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: Once Burned by Dee Carney

Format read: ebook copy provided by author
Series: Book #1 in the Close to the Heat series
Release Date: 13 November 2012
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Number of pages: 97 pages
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Samhain, Read an excerpt

Blurb:

Temptation never tasted so good.

Close to the Heat, Book 1

With a chance to win a cooking competition that will advance her career, the last thing food truck chef Pepper Joseph needs is a distraction. Except she’s got a heaping helping of it in the form of fellow chef Darien Priest, the man who broke her heart.

It’s been years, and she tells herself she’s over his betrayal, but to her irritation, she finds she still has an appetite for his steel-gray eyes, clean-shaven head, and sleeve tattoos.

Darien regrets the single, juvenile act that ended it with Pepper, but he’s never found the courage …

Guest post by Ophelia London + Giveaway

We are happy to kick off the blog tour celebrating Ophelia London‘s brand new release Speaking of Love, the second book in her Perfect Kisses series, published in Entangled Publishing’s Bliss line. Ophelia stops by to tell you about her Top 10 Favourite Romance Novels, so let’s see if you agree with her or not, and you could even win a great prize by commenting. 😉

My Top Ten List of Best Romance Novels
by Ophelia London

I’m so excited to be talking books about romance, especially this time of the year! Obviously, lovey-dovey tales are near and dear to my heart, so let’s get this party started…

10) “The Marriage Bargain,” but Jennifer Probst. This was the first Entangled Publishing novel that I read. Let’s just say, after one steamy shower scene, I was hooked!

9) “What the Lady Wants,” by Jennifer Cruise. Nothing like some sexy …

The Sick Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

I am sick with the flu, haven’t been able to get out of bed for the past 2 days I’m so weak I sleep the day away. so let’s keep this extra short.

Today’s winners are:

the lucky winner of a set of the Red Rock Pass series by Moira Rogers ebooks is:

Nadia Hassan

the lucky winner of a $10 USD Starbucks gift card offered by Robin Bielman is:

Joye

the new lucky winner of an ebook copy of Tempting Acquisitions by Addison Fox is:

Izz

the new lucky winner of an ebook copy of Melting the Millionaire’s Heart by Linda Morris is:

Pamela Hargraves

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!

Recipe for Satisfaction Blog Tour: Interview with Gina Gordon + Giveaway

We are delighted to have Gina Gordon join us today for the latest stop on her Recipe for Satisfaction Blog Tour. Recipe for Satisfaction is a contemporary romance available now from Entangled Publishing. Please stay tuned to find out more about Gina and her sexy Madewood Brothers, and don’t forget to enter the contest at the end of the post!

Stella: Hi Gina, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Gina: Thanks for having me ☺

Well, I’m Canadian! I love cupcakes and the color pink and I love all things happily ever after.

Stella: Are you a planner or pantser? Can you tell us a bit about your writing process? How did your novel come to life?

Gina: I am definitely a plotter. I pantsed one time and got to 15,000 words and then I blanked. Had to get out the pen and …

Review: Anything For You by Jessica Scott

Format read: ebook copy provided by author
Series: Book #2.5 in the Coming Home series
Release Date: 1 February 2013
Number of pages: 42 pages
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, Read an excerpt

Blurb:

From the author of Because of You comes an all new Coming Home short story.

Sergeant First Class Shane Garrison has spent a year recovering from his combat injuries. A year spent in the arms of the woman of his dreams. But loving Jen comes with a price: every time he touches her, he faces the uncertain fear that loving her might mean losing her forever.

Jen is a breast cancer survivor and with Shane, she’s found a man who loves her despite her scars. But her scars may be too much for their love to survive.

As their love grows, so does the risk to Jen’s life. And …

Guest post by Jessica Scott + Giveaway

Today we are very happy to welcome back to BLI Jessica Scott who celebrates the release of Anything For You, her latest novella in the Coming Home series, which revisits the hero and heroine of her first novel, Because of You (you can check out my review here). So let’s start Valentine’s Day with some virtual chocolate and a delicious romance, please give a warm welcome to Jess and don’t forget to enter the fantastic giveaway at the end! 😀

Happy Valentine’s Day! I don’t know about you but I’ll never turn down an excuse for chocolate.

What’s funny is that I actually wrote a heroine in Anything For You who doesn’t really like Valentine’s Day and is not a fan of chocolate. Jen’s a simple woman but Shane is still struggling to figure that out. He wanted to do something really special for her but instead, they end up having an …

Romance and Me: The Sports Edition

Hey Everyone!

Lately I’ve been on a special romance sub-genre kick: devouring sport romances!

I’m sure that you have come across one of those stories where the hero and/or heroine are athletes, and while I have always enjoyed reading about sexy hunks as heroes, lately I’ve discovered this new addiction of mine. Be it sexy football player like Dean Silverthorne in Candis Terry’s Any Given Christmas, or the hunky hockey players like those in Lily Harlem’s Hot Ice series or Rachel Gibson’s Chinooks Hockey Team series, the irresistibly gorgeous soccer captain in Scored by Lily Harlem or star pitcher Park Jones in Nora Roberts’ Rules of the Game (the very first sporty hero I’ve read about), I love them all!

I’m not a sport fanatic, when the Olympics, European or World Cup football …

Guest post by Kelley Vitollo + Giveaway

You all know that I am a fan of Vegas romances, so it is my great pleasure to bring to you Kelley Vitollo‘s brand new romance, Luck of the Draw, which you might have guessed is one! So read on to learn more about the inspiration behind the story and if you leave a comment, you could even win yourself a copy of Luck of the Draw by Kelley Vitollo!

What Happens in Vegas…

Nope. It doesn’t always stay there! Rowan definitely learns that lesson in LUCK OF THE DRAW. I’ve always wanted to write a story where a character lets loose in Vegas. Rowan is strong and fun, but letting loose like that? Totally not her thing. As mean of an author as it makes me sound, I wanted to make her squirm. I wanted to throw her into a situation that she totally wouldn’t …

Interview with Tamara Morgan + Giveaway

I am very happy to welcome back to BLI contemporary romance author Tamara Morgan, who has been busy since her last stop here: several novels published and even mo9re to come! I just love heist movies so when I heard her new release, Confidence Tricks, was a heist romance I got excited! Tamara stopped by to answer all my questions and you could even win! 

Stella: Hi Tamara, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! What have you been up to since your last stop here in April?

Tamara: Oh, you know. Writing books. Editing books. Reading books. 😀 Not much changes in an author’s world (at least not this author’s world). It’s been really fun to continue connecting with readers, bloggers, and other writers, and I’m looking forward to what 2013 has to offer.

Stella: Your latest novel Confidence Tricks will be released tomorrow, congratulations! Could you tell our readers what …