favorite Countess, and it comes out tomorrow. But I also have a writing alter-ego. I’m half of V.K. Sykes, the pen name for the books I write with my husband. We write very sexy contemporary romance for Carina Press, and we’re also working on a …

Guestpost "Working with a small publisher" by Sean McCartney

We are very happy to welcome author Sean McCartney here at Book Lovers Inc today. He’s writing YA novel about THE TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB. His first novel SECRETS OF THE MAGICAL MEDALLIONS is already out and in may book 2 BREAKING THE BEALE CODE will be available. Today he’s here to tell us about his experience with publishing his work with a small press. Please give him a warm welcome. 

I first want to thank Book Lovers Inc. for allowing me to talk with you today.

My name is Sean McCartney and I am the author of the new young adult action adventure series from Mountainland Publishing entitled THE TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB: SECRETS OF THE MAGICAL MEDALLIONS which is available for sale at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Borders.

As I have been going around to different workshops, bookstores and …

Guestpost: "Putting In The Punk" by Tee Morris + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome author Tee Morris here at Book Lovers Inc today. He co-authored the new Steampunk work “Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel” with  Pip Ballentine and today he is here to tell us a bit about the genre his new novel is set in. Please give him a warm welcome and be sure to check out what a great prize-pack he brought along. Enjoy!

We Need the Punk, Gotta Have That Punk

Soon came a day under skies that were gray

When I knew I couldn’t stay in this ghost town full of

Clones and clowns and carbon copy towns, with

Kine and swine and nothing that was mine,

And this town’s decline with my hatred intertwined,

So I gather all I find and I bolted it to me,

Fueled my fires and I grabbed my pliers, and I’m lit!

I made …