Review: An Introduction to Pleasure by Jess Michaels

Format read: ebook
Series: Book #1 in the Mistress Matchmaker series
Release Date: 19 June 2012
Number of pages: 313 pages
Publisher: Samhain
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Samhain, Read an excerpt

Blurb:

An innocent lady’s education could be a gentleman’s wicked seduction.

Mistress Matchmaker, Book 1

Lysandra Keates is running out of options. Her father is dead, her mother is ill, and her efforts to find respectable employment have ended in failure. With her small savings bleeding away, she swallows her pride—and her terror—and turns to Vivien Manning, an infamous courtesan, to match her with a wealthy protector.

For years, Viscount Andrew Callis has lived a monastic existence at his country estate, hardening his body against the snobbish, lazy young man he once was, hardening his heart against grief over the deaths of his wife and infant son. When Vivien asks …

Guest Post by Mallory Kane + Giveaway

Today we are happy to welcome to Book Lovers Inc Mallory Kane who just released a sexy romantic suspense novel, No Hero in Entangled Publishing’s new category romance imprint: Deadly Sexy. Please give her a warm welcome and read on to win a copy of No Hero! (pst. with such a handsome cover model, who in my opinion looks totally like Josh Hartnett, who wouldn’t want to discover if he really is no hero? 😉 )

With a mother who was a librarian and a father who was a master storyteller, I naturally was reading from the time I was three years old and sat in my mother’s lap, making her sound out words for me. I wasn’t much older when I wrote my first story. However, it did take me a little longer to get published. My first e-book (WAY before e-readers) was published in …

Guestpost:10 Reasons to Fall in Love with Ella Raines by Laura Kaye + Giveaway

Today we’re very happy to welcome Laura Kaye on Book Lovers Inc. Laura’s new Fantasy Romance, West Of Want came out earlier this month. This is the 2nd book in the Hearts of the Anemoi series.  Laura is here today to tell us all about her heroine Ella Raines.  Stay tuned and you could win a copy of the book. Let’s give a warm welcome to Laura!

I’m very excited to be celebrating the release of my new fantasy romance West of Want, the second book in my Greek-mythology-based Hearts of the Anemoi series! As much as I love the Greek gods in this series—their supernatural powers, the fraternal dynamics between them, their distinct hurts and wants and needs, their abs (look at that cover!)—I’ve really enjoyed writing the heroines, too. These women need to be equals to incredibly powerful, paranormal creatures. They need to be able to …

Sunday Cravings

Hello Book Lovers all around the world! We’re her for another week to highlight all those new releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on and this week, is a hard one, believe me! There are so many scheduled releases and from so many different genres, that I’m pretty sure you’re having difficulty to pick just one or two of them 😛

 
Stella: Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews

Some people have everything figured out — Andrea Nash is not one of those people. After being kicked out of the Order of Knights of Merciful Aid, Andrea’s whole existence is in shambles. All she can do is try to put herself back together, something made easier by working for Cutting Edge, a small investigative firm owned by her best friend, Kate Daniels.

When several shapeshifters working for Raphael Medrano — the male alpha of Clan Bouda and Andrea’s …