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Review: Invitation to Scandal by Bronwen Evans
Format Read: ebook from author
Genre: Historical Romance
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Number of Pages: 320 pages
Publisher: Kensington Brava
Formats Available: Mass market paperback, ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Book Depository, All Romance Ebooks
Book Blurb:
Her secrets are coming undone…
Plagued by scandalous rumors, Rheda Kerrich will stop at nothing to restore her reputation and make an honest living for herself—and she’s determined to do it without a husband. But times are hard, and smuggling is a risky though profitable trade. So when a dashing agent for the English government catches her in the act, she desperately resists his charms and conceals her illicit profession. Until she realizes he may be the key to her ultimate freedom—and unbridled passion…
Rufus Knight, Viscount Strathmore, has never had trouble beguiling the ladies of Kent. When his search for “Dark Shadow,” a cunningly elusive smuggler, …
4 Stars,Bronwen Evans,featured,Review,The Rocket Lover 
9 May 2012
5 comments
Guest Post by Author Bronwen Evans + Giveaway
Today we are very happy to welcome Bronwen Evans here at Book Lovers Inc. Bronwen is here today to celebrate the release of her newest book, Invitation to Scandal with all of us and discuss about villains! Who doesn’t love a sexy historical romance and a discussion about hidden villains? I know I do 🙂
And as always, don’t forget to check at the end of the post how you could win your own copy of Invitation to Scandal! And also, keep in mind, that there will be a Grand Prize at the end of the Tour: a year’s subscription to RT Book Review Magazine, a $50 Amazon or B&N Voucher PLUS… a Book Basket of 30 SIGNED by the AUTHORS books!!! Quite a lot, right?
First of all, I’d like to say thank you very much to Book Lovers Inc for hosting me today. I’m thrilled to be here …
Bronwen Evans,featured,Guest Post,The Coffee Lover 9 May 2012
37 comments
Guest Post by Author Alexia Reed + Giveaway
Today we are really happy to welcome at Book Lovers Inc the author Alexia Reed! Alexia’s debut novel Hunting the Shadows is scheduled to be published by Carina Press on May 7th and Alexia is here today to discuss with us character crushes. Interesting topic right?
Hunting the Shadows is a new paranormal romance title that promises to be exciting and really interesting. So, let’s welcome Alexia 🙂 And don’t forget to check the end of the post for your chance to win her book.
You never forget your first character crush. There’s something about them that makes them stand out from all the other characters and makes you wish the book and world was real so that you could crawl into it. I remember my first character crush—teen/adult Ramses from the Amelia Peabody series. I first started the series in highschool while I discovered my love of archaeology and anthropology. It …
Alexia Reed,featured,Guest Post,The Coffee Lover 2 May 2012
15 comments
Review: Blooded: A Jessica McClain Novella by Amanda Carlson
Format read: ebook
Series: book 0.5 in the Jessica McClain series
Genre: urban fantasy
Release Date: April 11th, 2012
Number of pages: 60+ pages
Publisher: Orbit
Formats available: ebook,
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books On Board, Diesel Ebooks, iTunes, Kobo
Book Blurb:
Jessica McClain was born the only female in an all male race. The only problem is-she’s no wolf. Called a curse, a witch and the Daughter of Evil by the superstitious wolves, Jessica decides to fight for her freedom, at age nineteen, the only way she can-in the ring.
When she’s brutally attacked right after her fight, is it enough to finally earn her freedom off Compound, or will she be forced to endure the hatred even longer . . .
My Thoughts:
Blooded sets the scene for Amanda Carlson’s new Jessica McClain series with the first full length novel, Full Blooded being released …
3 Stars,Amanda Carlson,Review,The Geeky Lover 30 Apr 2012
6 comments
Review: The Prophet by Amanda Stevens
Format read: ebook via netgalley
Series: The Graveyard Queen, #3
Genre: urban fantasy
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Number of pages: 352 pages
Publisher: Mira
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Book Depository, Amazon Kindle
Book Blurb:
My name is Amelia Gray.
I am the Graveyard Queen, a cemetery restorer who sees ghosts. My father passed down four rules to keep me safe and I’ve broken every last one. A door has opened and evil wants me back.
In order to protect myself, I’ve vowed to return to those rules. But the ghost of a murdered cop needs my help to find his killer. The clues lead me to the dark side of Charleston—where witchcraft, root doctors and black magic still flourish—and back to John Devlin, a haunted police detective I should only love from afar. Now I’m faced with a terrible choice: follow the rules or follow my heart.
