New Releases: Week of August 9 – August 15

Dracula in Love by Karen Essex

Genre: Paranormal

Karen Essex turns on the heat in this transporting and darkly haunting new tale of love and possession that puts forth the question: What if everything you knew about Dracula . . . was wrong?

From the shadowy banks of the River Thames to the wild and windswept coast of Yorkshire, the quintessential Victorian virgin Mina Murray vividly recounts in the pages of her private diary the intimate details of what transpired between her and Count Dracula—the joys and terrors of a pas sionate affair and her rebellion against a force of evil that has pursued her through time.

Mina’s version of this timeless gothic vampire tale is a visceral journey into the dimly lit bedrooms, mist-filled cemeteries, and locked asylum chambers where she led a secret life, far from the …

Review: Warrior by Zoe Archer

Format Read: eARCNumber of Pages: 370 pagesRelease Date: September 1st 2010Publisher: ZebraFormats Available: Paperback, eBookPurchasing Info: GoodReads, Author’s Website, Book Depository US, Book Depository UK, Amazon

Book Blurb:

To most people, the realm of magic is the stuff of nursery rhymes and dusty libraries. But for Capt. Gabriel Huntley, it’s become quite real and quite dangerous…
IN HOT PURSUIT…
The vicious attack Capt. Gabriel Huntley witnesses in a dark alley sparks a chain of events that will take him to the ends of the Earth and beyond—where what is real and what is imagined become terribly confused. And frankly, Huntley couldn’t be more pleased. Intrigue, danger, and a beautiful woman in distress—just what he needs.
IN HOTTER WATER…
Raised thousands of miles from England, Thalia Burgess is no typical Victorian lady. A good thing, because a proper lady would have …

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

This week we agreed to do this post a bit different. All this fighting is seriously messing with our Book Lover harmony. Just kidding. 😉 But first, here are the stats of last times’ voting:

Magic BitesGerman: 41 votesChinese: 21 votesUS: 10 votesUk: 4 votesFrench: 2 votes

Magic BurnsGerman: 45 votesUs: 14 votesPolish: 9 votesUK: 8 votesFrench: 0 votes

So when I showed Susi the results it went like that:
SusiSunshine: Me won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Muahaha.
Caroline: you DID NOT. You didn’t even vote for Germany
SusiSunshine: Germany won LOL. I don’t care LOL

Thanks guys, now I’ll never hear the end of it *grumbles*. And to top it all. Mr Random that nasty beast dumped me for Susi when he saw the poll results. But he did call to tell me the name of the winner! The winner of a Kate Daniels books is…
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draconismoi

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Interview and Giveaway with Author Judith James

Today we are very happy to welcome Judith James on Book Lovers,Inc. Judith’s new historical romance Libertine’s Kiss will be released on August 1st! And let me tell you, you don’t want to miss it!!! Bienvenue Judith!

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

Judith: Hi. Thanks so much for inviting me to Book Lovers INC! It’s such a pleasure to be here. Your tag line says it all I think. ‘Bound by the love of books.’ I spent much of my childhood daydreaming or with my head in a book. Books opened up fantastical new worlds I became immersed in and hated to leave, so as soon as I ended one I started another. I developed a love of reading that encompassed history, romance, adventure, fantasy, biography, true life adventure and many …

Review: Libertine’s Kiss by Judith James

Format Read: E-ARC from NetGalleyNumber of Pages: 384 pagesRelease Date: August 1st 2010Publisher: HQN BooksFormats Available: Ebook, PaperbackPurchasing Info: Author’s Website; Goodreads, BookDepository US, BookDepository UK, Amazon

Book Blurb:

William de Veres, the handsome son of a hard-drinking cavalier was abandoned at an early age to a brutal school system and a predatory and abusive tutor. He soon discovers the escapes of poetry, literature, alcohol and sex, and the defenses of a sharp sword and lacerating wit. As a titanic struggle erupts between parliament and king, William takes up arms in the Royalist cause and pursued by Cromwell’s men finds himself seeking shelter from a sober young Puritan woman in a cottage deep in the woods.
The Civil war has cost the once high spirited Elizabeth Walters her best friend and her father, leaving her …