Advent Calendar Day 19: Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke’s Heart by Sarah MacLean + Giveaway

Welcome to the 19th day of Book Lovers Inc Advent Calendar. Each day we will offer you one great read in a giveaway on all 24 days till Christmas.

Today you will have the chance to win a copy of Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke’s Heart by Sarah MacLean. If you like Historical Romances that are both sweet and funny, this is so you! I loved this book, as I have a thing for grumpy, stuffy heroes. *g* The heroine is one passionate woman that will challenge his calm.   

Length: 367 pages
Genre:Historical Romance
Release Date: May 1st 2011
Publisher: Avon
Formats Available: Ebook
Purchasing Info:  Author’s Website, Amazon, GoodReads

Book Blurb:

She lives for passion.

Bold, impulsive, and a magnet for trouble, Juliana Fiori is no simpering English miss. She refuses to play by society’s rules: she speaks her mind, cares nothing for the …

The Pre-Christmas Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

I had another, even more hellish week, but with Christmas fast approaching I try to hold out and keep hope that work will be over soon. Today I plan on going to a Christmas fair with my friends to look for presents, drink some spiced mulled wine and soak up the festive feeling a bit 🙂 Then in the evening my sisters will arrive home and the house will be once again packed and loud, can’t wait! 😀

We’ll start decorating the house and as I will have to work next week as well, the task of baking Christmas cookies will fall to my sisters, so that when I come home from work at the end of the day the house will smell like cinnamon, miam 😀

What are your plans for the weekend? Have you already put up the tree and decorations? Are you …

Advent Calendar Day 18: Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney + Giveaway

Welcome to the eighteenth day of Book Lovers Inc Advent Calendar. Each day we will offer you one great read in a giveaway on all 24 days till Christmas.

Today you will have the chance to win Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney!

Now, if you want something completely different from the traditional vampire book…this is it! Bloodthirsty is: 1: From a guys perspective 2: Doesn’t have real vampires in it and 3: pokes fun at how crazy the world has gotten over vampires in general! I absolutely loved this story, it reads so quickly and you’re left wanting so much more, plus the laughs that come from this book, well, let’s just say I got some funny looks while I was reading this in public. As far as I’m concerned, whether you like vampires or you loathe them…either way you’ll love this!

Purchasing Info: …

The International Giveaways Café (25)

The café is opening up a little later this week, ’cause we know how desperate you’ll all be for refreshments by the noon hour. To that end, why not kick back and relax for a while and check out the contests that are still ongoing through this week! There are a few links below that expire today, so remember to check them out before it’s too late.

And if you have anything new to add, nows a great time to share your giveaway info here. Us booklovers know that the regular hustle and bustle of the holidays is ten fold with our ‘real’ lives and our blogging duties too. A nice little book win would go miles to making this time a whole lot brighter, right?

Remember to let us know if you’ve won anything recently that you’ll get the chance to read now? (though reading time may be scarce …

Advent Calendar Day 17: Aftertime by Sophie Littlefield + Giveaway

Welcome to the 17th day of Book Lovers Inc Advent Calendar. Each day, we will offer you one great read in a giveaway on all 24 days till Christmas.

Usually, I like to read books that will be fun and dashing and all things sweet. But I’m also a sucker for a good ‘n creepy dystopian tale, the farthest thing from hearts and stars. And author Sophie Littlefield had knocked me out with her (intense!!!) book Aftertime, which was released by Harlequin Luna in February 2011. The book is set in California after a majorly catastrophic event has wiped out society as we know it, leaving behind disenchanted human survivors and a whole lot of flesh eating zombies (called “Beaters”). That’s right, I said the Z word, which seems to be all over the place these days. But what sets this story apart from many of its type …

Around the Bookish World : News Week-in-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post and it has been a bit quiet in the world of books and publishing but there is news of more YA books being adapted to movies, the Nook may finally arrive across the big pond to the UK.

First up, Barnes and Noble have announced that the Nook will soon be available in the UK, in the near future and will be part of on an ongoing international roll-out for their ereading devices. However, it is not made clear on who they would be joining forces with to distribute the Nook in the UK. WH Smiths already has teamed up with the Kobo and Waterstones will be unveiling their own dedicated device in the next year. But it does look that the ereading market is going to heat up even further.

This might be good news on the VAT front for European Kindle readers. Luxembourg …

Guest Post: Romance and the Series: What’s the Appeal? by Tracy Sumner + Giveaway

I am very happy to welcome to BLI today historical romance author Tracy Sumner, who is busy celebrating the release of her latest story, a Christmas novella: To Desire a Scoundrel, which was released this week! Woohoo, congratulations Tracy! *throws confetti* So read on to discover why Tracy as an author loves series and for a chance to win a copy of her book!

Romance and the Series: What’s the Appeal? by Tracy Sumner

So excited to be a part of Book Lovers, Inc.! Thanks for having me.

First off, I should say that not only am I romance writer, I’m a huge romance reader. And I love series. Love them. What is that captures our attention about connected novels? As readers, we get an update on beloved characters in the next book, sure. The birth of a child, further affirmation that our devoted couple from …

Advent Calendar Day 16: Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl + Giveaway

Welcome to the 16th day of Book Lovers Inc Advent Calendar. Each day we will offer you one great read in a giveaway on all 24 days till Christmas.

Today you will have the chance to win a copy of the hilarious book Bad Boys Do. I adore this book with all my heart. You have a wonderful and heartwarming small-town setting,  a smart and independent heroine and a hero that will win your heart faster than you can call dibs. This book made me laugh and cry- it will send you on an emotional rollercoaster ride and I just can’t recommend this book enough.

Go get your copy or enter to win one in the comments.

Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository (US), Book Depository (UK)

Book Blurb:

Olivia Bishop is no fun. That’s what her ex-husband said. And that’s …

ARC Review: Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

Format Read: e-ARC from NetGalley
Number of Pages: 394 pages
Release Date: December 20th 2011
Publisher: Mira
Series: Healer Book 1
Formats Available: Paperback, e-book, Kindle edition
Purchasing Info: Amazon.com, Book Depository,Barnes&Noble, Author’s Website, Goodreads, Publisher

Book Blurb:

Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honored for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading the plague that has decimated the Territories, leaving the survivors in a state of chaos.

Stressed and tired from hiding, Avry is abducted by a band of rogues who, shockingly, value her gift above the golden bounty offered for her capture. Their leader, an enigmatic captor-protector with powers of his own, is unequivocal in his demands: Avry must heal a plague-stricken prince—leader of a campaign against her people. As they traverse the daunting …

Advent Calendar Day 15: Deadly Descent by Kaylea Cross + Giveaway

Welcome to the 15th day of Book Lovers Inc Advent Calendar. Each day we will offer you one great read in a giveaway on all 24 days till Christmas.

Today you will have the chance to win Deadly Descent by Kaylea Cross, Book #1 in the Bagram Special Ops series by romantic suspense and military romance author Kalyea Cross. I’ll start by a revelation/confession: not only was Deadly Descent a favourite read of mine in 2011, but it was also THE novel which made me discover a whole new genre: the world of military romance! (And if you think military romance equals romantic suspense you are mistaken and it is great time you discovered MR!)

I can only recommend Deadly Descent to anyone who loves thrilling action and sizzling romance, it was a fantastic read and I’m looking forward to reading the next books …