My Thoughts:
This series is …
4 1/2 Stars,Amanda Stevens,featured,Review,The Needy Lover 26 Apr 2012
4 comments
Review: Claiming Colleen by Beth Kery
Claiming Colleen
Format Read: e-ARC provided courtesy of Author for Review
Length: 218 Pages
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: Home To Harbor Town Book III
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Publisher: Harlequin Special Edition
Formats Available: Mass Market Paperback, Kindle, Nook
Purchasing Info: Publisher, Author’s Website, Amazon, Books-A-Milliion, Powell’s,
5 Stars,Beth Kery,featured,Review,The Danger Lover 23 Apr 2012
3 comments
Interview with Amanda Stevens + Giveaway goodness!
Happy Monday, book lovers! I’m beyond excited to say that we have author Amanda Stevens here at BLI today! She stops by to answer some of our burning questions about her paranormal/ mystery/ romance hybrid series, The Graveyard Queen. She also discusses some of the influences that go into her writing, as well as her take on those things that go bump in the night. You don’t want to miss this one (and worry not; no spoilers here!). Please give her a very warm BLI welcome.
Alisha: So happy to have you at BLI today, Amanda! First off: How would you describe Amelia and her world….Twitter style (140 characters or less)? ^_^
Amanda: Dark, lush, dreamy and Southern. 😉
Your protagonist, Amelia, is quite complex in her background, her abilities, her motivations, and her desires. What aspects about her first called to you? Was she originally conceived as she is now? Did …
Amanda Stevens,featured,Giveaways,Interview,The Needy Lover 23 Apr 2012
29 comments
Romance and Me: Is it the money? – The Appeal of the Billionaire Hero
Hey Everyone!
It has come to our attention (thanks Amanda for pointing it out) that lately there has been a real billionaire hero boom in romance novels. No, of course I’m not saying this is something new, wealthy, obscenely rich, exotic heroes were always à la mode for category romances, it’s only that in the past couple of weeks we have read novel after novel featuring one of them (like Weekend Agreement, The Marriage Bargain, Blackmailed by the Italian Billionaire just to name a few). So we wondered what is it about rich heroes that makes them such a popular choice?
Nina Croft author of Blackmailed by the Italian Billionaire even asked readers for their opinion and here are some of their answers:
Gaby: I think it’s because usually money gives a man power, and women don’t like powerless …
Review: Blushing Violet by Ann Mayburn
Format read: ebook copy provided by author
Release Date: 18 November 2011
Number of pages: 110 pages
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon
Blurb:
Shy and quirky Violet Bishop has finally found the perfect way to meet a man who could fulfill her hidden submissive desires, something that she has never dared to ask her conservative and uptight ex-boyfriends to do. She joins an on-line matchmaking site that puts couples together based on the books that they love, in this case the BDSM erotica that lines her bookshelves.
Two Dominant best friends and business partners, Carlos Romano and Morgan Kane, are matched with Violet. They both want to date her and rather than fight about it they decide to keep the fact that they know each other away from her and let her pick who she wants to be with. A good idea in theory but something that …
4 1/2 Stars,Ann Mayburn,featured,Review,The Latin Lover 12 Apr 2012
6 comments
Review: The Kingdom by Amanda Stevens
Format read: e-book
Series: Graveyard Queen, #2
Genre: urban fantasy
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Number of pages: 376 pages
Publisher: Harlequin Mira
Formats available: e-book, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Kobo, Book Depository
Book Blurb:
Deep in the shadowy foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains lies a dying town …
My name is Amelia Gray. They call me The Graveyard Queen. I’ve been commissioned to restore an old cemetery in Asher Falls, South Carolina, but I’m coming to think I have another purpose here. Why is there a cemetery at the bottom of Bell Lake? Why am I drawn time and again to a hidden grave I’ve discovered in the woods? Something is eating away at the soul of this town—this withering kingdom—and it will only be restored if I can uncover the truth.
My Thoughts:
Atmospheric. Intense. Those are two words that keep coming to mind when I think about this book, a combination of quiet horror and lingering suspense. The Kingdom by Amanda …
5 Stars,Amanda Stevens,featured,Review,The Needy Lover 6 Apr 2012
13 comments
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