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Review: Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
Format read: ebook purchased from Amazon
Series: Sookie Stackhouse, #13
Genre: Urban fantasy
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Number of pages: 352 pages
Publisher: Penguin Publishing
Formats available: ebook, paperback, hardcover, audiobook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website | Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)
There are secrets in the town of Bon Temps, ones that threaten those closest to Sookie—and could destroy her heart….
Sookie Stackhouse finds it easy to turn down the request of former barmaid Arlene when she wants her job back at Merlotte’s. After all, Arlene tried to have Sookie killed. But her relationship with Eric Northman is not so clearcut. He and his vampires are keeping their distance…and a cold silence. And when Sookie learns the reason why, she is devastated.
Then a shocking murder rocks Bon Temps, and Sookie is arrested for the crime.
But …
3 1/2 Stars,Charlaine Harris,featured,Review,The Rocket Lover 
13 May 2013
15 comments
Bookish Rant or Raves: Negative Review or Personality Disorder?
I fervently adore negative reviews. A negative review provides the perfect framework to fully interact with a book. That pissed off reviewer hates things about a book that I loved, is outraged by something I completely missed, or shares in the absurdity of the so-called worldbuilding the author alleges to have undertaken.
On any given day, I have to listen to an abusive oil lineman convince a Judge that the wife cut the brakes in her own car, or a Napoleonic landlord claim it was a violation of the lease for a family to light a fire in the fireplace in Alaska in the winter.
I want to read something cathartic; wherein the assholes get what’s coming to them. Alternately, I’m interested in something that gives me hope for the human condition. Either/Or. When I don’t get that…..
I. Am. Pissed.
But I fly right passed …
Review: The Seduction Hypothesis by Delphyne Dryden
Format Read:e-arc provided from NetGalley for review
Release Date:May 6th 2013
Publisher:Carina Press
Series: The Science of Temptation, #2
Formats Available: ebook, Kindle Edition
Purchasing Info: Goodreads | Publisher | Amazon | Kobo | B&N
Book Blurb:
Wildlife biologist Lindsey thought attending a fan convention with her new boyfriend Ben was a great idea—until their relationship fizzled. Lindsey still lusts after her ex—but if he wants her, he’s going to have to prove it.
Ben will do anything to win Lindsey back, and when he sees her in her skimpy black vinyl convention get-up, he realizes what she’s been craving all along. And he is inspired to finally give in to his own dark desire to take complete sexual control…
Lindsey is surprised by her reaction to Ben’s kinky new seduction techniques, and suddenly sees the brilliant but uptight code guru in a different light. After several erotic encounters in hotel rooms …
2 Stars,Delphine Dryden,featured,Review,The Coffee Lover 3 May 2013
2 comments
Guest Post by Christi Barth + Giveaway
We are very happy to welcome back to Book Lovers Inc. Christi Barth, who is celebrating the release of A Fine Romance, the second book in her wonderfully romantic Aisle Bound series! Besides being a romance author Christi has also worked as a wedding planner so she really knows the ins and outs of weddings and romance, let’s hear what she has to share, and you could even win a copy of A Fine Romance! 😉
Romance – It Isn’t Just Hearts and Flowers
Not only do I write romances—where the hero and heroine have sexy times and fall in love (not always in that order)—but I’ve got to inject romance into each story. And no, I’m not talking about just the fabulous, melted chocolate sex scene you’ll find in A Fine Romance. Even the dictionary has a hard time pinning down romance. Some definitions whittle it down to …
Christi Barth,featured,Giveaways,Guest Post,The Latin Lover 27 Mar 2013
8 comments
ARC Review: Immortal Trust by Claire Ashgrove
Format Read:e-book provided from the author
Number of Pages:464 pages
Release Date: March 26th 2013
Publisher:Tor Books
Series: The Curse of the Templars, #3
Formats Available: Mass Market Paperback, e-book
Purchasing Info: Amazon | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository UK | Goodreads
Book Blurb:
When archaeoloist Chloe Broussard acccepts the contract to lead a dig in Ornes, France, she has no idea she will uncover the Veil of Veronica. When she does, she discovers a danger far greater than the demons she’s confronted since childhood. Azazel wants her, as well as the Veronica, and his chosen minion is her brother. Her hope lies with immortal Templar Knight Lucan. Her life depends on oaths she knows nothing about.
