Guest Post: A Girly Look at Superheroes by Susan Bischoff + Giveaway

Today I am very happy to welcome one of THE authors who restored my faith in the YA genre and proved to me that stories about teenagers can be just as well written and entertaining for an older public (=older than teens) as adult books. Please welcome Susan Bischoff, author of the Talent Chronicles series, the second novel of which Heroes ‘Til Curfew was just released!
 
I lurrved Book #1 Hush Money (you can read my review here)and when I heard about the release of the second book I just had to ask Susan about something I have been wondering about for some time: Superheroes aren’t usually deemed as “girly.” How come you were inspired to write a story about them?
I’m a child of the 1970s. For us, the world was not supposed to be pink and blue. My mother has often told me …

Review: Only Yours by Susan Mallery

Format Read: ARC provided by the author through NetgalleyNumber of pages: 384 pagesRelease Date: August 30th 2011Formats available: Paperback, eBookPublisher: HQN BooksPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository (UK), Author’s website

Book Blurb:

Man’s best…matchmaker?

Montana Hendrix has found her calling—working with therapy dogs. With a career she loves in a hometown she adores, she’s finally ready to look for her own happily ever after. Could one of her dogs help her find Mr. Right…or maybe Dr. Right?

Surgeon Simon Bradley prefers the sterility of the hospital to the messiness of real life, especially when real life includes an accident-prone mutt and a woman whose kisses make him want what he knows he can’t have.

Scarred since childhood, he avoids emotional entanglement by moving from place to place to heal children who need his skillful …

Review: "Bound By Law", by SE Jakes + Giveaway!

Format Read: e-ARC submitted by Author for ReviewLength: 157 PagesGenre: Contemporary, GLBT, BDSM, ménage à trois Series: Men of Honor Book #2Release Date: August 9, 2011Publisher: Samhain PublishingFormats Available: eBook, Kindle, NookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Publisher, Goodreads, Kindle, Nook

Book Blurb:

The one man he can’t forget is the one whose memories could destroy them all.

After the one man he trusted disappeared, it took Law Connor ten years to take a chance on another relationship. Trouble is, right about the time he’s finally ready to let go of the past, the past stages a hostile takeover.

Back when they were teens, Styx was the boy with no memory. He and Law had each other’s backs until he was forced to leave to keep Law safe. Now a CIA agent, he’s finally discovered who he is, and why he’s …

Interview: Author Susan Mallery + Giveaways

We are so happy and honored to welcome New Times bestselling author Susan Mallery here at Book Lovers Inc today. She writes funny and sweet contemporary romance novels which will steal your heart as soon as you start reading. Her newest novel, Only Mine was released this week and today she tells us about her books and the wonderful town they are set in. Come and join us in Fool’s Gold. Be sure to stay till the end- we have 2 giveaways waiting for you. 

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

Susan: I’d love to! I’ve written more romances than I can easily count, and I’ve recently begun to foray into non-romance women’s fiction, as well. I’m known for my characters. I write women who are multi-faceted, strong, interesting, vulnerable, funny, warm-hearted… women I would …

Review: "Tainted Blood", by Stacey Kennedy

Format Read: e-Book submitted by author for review
Length: 100 pages
Genre: Urban Fantasy Romance
Series: The Dark Element Book I
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Formats Available: Kindle, e-Book
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Amazon Kindle, Goodreads, All Romance Ebooks, Smashwords.

Book Blurb:

Darkness is settling over San Francisco—vampires in the throes of blood lust are taking innocent lives. One witch will need to see past her fear, and trust her Guardian, before everyone is in danger, including herself…

Earth Witch, Sabi, has been gifted with the ability to see premonitions of the darkness that threatens human lives. Safe in the Otherworld, she adjusts to these new visions…which isn’t going so well. Luckily, she’s got the sexy Guardian, Ryker to help her work through these visions. He’s intent to show her how to distance herself from them and help her gain control of life. …

Review: The Secret Guide to Dating Monsters by Sierra Dean

Format read: eARC provided by authorRelease Date: 19 July 2011Publisher: SamhainSeries: Book #0.5 in the Secret McQueen seriesFormats available: ebookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Are blind dates supposed to be this bloody?

