Review: Accused by Kate Kaynak

Format read: paperback copy provided by author
Release Date: 15 August 2011
Series: Book #4 in the Ganzfield series
Number of pages: 272 pages
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository

Blurb:

“We have ways of making you talk.”

Who now has Isaiah’s files?

Someone in the government knows about Ganzfield… and he has special reasons to target Maddie…

My Thoughts: I am a fan of Kate Kaynak’s Ganzfield series, I loved Minder and Adversary, but the 3rd book Legacy left me disappointed. I expected more, I expected that thrill and elation the first 2 books made me feel and Legacy left me lukewarm. So I started Accused, the 4th book in the series with a bit of trepidation: I wanted it to be just as awesome as the first two books were but feared to be left down. Thankfully my …

Romance and Me: Do you like the Historical Romance Sub-genre?

Hey Everyone!

When creating this bi-weekly feature we brainstormed that it would be a good opportunity to highlight and discuss the various romance subgenres as there are so many. Well the time has finally come to start our venture into Romance Sub-genres 101.

As Jackie needs her blackboard for her Elements of Lit 201 class, why not make this a more relaxed event and take a comfortable seat around the coffee table, you can choose from the sofa, armchairs, the plush carpet or even bean bags and let us begin!

Our first sub-genre to explore will be historical romance. As it is such a vast genre and we can discuss so many related topics it will be the subject of our discussions for a few weeks.

So to warm up the session,  as I knew that our little Book Lovers team was quite heterogeneous on the subject …

The I’m-back-winner-post!

Hey Everyone!

You might not have noticed but I had to keep my distance from blogging and pleasure reading for the past couple weeks as I had to study for my bar exam. Thankfully I passed it on Thursday so I am baack and so happy to see all of you, I really missed you all and especially my fellow BLI gals! *group hug* I just had to share my joy with you before announcing this week’s winners.

So today congratulations are in order for…

the lucky winner of their choice of one backlist book of Virna DePaul is: Miki

the lucky winner of an ebook copy of No Limits by Jenna McCormick is: Catherine

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! 😀

The Romance and Me Reading Challenge 2012

I love participating in reading challenges but I only discovered how much fun it was to organize them as well when I hosted the Book Lovers Inc Holiday Reading Challenge. Well I am back with a new challenge for 2012:

The Romance and Me Reading Challenge!

Why is this challenge different from the others? I’ll tell you, because every month we’ll be exploring new horizons of the romance genre! But here it is in more details:

Rules:

1. You have to read at least 1 book per month from the monthly theme.

2. There will be a monthly theme: each month we will explore a different romance sub-genre.

3. The challenge runs from 15 January 2012 until 31 December 2012, you can join anytime.

4. You can join the challenge by submitting the link of your general sign up post in the linky below (if …

Shortest Winner Post Evah!

Hey Everyone!

Today I only have 1 winner to announce which is fortunate as I have to crawl back to my armchair and continue the studying/revising that is the bane of my current existence *big sighs* The Exam (=2nd bar exam) will be on Thursday afternoon, so only have to survive those few days and not let the stress kill me (at least that’s what I keep telling myself) *sighs*

But I don’t want to depress you, so please join me in congratulating

Dee F 

who is the lucky winner of a paperback copy of Hidden Summit by Robyn Carr! 

Congratulations Dee, 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!

Romance and Me: A Ghost Love Story or Romance Busters?

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Today’s discussion topic was inspired by our special author guest Stacey Kennedy and her latest release Supernaturally Kissed, which is a paranormal romance story between a breathing living heroine and a deceased ghost hero (you can read our dual review here).  I was immediately intrigued by the concept of how could an author write a love story, romantic relationship between a living person and a ghost and have the readers believe in their love and happiness? We romance lovers need our hero and heroine to touch, kiss, make love, then how can an author make a romantic relationship sound satisfactory and fulfilling without any physical contact? Is it possible?

To get the answer to the above question I asked my fellow Book Lovers, curious to see whether they have read any ghost romances and if they believe that ghost romances can be just as good …

Dual Review: Supernaturally Kissed by Stacey Kennedy

Release Date: January 5th 2012
Series: Book #1 in the Frostbite series
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Formats Available: Kindle Edition, e-book
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s website, Amazon, Barnes&Noble

Blurb:

Ghosts harass and annoy Tess Jennings to save their souls. Sometimes she helps them. Other times she ignores them. But one ghost will give her no choice.

Kipp McGowen, a cop with the Memphis Police Department, will stop at nothing to gain her help, including using his ghostly charms to seduce her.

Tess must help solve the five-year old cold case of Hannah Reid, because solving the case will save Kipp.

But a bigger problem presents itself. Tess is falling in love with a ghost. Now she must decide. Keep Kipp forever or find the killer…

Our thoughts:

Anna: I think we should start this review by talking about the heroine, Tess. I pretty much …

Guest Post by Stacey Kennedy + Giveaway

Today we welcome to Book Lovers Inc Stacey Kennedy, whose newest release Supernaturally Kissed has hit the shelves on December 5th and believe me when I say it, that this book is unlike any paranormal romance you have read! (You can read our dual review here.) Stacey is here with us today to tell us in her own words about her new release and what makes Supernaturally Kissed such a unique paranormal romance title.

So, let’s give Stacey a warm welcome! 🙂

WOOT! SUPERNATURALLY KISSED has arrived! Is it your typical urban fantasy romance read? Not likely. The hero is a ghost, which comes with a whole slew of problems including that he can’t touch the heroine.

Can’t TOUCH the heroine? How is that even possible in a romance?

I’ll tell you it took some really creative thinking on my part …

First Winner Post in 2012! Happy New Year!

Hey Everyone!

Happy New Year, welcome to 2012! I hope you had a great New Year’s Eve whether you partied or spent it at home in your pjs (some of my fav New Year’s Eve were spent like that just chilling and reading a great book :-D). You had ample time to get over your hungover and get some sleep, so I hope noone is bleary eyed 🙂

I have a bunch of winners to announce today, congratulations are in order for the following lucky readers:

The lucky winner of an ebook copy of their choice from Misty Evans’ Witches Anonymous series is: eli yanti

The lucky winner of an ebook copy of Unacceptable Risk by Jeanette Grey is: Darlene Reilley

The lucky winners of an ebook copy of Secret Santa by Sierra Dean is: Gaby 

The lucky winner of an ebook copy of Karma Girl by Jennifer Estep is: Erika

The lucky winner of a …