We are very happy to have author Kersten Hamilton her today. Her new Young Adult novel Tyger Tyger released yesterday and she is here today to celebrate her new release. We’re doing something new today here. We ask some blogger friends to help us with finding the right questions so please also give a warm welcome to our guest interviewers. Please stay tuned till the end of the post for your chance to win a wonderful prize. Please give all our guest a warm welcome.
BLI: Kersten can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
Kersten: I was born in a trailer in the mountains of southern New Mexico. I escaped electrocution when a typhoon blew power lines down over yet another trailer in a swamp in Washington state, and drowning when a station wagon spun out of control and …
Format read: eBookNumber of pages: 256 pages
Release date: 2 February 2010
Source: Review copy provided by author Formats available: eBookPurchasing info: Goodreads, Amazon
For more information visit Monique Martin’s offical website
Book blurb:
New York in the 1920’s is the world of Prohibition, speakeasies and an underground run by the underworld. Vampires and mobsters vie for power in the seedy underbelly of Manhattan.
A mysterious accident sends Professor Simon Cross and his assistant, Elizabeth West back in time to face demons real and imagined.
Simon Cross has spent his life searching for vampires and now that he’s found one, it just might take from him the only woman he’s ever loved. Simon’s life has been a ritual of research into the occult and stoic solitude. He prefers it that way. Until he meets Elizabeth West.
A gambler’s daughter, Elizabeth knows …
Today being Sunday, it’s time again for me to announce this week’s winner!
So are you curious who was the lucky commentator who won the Patricia Briggs novel?
Congratulations are in order to
emmad!!
Congratulations Emmad, you will be e-mailed shortly, you have 72 hours to get back to us, or we’ll have to draw new winners.
And don’t worry if you haven’t won this time, there are still a bunch of giveaways going strong, just check our sidebar!
Until next week, enjoy the rest of your weekend and as usual: have fun! 😀
Format read: eBookNumber of pages: 384 pages
Release date: 1 November 2010
Publisher: AvonSource: Review copy provided by publisher through NetGalley Formats available: eBook, paperback
Purchasing info: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle Store, Book Depository
For more information visit ‘s offical website
Book blurb:
Known throughout London for his prowess in the bedroom, Morgan Lyons, the 8th Earl of Westcliffe, cannot forgive an unpardonable affront to his honor. Discovering his young bride in the arms of his brother was a staggering blow–so he banished the beautiful deceiver to the country and devoted himself to the pursuit of carnal pleasure.
Claire Lyons was an innocent, frightened girl on her wedding day, seeking chaste comfort from a childhood friend. Now, years later, she has blossomed magnificently and has returned to London with one goal in mind: the seduction of her …
It’s Sunday and you know what that means? Yep, time to announce the winners of our giveaways!
So congratulations to
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Alexa
who won the Kieran Kramer giveaway!
and
Johanna
who won the Sarah MacLean giveaway!
Congratulations winners, you will be e-mailed shortly, you have 72 hours to get back to us, or we’ll have to draw new winners.
And don’t foget there are still a couple of giveaways going strong, just check out our sidebar!
Until next week, wnjoy the rest of your weekend and as usual: have fun! 😀
Format Read: eBookNumber of Pages: 196 pagesPublisher: Carina PressRelease date: 28 June 2010Formats Available: eBookSource: Review copy provided by publisher through NetGalley Purchase information: Goodreads, Carina PressFor more information visit Leah Braemel’s website
Book blurb:
Thanks to her cheating ex-husband and her thieving brother, all horse breeder Nikki Kimball has left is a bruised heart, an overdrawn bank account and an empty home. When sex-on-legs Dillon Barnett and his brooding foster-brother Brett Anderson start showing more than just neighborly attention, Nikki is intrigued…and a little gun-shy.
Dillon and Brett have a history; back in high school, the two friends fought a bitter battle over Nikki. Now, ten years later, Brett still longs to be the man in Nikki’s life, but he’s determined to stand back and let Dillon win Nikki’s heart.
Society …
Format Read: eBook
Number of pages: 192 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release date: 28 June 2010
Formats Available: Paperback, eBook
Source: Review copy provided by author
Purchase information: Goodreads, Amazon,
Kindle Store, Book Depository (UK), Book Depository (US)
For more information visit Susan Bischoff’s website
Book blurb:
Be normal, invisible. Don’t get close to anyone. Kids with psychic abilities tend to mysteriously disappear when they get noticed. Joss has spent years trying to hide. Now she has an unasked-for best friend, who is the victim of an extortion plot by the school bully, who used to like Joss, who is best friends with her long-time crush, who is actually talking to her. Life just got more complicated.
Longer version:
They call their abilities Talents, and that’s what they call themselves as well. Talents are people born with supernatural powers, feared by the population at large. Possession of an “unregistered ability” has become …
Yep, I’m back from Italy and here to announce the two winners of our latest contests!
So congratulations are in order for
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Carol T
who won the Jackie Morse Kessler giveaway!
and
Novel Reaction
who won the Nicola Cornick giveaway!
Congratulations winners, you will be e-mailed shortly, you have 72 hours to get back to us, or we’ll have to draw new winners.
And don’t foget there are still a couple of giveaways going strong, just check out our sidebar!
And since the suspense and excitement of who won is over, I thought maybe you would like to see a few photos of my trip, so here they are:
The bay at Sirmione
The castle at Sirmione
The balcon of Juliet Capelli (or as Shakespeare wrote about her: Juliet Capulet) in Verona
View of Lake Garda and the mountains
Hope you liked this mini tour and I wish you all a wonderful weekend and a happy and …
Format Read: Paperback
Number of pages: 443 pages
Release Date: 13 November 2008
Publisher: Razorbill Publishing
Formats Available: Hardback, Paperback, eBook
Source: my personal library
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Razorbill Publishing, Amazon, Book Depository US, Book Depository UK, Kindle Store
Book blurb:
Rose Hathaway knows it is forbidden to love another guardian. Her best friend, Lissa-the last Dragomir princess-must always come first. Unfortunately, when it comes to gorgeous Dimitri Belikov, some rules are meant to be broken…
But since making her first Strigoi kills, Rose hasn’t been feeling right. Something dark has begun to grow in her mind, and ghostly shadows warn of a terrible evil drawing nearer to the Academy’s iron gates. And now that Lissa and Rose’s sworn enemy, Victor Dashkov, is on trial for his freedom, tensions in the Moroi world are higher than ever.
Lying to Lissa about Dimitri is one thing …
Format Read: PaperbackNumber of pages: 384 pagesRelease Date: 30 March 2010Publisher: Simon and SchusterSource: review copy received from publisherPurchasing info: Goodreads, Author’s website, Book Depository US, Book Depository UK, Amazon, Kindle store
Book blurb:
ONE UNLUCKY THIEF. ONE UNLIKELY GENIE. ONE VERY ODD COUPLE.
Gavyn Donatti is the world’s unluckiest thief. Just ask all the partners he’s lost over the years. And when he misplaces an irreplaceable item he was hired to steal for his ruthless employer, Trevor—well, his latest bungle just might be his last. But then his luck finally turns: right when Trevor’s thugs have him cornered, a djinn, otherwise known as a genie, appears to save him. Unfortunately, this genie—who goes by the very non-magical name of “Ian”—is more Hellboy than dream girl. An overgrown and extremely surly man who seems to hate Donatti on the …