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Dual Review: Bared to You by Sylvia Day
Format Read: E-book provided courtesy of Publicist for Review
Length: Novel
Genre: Erotic Romance, BDSM
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Publisher: Berkley
Formats Available: Paperback, Kindle, Nook
Purchasing Info: Authorʼs Website | Publisher | Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK) | IndieBound | Kindle | Nook.
Book Blurb:
Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness…
He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I’d never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily…
Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected …
Review: Starlight by Carrie Lofty
Format Read:e-book provided courtesy of the publisher
Number of Pages: 400 pages
Release Date: June 26th 2012
Publisher: Pocket
Series: The Christies Book 2
Formats Available: Mass Market Paperback, Kindle Edition
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Amazon Kindle, Book Depository, Author’s Website
Book Blurb:
An esteemed astronomer, Alex Christie, the eldest and most steadfast of the Christie siblings, has never possessed his late father’s ruthless business drive. But to protect his frail infant son from his cruel father-in-law’s bid for custody, the young widower must undertake Sir William Christie’s posthumous million-dollar challenge: to make a Glasgow cotton mill profitable. At sea in an industrial world of sabotage and union agitation, Alex meets Polly Gowan, daughter of a famed union leader, who hopes to seize a mysterious saboteur without involving the police. Because a sympathetic mill master would aid her cause, Polly becomes Alex’s guide to urban Scotland. …
4 Stars,Carrie Lofty,featured,Review,The Coffee Lover 
12 Jul 2012
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Guest Post: From Father to Son by Carrie Lofty + Giveaway
Today I’m really excited to welcome author Carrie Lofty here at Book Lovers in celebration of her newest release in her series The Christies. Carrie Lofty, after Cape Town, travels her readers at Glasgow this time and only one thing I can say about Starlight: it was magical!
Carrie stops here today with a guest post about the special relationship between father and son, because after all, Starlight is based on that very relationship. Alex, will do everything and anything within his power for his son. And don’t forget to check at the end of the post for your chance to win a copy of Starlight 🙂
I always think of U2’s “Red Hill Mining Town” when I think of STARLIGHT. It’s one of the essential songs that made up my playlist. The song opens with the phrase “from father to son.” STARLIGHT is very much a story about generations, particularly …
Carrie Lofty,featured,Giveaways,Guest Post,The Coffee Lover 12 Jul 2012
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Romance and Me: Suit Up Baby! – or Protection in Romance Novels
I have had this issue on my mind for some time now and thought it was about time we discussed it, namely unprotected sex in contemporary romance novels.
I think due to the specificities and different rules applying to historical / fantasy/ paranormal / sci-fi romances, I can live with it if the author fails to mention the couple using any protection during sex. I mean in historical novels that’s a given (even if there were some protective measures even back then), in paranormal/fantasy sci-fi stories the author can bend the rules of her universe so that the issue doesn’t warrant being mentioned: vampires are sterile/ humans and paranormal creatures cannot transmit diseases or impregnate each other, etc. But where I expect the issue of safe sex between strangers and one night stand partners being mentioned and dealt with is in contemporary romance.
I’m aware of how …
featured,Romance and Me,The Latin Lover 11 Jul 2012
14 comments
Review: The Blacksmith’s Lover by Heather Massey
Format Read: ebook from author
Number of Pages: 100 p.
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Publisher: Red Sage Publishing
Series: The Clockpunk Trilogy #2
Genre: Steampunk
Formats Available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)
Book Blurb:
The year is 1840. On the run after being caught in a scandalous incident, scullery maid Sarah Bailey must find refuge before her vengeful former mistress has her killed. When she stumbles upon a blacksmith’s shop in need of an apprentice in West Boylston, Massachusetts, she applies for the position.
Viktor is a brawny, reclusive blacksmith who creates strange clockwork and steam-powered devices. The gruff man makes it clear that Sarah’s plight is no concern of his, but ghosts from his past dictate otherwise. Viktor agrees to protect the spunky maid, but …
4 Stars,featured,Heather Massey,Review,The Rocket Lover 9 Jul 2012
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Interview with Heather Massey + Giveaway
Good morning, lovely book lovers! We here at BLI are pleased to start this week of right with a blog visit by author Heather Massey. She stops by today to answer questions on a range of topics, including some of her favorite cult films, the different between clockpunk and steampunk, and the growing popularity of science fiction romance. Lots to learn, so check out the interview below (then read on for giveaway goodness!).
