The BLI Holiday Reading Challenge 2012 – Sign Up

Today we are interrupting our usual Romance & Me feature to make a festive announcement.

It’s time to bring out the Christmas decorations, eggnog recipes and your holiday reading, because

the BLI Holiday Reading Challenge starts today!!!

Ready, steady, go! 😀

You might remember the BLI Holiday Reading Challenge from last year, we read a lot of holiday set books, got in the festive mood and had tons of fun, so we thought why not do it this year as well, only amping the fun and prizes? 😉

Truth be told as you may remember I’m a Christmas-aholic, so I’m counting back the days ’till the holidays from the moment January rolls around, so I was excited and impatient to finally start the challenge again! 😀

So please join me in Book Lovers Inc’s second annual Holiday Reading Challenge! *throws …

Review: Blaze of Winter by Elisabeth Barrett

Format Read: ebook provided by NetGalley
Number of Pages: 310 pages
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Publisher: Loveswept
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: Star Harbor #2
Formats Available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Author’s Website | Publisher’s Website

Book Blurb:

Frustrated with her job in Boston, social worker Avery Newbridge welcomes the opportunity to reassess her life when family asks her to help manage the Star Harbor Inn. Trying to figure out her future is overwhelming enough, but she doesn’t count on distraction in the form of one Theo Grayson, the gorgeous, green-eyed author who she knows is trouble from the moment he saunters into the inn.

Not only does he have a talent for writing swashbuckling adventures, but Theo also has a soft spot for big-hearted damsels in distress, especially a woman who’s great at helping …

Guest post by Carolyn Brown + Giveaway

Today we are happy to welcome to Book Lovers Inc. Carolyn Brown, who is celebrating the release of her latest novel Mistletoe Cowboy which combines two very fine things: a sexy cowboy and a holiday romance, yay! Please give a warm welcome to Carolyn, read on to get a first glimpse of the story and don’t forget to enter the giveaway at the end, you could win yourself a copy of Mistletoe Cowboy just in time for the holidays! 😉 

Hello!

I’m so excited that y’all asked me to stop by your site on my blog tour for Mistletoe Cowboy. It’s a real pleasure to be here.

I just love the fall and the holiday season that Halloween kicked off a couple of weeks ago. First it’s the witches and goblins and then all the good food and family at Thanksgiving and then Christmas and New Year’s tops the whole season …

ARC Review: Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend

Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend

Format Read: e-book provided by Novel Sidekick courtesy of Author for Review
Length: 301 Pages
Series: Six Pack Ranch Book 4
Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance, Red Hots
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Formats Available: eBook, Kindle, Nook
Purchasing Info: Publisher, Author’s Website, Goodreads, Kindle, Nook, iBooks

Book Blurb:

Sometimes even Angels must learn to fly…

Allison Parker needs a convincing excuse to come home to Rocky Mountain House. A hopelessly romantic reason that won’t let her mother suspect the truth—that Allison has discovered Mom is keeping a terrible secret from the family.

Gabe Coleman is struggling with two of the roughest parts of ranching: dealing with his bull-headed mule of a father, and making enough to pay the bills. When his old friend Allison offers to help him develop his ideas for organic ranching—in trade for pretending to be her fiancé—it sounds like …

New Releases: November 12-18, 2012

River Road (Sentinels of New Orleans, #2)
by Suzanne Johnson
Genre: urban fantasy
Release date: November 13, 2012 by Tor Books

Description:

Hurricane Katrina is long gone, but the preternatural storm rages on in New Orleans. New species from the Beyond moved into Louisiana after the hurricane destroyed the borders between worlds, and it falls to wizard sentinel Drusilla Jaco and her partner, Alex Warin, to keep the preternaturals peaceful and the humans unaware. But a war is brewing between two clans of Cajun merpeople in Plaquemines Parish, and down in the swamp, DJ learns, there’s more stirring than angry mermen and the threat of a were-gator.

Wizards are dying, and something—or someone—from the Beyond is poisoning the waters of the mighty Mississippi, threatening the humans who live and work along the river. DJ and Alex must figure out what unearthly source is contaminating the water and who—or what—is killing …

Guest post by Hope Tarr + Giveaway

It is our pleasure to welcome today to Book Lovers Inc. Hope Tarr, multi-published romance author, whose latest novel Operation Cinderella, the first book in her new contemporary romance series, Suddenly Cinderella series was recently released by Entangled Publishing! Hope stops by to tell us more about the series, the characters and what you can expect from Operation Cinderella. Please give her a warm welcome, and make sure you read on, there is a sweet giveaway for you at the end. 😉

OPERATION CINDERELLA & the Suddenly Cinderella Series:

Characters Welcome by Hope Tarr

What makes a novel sparkle, truly sparkle? For me it all comes down to one deceptively simple word – character.

Give me characters that I can care about–cry when they cry, laugh when they laugh, and yes, bleed when they bleed – and I’ll forgive an author a plot hole as big …

The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me? Cover Quiz Answers!

Welcome back to our bi-weekly dose of The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?  We want to thank all of you who participated to this Quiz. It’s always a pleasure for us to see all your answer. I admit some make me laugh a lot! We hope you enjoy these games as much as we do. Today we will announce the cover quiz winners and  show you what were the right answers.

We were pleasantly surprised to see that a lot of you find nearly all the right answers. I would have been a pitiful participant because I didn’t recognize half of them! (yes it was Susi’s turn to choose the covers. And I think she was particularly evil! *g*). 

First, the answers! It seems the 2 covers which were often missing were # 17 and #18!

#1 A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

#2 The Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston

#3 …

Review: Once and Always by Judith McNaught

Format Read:Paperback copy purchased by reviewer
Number of Pages:400 pages
Release Date: April 25th 2006 (first published 1987)
Publisher: Pocket
Series: Sequels Book 1
Formats Available: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover
Purchasing Info: Amazon, B&N, Book Depository US, Book Depository (UK)

Book Blurb:

“Once and Always,” one of Judith McNaught’s most masterful and moving love stories, powerfully brings to life the fiery passion of a free-spirited American beauty and a troubled English lord. Suddenly orphaned and alone, Victoria Seaton sails the vast ocean, eager to reclaim her heritage at Wakefield, the sumptuous English estate of a distant cousin, the notorious Lord Jason Fielding. Bewildered by his arrogance yet drawn to his panther-like grace, she senses the painful memories that smolder in his eyes. When he gathers her at last into his arms, arousing a sweet, insistent hunger, they wed and are embraced by fierce, consuming …