Author Interview with L.K. Rigel + Giveaway

Today we welcome to Book Lovers Inc. sci-fi romance author L.K. Rigel, who pens the epic sci-fi-fantasy-romance trilogy: the Apocalypto series (Space Junque, Spiderwork and Bleeder). Linda stopped by to answer my inquisitive questions and scroll down because now you can get your hands on all 3 books of the series!

(To get a first taste of the stories, you can read my review of Space Junque and Spiderwork here on BLI.)

Stella: Hi Linda, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
 
Linda: I live in California with my cat, Coleridge. I’ve been a newspaper reporter, a singing waitress, the lead singer in a band, and a court reporter, and I’ve written stories and songs all my life.
 
Stella: Can you describe a typical day of writing? …

Review: Kisri by Moira Rogers

Format read: E-arc provided by the authorsNumber of pages: 60 pagesFormats available: ebookRelease Date: June 21st 2011Publisher: Samhain PublishingPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

After three years at war, Ennon bears the burden of seeing the High Lord’s vast armies home. Keeping thousands of fiercely independent lions in line isn’t easy. When his soldiers discover a beautiful, royal female hidden beneath an illusion spell, the lure of her inheritance threatens the order of his camp.

The men of her family protected Kisri, until the war stole them away. Tired of defending herself from greedy suitors, she’s in search of her only remaining male relative. Instead she finds Ennon, her cousin’s most dangerous warrior. Perhaps the only man in the kingdom who has no interest in claiming her birthright. Which makes him unique…and tempting.

Delivering Kisri …

Review: The Devil in Disguise by Stefanie Sloane

Format read: Print copy from the PublisherNumber of pages: 320 pagesPublisher: Ballantine BooksFormats available: ebook, paperbackRelease Date: May 24th 2011Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s website, Amazon

Book Blurb:

Lord William Randall, the Duke of Clairemont, is a rake with little regard for society—a most unlikely suitor for Lady Lucinda Grey. But his latest assignment for the Young Corinthians, an elite spy organization, involves protecting her from a kidnapping plot. To do this, the notorious “Iron Will” must use his devilish charm to seduce Lucinda and convince her he’s worthy of her attention. William never planned to become enthralled by the lovely Lady Grey—or to lose his own heart in the bargain.

Beautiful and fiercely intelligent, Lucinda has managed to gracefully sidestep even the most persistent suitors. Until the Duke of Clairemont, that is. She’s tempted by his …

Review: Paramour by Margaret Ethridge

Format Read: Paperback

Number of Pages: 215

Release Date: 31 December 2010
Publisher: Turquoise Morning Press

Formats Available: Paperback, E-book
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

Camellia Stafford has never been alone in her room. For twenty years she’s been engaged in a fierce power struggle with her bedrooms previous tenant, Frank DeLuca, the ghost trapped in the light fixture above her bed.

Caustic and cranky, Frank has one soft spot – Cam. Over the years, their feelings for one another have evolved from grudging friendship to …

Review: Dark Oracle by Alayna Williams

Format read: paperbackNumber of pages: 336 pagesRelease Date: 25 May 2010Publisher: Pocket BooksSeries: Book #1 in the Oracle seriesFormats available: paperback, ebookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Kindle store

Blurb:

TARA SHERIDAN HAS A GIFT . . . AND IT ALMOST KILLED HER.

As a criminal profiler, Tara used science and her intuitive skill at Tarot card divination to track down the dangerous and depraved, including the serial killer who left her scarred from head to toe. Since that savage attack, Tara has been a recluse. But now an ancient secret society known as Delphi-s Daughters has asked for her help in locating missing scientist Lowell Magnusson. And Tara, armed with her Tarot deck, her .38, and a stack of misgivings, agrees to try.

Tara immediately senses there is far more at stake than one man-s life. …

Author Interview with Laura Bickle / Alayna Williams + Giveaway

Today I am beyond happy to welcome to Book Lovers Inc. one of my most recent favourite UF authors, who besides writing amazing novels is incredibly friendly and sweet. Please give a warm welcome to Laura Bickle author of the Anya Kalinczyk series (Embers and Sparks) and the Oracle series (Dark Oracle and Rogue Oracle) penned as Alayna Williams! 

If you would like to get an idea about Laura’s writing or the universe in her novels, you can read my review of Embers and Dark Oracle here on BLI.

Stella: Hi Laura, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
 
Laura: Thanks so much for having me!
 
I’ve worked in libraries, criminology, and technology for several years. I live in the Midwestern U.S. with my chief muse, owned by five mostly-reformed feral …

Review: Embers by Laura Bickle

Format read: paperbackNumber of pages: 368 pagesRelease Date: 30 March 2010Publisher: Simon and SchusterSeries: Book #1 in the Anya Kalinczyk seriesFormats available: paperback, ebookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Kindle store

Blurb:

Unemployment, despair, anger–visible and invisible unrest feed the undercurrent of Detroit’s unease. A city increasingly invaded by phantoms now faces a malevolent force that further stokes fear and chaos throughout the city.

Anya Kalinczyk spends her days as an arson investigator with the Detroit Fire Department, and her nights pursuing malicious spirits with a team of eccentric ghost hunters. Anya–who is the rarest type of psychic medium, a Lantern–suspects a supernatural arsonist is setting blazes to summon a fiery ancient entity that will leave the city in cinders. By Devil’s Night, the spell will be complete, unless Anya–with the help of her …

Review: Pushed to the Limit by Nico Rosso

Format read: ebook provided by the authorNumber of pages: 111 pagesFormats available: ebookRelease Date: June 6th, 2011Publisher: Liquid Silver BooksPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Liquid Silver BooksBook Blurb:

Teryn Pilander lives in a world of secrets. She is a Shadow Corps operative for the Core Army in the Limit War, trained in espionage. Her latest mission takes her to the planet Viela, drawn by a communication that the local government captured a Dusk Warrior Officer for questioning. More interesting than the message, though, is the voice delivering it. A little shy, but deep and strong, the masculine voice sparks dormant fires in Teryn. She tells herself that once the mission is over, she might put her spy self away for a bit and live a little as a woman.Drel Kol has secrets of his own. He is …

Review: The Lottery by Alexandra O’Hurley

Format Read: E-Book

Number of Pages: 177
Release Date: 21 December 2010
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Formats Available: E-Book
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

Living in a world where men were treated like a rare commodity, Ethan Spears did what he could in order to survive. But when the proverbial rug was pulled out from under him, desperate measures called for desperate actions. To save his sister, he entered The Lottery, offering himself to one woman for a year.Karlyn Bowman was a rebel in her family, choosing not to climb the corporate ladder in …

Review: "Trace of Fever", by Lori Foster

Format Read: ARC provided by publicist for reviewPublisher: HQN BooksLength: 400 PagesGenre: Romantic SuspenseSeries: Men Who Walk the Edge of Honor Book IIRelease Date: May 31, 2011Formats Available: Paperback, Kindle, NookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s, Books-A-Million, Borders, Chapters, Goodreads, Kindle, Nook

Book Blurb:

Caught in the crossfire of vengeance and desire…

Undercover mercenary Trace Rivers loves the adrenaline rush of a well-planned mission. First he’ll earn the trust of corrupt businessman Murray Coburn, then gather the proof he needs to shut down the man’s dirty smuggling operation. It’s a perfect scheme—until Coburn’s long-lost daughter saunters in with her own deadly plan for revenge.

With a smile like an angel and fire in her eyes, Priscilla Patterson isn’t who she seems to be. But neither is the gorgeous bodyguard who ignites …