Review: "The Willow", by Stacey Kennedy

Format read: e-Book provided by author for reviewSeries: The Magical Sword Book ILength: 124 pagesFormats available: e-Book, Kindle, PrintRelease Date: July 10, 2010Publisher: Liquid Silver BooksPurchasing Info: Author Website, Liquid Silver Books, Amazon Kindle, Goodreads, All Romance Ebooks, Fictionwise, Barnes & Noble

A past of secrets, a life broken by death―awakens to a world of promise and love, but lurking danger threatens to destroy it all.

In Carson City, Nevada a tragic car accident has claimed the lives of Nexi Jones’ adoptive parents. Now, without them, her reason to live has vanished and she is determined to end her pain.

The problem with that, it’s not heaven she wakes up to, it’s the Otherworld. Nexi must reconcile the truth about her past, and her heritage as part guardian/part witch, while she begins to train to join …

Bookish Eye Candy: Gale – Mockingjay

Mocking JayBook 3By: Suzanne Collins

The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss Everdeen.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

I hope you all are ready for my Gale. That smile….. Oh that yummy smile*sigh*yum Yum YUMMMMMM*clears throat*um ya sorry. :0) Now here is who I picture playing Gale in the movie version of Mockingjay

 
Gale
AKASteven R. McQueen

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

USA Today reports that its bestselling list will begin to feature ebooks this week and notes that since the holidays which many people have been gifted with an ereader for Christmas. That the top six books on the list, the ebook versions outsold their print counterparts while in the top 50, nineteen books sold more ebooks than print. Whether this trend will grow or remain static remains to be seen but it does lead credence that Ebooks are becoming the new Mass Market as the print sales for that format has fallen in recent months.

A few weeks ago an author claimed and wrote a book that there was a way to manipulate Amazon Kindle charts, however this would involve buying your own book everyday as well as posting reviews and voting for them. I personally didn’t think it …

Interview Author Toni Blake + Giveaway

We are really happy to welcome author Toni Blake here at Book Lovers Inc. today. Whisper Falls, Book 3 of Toni’s highly acclaimed “Destiny Series” is now available and has been greeted with rave reviews! Please give Toni a warm welcome. And be sure to check out the end of the post. *wink*

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

Toni: Let’s see – I’ve been writing since I was ten years old and always knew I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. I’m a television addict. My secret ambition is to be a fashion correspondent on the red carpet. And I’m a balance-loving Libra. How’s that for a few random facts? ; )

BLI: Describe a typical day of writing? Are you a planner or pantser?

Toni: I write full time, starting around …

Review: "Night Haven", by Fiona Jayde

Format read: e-Book provided by author for reviewLength: 48 pagesFormats available: e-Book, KindleRelease Date: September 21, 2010Publisher: Samhain PublishingPurchasing Info: Author Website, Samhain Publishing, Amazon Kindle, Goodreads, All Romance Ebooks, My Bookstore and More

Desire cuts both ways…

Nothing gives Dina more pleasure than leaving the vampires she hunts to the mercy of the dawn. And yet most humans she is sworn to protect seem all too happy to offer up their necks. She has vowed never to be like those needy creatures yet, three months ago, she allowed a vampire to kiss her. The memory still makes her body burn—and her skin heat with humiliation.

For over twenty empty years, Luke has lived in a world of dead pleasure and burning sunrise, feeding off those who long for immortality and taboo thrills. Only his art makes …

Review: "Run to You" by Sarah Ballance

Format read: e-Book galley from Manic Readers Review DepotLength: 154 pagesFormats available: e-Book, KindleRelease Date: December 13, 2010Publisher: Noble Romance PublishingPurchasing Info: Author Website, Noble Romance Publishing, Amazon Kindle, Goodreads, All Romance Ebooks

Mattie James can’t pinpoint exactly when she lost control of her life, but the moment she decided to take it back made the front page of the local paper. Desperate to dodge the fallout— and the tabloids—she jumps at the chance to spend an off-season week in a tiny resort community by the sea. Making the trip with her ex-lover is a complication she can live with; coming face to face with a dead woman is not.

The last thing Sheriff Wyatt Reed expected to find on the storm-ravaged beach was a beautiful blonde with a jealous sidekick, but one look at Mattie …

Interview Author Nancy Holzner + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome author Nancy Holzner here at Book Lovers Inc today. Her new novel, Hellforged (book 2 in her Deadtown series) was released at the end of 2010 and today she is here to talk about herself, her books and zombies. Please give her a warm welcome. And keep an eye open for her question at the end of the interview and you might win her newest release. 

Nancy: Thank you so much for inviting me to be here today. I’m a regular reader of your site, so I was thrilled to do an interview with the Book Lovers.

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

Nancy: I’ve been a book lover all my life. When I was a kid, my parents had to institute a no-reading-at-the-dinner-table rule because I never wanted to put my book …

Review: Immortal Champion by Lisa Hendrix

Format Read: Ebook provided by the authorNumber of Pages: 336 pagesRelease Date: January 4th, 2011Publisher: BerkleyFormats Available: Ebook, PaperbackPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository (UK), Book Depository (US)

Book Blurb:

He faces a future of cold uncertainty, until her warm embrace…

Part of a Viking crew of warriors cursed by an evil sorceress, Gunnar the Red must toil through eternity as half-man, half-beast, living out his days as a great bull, while his nights are spent in human form. And though he keeps mostly to the wilds, his heart yearns for the simple comforts of man—and the chance to redeem a tragic past…

Seeking refuge from a bitter winter in the welcoming hall of Richmond Castle, Gunnar rescues two maidens when a blaze erupts—and his destiny is forever altered. For one of the young women …