For countless centuries, Lucan of Seacourt has lived with the knowledge that his brother killed their family. Now, as Azazel’s darkness eats away at his soul, old betrayal stirs suspicion. He trusts …
5 Stars,Claire Ashgrove,featured,Review,The Coffee Lover 26 Mar 2013
2 comments
Interview with Claire Ashgrove + Giveaway
Today we are very excited to welcome back to Book Lovers Inc author Claire Ashgrove in celebration of her newest release in her Curse of the Templars series, Immortal Trust. Claire stops by today to tell us all about her newest release and let me tell you that I’m very happy to share with you my excitement about this book. I was fortunate enough to read Immortal Trust in advance and let me tell you that it is the best book in this series so far! So, let’s welcome Claire and don’t forget to check at the end of the post for the details of our giveaway 🙂
Anna: Hello Claire and welcome back to Book Lovers Inc! We are very happy to have you today in celebration of your newest release! Could you please tell our readers a few things about your newest book in the Curse of the Templars …
Claire Ashgrove,featured,Giveaways,Interview,The Coffee Lover 26 Mar 2013
15 comments
Romance and Me: In Love with a Superhero
Hey Everyone!
For some time now I wanted to discuss superhero romances with you, because as always I would be grateful for any great recommendations 😉
Being an enthusiastic superhero fan is something of a more recent thing for me, I didn’t grow up reading superhero comics or watching cartoons featuring them (though I remember that when I went over to a guy friend’s birthday party in kindergarten we watched an episode of Spiderman). If I think hard when trying to pin point where my interest for superheroes started I go back to high school when I stumbled upon Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. I LOVED how that show wasn’t just about the “boring science fiction/comic stuff” but featured interesting characters with relatable problems/thoughts/feelings and lots of humour, and most importantly I was a sucker for the developing romance between Lois and Clark …
Dual Review: Holding Out for a Hero by Christine Bell, Ella Dane, Tamara Morgan, Nico Rosso, Adrien Luc-Sanders
Format read: ebook copy provided by the publisher for review
Release Date: 14 January 2013
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Number of pages: 550 pages
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Read an excerpt
Blurb:
Scarlett Fever, by Christine Bell and Ella Dane
After five years in training, it’s finally time for Scarlett Fever and her fellow superheroes to leave the United Superhero Academy and test their powers out in the real world. There’s only one problem. She’s been assigned to partner with arrogant, by the book, and irritatingly hot, Blade of Justice.
Blade’s whole life has gone according to plan, and he’s more than ready to move on to the big time, protecting a metropolis of his own. But his perfectly ordered life is derailed when he’s teamed up with the fiery maverick, Scarlett Fever.
Sparks fly the moment they arrive in Plunketville, Oklahoma, as they each set out to force the other …
1 1/2 Star,2 1/2 Stars,3 1/2 Stars,4 1/2 Stars,Adrien-Luc Sanders,Christine Bell,Dual Review,Ella Dane,featured,Nico Rosso,Review,Tamara Morgan,The Latin Lover,The Rocket Lover 22 Feb 2013
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ARC Review: Free Fall by Catherine Mann
Format Read: digital ARC provided via Net Galley courtesy of Publisher for Review
Series: Elite Force Book 4
Length: 352 Pages
Genre: Military Romantic Suspense
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Formats Available: eBook, Kindle, Nook, Mass Market Paperback
Purchasing Info: Publisher, Author’s Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, Powell’s, The Book Depository, Kindle, Nook
Book Blurb:
Pararescueman Jose “Cuervo” James is committed to his job and not much else. He thought nothing could change that, not even sexy, smart Interpol agent Stella Carson. Their affair burns hot and fast, but family is everything to Stella, and Jose just can’t go there. His family demons are too deep, too tenacious.
The demands of their work make it easy to stay away from each other, until a fateful mission deep in the African jungle unexpectedly throws them together. With Stella’s life on the line, uncovering the truth about Jose’s …
4 1/2 Stars,Catherine Mann,featured,Review,The Danger Lover 21 Feb 2013
3 comments
Review: Once Burned by Dee Carney
Format read: ebook copy provided by author
Series: Book #1 in the Close to the Heat series
Release Date: 13 November 2012
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Number of pages: 97 pages
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Samhain, Read an excerpt
Blurb:
Temptation never tasted so good.
Close to the Heat, Book 1
With a chance to win a cooking competition that will advance her career, the last thing food truck chef Pepper Joseph needs is a distraction. Except she’s got a heaping helping of it in the form of fellow chef Darien Priest, the man who broke her heart.
It’s been years, and she tells herself she’s over his betrayal, but to her irritation, she finds she still has an appetite for his steel-gray eyes, clean-shaven head, and sleeve tattoos.
Darien regrets the single, juvenile act that ended it with Pepper, but he’s never found the courage …
4 Stars,Dee Carney,featured,Review,The Latin Lover 20 Feb 2013
4 comments
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