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Marlene: Heather can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
Heather: Would you believe that 90% of my genetic makeup is coffee? I know! And I might be able to reach 100% capacity by the year 2086. I’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, I’m a lifelong fan of science fiction romance. I’ve been blogging about SF-romance blends in books, films, and television shows at The Galaxy Express since 2008.
Flash-forward to 2010: I expanded my …
Sunday Cravings
Sunday is here and you all know what that means! Time for our Sunday Cravings 🙂 This week books from a variety of genres are scheduled for release so all of us will definitely have something to anxiously await for. There are some highly anticipated titles released in the YA genre, in the Paranormal Romance and in the contemporary one featuring authors such as Jennifer Echols, Deborah Harkness, Meg Gabot and Susan Elizabeth Phillips. I’m sure there are enough books for everyone 🙂
So, let’s start:
Amanda and Anna: Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols
A sexy and poignant romantic tale of a young daredevil pilot caught between two brothers.
High school senior Leah Jones loves nothing more than flying. While she’s in the air, it’s easy to forget life with her absentee mother at the low-rent end of a South Carolina beach town. When her flight instructor, Mr. Hall, …
featured,Sunday Cravings,The Coffee Lover 8 Jul 2012
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The International Giveaways Café (50)
Welcome back to this week’s edition of the virtual book giveaway café, where we love spreading the news about giveaways on other sites. Today, in my part of the world, it’s a rainy Saturday. This is good news for two reasons, the first being that it means an end to the horrendous heat wave we’ve been having here. The second reason? Rainy days are the perfect excuse to curl up with a book. Am I right? 🙂
Remember to let us know if you’ve won anything recently; the Book Lovers would love to hear! At Book Lovers Inc., it’s our pleasure to share the bookish love! Good luck to everyone and hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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Guidelines:
If you have a giveaway you would like to share with our other readers, the rules are simple:
1. The giveaway …
featured,The Int'l Giveaways Café,The Quirky Lover 7 Jul 2012
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Dual Review: The Watchmaker’s Lady by Heather Massey
Format read: ebook provided by publisher
Release Date: 1 April 2012
Length: novellette
Publisher: Red Sage Publishing
Genre: steampunk erotic romance
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
Blurb:
Matthew Goddard is a lonely watchmaker in 1840, New England. One fateful day, he discovers the lover of his dreams in a dusty corner of the local general store—Isabel, a bisque porcelain mannequin head with mesmerizing, smoky blue eyes. When Matthew invites her to come live with him, she eagerly “accepts.”
The couple embarks on a lust-filled affair, one fueled by Matthew’s wild imagination. In order to provide Isabel with a brass body and pretty clothes, he begins a secret side business selling clockwork sex toys to his wealthy female customers.
Danger, however, threatens their idyllic romance when a disgruntled customer exposes Matthew’s forbidden business to the townspeople. Despite the growing menace, Matthew will stop at nothing in order to save his soul mate—and protect …
Guest Post: FAQs by Anna DeStefano + Giveaway
Happy Friday, folks! I’m truly excited to be able to introduce and welcome the amazing Anna DeStefano! She’s kind of a badazz, y’all. ^_^ Best-selling author, editor, writing coach, public speaker… Anna does it all. Today she shares a bit about her writing past and the thematic influences that have shaped her stories over the years. Without further ado…welcome, Anna!
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Her Forgotten Betrayal
Don’t miss this sexy psychological thriller!
Best-selling, award-winning author Anna DeStefano wants to you stop, look, and keep digging, until you find the soul of your own fantasies. Her latest release, Her Forgotten Betrayal, one of the launch books for Entangled Publishing’s Dead Sexy romantic suspense line, is a psychological thriller she hopes will creep you out (she’s really playing up the Gothic imagery and spooky nightmares with this one). But she’s also dying (heh) to inspire you with another of the happily-ever-after romance ending she’s famous …
featured,Giveaways,Guest Post,The Needy Lover 6 Jul 2012
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