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Romance Novel Reviews, Author Interviews, Commentary
Guest post by Jillian Stone + Giveaway
We are very happy to welcome to Book Lovers Inc an author whose books I’ve had my eye on long before their release due to their exciting and unique premises and beautiful covers, please give a warm welcome to Jillian Stone, author of The Gentlemen of Scotland Yard and Phaeton Black series, who will soon celebrate the release of the second novel in her Gentlemen of Scotland Yard series but until then she stops by BLI to give you an exclusive peek behind the scenes and tease you with what you can expect of A Dangerous Liaison with Detective Lewis, yay!
A Second Chance at Love––on the Run.
As a reader of romance, you may not know that there are hard and fast rules to writing in the romance genre. I did not know this myself until I joined an online critique group in 2009, and found out about all the rules I …
featured,Giveaways,Guest Post,Jillian Stone,The Latin Lover 
13 Aug 2012
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Sunday Cravings
Hello Book Lovers all around the world! How are you my friends? Ready for a brand new week?
This week not many books are scheduled for release, but still, I’m beyond excited, just for the release of one. Do you want to guess which one? It’s not that hard 😛
Let’s start with this week’s Sunday Cravings!
Stella and Jackie: The Kingmaker’s Daughter by Philippa Gregory
Spies, poison, and curses surround her…. Is there anyone she can trust? In The Kingmaker’s Daughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a novel of conspiracy and a fight to the death for love and power at the court of Edward IV of England.
The Kingmaker’s Daughter is the gripping story of the daughters of the man known as the “Kingmaker,” Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: the most powerful magnate in fifteenth-century England. Without a son and heir, he uses his …
featured,Sunday Cravings,The Coffee Lover 12 Aug 2012
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The Chilly Winner Post
Hey Everyone!
We have weird weather this summer. After last week’s 40 C degrees now we got some chilly weather the kind we usually get at the end of September/beginning of October while it is mid-August, usually the hottest month of the year! So no beach time for this weekend, rather snuggling up under a blanket on the sofa brr…
We had a lot of giveaways end this week, so let me congratulate
the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Sacrifice of Passion by Melissa Bourbon Ramirez is:
Lauren Smith
the lucky winner of an ebook copy of winner’s choice of the first 3 Bradford books by Erin Nicholas is:
Yadira
the lucky winner of an ebook copy of West of Want by Laura Kaye is:
Fedora
the lucky winner of an ebook copy of No Hero by Mallory Kane is:
Lisa Borbeck
the lucky winner of a paperback copy of Dealing with …
featured,The Latin Lover,Winners 12 Aug 2012
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Review: Sweet Deception by Heather Snow
Format read: ebook provided by publisher through NetGalley
Series: Book #2 in the Veiled Seduction series
Release Date: 7 August 2012
Number of pages: 384 pages
Publisher: Signet
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Kindle store, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository, Read an excerpt
Blurb:
In the dark, the greatest lover can become the most dangerous conspirator…
Lady criminologist, Miss Emma Wallingford, unknowingly finds herself tangled in the dangerous mission of Lord Derick Aveline, a spy who also happens to be her long lost first love.
But when deception is the name of the game, no one can be trusted. And every love–and every life–is at risk.
My Thoughts: I LOVED Sweet Enemy, Heather Snow’s debut novel and the first book in her Veiled Seduction trilogy, so much that it immediately became one of my favourite books read …
4 1/2 Stars,featured,Heather Snow,Review,The Latin Lover 10 Aug 2012
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Guest post by Heather Snow + Giveaway
I am very happy to welcome back to BLI one of my favourite new historical romance authors, the wonderful Heather Snow, author of the Veiled Seduction series, a very exciting historical romance and mystery series! As Book #2 Sweet Deception hit the shelves this week Heather stops by to tell us more about the characters, the story and writing them. Please give her a warm welcome and you could even win a copy of Sweet Enemy, the 1st book in the series (which I LOVED)!
