Guest Post by Heather McCollum + Giveaway

Good morning, book lovers! This morning I hope you’re ready to take your romantic hearts back to a time long past, to place where honor was strong, and passion was stronger–that’d be the 16th century Scottish highlands of Heather McCollum’s HIGHLAND HEARTS series! We’re pleased to welcome her today to tell us a bit about what captures (and challenges) her about writing the stories in this exciting series. Let’s give her a warm BLI welcome.

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Thank you so much for having me here today! I’m very excited to talk a little about Highland Heart (HH), my short novella that was just released by Entangled Publishing. HH is set in 16th century Scotland, fifteen years before my full-length novel Captured Heart (CH), even though it was written after it.

Yes, HH is a short novella. After I had finished writing CH, my wonderful agent found an opportunity …

Interview: Tiffany Allee + Giveaway!

We are delighted to be welcoming Tiffany Allee back to BLI today. Tiffany is here on the next stop of her blog tour in celebration of the release of Lycan Unleashed, the 3rd novel in her From the Files of the Otherworld Enforcement Agent series. Tiffany’s series has garnered rave reviews and is published by Entangled Publishing. Lycan Unleashed became available for download on January 13, 2013!

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

Tiffany: Thank you so much for having me here, Stella! I am a former corporate soldier (“soldier” sounds so much cooler than “accountant”) turned writer. I write all kinds of romance, mostly with paranormal and suspense slants.

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

Tiffany: …

The Dashing Off Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

I’ve had a busy week and rest still seems like long time coming. Or should I say no rest for the wicked? 😉 Anyway another weekend running around town and trying to be at 3 places at once. *sighs* So let’s get today’s winners announcement started, it won’t be too long this time, but next Sunday we’ll make up for it, promise 😉

So congratulations  to

the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Her New Worst Enemy by Christy McKellen is:

Samantha

the lucky winners of a copy of The Reluctant Countess by Wendy Vella are:

Jeanne Miro

Readsalot81

laurie goudge

LSUReader

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 all had  a nice weekend!

Review: How to Tame a Willful Wife by Christy English

Format read: ebook copy provided by publisher through NetGalley
Series: Book #1 in the Shakespeare in Love series
Release Date: 6 November 2012
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Number of pages: 352 pages
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository US, Book Depository UK

Blurb:

How To Tame A Willful Wife:

1. Forbid her from riding astride
2. Hide her dueling sword
3. Burn all her breeches and buy her silk drawers
4. Frisk her for hidden daggers
5. Don’t get distracted while frisking her for hidden daggers…

Anthony Carrington, Earl of Ravensbrook, expects a biddable bride. A man of fiery passion tempered by the rigors of war into steely self-control, he demands obedience from his troops and his future wife. Regardless of how fetching she looks in breeches.

Promised to the Earl of Plump Pockets by her impoverished father, Caroline Montague is no simpering miss. She rides a war …

Guest post by Jeanette Murray + Giveaway

Hey Book Lovers! I am very happy to welcome back to BLI an author I discovered recently but who charmed me so much with one book (The Officer Says “I Do” ) that she became a favourite of mine instantly. Please give it up for Jeanette Murray, who as part of her blog tour celebrating the release of The Officer Breaks the Rules, the 2nd book in her Semper Fi series, is here today to tell you about her favourite fictional military heroes, yum! 😉 (And of course if you share with us your favourite fictional military heroes you could win a copy of The Officer Breaks the Rules).

Top Five Fictional Military Heroes

Chris Evans as Captain America

1. Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, played by Chris Evans. I mean, even before he got jacked up, he was a total hero. Throwing himself on that grenade (that was a …

Review: Melting the Millionaire’s Heart by Linda Morris

Format read: ebook copy provided by publisher
Release Date: 18 December 2012
Publisher: Entangled Publishing (Ever After)
Number of pages: 94 pages
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Read an excerpt

Blurb:

Special-needs teacher Kayla Johnston writes off any shot at New Year’s Eve romance when she’s summoned to a fundraising event for her school at the remote estate of a wealthy would-be-donor. But when a massive snowstorm hits and Kayla careens off the road, the sexy stranger who rescues her brings to mind cozy fireplaces and steamy midnight kisses…among other things.

Reclusive entrepreneur Ryan Langford may be missing his own fundraiser, but being marooned in a cabin with Kayla beats ducking a room full of people after his money any day. Too bad she’s so irritated with the gazillionaire who ruined her New Year’s Eve that he feels like he has to lie about …

Author Interview with Jocelyn Dex + Giveaway

Today we would like to introduce you to new paranormal romance author Jocelyn Dex, who stops by to tell you all about her debut novel: Araya’s Addiction a steamy PNR story introducing her brand new Demons Do It Better series! 😉 So please give her a warm welcome, and if you answer her question you could even win a copy of the book. 

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

Jocelyn: Hi Stella, thanks for having me! Well, I’m a huge animal lover. While writing, I have at least three dogs curled up next to me and one of them is always snoring. My favorite genre to write and read is paranormal romance – erotic or not. Oh and zombies scare the crap out of me. Yikes!

Stella: Are you a planner or pantser? Can you tell us …

The Wedding Expo Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

I might have mentioned last week that I am attending a wedding planner training on Sundays for 2 months and though I have to get up at the crack of dawn 6:20 am *yawns* the course is really interesting! So to get some work contacts and do some preparatory research for my final thesis today I am attending a wedding expo and hopefully will come home with a lot of cards and new contacts. 😉

Besides that my weekend was productive baking-wise: I did a double treat of orange meringue pie and folded cinnamon cake. Although it turned out beautiful we weren’t blown away by the orange pie as it wasn’t that special sweet and sour, so we’ll stick with lemon and lime pie in the future, but the folded cinnamon cake became an instant hit with the family! So if you want something …

Guest post by Emily Mah Tippetts + Giveaway

We are happy to welcome back E.M. Tippetts,who stops by today to tell you about her latest book, Nobody’s Damsel, which is the sequel to Somebody Else’s Fairytale. Emily stops by with an exclusive scene just for the readers of Book Lovers Inc. and you could even win a copy of the book by commenting. 😉 So Emily, take it away…

My main character, Chloe Winters is very down-to-earth and low-key. She doesn’t like to draw attention to herself and isn’t big on daydreams or fantasies, so when Hollywood A-lister, Jason Vanderholt, falls for her, she wasn’t sure what to think. As it turned out, he was a good match for her and they’ve since gotten married.

All through the Great Recession, Jason has stayed at the top of the box office, both by doing good work and by being impeccably professional about his job, until …

Romance and Me: New Year’s Eve Romances

Hey Everyone!

In my last rant post I told you how I hated New Year’s Eve, well guess what: in the past 2 weeks, novels set around that time of the year kept coming my way.

I read two of Entangled Publishing’s latest releases: Melting the Millionaire’s Heart by Linda Morris and Yours at Midnight by Robin Bielman, which are both true, 100% New Year’s Eve romances: the hero and heroine share a memorable and crucial moment during those famous countdowns before we ring in the New Year.

And despite not being a fan of the holiday (cough, understatement of the year…), I very much enjoyed these stories, which I believe is due much more to the captivating stories and the great writing, than the time they are set in.

Until now I can’t recall having …