Interview: Author Cathy M. Buchanan + Giveaway

Today I’m very happy to welcome Cathy Buchanan on Book Lovers Inc. Cathy’s debut novel The Day The Falls Stood Still is now available in paperback. Please give Cathy a warm welcome and don’t miss our contest at the end  to win one of the 2 copies of her book.

The HEA Lover: Cathy can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Cathy: The Day the Falls Stood Still is my first novel. Having completed a BSc in biochemistry and an MBA, and then working in the corporate world for many years, I came fairly late to the writing life. Born and bred in Niagara Falls, I now live in Toronto with my husband and three sons and am at work on a second work of historical fiction.

The HEA Lover: Describe a typical day of writing? Are you a planner or …

Review: Rakes & Radishes by Susanna Ives

Format Read: E-ARC from NetgalleyNumber of Pages: 257 pagesRelease Date: September 13th 2010Publisher: Carina PressFormats Available: EbookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Carina Press

Book Blurb:

When Henrietta Watson learns that the man she loves plans to marry London’s most beautiful and fashionable debutante, she plots to win him back. She’ll give him some competition by transforming her boring bumpkin neighbor, the Earl of Kesseley, into a rakish gothic hero worthy of this Season’s Diamond.
After years of unrequited love for Henrietta, Kesseley is resigned to go along with her plan and woo himself a willing bride. But once in London, everything changes. Kesseley-long more concerned with his land than his title-discovers that he’s interested in sowing wild oats as well as radishes. And Henrietta realizes that gothic heroes don’t make ideal husbands. Despite an explosive kiss that opens …

Interview Author Jeanne Stein + Giveaway

We are very happy to have Author Jeanne Stein here today. She write the Anna Strong Chronicles and the newest installment Chosen will be released on August 31st. She’s here today to talk about strange dogs, her series and her new book. Be sure to read till the end, Jeanne offers a great giveaway. Please give her a warm welcome. 

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

Jeanne Stein: Let’s see—this question makes me wish I had a really exciting hobby like jumping out of airplanes or racing cars but truth be told, I lead a very uneventful life. I had a lot of different jobs before landing the one of my dreams—writing full time—and they ranged from being a telephone company service rep to working in the accounting department of a beer importer. I live with my husband in Colorado, but California …

Review: Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 302Release Date: 27 March 2007Publisher: AtomFormats Available: Paperback, Ebook, HardbackPurchasing Info:  Author’s Website,  Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository US, Book Depository UK

Book Blurb:

THEY’RE YOUNG, FABULOUS AND FANGED…

And they rule Manhattan from the trendy uptown clubs to the downtown boutiques. Fifteen-year-old Schuyler Van Allen has never quite fit in at her exclusive prep school – she’s more of a vintage than a Versace girl – but that’s all about to change…

Because Schuyler has just found out she’s a Blue Blood. The Blue Bloods are the city’s glamorous and secret vampire elite. They’re young, beautiful and powerful. But now they’re being murdered. And Schuyler must find out who – or what – is …

Review: Kiss of the Rose by Kate Pearce

Format Read: Paperback
Number of Pages: 296
Release Date: August 3rd, 2010
Publisher: Signet
Formats Available: Paperback, ebook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository US, Book Depository UK

Book Blurb:
First in a sexy new series that takes a bite out of the court of King Henry VIII
Desperate to defeat King Richard III and gain the crown, Henry Tudor made a pact with the Druids binding him and his heirs to the Druids’ struggle against vampires. Ever since, the Llewellyns, a vampire- slaying family, have been in the king’s employ. Now Henry VIII reigns, and his father’s bargain has been almost forgotten-until bloodless corpses turn up in the king’s bedchamber. To save the king, Vampire hunter Rosalind Llewellyn must form an uneasy alliance with Druid slayer Sir Christopher Ellis. But soon, Rosalind must face an unthinkable truth: that her …

Review: The Fire Lord’s Lover by Kathryne Kennedy

Format Read: Print Number of Pages: 384 pages Release Date: July 6th 2010 Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Formats Available: Paperback, Ebook Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon, BookDepository(US), BookDepository(UK)

Book Blurb:

Kathryne Kennedy’s historical fantasy romances have garnered awards and a growing readership. This exciting new series, set against the lavish backdrops of Georgian and Victorian England so beloved by romance readers, is deliciously dark and exciting.

Fighting for control of a kingdom that is split into seven domains, Elven warlords use their human slaves to breed an endless supply of soldiers for their armies. Dominic Raikes, the half-blood son of the Elven Lord himself is one such warrior. Betrothed to Lady Cassandra, who has been raised in a convent to keep her pure, he little suspects that she’s been secretly trained as an assassin to murder his …

Interview Author Gail Carriger

We are very happy to have author Gail Carriger here today. She the author of The Parasol Protectorate Series and the third book, Blameless, will be released on August 31st. Please give her a warm welcome.

The Geeky Lover: Gail can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Gail Carriger: I was born in small town California to a British ex-pat gardener with a tea habit and a woodworking Dane who sidelined as a philosophical scribbler. I spent my summers in Devonshire, and matured with a burning need to investigate the past and escape to other small towns all around the world. Hence archaeology. I ended up back in California with too many advanced degrees, a tea habit inherited from my mother, a scribbling habit inherited from my father, and a dreadful penchant for gadding off to foreign countries …

Bookish Eye Candy: Shade – Desire Unchained

Yes…Yes *nods head* its that time of week again! Time to share some loving Eye Candy!!!

Desire Unchained

By: Larissa Ione

Pleasure is their ultimate weapon . . .

Runa Wagner never meant to fall in love with the sexy stranger who seemed to know her every deepest desire. But she couldn’t resist the unbelievable passion that burned between them, a passion that died when she discovered his betrayal and found herself forever changed. Now, determined to make Shade pay for the transformation that haunts her, Runa searches for him, only to be taken prisoner by his darkest enemy. A Seminus demon with a love-curse that threatens him with eternal torment, Shade hoped he’d seen the last of Runa and her irresistible charm. But when he wakes up in a dank dungeon chained next to an enraged and mysteriously powerful Runa, …