Romance and Me: The Horror of the Episode Novels

Hi Everyone!

You might have encountered this new trend that seems to be spreading recently, namely that a story is told in several shorter instalments. These are not “series” in the classic sense of the term, where the individual books were full-length 300 or more pages long, no in these new episode-novels the individual instalments are between 25-120 pages usually and end with (often cruel) cliffhangers to entice the reader to pick up the next instalment.

Many recent erotica stories used this form like Beth Kery’s Because You Are Mine series or Maya Cross’ brand new Alpha Group books, and even Eloisa James released her latest historical romance With This Kiss in this format.

Many readers object to this new trend because 1) the story or the different storylines don’t get resolved at the end of the individual episodes, 2) they have to suffer …

Interview with Tracy March + Giveaway

You know how much I love sport romances, so I am very happy to introduce you to newcomer romance author Tracy March, whose debut novel The Practice Proposal, a contemporary romance novel featuring a sexy baseball player just got released by Entangled Publishing. Take a seat and get to know Tracy and learn more about her Suddenly Smitten series, and she also has some very sweet treats for you at the end, so don’T forget to enter the giveaways! 😉 

Stella: Hi Tracy, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Tracy: I like to write, whether it’s romantic thrillers influenced by my career in the pharmaceutical field, and my interest in science and politics, or lighthearted romances inspired by my real-life happily ever after. (Lucky me!)

Always up for travel and adventure, I’ve flown in a stunt plane, snowmobiled on the Continental Divide, ziplined …

Interview with Tessa Bailey + Giveaway

Today we are very excited to welcome author Tessa Bailey in celebration of her debut release with Entangled Publishing, Protecting What’s His. Tessa stops by today to tell us all about her debut title and to answer a couple of our questions. Protecting What’s His is a sexy and sweet story about a woman who stops at nothing to protect those she cares for and a man who will show her just how sexy law enforcement can really be 🙂 Like always, don’t forget to check at the end of the post for our contest details.

Stella: Hi Tessa, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Tessa: Sure! Thank you for having me! I am a 29-year Brooklynite. I drove to New York from San Diego the day after high school graduation and never looked back. I have a lovely husband with …

Review: Private Practice by Samanthe Beck

Format read: ebook provided by the publisher
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Erotic Romance
Release Date: Feb. 28, 2013
Number of pages: 263 pages
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website | Publisher’s Website | Amazon | B&N | Kobo

He’ll teach her how to bring a man to his knees…

Dr. Ellie Swan has a plan: open her practice in tiny Bluelick, Kentucky, so she can keep an eye on her diabetic father, and make hometown golden-boy Roger Reynolds fall in love with her. But Ellie has a problem. Roger seeks a skilled, sexually adventurous partner, and bookish Ellie doesn’t qualify.

Tyler Longfoot only cares about three things: shaking his bad boy image, qualifying for the loan his company needs to rehab a piece of Bluelick’s history, and convincing Ellie to keep quiet about the “incident” that lands him on her doorstep at two a.m. with a bullet …

Guest Post by Ophelia London + Giveaway

Today we are very happy to welcome back to Book Lovers author Ophelia London in celebration of her newest release with Entangled Publishing, Abby Road. Abby Road is a sweet romance that combines two of my favorite things in this world: music and a heartwarming love story! What more could I ask from a story? Ophelia stops by today with a very interesting guest post, sharing with us some great songs that fit her story that I just have to check out later! Don’t you? So, let’s welcome Ophelia and don’t forget to check at the end of the post for our contest details 🙂 You can also check the full Blog Tour schedule here.

Hi Book Lovers Inc! I’m so excited to be guest blogging today. I was asked by Stella to share some songs that go with the characters in my new novel ABBY ROAD. …

Sunday Cravings

Hello Book Lovers everywhere in the world! How are you this weekend? You can’t even imagine how glad I am that this weekend has finally arrived! Talking about one hellish week 😛 Anyway, the week to come is again pretty slow as far as new books are concerned. Not that many titles once more are scheduled for release but still, those few that are are pretty interesting! So, without any further delay, let’s start with this week’s Sunday Cravings 🙂

Stella: Saved By The Bride by Fiona Lowe

Welcome to Whitetail, Wisconsin, future home of Weddings that WOW!

As acting mayor, Annika will do anything to revive the economy of the town that’s been her refuge ever since her art career imploded and her fiancé walked out. Even if it means crashing an engagement party to talk business with the bride’s billionaire father. But the evening starts with a …