Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire

Format Read: ebook and paperback.
Number of Pages: 368.
Release Date: March 5, 2013.
Genre: Urban Fantasy.
Series: InCryptids #2.
Publisher: DAW.
Formats Available: Paperback, ebook, audio.
Purchasing Info: Amazon, Book Depository, Goodreads, Author.

Book Blurb:

Cryptid, noun:

1. Any creature whose existence has been suggested but not proven scientifically. Term officially coined by cryptozoologist John E. Wall in 1983.

2. That thing that’s getting ready to eat your head.

3. See also: “monster.”

The Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity–and humanity from them. Enter Verity Price. Despite being trained from birth as a cryptozoologist, she’d rather dance a tango than tangle with a demon, and when her work with the cryptid community took her to Manhattan, she thought she would finally be free to pursue competition-level dance in earnest. It didn’t quite work out that way…

But now, with the snake cult that was killing virgins all over Manhattan …

Guest post by Jeanette Grey + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome back to Book Lovers Inc. Jeanette Grey, who has penned captivating stories in a wide range, be it fantasy or erotica stories, she has tried her hand at it. Today she is celebrating the release of Take What You Want, her latest contemporary romance novel. Please join her as she tells you more about it and you could even win yourself a copy! 

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

As might be clear from the title, one of the central themes of my new book, Take What You Want, is about deciding what you want, then reaching out and going for it, consequences be damned. Both of the main characters, Ellen and Josh, have a lot of things they’d like to be doing and a lot of impediments that have been holding them back.

Ellen, the good girl who’s dedicated herself 100% to putting …

Review: Bittersweet Blood by Nina Croft

Format read: ebook
Series: The Order, #1
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: Feb. 17, 2013
Number of pages: 246 pages
Publisher: Entangled Edge
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Author’s website |Publisher’s website |Goodreads

Tara Collins just wants to be normal. Everyone else wants her dead.

Tara’s eccentric aunt raised her to be fearful of the world and follow the rules. But after her aunt’s death, Tara is ready to take control and experience life for the first time. But she quickly discovers that everything she’s been told is a web of lies. Determined to solve the mystery of who she is truly, she hires private investigator to help her uncover the truth.

Christian Roth is more than your average PI. A vampire and ex-demon hunter, Christian lives among the humans, trying to be “normal.” But recently, things seem to be falling apart. There’s a crazed …

Interview with Kaylea Cross + Giveaway

It is my great pleasure to welcome back to Book Lovers Inc. military romance and romantic suspense author Kaylea Cross, who is here today to celebrate the release of Tactical Strike, the 2nd book in her Bagram Special Ops series! Kaylea was kind enough to answer all my questions about her writing, so join us and get to know Ryan and Ace, the hero and heroine of this new nail-biter story of hers.

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

Kaylea: Hi, Stella, and thanks for having me again! I write mostly military romantic suspense, because I love it, and I’m also a Registered Massage Therapist and Board member of a private scholarship foundation based here in Vancouver, BC. Oh, and I LOVE military heroes.

Stella: Are you a planner or pantser? Can you tell us a bit about your writing process?

Kaylea: …

Sunday Cravings

Hello Book Lovers everywhere in the world! As you might have guessed, our Sunday Cravings of this week are a little bit late in being posted… So, this will typically be our very first Monday Cravings! Well, what better thing than to start your week thinking of amazing books? At least there’s a good thing out of that mess my internet connection caused 🙂

Anyway, this week, is a little slower than the previous two weeks when there where like a ton of new books scheduled for release. But even though it is a slower week, it’s in no way less interesting, let me assure you. You’ll understand why from the amount of our choices 🙂

So, let’s start!

Stella: A Fine Romance by Christi Barth

They say you form your first impression of someone within thirty seconds of meeting them. Or, in Mira Parrish’s case, within thirty minutes of …

The Baby Visit Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

Sorry for the short post today but I am already running out the door: today with a couple of girl friends we are visiting another friend of us we went to university with who recently had a baby, so we are having a baby shower/baby visit at the same time 😀 and yep I should already be on my way to meet them, so ciao my lovelies, hope you are having a great weekend and before I leave here are this week’s winners:

the lucky winner of an Adrenaline Swag Pack and winner’s choice of any of Viv Arend’s ebook backlist is:

Diah Didi

the lucky winner of an ebook copy of You Can’t Plan Love by Synithia Williams  is:

fifi

Congratulations winners, you have all been notified of your win in e-mail. You have 72 hours to get back to us, or we’ll have to draw a new winner.

Interview with Shana Galen + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome to Book Lovers Inc. today historical romance author Shana Galen, who is celebrating the release of If You Give a Rake a Ruby, the 2nd book in her Jewels of the Ton Regency romance series (with Alisha we very much enjoyed the 1st book When You Give a Duke a Diamond, check out our dual review here). Please give Shana a warm welcome and read on, you could even win a copy of her book! 😀 

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

Shana: Thanks for having me. I’m a mom, a wife, and an author. I live in Houston, Texas and drive my red VW Beetle to Starbucks and three-year-old soccer games. If You Give a Rake a Ruby is my thirteenth book.

Stella: Are you a planner or pantser? Can …

Review: Blood Shadows by Lindsay J. Pryor

Format Read:e-book provided by the publisher
Number of Pages:380 pages
Release Date:November 27th 2012
Publisher:Bookouture
Series: Blackthorn, #1
Formats Available: e-book, Kindle Edition, Paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads | Publisher | Author’s Website | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)

Book Blurb:

For vengeance – would you trust a vampire?

For justice – could you betray your family?

For love – are you ready to question everything you believe in?

Gifted with the ability to read the shadows of ‘third species’ beings, Caitlin Parish is the Vampire Control Unit’s most powerful agent. Despite that, her mission to hunt down Kane Malloy – a master vampire – comes with a death wish. Many have tried, but few have survived.

For Caitlin, tracking Kane is about more than just professional reputation. With her parents both mysteriously killed 7 years apart to the …