New Release: October 11-17, 2010

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea—except that everything seems very wrong.

Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on?

Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin …

Review: A Safe Harbor by Moira Rogers

Format Read: ebook from the AuthorsNumber of Pages: 84 pagesRelease Date: July 13th 2010Publisher: Samhain PublishingFormats Available: e-bookPurchasing Info: Author’s website, GoodReads, BooksOnBoard, Amazon

Book Blurb:

Find out how it all began…During the bite of the Great Depression, sole female dominant Joan Fuller struggles against the rise of cruelty among her alpha counterparts. The men tolerate her interference–until she breaks from the pack and allies with a witch and a vampire. Now the Boston alpha intends to bring them all forcibly back into the fold–and teach her a lesson she may not survive.Seamus Whelan and his werewolf bootleggers intend to retire from smuggling and savor their fortune, but first they must do a favor for an old friend: escort some female wolves to safety. An easy job, if their leader wasn’t a prim ex-debutante …

The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?

We’re breaking our current topic mode for a country fight. Today we will try to find our favorite French or German covers and you guys can vote in the comments who’s selection you like best. We had this fight…ahem… discussion for quite some time now and we think we finally need to proclaim a winner.

So please help us and tell us what you think about our selection.

Added after writing the post: we are really sorry but it seems we couldn’t keep it short. At the end you can find cookies so stay tuned.

Caroline’s selection of French covers:

Caroline: When we decided on today’s theme, I was pretty happy I …

Guest Post by Author Zoe Archer + Giveaway

Today we are happy to welcome Zoe Archer as a guest on Book Lovers Inc. Scoundrel the 2nd book in the Blades of the Rose series was released earlier this month. This new installment is a fantastic addiction to the series one you don’t want to miss. (My 5 stars review here). Zoe tells us about how the different settings influenced her novels. Stay tuned and you might win a copy of Scoundrel.
Thanks for having me back on Book Lovers, Inc.! I’m very excited this month because SCOUNDREL, my second Blades of the Rose novel, is now on shelves.

The setting for SCOUNDREL is Greece and the Aegean Sea–you can’t get more romantic than that! I mean, look at this scenery. If you’re on a boat in the middle of all this beauty, and you happen to be on the boat with an impossibly handsome and devilishly seductive scoundrel, …

Sunny Winner Sunday

Hey everyone.I hope you’re having a sunny Sunday too. It’s so wonderful here in Germany today. I really wish it would stay that way until Summer is finally back.

Okay on to the sunny news. We have a bunch of winners today. Here they are:

The Winner of Three Over Par by Cathryn Brunet is….

Stephanie

The Winner of Mind Games or Double Cross by Carolyn Crane is…

Scorpio M.

The Winner of Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin is…

Lora1967

Congrats! We already contacted you! Please reply within the next 72 hours to claim your price or we will redraw.We still have some giveaways running. Just check out our sidebar. ==>

Happy Sunday!

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Review: Amidst a Crowd of Stars by Megan Hart

Format Read: ebookNumber of Pages: 52 pages Release Date: September 7th 2010 (republished)Publisher: Samhain Publishing Formats Available: e-book Purchasing Info: Author’s website, GoodReads, BooksOnBoard

Boor Blurb:

When Marrin Levy sends away for a field-husband to help her on her homestead, the most she hopes for is a man who can help her survive on the harsh desert planet of Lujawed. Keane Dealcore’s heart is as strong as his back, and he brings Marrin more than just his help in the fields. He brings her the love she thought she’d never feel again…

My Thoughts:
Perhaps I shouldn’t start writing this review before my tears are dried but I just can’t help myself. Amidst a Crowd of Stars is probably the best short story I have ever read. It caught my heart on the first page and didn’t let me go until …

Interview Author Meljean Brook + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome author Meljean Brook to Book Lovers Inc today. Her latest novel The Iron Duke was released this week and is the first full length novel in her new steampunk series The Iron Seas. She’s here to talk about her new series and she also has a great giveaway in tow, so be sure to stay tuned till the end of the interview. Please give Meljean a warm welcome.

The Geeky Lover: Meljean can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Meljean: I’m one of those geeky-nerdy types who got lucky enough to make a living doing what I love. And, ha! –that’s about all there is to me.

The Geeky Lover: Describe a typical day of writing? Are you a planner or pantser?

Meljean: I get up early, and work for a little while before …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Google is preparing the release of its UK version of Google Editions and has talked to several UK publishers to publish their books on this platform. Google has stated it would be working with the Agency model but whether this would be brought on board in the UK remains to be seen especially since Hachette is currently the only publisher that has signed up to this model.

More ebook news: 

During last week’s Book Fair in Franfurt, many publishers have stated that ebooks are increasingly becoming more popular and that once a reader has bought a reader they are probably ‘lost’ to print. Sale of Rights to work and Geo restrictions was also raised and Google’s Tom Turvey also

“asked whether gathering in one location to sell “geographic rights” would continue in the future. All of the panelists said …

Bookish Rants or Raves: My First Book Conference!

When I first started book blogging at the end of last year, I never thought I would have gotten as far as actually going overseas to attend a book conference.

Well, here I am, a Brazilian staying at a friend’s house in Upstate New York fresh out of the Authors After Dark Romance Unlimited Conference.

One of the first people I met online was author Stella Price. We became online buddies and she started talking about this conference she was organizing and right away my ears perked up and I felt like this was something I’d love to go to.

At the time I was living in Israel, but I had already started making plans. By April I had moved back to Brazil, but the plans kept on building and as fate would have it, it all turned out great.

Going to The …

Review: The Ways of Khrem by D.Nathan Hilliard

Format Read: ebook from the authorNumber of Pages: 248Release Date: June 15th, 2010 Publisher: Pill Hill PressFormats Available: ebook Purchasing Info: Author’s website , GoodReads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

The Ways of Khrem, D. Nathan Hilliard’s three part novel features: The Reach of Talanturos, The Cistern, & The Ghost of Candlewalk Lane. Cargill the Bookseller lives a quiet life, in a modest house, overlooking the vast city of Khrem…a magical metropolis of cavernous streets, lofty spires, and dark secrets. His life is turned upside down when Captain Wilhelm Drayton of the City Watch arrives at Cargill’s doorstep and confronts him with his criminal past. Cargill is required to assist the Captain in solving mysteries and the action soon explodes when he unmasks a horrific killer stalking the rooftops. Soon he finds himself forced to throw the rules out the …