We Love Your Comments Giveaway: Winner & new Start

This winner of our We Love Your Comments Giveaway for May is……

Chris

who commented on our post: ‘Review: “Killer Secrets” by Katie Reus“‘

Oh, I think that’s a guy I’m tracking for the Misadventures (but haven’t posted yet). Cool. 🙂

Congrats hon! I just sent you an email. Please email us back in the in the next 72 hours to claim your price.

We will now start counting for June. Here again the rules:

We thought long and hard about how we should show you, the readers of Book Lovers Inc how much we appreciate your input and interaction. We are happy and grateful for every comment cuz we know how it is to be a “blog-hopper”. We enjoy reading your thoughts and we love to start a good discussion with you. This blog is all about spreading the love for books and without you …

New Releases: May 30 – June 5

Kiss of Snow by Nalini SinghPsy-Changeling #10Book Blurb:

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s exhilarating world of shapeshifters and psychics is “paranormal romance at its best” (Publishers Weekly). Now comes the story of an alpha wolf named Hawke used to getting exactly what he wants–and of the only woman who dares tangle with him.

Since the moment of her defection from the PsyNet and into the SnowDancer wolf pack, Sienna Lauren has had one weakness. Hawke. Alpha and dangerous, he compels her to madness.

Hawke is used to walking alone, having lost the woman who would’ve been his mate long ago. But Sienna fascinates the primal heart of him, even as he tells himself she is far too young to handle the wild fury of the wolf.

Then Sienna changes the rules and suddenly, there is …

Interview Author Vicki Pettersson + Giveaway

We are so happy to welcome urban fantasy author Vicki Pettersson here at Book Lovers Inc again. I’m a huge fan of her Signs of the Zodiac series and today is the release day of the final installment, The Neon Graveyard (my review can be found here). I’m in love with her books and the world she created. Please give Vicki a warm welcome and be sure to check out the wonderful giveaway she brought along.
BLI: Hey Vicki, it’s so great to have you here at Book Lovers Inc again. I know we already asked this the last but for all the new readers- can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Vicki: I was born and raised in Las Vegas, which means that like all Vegans of a certain age, I consider myself a small town …

Explore This! The Auvergne Region, France

 This week we’re heading back to Europe, to the Auvergne Region of France. I was reading A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, which inspired me to check out this area. Harkness’ vampire character, Matthew Clairmont (aka de Clermont), had his home base in a castle nestled somewhere in Auvergne. On further research, Anne Rice’s vampire Lestat also hailed from here, being born the “son of the marquis d’Auvergne”. Taking a look at the pictures, it is easy to understand the ancient nature of this part of France which lends a certain authenticity as an origin or home for vampires.

To me, this looks like a place that stands outside of time and still retains much of its natural beauty. Let’s start our tour:

Ancient brick work surround by a lush garden is reminiscent of a scene in …

Interview With Bethany Kane (Beth Kery) + Giveaway

It’s our great pleasure to welcome National Bestselling Author Bethany Kane (Beth Kery’s alter ego) back to BLI today! Bethany is here to celebrate the release of her latest novel Addicted To You, with us which will hit the stands June 7, 2011. Addicted To You is a hot, emotional erotic romance involving Rill Pierce, a delectable Irishman and Katie Hughes, a feisty heroine. Addicted To You is the first of A One Night of Passion series of novels.

Bethany! Welcome back to BLI and thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to chat with us today! 🙂

Bethany: As always, my pleasure Lea.

Since you were here previously and talked about writing process etc. I wanted to dive right in and get the low down on Addicted To You which I think can safely be described …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post! We have new book deals from favourite authors, new ereaders that will increase the competition in the market and loads more!

First up – the big news this week was the unveiling of new devices from Kobo and B&N. Both are offering similar ereading devices that are wifi enabaled and offer a virtual keyboard, and Pearl e-screen. However, the Kobo’s price is slightly cheaper going for $129 . For more info for its features click here http://www.kobobooks.com/touch_features – one of the sweetest things about the Kobo is that will cater to international languages and that may be one of the advantages compared to other e-readers.
In comparison the Nook will go for $139, for its features click here. This will definitely heat up the e-reading market and I got a funny feeling that before Christmas …

Interview With Author Virna DePaul + Giveaway

Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Author Virna DePaul to Book Lovers Inc. today. Virna is a former prosecutor who writes about flawed individuals who find redemption through courage and love. Chosen By Blood is a paranormal romance and Virna’s first print release in a series called Para-Ops and it is published on May 3, 2011, to many rave reviews!

Virna! It’s such a thrill to be able to chat with you today, thank you for agreeing to join us!

Virna: Thank you so much for having me here! I appreciate the opportunity to chat with you and your readers.

Virna can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Virna: I’m a mother of three young boys and a long-time romance reader who loves to travel, see Broadway shows, and is always struggling with balancing all the important aspects of …

My Wishlist: The Older YA Edition

So recently I have had a thing with Older YA books, you know, the ones that really aren’t suitable for younger teens because of their drug addictions, suicide missions and pregnancies…

So today I am going to share with you my top 3 Older YA wishlisht books…

Stay by Deb Caletti

Clara’s relationship with Christian is intense from the start, and like nothing she’s ever experienced before. But what starts as devotion quickly becomes obsession, and it’s almost too late before Clara realizes how far gone Christian is—and what he’s willing to do to make her stay. 
Now Clara has left the city—and Christian—behind. No one back home has any idea where she is, but she still struggles to shake off her fear. She knows Christian won’t let her go …

Author Interview with Nadia Lee + Giveaway

Today we are ecstatic to welcome Nadia Lee at Book Lovers Inc! Both Lea and myself were blown away by Nadia’s recent release Carnal Secrets and spent e-mails gushing about how much we enjoyed it (as you can see in our joint review here)! So we were very happy that Nadia agreed to answer our questions and she was gracious enough to offer a copy of Carnal Secrets to a lucky BLI commentator, so read on and discover Nadia Lee if you haven’t yet! 😉

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

 
Nadia: I was born in Asia, have lived in four different countries and speak 2.5 languages. 😉 I’m not one of those people who wanted to write since forever. When I was growing up, I wanted to be a plastic surgeon because I thought it’d …

Genres 101: ‘Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby’…(Today’s Lesson: Erotic Fiction)

I was deeply engrossed in a novel last night, that had me alternating between giggles and having to fan myself from the heat, so naturally today I have s-e-x on the brain. I thought this would be a great time to take a look at Erotic Fiction, a genre that can range from fairly mild encounters to all out…well, everything.

I remember long ago (I was about 12 years old), finding a stash of paperback books that had the most outrageous content I had ever read. That’s not saying much, really, having most recently read things like Madeleine L’Engle and The Hardy Boys. But finding these stories full of engorged male parts and other scintillating elements was like pure gold during that delicate part of puberty. Since then, I’ve at times steered clear of erotic fiction and …