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

This week will be different from our usual posts. We united for a cause. Last week the cover for Magic Slays, book 5 in the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews was revealed and to say we both were underwhelmed is an understatement. 
We will dedicate this post wholly to the cause of explaining in great detail why we don’t like it. Okay perhaps we should have kept the suspense a bit up but nope we can say it out loud: Us not likey! 
BUT because we are huge Kate Daniels fans we will still buy it and probably hide it behind the wonderful Magic Bleeds cover. That’s a secret, so please don’t tell anyone how shallow we are about our shelves. Yes we are weird.

Click HERE to see the original cover

1. The Face

Caroline:  This …

Review: Rebel by Zoe Archer

Format Read: E-ArcNumber of pages: 438 pagesRelease Date: November 2nd, 2010 Publisher: ZebraFormats Available: Paperback, eBook, KindlePurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository US, Book Depository UK

Book Blurb:

On the Canadian frontier in 1875, nature is a harsh mistress. But the supernatural can really do you in…

A Lone Wolf, Nathan Lesperance, is used to being different. He’s the first Native attorney in Vancouver, and welcome neither with white society nor his sometime tribe. Not to mention the powerful wildness he’s always felt inside him, too dangerous to set free.

Then he met Astrid Bramfield and saw his like within her piercing eyes. Now, unless she helps him through the harsh terrain and the harsher unknowns of his true abilities, it could very well get him killed…

And The Woman Who Left The …

Interview Author Sarah MacLean + Giveaway

Today it’s with pleasure that we welcome Sarah MacLean on Book Lovers Inc. Sarah is the author of Regency romances, the 2nd book in the series, Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (yes it’s a mouthful!) was released earlier this week. Let’s give a warm welcome to Sarah. Stay tuned and you can win the first book in the series, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake.

The HEA Lover: Sarah can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Sarah: Thanks so much for having me!

Well, you already know that I write romance novels for a living . . . so I’ll tell you some other stuff: I live in Brooklyn, New York with my husband, our dog, Baxter, and a ridiculous collection of romance novels.  I’m fascinated by pirates, I spend way too much …

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

Like we decided a few weeks ago we will now choose our favorite covers with a special theme for the next few editions of “The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?” and tell you why we chose them. It would be awesome if you could tell us which cover with this theme is your favorite and perhaps we will all find some new to us cover candies we can obsess about.

Today we will try to find our favorite Angels and/or Demons covers and you guys can vote in the comments who’s selection you like best .(Even if I already know you all prefer Susi *pouts*) We had this fight…ahem… discussion for quite some time now and we think we finally need to proclaim a winner.

So please help us and tell us what you think about our selection.

Caroline’s choice:

Interview: Author Kieran Kramer + Giveaway

Today we’re delighted to welcome Kieran Kramer on Book Lovers Inc. Kieran’s debut novel When Harry Met Molly will be released on November 2nd. This is the 1st book in a new humorous Regency Romance series named The Impossible Bachelors. Let’s give a warm welcome to Kieran and stay tuned to win a signed copy of When Harry Met Molly.

The HEA Lover: Kieran, can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Kieran: I’ll be glad to, but the first thing I want to say is that I’m just so happy to be here! And I really appreciate your support. Being the sixth of seven children born in nine years, I grew up one of the crowd! I was jostled about in the car and had to speak loudly at supper to be heard–sometimes I’d even wave my hand and hope …

Review: The Season by Sarah MacLean

Format Read: PrintNumber of Pages: 343 pagesRelease Date: March 1st 2009Publisher: Orchard BooksFormats Available: Paperback, EbookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository UK, Book Depository US

Book Blurb:

Seventeen-year-old Lady Alexandra Stafford doesn’t fit into the world of Regency London — she’s strong-willed, sharp-tongued, and she absolutely loathes dress fittings. Unfortunately, her mother has been waiting for years for Alex to be old enough to take part in the social whirlwind of a London Season so she can be married off to someone safe, respectable, wealthy, and almost certainly boring. But Alex is much more interested in adventure than romance.

Between sumptuous balls, lavish dinner parties and country weekends, Alex, along with her two best friends, Ella and Vivi, manages to get entangled in her biggest scrape yet. When the Earl of Blackmoor …

New Releases: October 18-24, 2010

 Crescendo – Becca Fitzpatrick

Nora should have known her life was far from perfect. Despite starting a relationship with her guardian angel, Patch (who, title aside, can be described as anything but angelic), and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking up. Patch is starting to pull away, and Nora can’t figure out if it’s for her best interest or if his interest has shifted to her arch-enemy Marcie Millar. Not to mention that Nora is haunted by images of her father and she becomes obsessed with finding out what really happened to him that night he left for Portland and never came home.

The farther Nora delves into the mystery of her father’s death, the more she comes to question if her Nephilim blood line has something to do with it as well as why she …

Review: Reckless by Anne Stuart

Format Read: E-ARC from NetgalleyNumber of Pages: 400 pagesRelease Date: September 1st 2010Publisher: MiraFormats Available: Paperback, EbookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository UK, Book Depository US

Book Blurb:

A Most Charming and Passionate Nihilist Adrian Alistair Rohan lost his faith, and now, a dedicated member of the depraved Heavenly Host, he loses himself in his only pleasure: the seduction and debauchery of beautiful women. Rich, charming, and devastatingly skilled in the arts of love, he never fails in his conquests, until Charlotte Spenser. Charlotte is facing a desolate, passionless future, none of which matters to Adrian, who imagines her a toy until better prey arrives. But beneath her drab exterior, Charlotte is a woman as enchanting as she is brilliant, and, lured into Adrian’s world, soon she becomes the seducer, and …

Author Spotlight: Vivian Arend + Giveaway

Today we have a special spotlight for author Vivian Arend on Book Lovers Inc. Vivian’s new book, Wolf Track is coming out on October 26th. It is the 4th book in the Granite Lake Wolves series.  To celebrate we have the chance to give a copy of the 1st book in the series, Wolf Signs, away to one lucky reader. This is your chance to start the series.  Since the story is about love and werewolves, we had to ask Vivian what would be the most valuable advantage of having a werewolf as a mate?

Here is Vivian’s answer:

@VivianArend:  oh, tough! Only 1? Furry heat on cold days. 😉 Have to be unconditional love-knowing its forever. Makes rough times easier.

Book Blurb:

Robyn Maxwell doesn’t care that her brother has to cancel out on their backcountry ski trip. She can do …

Review: A Safe Harbor by Moira Rogers

Format Read: ebook from the AuthorsNumber of Pages: 84 pagesRelease Date: July 13th 2010Publisher: Samhain PublishingFormats Available: e-bookPurchasing Info: Author’s website, GoodReads, BooksOnBoard, Amazon

Book Blurb:

Find out how it all began…During the bite of the Great Depression, sole female dominant Joan Fuller struggles against the rise of cruelty among her alpha counterparts. The men tolerate her interference–until she breaks from the pack and allies with a witch and a vampire. Now the Boston alpha intends to bring them all forcibly back into the fold–and teach her a lesson she may not survive.Seamus Whelan and his werewolf bootleggers intend to retire from smuggling and savor their fortune, but first they must do a favor for an old friend: escort some female wolves to safety. An easy job, if their leader wasn’t a prim ex-debutante …