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Romance Novel Reviews, Author Interviews, Commentary
Interview with Karen Erickson + Giveaway
Today I am happy to welcome to Book Lovers Inc. romance author Karen Erickson, who besides being a prolific writer is also an adventurous one: she has experimented and written contemporary romances, historical romances, paranormal romances, fantasy romances, erotic romances, and any combination of these 😀 Karen is celebrating the release of Under His Protection, the 1st book in her new romantic suspense series featuring Secret Service agents (and let me tell you they are definitely delicious alpha males), so please give her a welcome and there is a wonderful giveaway for you if share with us your reading preferences.
Stella: Hi Karen, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
Karen: Well, I’m a mom of three, a wife to one and the owner of too many cats. I’m a native Californian who lives about an hour below …
featured,Giveaways,Interview,Karen Erickson,The Latin Lover 
27 Apr 2012
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The Quick Winner Post
Hey Everyone!
The week was busy with work (I even had to work on Saturday ugh) but thankfully next week will whoosh by equally fast, because come Friday I’ll fly away to spend 4.5 days with my family and hopefully then I’ll be able to recharge my batteries and sleep and read!! So I’ll be charging my Kindle and taking all those books I have yearned to read the past couple of weeks (like Deep Dark Secret by Sierra Dean, Somebody to Love by Kristan Higgins and My Wicked Gladiators by Lauren Hawkeye and many more!).
Today I have only 1 winner to announce (I know, we haven’t had such a quiet week for a long time), but no worries, there are 5 giveaways going on, so next week there will be lots of winners, enter before it’s too late!
And now, let’s …
The Latin Lover,Winners 22 Apr 2012
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Romance and Me: Is it the money? – The Appeal of the Billionaire Hero
Hey Everyone!
It has come to our attention (thanks Amanda for pointing it out) that lately there has been a real billionaire hero boom in romance novels. No, of course I’m not saying this is something new, wealthy, obscenely rich, exotic heroes were always à la mode for category romances, it’s only that in the past couple of weeks we have read novel after novel featuring one of them (like Weekend Agreement, The Marriage Bargain, Blackmailed by the Italian Billionaire just to name a few). So we wondered what is it about rich heroes that makes them such a popular choice?
Nina Croft author of Blackmailed by the Italian Billionaire even asked readers for their opinion and here are some of their answers:
Gaby: I think it’s because usually money gives a man power, and women don’t like powerless …
Guest Post: A Conversation (in Bed) with Andrew and Gemma by Maggie Robinson + Giveaway
Today I am happy to welcome back to Book Lovers Inc. Maggie Robinson, author of the deliciously steamy historical romance Courtesan Court series. Until now the 3 previous books all depicted the story of a heroine living on the courtesan street, so it is interesting to see that for the fourth and final book in the series Maggie Robinson deviates and tells the story of a tortured hero who made an appearance in a previous book as an almost villain! *gasps* Yes! So you can imagine my surprise and curiosity regarding Master of Sin (my review will be posted tomorrow). Please give Maggie a warm welcome, read on for an exclusive previously unseen bed scene between the hero and heroine of Master of Sin and if you leave a comment you could even win a copy!
A Conversation (in Bed) with Andrew and Gemma
Andrew: You wouldn’t even …
featured,Giveaways,Guest Post,Maggie Robinson,The Latin Lover 18 Apr 2012
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Post-Easter Winners
Hey Everyone!
I had a fantastic week: my little sister came to visit and we spent the week with sister bonding events: we went to lunch together, on shopping sprees, had ice cream tasting, Thai massage, TV marathons, in short we had a wonderful time. But I’m always sad when it’s time to say goodbye 🙁
And how was your week? What did you do?
This week’s winners are…
the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Weekend Agreement by Barbara Wallace is:
Karen
the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Blackmailed by the Italian Billionaire by Nina Croft is:
Christine Warner
the lucky winner of the super-duper giveaway pack by Dakota Banks is:
Amanda
Congratulations winners, you have been notified by e-mail of your win. You have 72 hours to get back to us, or we’ll have to draw a new winner.