A Secret McQueen Story

They say it’s impossible to find a man in New York City. Secret McQueen needs to find two in one night. Of course, it’ll mean pulling off the impossible—find and kill a displaced rogue vampire without disrupting the first promising date she’s had in ages. As a werewolf hybrid used to walking a fine line of survival in the vampire world, though, Secret eats impossible for breakfast.

Somewhere between hello and the first round of drinks, Secret makes her move. Her target, Hollywood’s biggest star, shouldn’t be hard to spot. Just look for swarms of fans. Except every time …

Interview with Sierra Dean + Giveaway

Today I am very happy to welcome back to Book Lovers Inc. one of my new favourite urban fantasy authors, please welcome the wonderful Sierra Dean! Sierra pens the fantastic Secret McQueen urban fantasy series, the first novel of which Something Secret This Way Comes was released on 10 May 2011 (you can read my review here) and as the prequel novella The Secret Guide to Dating Monsters was released yesterday (again for a spoiler-free first taste of the story you can check out my review), it’s time to celebrate! Read on to get to know Sierra and Secret better and for your chance to win an ebook copy of The Secret Guide to Dating Monsters!
 
 

Stella: Sierra can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
 
Sierra: I’m a fun-loving, trouble-making, book-reading kinda girl. I …

Review: "In The Air Tonight", by Stephanie Tyler

Format Read: eARC provided by Author for review
Length: 400 pages
Genre: Military Romantic Suspense
Series: Shadow Force Book III
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Publisher: Dell Books
Formats Available: Mass Market Paperback, Kindle, Nook
Purchasing Info: Publisher, Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Powells, Chapters, Kindle, Nook

Book Blurb:

With danger closing in, all they have is each other…

Haunted by a mission he barely survived, Delta Force operative Mace Stevens still carries a soldier’s burden. Running a small bar in upstate New York, he remains a stone cold warrior who guards dangerous secrets and stays ready for anything. Anything except beautiful, vulnerable Paige Grayson, who shows up at his door, demanding answers about her heroic stepbrother’s death under his command.

Paige bears burdens, too. She’s plagued by demons unleashed by an older brother who committed mass murder …

Interview: Stephanie Tyler + Giveaway

It’s our great pleasure to welcome multi-published New York Times Bestselling Author Stephanie Tyler to BLI today. Stephanie wowed lovers of military romantic suspense with her Hard To Hold trilogy in late 2009 and early 2010. Then in October 2010, Lie With Me, the first book of her awesome Shadow Force series was published which was followed quickly by book II Promises In The Dark. Fans have had to wait a while but I’m delighted to say, In The Air Tonight, Mace Stevens and Paige Grayson’s story is to be released on July 26, 2011, and Stephanie keeps up the sexy, riveting, fast paced storytelling she established in the first two books of her series. Dell Books is the publisher for the Hard To Hold Trilogy and Shadow Force series. Stephanie has also co-written the …

Review: Only Mine by Susan Mallery

Format Read: ARC provided by the author through NetgalleyNumber of pages: 384 pagesRelease Date: July 26th 2011Formats available: Paperback, eBookPublisher: HQN BooksPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository (US), Book Depository (UK), Author’s website

Book Blurb:

Her town’s lack of men may make headlines, but it isn’t news to Dakota Hendrix. The beautiful blonde has bigger problems to deal with, such as overseeing the romance reality competition filming in Fool’s Gold. Screening eligible bachelors is a difficult enough task, but Dakota hits an unexpected snag when a sexy stranger comes to town. Finn Anderssen will do anything to keep his twin brothers — the perfect contestants — off the show. Despite Dakota’s better judgment, she finds herself drawn to the mysterious outsider. Like her, Finn knows about heartbreak and how a family can fall apart, …