Author Interview with Christi Barth + Giveaway

I am happy to introduce to you Christi Barth who stops by BLI today to celebrate the recent release of her third novel Cruising Toward Love. I discovered Christi this year when I stumbled upon Act Like We’re In Love and fell for the story, the characters and Christi’s writing. (You can read my review of Act Like We’re in Love here.) So please give her a warm welcome and if you like your contemporary romances to be equally funny, witty and steamy, you are at the right place! 😉

Stella: Hi Christi, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?Christi: I spent years performing in musicals, singing about love and giving people a happy ending in every performance. Then as a wedding planner I spent every day immersed in romance. Now, I write it! Cruising …

Review: "No Holds Barred" by Callie Croix

Format Read: e-ARC provided by NetGalley courtesy of the publisher
Length: Novella
Publisher: Carina Press
Genre: Erotic Romance Ménage
Release date: November 21, 2011
Formats Available: e-Book, Kindle, Nook
Purchase information: Author Website , Goodreads, Carina Press, Kindle, Nook, All Romance eBooks,
Book Blurb:

During a playful talk about fantasies, Caitlin’s fiancé offers to give her a threesome—with his best friend, Liam, who’s coming to spend the weekend. At first Cait is shocked that Nathan could entertain the thought of sharing her with another man, but once he’s planted the idea her imagination runs wild, leaving her deeply aroused—yet still unsure about what the implications could be for her and Nate’s relationship.

Nathan’s watched Cait struggle to hide her attraction to Liam for years. He knows she’s nervous, but he also knows that by making her most intimate fantasies come true …

Guest Post: Five Simons: The Many Faces of One Hero by Monique Martin + Giveaway

I am very happy to welcome to BLI and introduce to you today  Monique Martin, author of the Out of Time series: a highly original and fantastic series which combines time travel, romance, and even has paranormal elements. I loooved Out of Time, the first book in the series and am extremely excited that its sequel was released recently! So please give a warm welcome to Monique and read on to discover this amazing series!

(You can read my review of Out of Time here.)

When I started writing “Out of Time” I had a mishmoshed picture of what Simon Cross (the hero) looked like. He’s not the sort of romance hero you see on covers, shirtless and shiny. (And hooray for them because – hubba-hubba). He’s a forty-year old British professor of the occult who is …

Review: "Edge of Survival" by Toni Anderson

Format Read: e-ARC provided by NetGalley courtesy of the publisher
Length: Novel
Publisher: Carina Press
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release date: November 21, 2011
Formats Available: e-Book, Kindle, Nook
Purchase information:Author Website , Goodreads, Carina Press, Kindle, Nook, All Romance/OmniLit,
Book Blurb:

Dr. Cameran Young knew her assignment wouldn’t be easy. As lead biologist on the Environment Impact Assessment team, her findings would determine the future of a large mining project in the northern Canadian bush. She expected rough conditions and hostile miners—but she didn’t expect to find a dead body her first day on the job.

Former SAS Sergeant Daniel Fox forged a career as a helicopter pilot, working as far from the rest of the human race as possible. The thrill of flying makes his civilian life bearable, and he lives by his mantra: don’t get involved. But when he’s charged with transporting the biologist to her research …

Review: Karma Girl by Jennifer Estep

Format read: ebook
Series: Book #1 in the Bigtime series
Release Date: 1 May 2007 (reissued as ebook on 12 July 2011)
Number of pages: 360 pages
Publisher: Berkley
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Bigtime, New York, is not big enough for both Carmen Cole and the superheroes and ubervillains who stalk its streets. An intrepid reporter, Carmen’s dedicated her life to unmasking the spandexwearers, all because her fiancé turned out to be a superhero, and a cheating one at that-sleeping with none other than his nubile nemesis.

