Explore This! Regency London by Susanna Ives + Giveaway

As you can see we, the Book Lovers, are still on ‘vacations’. Today’s Author takeover will be performed by Author Susanna Ives, who will take us on a tour to Regency London! If you haven’t read Rakes & Radishes yet, I hope this post will be enough of a tease to win you over *g*. Stay tuned and you can be entered to win a copy of Rakes & Radishes!

Thank you Book Lovers Inc. for letting me participate in your Blogoversary
A few months ago, Caroline wrote me with the idea of writing a blog post about London as seen through the eyes of my heroine, Henrietta, in Rakes and Radishes. However, I’ve been so immersed in a Victorian project, that I’m afraid I’ve lost Henrietta’s voice.

So, I’ve combed the pages …

Guest Post by Author Linda Robertson + Giveaway

We are very happy to have author Linda Robertson here at Book Lovers Inc again. She the author of the wonderful Persephone Alcmedi series. Arcane Circle, book 4 in this series, was released in December and today she’s not only here to celebrate her latest release she will also tell us why she thinks that vampires rock. Be sure to stay tuned till the end because we have a little surprise for you at the end of the post. Please give Linda a warm but still rocking welcome.

I’m delighted to be here at BOOK LOVERS INC today celebrating the release of the fourth book in the Persephone Alcmedi series: ARCANE CIRCLE. Also, I’d like to let you know that I’m part of a new group blog that is often deliciously naughty. www.word-whores.blogspot.com Because I get to post on …

Review: Prelude to a Scandal by Delilah Marvelle

Format read: e-Book provided by publisher on NetgalleySeries: The Scandal Series #1Number of Pages: 384 pagesFormats available: e-Book, Kindle, PrintRelease Date: January 1st 2011Publisher: HQN BooksPurchasing Info: Author Website, Goodreads,  Amazon, Book Depository (US), Book Depository (UK)

Book Blurb:

Lady Justine is willing to trade her good name, her reputation and her place in London’s gossip-hungry ton to secure her father’s release from prison. But when the notorious Duke of Bradford counters her offer with a proposal of marriage, the stakes grow higher still. For while the smoldering lord is famous for his conquests, the man is oblivious to both her devotion and her charms. And Justine is soon afraid she has wagered all for naught…

My Thoughts:

Prelude to a Scandal is different. Now different can either be good or bad so let me tell you about it and you’ll …

@Susi_Sunshine Happy Birthday you Crazy Geeky Lover!

Today we are celebrating our fantastic Geeky Lover’s Birthday!! YAY Susi is turning…20 (we agreed on 20 right? lol) .  If you don’t know it already Susi (@Susi_Sunshine) is a twitter addict *hides from the rock throwing*, by that I mean that she’s often on twitter (for my very pleasure) but also that she loves to torture authors by adding a Twitter Style question in their interviews. *g*  So I thought it would be great to keep torturing people by asking her friends for Twitter Style birthday wishes. *yes I’m evil*.

Happy Birthday Susi!!

@Susi_Sunshine Happy Bday ((squirrel hug))!U are too awesome for words, I wish u the best because u deserve the best. I’d be lost without u. Luv ya hon!

Caroline – The HEA Lover/ @pattepoilue 

@Susi_Sunshine Words are not enough (esp. 140 characters worth) to express your awesomeness! Have a great b-day, you truly deserve it!

Jackie …

Interview: Author Faith Hunter + Giveaway

Today we have the pleasure to welcome Author Faith Hunter on Book Lovers Inc. Mercy Blade, the 3rd book in her Jane Yellowstone series, was released last week. Jane is a very ‘wild’ vampire-hunter and she is always very well surrounded…just sayin’ *wink* Please give a warm welcome to Faith! Stay until the end for a chance to win 1 of the 5 copies of Mercy Blade and a gorgeous pearl and crystal necklace!