Where our Hero learns his mission won’t be as easy as he’d hoped…
Lady criminologist, Miss Emma Wallingford, unknowingly finds herself tangled in the dangerous final mission of Lord Derick Aveline, a spy who also happens to be her long lost first love. But when deception, however sweet, is the name of the game, no one can be trusted. And every …
featured,Giveaways,Guest Post,Heather Snow,The Latin Lover 10 Aug 2012
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Review: Demon Hunting in the Deep South by Lexi George
Format Read: Paperback copy provided by author
Number of Pages: 336 pages
Release Date: August 1st 2012
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Series: Demon Hunting Book 2
Formats Available: Paperback, Kindle Edition
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Book Depository US, Book Depository (UK)
Book Blurb:
The warrior and the wallflower . . .
Shy, self-conscious Evie Douglass tries to stay under the radar, especially when her nemesis Meredith Peterson, aka The Death Starr, is anywhere around. Meredith and her bitch posse of skinny girlfriends have tormented Evie since the seventh grade, calling her names like The Whale and Thunder Thighs.
Evie tries to stay invisible, but that’s not an easy thing for a plus-sized gal to do in a small town like Hannah, Alabama. She finds it doubly hard to avoid Meredith’s …
2 1/2 Stars,featured,Lexi George,Review,The Coffee Lover 9 Aug 2012
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Guest Post: Writing Mean by Lexi George + Giveaway
Today we are really happy to welcome to Book Lovers Inc Lexi George to celebrate her newest release, Demon Hunting in the Deep South, the second installment in her successful Demon Hunting series. And Lexi stops by here today to talk about a really interesting topic: Writing Mean. Don’t want to spoil things for you, read on and be prepared to laugh 🙂 And don’t forget to check at the end of the post for your chance to win a copy of her book.
One of biggest surprises to me in writing the demon hunter series is how much I enjoyed writing the character Meredith Starr Peterson. Why? Because Meredith is not the heroine or the witty and loyal best friend.
Meredith is a mean girl.
I based Meredith on a real life meanie, my oldest daughter’s high school nemesis. Aha! I thought. Payback for making my darling daughter miserable, you evil …
Review: The Officer Says “I Do” by Jeanette Murray
Format read: ebook provided by publisher through NetGalley
Series: Book #1 in the Semper Fi series
Release Date: 1 July 2012
Number of pages: 352 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Kindle store, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository, Read an excerpt
Blurb:
He’s a Marine…she grew up on a commune.
He always puts duty first…she’s a free spirit with an unshakable belief in Fate.
He loves routine and order…she brings chaos and creativity wherever she goes.
They’re going to balance each other perfectly–or drive each other completely, utterly insane…
On a wild pre-deployment celebration in Las Vegas, Captain Timothy O’Shay encounters free-spirited beauty Skye McDermott, and for once lets down his guard. Now his life is about to take off in directions he never could have imagined…
My Thoughts: I love Vegas wedding romances. And when I say love …
5 Stars,featured,Jeanette Murray,Review,The Latin Lover 8 Aug 2012
4 comments
Romance and Me: The Wedding Romance
Hey Everyone!
With one of this week’s guest author (Christi Barth) and her novel Planning For Love I realized we never discussed wedding romances, and summer being the season for weddings, now is the perfect time!
What are wedding romances you ask? Well romance stories which are focused around weddings! Either the heroine or the hero (or both of them) has a wedding related job, like wedding planner, photographer, florist, baker, etc.
Long before I realized these kinds of books existed I was already a fan of this type of movies: My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Wedding Planner, etc. Even if the movie wasn’t of great quality I very much enjoyed getting a glimpse of the behind the scenes of how a wonderful lavish wedding is put together. And when this is combined with a group of close friends, so that besides the wedding preparations we …
Christi Barth,featured,Romance and Me,The Latin Lover 8 Aug 2012
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Interview with Jeanette Murray + Giveaway
Hey hey Book Lovers! I am extremely happy to introduce you to an author I just recently discovered but who shot straight to my list of Must Buy Authors/Series, please give a warm welcome to Jeanette Murray, author of the fantastic Semper Fi series, and you could even win the first book in the series, The Officer Says “I Do”, which I loved (as you will be able to see in ym review, to be posted later today)!
Stella: Hi Jeanette, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
Jeanette: Thanks for having me! I’m Jeanette, and I’m a Sagittarius. I wear a lot of hats throughout the day. Wife, mommy, Goldendoodle owner, writer and, currently, hotel-dweller. (We’re moving, and so I’m dealing with living in a hotel until our house is ready!)
Stella: In the bio on your website I’ve seen you write under two pennames, why …
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