Enjoy your Sunday everyone! 🙂
The Latin Lover,Winners 15 Apr 2012
4 comments
Interview with Justine Elyot + Giveaway
Today we are happy to welcome to BLI erotic romance author Justine Elyot, who has written several dozens of erotic stories and released in January at Carina Press a unique blend of erotic sci-fi, thriller and romance story: Under His Influence. I thought it was about time we got to know Justine a bit better, so please give her a warm welcome and read on, you could even win one of her books! 😉
Stella: Hi Justine, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
Justine: Well, whenever I do the internet personality-quiz memes, I come out as INTJ, the moon, or Professor Snape. So that’s me, basically – although I don’t think Professor Snape would ever do a personality-quiz meme, so…
Stella: Describe a typical day of writing? Are you a planner or pantser?
Justine: I …
featured,Giveaways,Interview,Justine Elyot,The Latin Lover 13 Apr 2012
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Review: Blushing Violet by Ann Mayburn
Format read: ebook copy provided by author
Release Date: 18 November 2011
Number of pages: 110 pages
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon
Blurb:
Shy and quirky Violet Bishop has finally found the perfect way to meet a man who could fulfill her hidden submissive desires, something that she has never dared to ask her conservative and uptight ex-boyfriends to do. She joins an on-line matchmaking site that puts couples together based on the books that they love, in this case the BDSM erotica that lines her bookshelves.
Two Dominant best friends and business partners, Carlos Romano and Morgan Kane, are matched with Violet. They both want to date her and rather than fight about it they decide to keep the fact that they know each other away from her and let her pick who she wants to be with. A good idea in theory but something that …
4 1/2 Stars,Ann Mayburn,featured,Review,The Latin Lover 12 Apr 2012
6 comments
Interview with Tamara Morgan + Giveaway
Today we are happy to welcome to BLI contemporary romance author Tamara Morgan, whose debut novel Love is a Battlefieldd is a romance full of fun, men in kilts and one of the most determined and entertaining battle of the sexes (check out my review here)! Please give Tamara a warm welcome and read on to learn more about her, the novel and the Highland Games! 😉
Stella: Hi Tamara, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
Tamara: Thanks for having me! I’m a freelance copywriter by day and a romance writer by night—both of which mean I spend quite a bit of time on my computer. Sadly, this makes my life a lot less interesting for an interview than one would hope.
But I will say that I am a total re-enactment junkie. I love to attend Renaissance fairs, Highland …
featured,Giveaways,Interview,Tamara Morgan,The Latin Lover 11 Apr 2012
11 comments
The Easter Winner Post
Hey Everyone!
Finally the time has come for the 3-day-long weekend, sunny afternoonsand chocolate bunny hunt in the garden, aka Easter is here!! But before you go on your chocolate egg hunt let me just quickly tell you who won our giveaways this week.
Congrats to…
the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Everything You’ve Got by Erin Nicholas is:
Justine
the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Still Hot For You by Diane Escalera is:
bn100
the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Holiday Affair by Annie Seaton is:
maria perry mohan
the lucky winner of an ebook copy of A Tale of Two Djinns by Mina Khan and a neat swag pack is:
FredTownWard
the lucky winner of a paperback copy of A Perfect Storm by Lori Foster is:
Amy Peppers
the lucky winner of the amazing swagpack offered for Marlene’s Blogoversary (congrats Marlene!! :-D) is:
featured,The Latin Lover,Winners 8 Apr 2012
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Romance and Me: The InstaLove Connection
Hey Everyone!
Today I thought I would talk to you about pet peeves. Romance novels certainly have quite a few of the usual clichés (soulmate connection, misunderstanding crisis, big love declaration at the end, etc.) and we romance lovers tend to tolerate and even enjoy them at times. However there are some that we just can’t accept.
One of those pet peeves that irritate me more than anything is the instalove connection. I’m sure you have already come across it in a novel or two when the hero and heroine meet, lock eyes and bada beem bada boom feel the Earth-shattering love, soul-deep connection after having known each other only for 5 minutes /2 days/ a week, etc. (recurring mentioning of the words destiny, fated, special bond, etc. usually appear) Any time I read this happening to a fictional couple it drives me hair-tearing-out mad.
Yep, just like …
Romance and Me,The Latin Lover 4 Apr 2012
12 comments
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