BLI: Faith can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Faith: I am a fantasy writer, born in Louisiana and raised all over the south. As Faith Hunter, I write urban fantasy (Jane Yellowrock series) and post apocalyptic fantasy (Rogue Mage series). Under the penname Gwen Hunter, I write action adventure, mysteries, thrillers. As Faith and Gwen, I have 22 books in print in 26 countries. I make jewelry …

New Releases: January 10 – 16, 2011

Timeless by Alexandra MonirBook Blurb:

When tragedy strikes Michele Windsor’s world, she is forced to uproot her life and move across the country to New York City, to live with the wealthy, aristocratic grandparents she’s never met. In their old Fifth Avenue mansion filled with a century’s worth of family secrets, Michele discovers a diary that hurtles her back in time to the year 1910. There, in the midst of the glamorous Gilded Age, Michele meets the young man with striking blue eyes who has haunted her dreams all her life – a man she always wished was real, but never imagined could actually exist. And she finds herself falling for him, into an otherworldly, time-crossed romance.

Michele is soon leading a double life, struggling to balance her contemporary high school world with her escapes into the past. But …

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

Happy New everyone! The new year 2011 just started so we thought it would be great to look back at 2010 and the covers it gave us. Being the shallow cover whores we are we had a huge stack to chose from and it was not easy. As always there are the Good and the Bad but this time we tried to keep our explanations short because most of those covers already made it in our posts over the year. Let us know which are your tops ad flops..

Caroline’s Top 5

Geist by Phillipa Ballentine

Caroline: I love the huge lion, I love the power radiating from her. I love …

Guest Post by Author Zoe Archer + Giveaway

Today we have the pleasure to welcome an author we don’t have to present anymore…(but let’s anyway *wink*). Thank you Zoe Archer for visiting Book Lovers Inc once again *g*. Zoe’s new book, Stranger, was released this week. It is the 4th book in The Blades of the Rose series and the hero is my favorite character in the series, Catullus! Let’s give a warm welcome to Zoe, who will tell us more about a new kind of hero, the Pi. Stay tuned and you could win a copy of Stranger!
Nerd. Brainiac. Poindexter. Geek. We’ve all heard these names. Heck, many of us readers have been called those names.
I never understood why being smart is supposed to be bad, or embarrassing. Intelligence is good—it keeps us alive and aware. When it comes to brains versus beauty, I’d rather have brains (though I don’t always feel that way when …

Special Holiday Giveaway : The Princess in His Bed by Lila DiPasqua

HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY: THE PRINCESS IN HIS BED with Cinderella’s Slipper Ornament

5 WINNERS!  
Each winner will get a copy of The Princess in His Bed and a Cinderella slipper

(Books courtesy of Penguin/Berkley,
Ornament autographed by author, Lila DiPasqua)

Just leave a comment on this post telling us why you would like to win! 

Please leave us a way to contact you
(email in blogger profile or twitter name is okay- no way to contact you – no entry)

Giveaway open to US and Canada *only* 
(No P.O Boxes)

It will end on Dec. 11th, 2010 at midnight

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THE PRINCESS IN HIS BED
{#2 in the Fiery Tales series}
A Fiery Tales Collection
By Lila DiPasqua

Historical Romance
Berkley (Sensation) Trade
ISBN: 978-0425237007
OUT NOW!

Inspired by “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Ugly Duckling”, and “The Princess and the Pea,” Lila DiPasqua spins …

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

This week we have a special topic to talk about. Covers that are just plain wrong, literally. We decided to make this post after seeing a tweet from Nicole Peeler about her new German cover. She pointed out the wrongness of it and we couldn’t resist. We noticed this in the past and thought we will show you our top 3 of just stupidly wrong covers.

Susi: Okay this cover is wrong in so many ways. I don’t know why German publishers does this so often but it’s rather common here to show something totally wrong and deceiving on the cover. So here we have a book about Selkies showing a mermaid. O_O And not even pretty one for that. I don’t really like blueish covers and this …