Review: Collision Course by Zoë Archer

Format Read: e-ARC provided by the authorNumber of Pages: 199 pagesRelease Date: April 4th 2011Publisher: Carina PressFormats Available: Ebook, Paperback, KindlePurchasing Info: Author website, Goodreads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

In a galaxy torn apart by war…

Mara Skiren is a scavenger, a black-market dealer. Blackmailed into helping Commander Kell Frayne infiltrate a treacherous corner of the galaxy, Mara learns that her biggest danger is from her sexy, by-the-book partner. She’s a loner with more than a few battle scars on her heart, but something about Commander Frayne stirs up her long-buried need for an intimate connection.

An ace pilot for the elite Black Wraith Squadron, Kell’s mission is to rescue a lost pilot and ship. Unable to deny his attraction to the beautiful, rebellious Mara, he decides bedding her would cool his ardor. But one taste is not nearly …

Dual Review: "Three to Tango" Anthology

Format Read: e-ARC provided by Authors for reviewAuthors: Lauren Dane, Megan Hart, Emma Holly, Bethany KanePublisher: Berkley HeatLength: 368 PagesGenre: Erotic Romance AnthologyRelease Date: May 3, 2011Formats Available: Paperback, Kindle, NookPurchasing Info: Publisher, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Amazon.ca, Powell’s, Books-A-Million, Borders, Chapters, IndieBound, Goodreads, Kindle, Nook

Book Blurb:

Four of erotic fiction’s most talented authors carry readers away with all-new tales of ecstasy that prove that the most delectable things in life come in threes…

In Emma Holly’s FLIPPING FOR CHELSEA, Shay and Liam shared an unforgettable night with their lifelong friend, Chelsea, awakening a rush of forbidden feelings–feelings they have to reckon with when the three reunite, and the unrequited lust between them is too much to bear.

Though Ava left her hard-knock Georgia childhood behind, she …

Author Interview with Gabi Stevens + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome Gabi Stevens to BLI today! Gabi is the author of the Time of Transition series: a magical contemporary romance series about fairy godmothers! Book #1 The Wish List was released in May 2010 and Book #2 As You Wish was just released on 26 April 2011.

So please give a warm welcome to Gabi and join us in celebrating the release of As You Wish, a modern Beauty and the Beast story! 

The Latin Lover: Gabi can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Gabi: Well, I was born in Southern California to Hungarian parents. I went to boarding school for high school, then college, where I spent my junior year in Germany, then moved to Illinois with my husband for grad school. Over the course of years I learned …

Review: My Favorite Countess by Vanessa Kelly

Format Read: e-ARC provided by the authorNumber of Pages: 352 pagesRelease Date: May 3rd 2011Publisher: ZebraFormats Available: Ebook, Paperback, KindlePurchasing Info: Author website, Goodreads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

She is difficult, demanding, and at times, quite fierce. And Dr. John Blackmore can’t take his eyes off her. The Countess of Randolph is the most striking woman he has ever seen…and the most infuriating patient he has ever tended.

Mired in responsibility, Bathsheba doesn’t have time to convalesce in the country. She should be in London, hunting for a wealthy new lover to pay off her late husband’s vast debts, not dallying with a devastatingly handsome doctor.

But it is only a matter of time until the good doctor and the obstinate countess will have to contend with the sparks that fly between them. And once their bodies surrender, their …

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 …

Review: Sabine by Moira Rogers

Format Read: e-ARC provided by the authorsNumber of Pages: 50 pagesRelease Date: May 3rd 2011Publisher: Samhain PublishingFormats Available: EbookPurchasing Info: Author website, Goodreads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

A curse can erase her from his mind, but never from his heart.

…and the Beast, Book 1

After three years at war, the High Lord of the Forest returns to his lands, a victorious wolf leader intent on claiming his mate. Instead Ciar finds an empty bed and a court with no recollection of the woman he loved. Following her long-cold trail proves far easier than facing what awaits him at the end.

Sabine’s first instinct is to beg her beloved to leave. The High Lord’s mother hired a witch to curse Sabine, desperate to wipe the lowborn wolf from her son’s mind. But the spell worked too well, …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

I hope everyone had a fantastic Easter/Passover break! This week has been an interesting one for WTFERY and developments.

An interesting report from the US has found that ibooks store is not the success that Apple aims it to be, this is partly due to the fact that people who have ipads aren’t using it to primarily read ebooks and that only 40 percent of ipad users have read a book. Another 45 percent has stated they would prefer reading an ebook on their macs or PCs.

Agents are now stipulating that price escalators for ebook royalties should be implemented more widely, due to the rise of ebooks, especially when they have overtaken Mass Market print books earlier this year. 

Self Published author Stephanie Mcafee has joined the ranks of Amanda Hocking into mainstream traditional publishing as she scored …

Review: The Secrets of the Magical Medallions by Sean McCartney

Format Read:PaperbackNumber of Pages:160Release Date:July 6, 2010Publisher:Mountainland Publishing, Incorporated Formats Available: Paperback, KindlePurchasing Info: Goodreads,  Amazon , Book Depository, Book Deposotiry UK, Author’s website

Book Blurb:

A Treasure Hunting Legend… Four Ordinary Kids… Two Magical Medallions… Pursued By An Ancient Evil… In One Extraordinary Adventure.

Join the Treasure Hunters Club as they look to unlock the Secrets of the Magical Medallions.

…Some Secrets Are Better Left Alone.

When Tommy Reed received a medallion from his famous treasure hunting uncle “Diamond” Jack Reed he didn’t think much of it.

Now an ancient evil is pursuing his every move and his treasure hunting club friends, Shannon McDougal, Jackson Miller and Chris Henderson are on the run.

They must unlock the secret to the medallion before evil can hunt them down.

My Thoughts:

The Secrets of the Magical Medallions had 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 …