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!

The International Giveaways Café (29)

Welcome back to the café! I hope everyone has had a great week and will be able to find some well needed reading time over the weekend. In my part of the world, we’ve just had our first real snow fall of the year (pretty unusual in Ontario, Canada). I’m going to make this best of my time to cuddle up with a nice blanket, a cup of coffee, and a great book 😉

There were quite a few giveaways added here last week, so make sure you check them all out! Remember to let us know if you’ve won anything recently that you’ll get the chance to read now. The Book Lovers would love to hear! At Book Lovers Inc., it’s our pleasure to share the bookish love! Good luck to everyone and hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend
Here’s the fine print for entering …

Around the Bookish World : News Week-in-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post and we have full instalment of fun links and news as well as the books to look out for the coming months!

First up, Amazon has announced that they created an ipad store which will allow readers to buy Kindle books as well browse their store and it is a way to bypass the no buy links which Apple has dictated with their new terms last year.

More Amazon news, an interesting report stated that publishers who allowed Kindle lending programme found sales of their books jump at to 26% – this has surprised Amazon who is promoting this as a huge success.

That ugly thing called Plagiarism has reared its head again and I think I mentioned in a previous post that Amazon is going to be the place where authors will find their stolen work being published by pirates as well plagiarists- it …

Review: Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells

Format Read: Paperback purchased by reviewer
Number of Pages: 325 pages
Release Date: April 1st 2009
Publisher: Orbit
Series: Sabina Kane book 1
Formats Available: Paperback, Kindle Edition, e-book, Audio Book
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website,  Goodreads, Publisher,  Amazon.com, Book Depository, Barnes&Noble

Book Blurb:

In a world where being of mixed-blood is a major liability, Sabina Kane has the only profession fit for an outcast: assassin. But, her latest mission threatens the fragile peace between the vampire and mage races and Sabina must scramble to figure out which side she’s on. She’s never brought her work home with her–until now.

This time, it’s personal.

My Thoughts:
I just loved,loved, loved The Red Headed Stepchild! Honestly, it was among the best urban fantasy books I picked in a long time and I just don’t know what I have been waiting for and haven’t picked this series up sooner!

I just loved everything about this book! …

Guest Post: Virna DePaul’s Twelve Resolutions for 2012 + Giveaway!

Virna DePaul

We are excited to welcome National Bestselling Author Virna DePaul back to BLI today! Virna is here on the next stop of her blog tour celebrating the release of Chosen By Sin, the third book in her highly acclaimed Para Ops Series. Fans of Virna’s series will know Chosen By Sin is sexy Werebeast Dex Hunt’s story & I for one can’t wait to “sink my teeth” into this one. 🙂

Virna is a very busy lady! She is a former prosecutor and multi-published author of paranormal romance and contemporary romantic suspense. In addition to her extensive Back List and Chosen By Sin, which hit the stands January 1, 2012, we can look forward to her next contemporary romantic suspense, It Started That Night coming from Harlequin in May 2012, and Shades Of Desire, will be published by HQN in June 2012.

Virna has …

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Susi Sunshine a.k.a OUR GEEKY LOVER!

*Drumrolls*

*Clears Throat*

Today is Friday 13th!

But BLI has much bigger news aside from advice to avoiding black cats lounging under ladders.

*More Drumrolls*

It’s our Susi Sunshine a.k.a. The GEEKY LOVER’S 30th

Birthday!!! *Hides from the rock throwing* We are kidding!

Seriously kidding! Our Susi is still far from 30, but let’s keep

the number secret in case agents from the Dark Side of the

force have us under surveillance.

Happy Geeky Birthday Susi!!!!

We All Wish You An Amazing Day!!

Birthday Wishes:

Caro: I Wish you a fantastic birthday hon! I hope it’ll be filled with great news, great presents, good company and a cake! Your awesomeness has no limits and I’d be lost without you on an everyday basis (even if you’re German lol *winks*). *huge …

Review: Drink Deep by Chloe Neill

Format Read:ebook purchased by the reviewer
Number of Pages: 352 pages
Release Date: November 1st 2011
Publisher: New American Library
Series: Chicagoland Vampires book 5
Formats Available: Paperback, ebook, Kindle edition, Audio Book
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website,  Goodreads, Publisher,  Amazon.com, Book Depository, Barnes&Noble

Book Blurb:

Clouds are brewing over Cadogan House, and recently turned vampire Merit can’t tell if this is the darkness before the dawn or the calm before the storm. With the city itself in turmoil over paranormals and the state threatening to pass a paranormal registration act, times haven’t been this precarious for vampires since they came out of the closet. If only they could lay low for a bit, and let the mortals calm down.

That’s when the waters of Lake Michigan suddenly turn pitch black-and things really start getting ugly.

Chicago’s mayor insists it’s nothing to worry about, but Merit knows only the darkest magic could …

My Wishlist: Most Awaited 2012 Titles Part 2

Well, since this is a part two of my previous week’s wishlist post, you do well to imagine that just one post couldn’t possibly include every title I’m drooling over this year… And how could I ever include in just one post all the amazing books I can’t wait to read this year. And since it’s only January this means that I still haven’t been informed of all – scratch that – most of the upcoming releases of this year… But I’ll try to refrain myself and just let you know some more about a few other books that I just die to read!

Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout

There is need. And then there is Fate…
Being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn’t exactly awesome–especially when Alexandria’s “other half” is everywhere she goes. Seth’s in her training room, outside her classes, and keeps showing up …

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

Hey Everyone!

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 …