Exposing the true identities of the nation’s caped crusaders and their archenemies has catapulted Carmen from her sleepy southern hometown to the front pages of the country’s biggest newspaper, The Exposé. Hobnobbing with millionaires and famished fashionistas is all in a day’s work for a woman on the trail of the Fearless Five and Terrible Triad. But when Carmen …

Guest Post: My Musings on How Vampires Went from Drooling Corpses to Hot Superheroes By Beth Kery + Giveaway

Please join us in giving a warm BLI welcome to National Bestselling Author Beth Kery today. Beth is a prolific author having penned numerous novels published by Samhain, Berkley, Ellora’s Cave and Harlequin. Beth is here to celebrate the release of Silken Rapture, Book II in her Princes of the Underground series which is coming from Samhain Publishing in digital format on November 22, 2011. 

Silken Rapture is an erotic paranormal romance and Beth is here to talk about a topic near and dear to us paranormal romance lovers….vampires! Take it away Beth!

With the second book in my Princes of the Underground series, Silken Rapture, releasing from Samhain on November 22nd, I got to thinking about the evolution of vampires. Actually, I was revisiting the hilarious tongue-in-cheek article from Cracked.com, called Six Mind Blowing Ways Zombies and Vampires Explain America—if you haven’t read it, I …

Review: Because of You by Jessica Scott

Format read: eARC provided by publisher through NetGalley
Series: Book #1 in the Coming Home series
Release Date: 14 November 2011
Number of pages: 224 pages
Publisher: Loveswept
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

From the war-torn streets of Baghdad to the bittersweet comforts of the home front, two wounded hearts navigate the battlefield of coming home from war in this explosive eBook original from newcomer Jessica Scott.

Keeping his men alive is all that matters to Sergeant First Class Shane Garrison. But meeting Jen St. James the night before his latest deployment makes Shane wonder if there’s more to life than war. He leaves for Iraq remembering a single kiss with a woman he’ll never see again—until a near fatal attack lands him back at home and in her care.

Jen has survived her own brush with death and endured its scars. And yet there’s a fire in Shane that makes Jen forget …

Interview with Jessica Scott + Giveaway

Today we are very happy and honoured to welcome Jessica Scott debut romance author and career soldier at Book Lovers Inc. Jessica is here to tell us about her debut novel Because of You, a very emotional romance novel and first book in a new series. Read on to learn more about Jessica’s series and life and get to know the characters of Because of You. 🙂

(You can read my review of Because of You here.)

Stella: Hi Jessica, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
Jessica Scott: Hi Stella. Thanks for having me here today. I’m pretty excited about Because of You and I’m delighted to be here. I’m a pretty normal harried working mom. I love reading, writing and all things bookish. I’ve got two little girls, a husband in Iraq and I’ve been on active duty for 16 plus years. I’m blessed …

Review: Wild Lilly by Ann Mayburn

Format read: ARC provided by the author
Release Date: 11 Nov 2011
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Length: 258 pages
Formats available: ebook,
Series:Willow Creek #1
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Decadent Publishing

Book Blurb:

When Connecticut socialite Lilly Brooks inherits land in Caldwell, Kansas, she finally has the chance to break free from the gilded cage of Victorian society and chase after her dreams of excitement and romance in the Wild West. Excitement arrives with angry Indians, smelly dogs, and drunken cowboys who won’t take no for an answer. Romance comes in the form of a ruggedly handsome rancher named Paul McGregor. Too bad he calls her a whore within the first minute of their acquaintance.

Paul has spent the last three years trying to hold his family and ranch together after the death of his parents. When he saves a stunning blonde, who he thinks …

Review: Open Minds by Susan Kaye Quinn

Format Read:  E-bookNumber of Pages:  241 pages  Release Date:  1st November 2011Publisher:  CreateSpaceFormats Available:  E-book, Paperback.  Purchasing Info: Susan Kaye Quinn, Good Reads, Amazon,  

Book Blurb:
When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep.

Sixteen-year-old Kira Moore is a zero, someone who can’t read thoughts or be read by others. Zeros are outcasts who can’t be trusted, leaving her no chance with Raf, a regular mindreader and the best friend she secretly loves. When she accidentally controls Raf’s mind and nearly kills him, Kira tries to hide her frightening new ability from her family and an increasingly suspicious Raf. But lies tangle around her, and she’s dragged deep into a hidden world of mindjackers, where having to mind control everyone she loves is just the beginning of the deadly choices before her.

My Thoughts:

After reading the …