Interview Author Vicki Pettersson + Giveaway

We are so happy to welcome urban fantasy author Vicki Pettersson here at Book Lovers Inc again. I’m a huge fan of her Signs of the Zodiac series and today is the release day of the final installment, The Neon Graveyard (my review can be found here). I’m in love with her books and the world she created. Please give Vicki a warm welcome and be sure to check out the wonderful giveaway she brought along.
BLI: Hey Vicki, it’s so great to have you here at Book Lovers Inc again. I know we already asked this the last but for all the new readers- can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Vicki: I was born and raised in Las Vegas, which means that like all Vegans of a certain age, I consider myself a small town …

Review: Enemy Games by Marcella Burnard

Format Read: paperback submitted by Author for reviewLength: 368 PagesGenre: Science Fiction RomancePublisher: Berkley TradeRelease Date: May 3, 2011Formats Available: eBook, Trade PaperbackPurchasing Info: Amazon, Author’s Website, Goodreads, Book Depository (US), Book Depository (UK)

Book Blurb:

Kidnapped while combating a devastating plague, Jayleia Durante fights to resist the attractive Major Damen Sindrivik, an officer from a rival government’s spy corps. But with her spymaster father missing, and mercenaries hot on her trail, Jayleia must join forces with the magnetic, charming and manipulative spy. She must see past her desire and remember that his single-minded agenda is for the protection of the empire – not her or her people.Damen knows a shadowy network of traitors has allied with the violent Chekydran, and that Jayleia’s father holds the key to dismantling that web. She becomes his only lead …

Interview Author Karen Chance + Giveaway

We are very proud to welcome author Karen Chance here at Book Lovers Inc today. She’S the author of the wonderful Cassandra Palmer and the Dorina Basarab series- I love them both. Today she’s here to talk about her books her next release, Hunt the Moon, which will be out next week and why you really should check them out. Be sure to stay tuned till the end because I have a little giveaway for you.

BLI: Hi Karen, can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Karen: You know, I’m honestly my least favorite topic of conversation. I can talk about the books all day, or the characters or the plots or what-have-you, but me? Not so much. That’s probably why the “biography” part of my website is so messed up. I tried to do …

The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?

Herzlich willkommen to our next German cover post. After last times French sneak attack we decided to take a look at what the German publishing industry has to show. 

We have a vast variety of covers this time- some good, some bad and yes we have the third kind too.

Caroline: I will admit that I don’t know Michelle Raven’s books but I’m really not attracted by this cover. I’m not even sure what makes me dislike it. o_O
The Faith Hunter cover is pretty, I love the color and the font. BUT it’s not really Jane. That girl is pretty but I’m just too used to the model on the original covers, a model who looked very Indian. So yeah…pretty but not …

New Releases: May 16 – 22, 2011

Graveminder by Melissa Marr

The New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series delivers her first novel for adults, a story about the living, the dead, and a curse that binds them.

Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the tender attention her grandmother, Maylene, bestowed upon the dead of Claysville, the town where Bek spent her adolescence. There wasn’t a funeral that Maylene didn’t attend, and at each Rebekkah watched as Maylene performed the same unusual ritual: three sips from a small silver flask followed by the words “Sleep well, and stay where I put you.”

Now Maylene is dead and Bek must go back to the place–and the man–she left a decade ago. But what she soon discovers is that Maylene was murdered and that there was good reason for her odd traditions. It turns out that in placid Claysville, …

"Really? Bavaria?" – Guest post by Kate Noble + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome historical romance author Kate Noble here at Book Lovers Inc today. Her newest novel Follow My Lead was just released and I was thrilled to hear where it is set: Bavaria. As a German I often wondered why not more historicals are set in Germany. There actually is enough history to be found in our textbooks. So let’s see what Kate thinks about it. Please give her a warm welcome.
One of the questions I get when I tell people about Follow My Lead is… “seriously? You set this book in Bavaria?”
 
Granted, southern Germany is not the standard locale for a Historical Romance. But my response to the strange looks and curious expressions is: Bavaria is awesome! And pretty! They have glockenspiels and lederhosen and beer! How can you not like Bavaria?!

 
In truth, I was introduced to this region …

The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?

This week we have an unexpected French covers invasion. Caro visited her French amazon site and was bombarded with new, more or less, gems for our post series. Here is what she found. Be prepared for optical illusions, whory lipstick and messy heroines that never change their shirt. Enjoy and please leave us your two cents in the comments.

Susi: I like the Masques cover. The girl looks really mysterious and the wolf has this intriguing look- as if he’s gazing right into your soul. But again really much blue and that’s just not my color.
I’m not really sure what I should think of the Angels’ Blood cover.The feather doesn’t look like an angel feather. It looks so ordinary. Not sure what …