ARC Review: Along Came Trouble by Ruthie Knox

Format Read: ebook provided by the publisher
Number of Pages: 350 pages
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Publisher: Loveswept (Random House)
Series: Camelot #2
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Formats Available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Author’s Website | Publisher’s Website | Goodreads

Book Blurb:

Ruthie Knox’s Camelot series continues in this sizzling eBook original novel, featuring two headstrong souls who bump heads—and bodies—as temptation and lust bring nothing but delicious trouble.

An accomplished lawyer and driven single mother, Ellen Callahan isn’t looking for any help. She’s doing just fine on her own. So Ellen’s more than a little peeved when her brother, an international pop star, hires a security guard to protect her from a prying press that will stop at nothing to dig up dirt on him. But when the tanned and toned Caleb …

New Releases: Feb. 25 – Mar. 3, 2013

Title: Winterblaze
Series: (Darkest London, #3)
Author: Kristen Callihan
Genre: paranormal historical romance
Release date: February 26, 2013 by Grand Central

Description:

Once blissfully in love . . .

Poppy Lane is keeping secrets. Her powerful gift has earned her membership in the Society for the Suppression of Supernaturals, but she must keep both her ability and her alliance with the Society from her husband, Winston. Yet when Winston is brutally attacked by a werewolf, Poppy’s secrets are revealed, leaving Winston’s trust in her as broken as his body. Now Poppy will do anything to win back his affections . . .

Their relationship is now put to the ultimate test.

Winston Lane soon regains his physical strength but his face and heart still bear the scars of the vicious attack. Drawn into the darkest depths of London, Winston must fight an evil demon that wants to take away the last hope of reconciliation …

Review: The Best Man by Kristan Higgins

Format read: ebook copy provided by publisher through NetGalley
Series: Book #1 in the Blue Heron series
Release Date: 26 February 2013
Publisher: Harlequin
Number of pages: 432 pages
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository

Blurb:

Faith Holland left her hometown after being jilted at the altar. Now a little older and wiser, she’s ready to return to the Blue Heron Winery, her family’s vineyard, to confront the ghosts of her past, and maybe enjoy a glass of red. After all, there’s some great scenery there….

Like Levi Cooper, the local police chief-and best friend of her former fiancé. There’s a lot about Levi that Faith never noticed, and it’s not just those deep green eyes. The only catch is she’s having a hard time forgetting that he helped ruin her wedding all those years ago. If she can find a minute amidst all her family …

Interview with Gina Gordon + Giveaway

We are happy to welcome back Gina Gordon who is once again here to celebrate the release of another culinary romance of hers A Taste of Trouble, which combines her love of cupcakes and happily ever afters, I say the best mix! 😀 So join us to learn more about this new novel of Gina and you could even win a delicious prize! 😉

Stella: Hi Gina, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Your brand new release A Taste of Trouble just got released by Entangled Publishing in their new Edge line, could you tell us a bit more about the story and whether it is part of your new Madewood Brothers culinary romance series or something completely standalone, but still to do about tasting and desserts?

Gina: A Taste of Trouble is a single title that’s completely separate from my Madewood series. However, it does focus on a particular food …

Sunday Cravings

Hello Book Lovers! How are you this weekend? After nearly drowning here in Athens, I’m here for yet another Sunday to highlight all the releases of the week to come that we can’t wait to get our hands on! Well, I don’t know if you heard, but we suffered a really big storm here in Greece, as well as in Italy, with great damages and even human losses. It’s a sad thing, but at least the worst is over and now we have to once more suffer the effects of the weather and the government’s incompetency.

Anyway, let’s leave the sad things aside! This week, there’s a huge list of books that are scheduled for release, making it really hard to pick just a few among all those tempting titles. So, let’s start!

Caro: By Love Unveiled by Sabrina Jeffries

Adored for her charmingly sensual New York Times bestsellers, …

The Napping Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

I am thankfully a lot better, thank you for your kind comments! It’s been so gray and rainy here this weekend, that I spent most of it napping and reading…zzzz. 😉

This week’s winners are:

the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Confidence Tricks by Tamara Morgan is:

Maureen

the lucky winners of a paperback copy of A Howl for a Highlander by Terry Spear are:

Sandy Lion

Jess S

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.

Hope you had a nice weekend!

The International Giveaways Café (82)

It’s Saturday once again, another great day for sharing bookish giveaways. It’s also “Oscars” eve (yes, I totally just made that up), so I want to know if anyone has won any books that have been made into films recently? Even better, how about anything that’s up for an Oscar this year? I hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend and I’ll now sign off with my rousing rendition of Skyfall…no, just kidding! You don’t wanna hear that hot mess 😉 Have a great one!

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!

Here’s the fine print for entering your link:
Guidelines:
If you have a giveaway you would like to share …

Around the Bookish World: Week-In-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post! For this edition we have news on an interesting lawsuit over DRM vs Amazon and the Big 6 publishers; Grand Central expanding its digital Forever arm; and an update from last week’s story over neo nazi linked security firm working for Amazon.

Three independent book stores are suing Amazon and the Big 6 over DRM. They are claiming it is creating a monopoly which allows the Kindle a stranglehold over the ebook market. Jane from Dear Author  has summarised the lawsuit which does not bode well for the plaintiffs as their claims are full of errors. There is a lack of understanding on what DRM is about as well as the fact there is other ebook formats such as PDFs and epubs. They do have a point about DRM being constrictive to customers but this is not the best approach, and I doubt …

Dual Review: Holding Out for a Hero by Christine Bell, Ella Dane, Tamara Morgan, Nico Rosso, Adrien Luc-Sanders

Format read: ebook copy provided by the publisher for review
Release Date: 14 January 2013
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Number of pages: 550 pages
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Read an excerpt

Blurb:

Scarlett Fever, by Christine Bell and Ella Dane

After five years in training, it’s finally time for Scarlett Fever and her fellow superheroes to leave the United Superhero Academy and test their powers out in the real world. There’s only one problem. She’s been assigned to partner with arrogant, by the book, and irritatingly hot, Blade of Justice.

Blade’s whole life has gone according to plan, and he’s more than ready to move on to the big time, protecting a metropolis of his own. But his perfectly ordered life is derailed when he’s teamed up with the fiery maverick, Scarlett Fever.

Sparks fly the moment they arrive in Plunketville, Oklahoma, as they each set out to force the other …

Review: Shuffle Up and Deal by Susan DiPlacido

Format read: ebook
Genre: Romance
Release Date: 17 March 2010
Length: 419 pages
Publisher: Self-Published
Formats available: paperback, ebook
Purchasing Info: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)

Blurb:

Meet Izzy Santillo. She’s a charming-but-lonely thirty-four year old woman who loves poker and harbors a secret crush on the reigning king of Hold ’em. Meet Nick Nolan, the reigning king of Hold ’em. On the tables, he’s fast and loose and almost always wins. But when it comes to women, playboy Nick holds his cards too close and always loses.

When Izzy and Nick meet in embarrassing fashion at a Las Vegas poker tournament, Izzy’s secret dreams turn into a public nightmare. But despite her humiliation, she may have finally sparked Nick’s interest in something other than cards. Before long, Nick takes a …