Bookshelf Porn á la Carolyn Crane + Giveaway

Though it is the last day of our Big 1000 Followers Celebrations, fear not because we have some amazing guests to welcome today. Right away here is the wonderful Carolyn Crane, author of the mindblowingly unique and original Disillusionist trilogy, who is here to share with us her book collection(s)! Yay! So I won’t delay you any longer, please give a warm welcome to Carolyn!

Hi Everybody! Greetings, fellow book lovers!First off, congrats to Book Lovers Inc on the big 1-0-0-0! Woo hoo! You don’t look a day over 943. Okay, since this is all about celebrating books, I thought I’d take you to a tour of my shelves. (Does that sound sort of narcissistic? Like, enough about the Booklovers Inc., let’s talk about MY BOOKS.) But, I have taken all these photos. Please, come to my book lair!!

A. A little Devil Ducky from Larissa Ione that I …

My Love of Writing by Zoe Archer + Giveaway

Today we are very happy to welcome back to BLI and have her join our big celebration party Zoe Archer, the author of many fantastic and diverse romance novels. Zoe wrote the Blades of the Rose historical adventure romance series, Collision a sci-fi romance and her new upcoming release Hellraiser will be a paranormal romance! It seems Zoe is keen on trying out all different subgenres of romance as she has so many stories to tell. But we readers can only rejoice at that! 🙂 Please give a warm welcome to Zoe, who will share with us how she came to fall in love with reading and writing romance stories.
My mom taught me how to read when I was four. She’d been a preschool teacher, and an avid reader, so it made sense that she would be the person …

Bermuda Triangle Love and Libraries by Keith Melton + Giveaway

We are happy to welcome the wonderful Keith Melton to our Book Lovers United celebration today. Keith is not only a great author he’s also my secret little author crush (please don’t tell bf *wink*). Today he is here to tell us about libraries and what they have to do with the Bermuda Triangle for him. Please give him a warm welcome and be sure to check out the giveaway he brought along. 

I haunted the Tucson Public Library as a kid, ghosting through the stacks, slipping like a silent shade past rows of books that towered above me like idols built of ink and paper. The air smelled of musty books and metal shelving. I’d peer at the titles arranged on the shelves, pull them gently from the packed rows, read the back blurbs, and scrutinize the cover art on books I’d …

Top Five All Time Favorite Reads by Dakota Cassidy + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome the fabulous Dakota Cassidy here at our Book Lovers United Celebration today. She’s the author of a tons of hilarious books that will leave you giggling and snorting no matter where you read them. Believe me, I learned that the hard way. 

Her latest book is Burning Down the Spouse, book 2 in her Ex Trophy Wife series. You shouldn’t miss that one.

Today she will share her favorite reads of all time with us. Please give Dakota a warm welcome.

1. The Stand by Stephen King

Because really, who doesn’t want to invest three hundred sixty-five, 8 hour long days to read a book the size of War and Peace? In my mind, Stephen King is one of the best fictional …

It’s a sailor’s life for me! A guestpost by Kieran Kramer

Welcome to day 3 of our 1000 Followers Celebration! Today we’re very happy to welcome Kieran Kramer on Book Lovers Inc. Kieran is the author of hilarious regency romances I would recommend to anyone who want to have a good time. Let’s give a warm welcome to Captain Kieran 😉

It’s a sailor’s life for me!

Yep, I say that from experience. I sailed a lot with my family as a kid. But my new Regency historical romance has nothing to do with sailing. It takes place in the Highlands of Scotland. Charlie’s a visiting Englishman–Daisy’s a Scottish lass. And yes, there’s a loch.
But no one gets on a boat.
Too bad! I don’t know what I was thinking–I will definitely get a boat into one of my next novels in my new series!

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How I Got Where I Am by Gini Koch +Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome the wonderful author Gini Koch here at the Book Lovers United Event today. She is the creator of the fabulous and hilarious Katherine Kitty Kat series and just recently released the first novel The Royal Scam in her new science fiction series The Martian Alliance. Today she will tell us how she became an author and she also got a wonderful giveaway prepared. So give Gini a warm welcome. 

I got my love of reading from my mother and grandmother. As a little girl, they used to read to me all the time, and I loved it. (I still love to have someone read aloud to me — the hubs does this regularly, usually what we call News of the Weird, which, knowing me, should surprise no one.)

Being read to was great. However, even …

My favorite Strong heroines by Suzanne McLeod + Giveaway

It’s with a lot of pleasure that we welcome (again *g*) Suzanne McLeod on Book Lovers Inc. I’m a total fan-girl when it comes to her books but more than that Suzanne is one of the most amazing  and interesting persons I’ve had the pleasure to get in contact with. Today Suzanne shares with us some of her favorite strong heroines. Just so you know, I’ve seen the Angélique movies about a hundred times since I was a kid *g* (Well I’m French what did you expect? *wink*). Let’s give a warm welcome to Suzanne! Did I mention you could win one of her books AND be entered in the BIG giveaway? Well now you know *g*

Hello Dear Readers, and thank you to the fabulous Book Lovers for having me back to guest for their Big 1000 Follower …

Review: Just Gotta Say by Laura Kaye

Format read: eARC provided by authorRelease Date: 30 September 2011Length: 65 pagesPublisher: Decadent PublishingFormats available: ebookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Decadent Publishing

Blurb:

Callie Davis stumbles upon two of her three male roommates in a surprising, molten-hot midnight tryst and discovers a side of herself she never knew existed. Desire to play with them grips her, and she can’t stop fantasizing about having multiple men, particularly her three long-time best friends.

Callie is thrilled when a guys’ night out gives her the perfect opportunity to recreate her fantasy, with the help of a threesome porn video and a bag of sex toys. That is, until Lucas, Jack and Noah return early and catch her in the act. More than anything, the guys want to make her fantasy come true. But Callie has a secret, and she can’t help wondering if being with all three men will risk …

Author Interview with Laura Kaye + Giveaway

Today we are happy to welcome to Book Lovers Inc. Laura Kaye who is here to celebrate the release of her steamy and titillating erotic novella Just Gotta Say and tell us a bit more about the story, the characters and even herself! Please give Laura a warm welcome and read on, you can even win a copy of Just Gotta Say for yourself!

Hi Laura, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?Laura: I’d be glad to! But, first, let me say a big thank you for hosting me at your place! I write paranormal, contemporary and erotic romance and have four books releasing in 2011—one of which just released last Friday (Just Gotta Say)! I’m also a wife, mom of two young girls, historian, and Marylander.

Stella: Describe a typical day of writing: are you a planner or pantser?Laura: Oh, total pantser. Usually …

Review: Kingdom of Childhood by Rebecca Coleman

Format Read: eARC provided by NetGalley courtesy of the publisher; ARC Paperback provided by Publicist
Length: 352 pages
Genre: Fiction
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Publisher: Mira Books
Formats Available: Trade Paperback, Kindle, Nook
Purchasing Info: Publisher, Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Powells, Chapters, Kindle, Nook

Book Blurb:

The Kingdom of Childhood is the story of a boy and a woman: sixteen-year-old Zach Patterson, uprooted and struggling to reconcile his knowledge of his mother’s extramarital affair, and Judy McFarland, a kindergarten teacher watching her family unravel before her eyes. Thrown together to organize a fundraiser for their failing private school and bonded by loneliness, they begin an affair that at first thrills, then corrupts each of them. Judy sees in Zach the elements of a young man she loved as a child, …