New Releases, April 27th

April 26 – May 2

The Wish List ( Time of Transition Trilogy, book 1) by Gabi Stevens

Genre: When Kristin Montgomery discovers her three aunts are fairy godmothers and she’s next in line for the job, her uncomplicated life as a CPA disappears like magic. No, not like magic; it is magic – and she had no idea magic existed until her aunts handed her a wand and took off on a cruise around the world! Left to her own devices, Kristin not only has to deal with burgeoning magical powers, but also a reluctant arbiter, a selfish sprite, and a suave French sorcerer. When one of them turns out to be the bad guy, Kristin must learn to trust her heart and her instincts to keep herself and the ones she loves out of danger.

Passion Model by Megan Hart

Genre: Erotic Sci-FiWhen Recreational Intercourse Operative GMMA 03271971 …

Review: A Good Confession by Bridget Whelan

Format Read: Ebook Number of Pages: 240 pages Release Date: February 1st 2009 Publisher: Severn House Publishers Formats Available: Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Purchasing Info: GoodReads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Book Blurb:

A captivating novel about forbidden love – Cathleen Brogan is a young widow, struggling to bring up her family in 1960s north London. Times are tough for the Irish immigrants who live there, their hardships comforted by local Catholic priest, Father Jerry Brogan. Over time it becomes clear that Cathleen feels more for Father Jerry than perhaps she should. She hopes confession will ease her troubled mind, not realizing that she is confessing to the man she loves..

My Thoughts: I had no idea how I was going to review and rate this book. A good Confession was some kind of challenge for me because it’s out of …

Geekdom of Books: Romance Novels and the Condoms Dilemma

I know, I know this is such an old rant but I hate it when you read a contemporary romance and oops the couple of interest forgets the protection for 3 days. Seriously?

But I don’t want  to rant about this topic today. I want to show how funny the topic of condoms can be and so I started to google around and I found a few interesting *insert blush here* variations.

And OMG researching this was an experience I tell ya.

1. Vibrating condoms
I found these in a guest post one Leontine’s Book Realm a while ago and I was like OMG that really exists? Yes it does and I found them online here. Beside the fast that I find it an hilarious idea I had to read the customer reviews and OMG you have to read those. So funny! I know it is immature but I just couldn’t stop laughing. Lovely idea …

Interview: Author, Megan Hart and a Giveaway!

We are happy to have Megan Hart, author of numerous erotica, paranormal romances and so much more, here today. Passion Model, one of her first eroticas, will be re-released tomorrow and Megan is here today to answer all our questions about herself and her books. Please give her a warm welcome.

The Geeky Lover: Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Megan Hart: My name is Megan Hart. I write books. I’ve been writing books and stories for a very long time and always knew I wanted to be a writer. If not a writer, an actress. I also thought about being a funeral director, but that idea didn’t last long. I went to school for Journalism but I hated being a reporter…I like making stuff up. That’s why I love writing novels!

The Geeky Lover: What’s your favorite book at …

Review: Death With Interruptions by José Saramago

Format Read: Trade Paperback

Number of Pages: 238 pages
Release Date: October 6th 2008
Publisher: Harcourt
Formats Available: Trade Paperback, Hardcover, eBook

Purchasing Info: GoodReads, wikipedia entry about the Author, Amazon

Book Blurb: On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This of course causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, morticians, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration -— flags are hung out on balconies, people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity: eternal life.

Then reality hits home —- families are left to care for the permanently dying, life-insurance policies become meaningless, and funeral parlors are reduced to arranging burials for pet dogs, cats, hamsters, and parrots.

Death sits in her chilly apartment, where she lives alone with scythe and filing cabinets, and contemplates her experiment: What if no one ever died again? …

Review: Beauty Tempts the Beast by Leslie Dicken

Format read: eBookNumber of Pages: 196 pagesRelease Date: May 4th, 2010Publisher: SamhainFormats Available: eBook (paperback on May 4th)Purchasing Info: GoodReads, Author Website, Amazon.comBook Blurb:

“Is the enemy of her enemy a friend-or a beast?
Lord Ashworth is scarred by a night of terror years ago that left his face in ruins and his life in shreds. He hides in Silverstone Manor, using rumors that paint him as a horrible, murdering monster to keep visitors at bay. Yet he can-t shake the feeling that the rumors might be true. He tells himself it-s better this way. If his memories ever resurface, at least he …

Bookish Eye Candy: Dark Lover

This week for Bookish Eye Candy I thought I would bring to the table , the first book of one of the hottest series in the Paranormal Romance World. Since the newest book releases on Tuesday *squeeee* we are going to run with the entire series over the next few weeks! So today I bring Dark Lover with Wrath. Tell me, who do you see playing the part of Wrath in Dark Lover? Lemme know who you pictured as Wrath while reading Dark Lover, then come back next week to see the top choices, and who I see playing the part of Wrath.

Dark Lover

By:
J.R. Ward

In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there’s a deadly turf war going on between vampires and their slayers. There also exists a secret band of brothers like no other – six vampire warriors, defenders …

The lucky winner of Lover Mine

Happy Sunday everyone.

I just had my weekly meeting with Mr. Random.org and he told me who the lucky winner of a copy of Lover Mine by J.R. Ward is. But first I want to thank Ivy from Book Reader Times again for making this giveaway possible. Thanks so much hon.
The winner is….

*~*~*drumrol*~*~*

mariska

Congrats hon!
I will contact you ASAP.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

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Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

This week Best Buy began selling Barnes & Noble’s eReader, the Nook, in it’s stores.

The Wall Street Journal reported that, starting Sunday, the Amazon eReader, the Kindle, will be sold by Target stores.

All Things Digital is reporting that Kakai is working on an eReader for students.

The Associated Press has a story on author Danielle Steele’s former assistant being sentenced to prison for embezzling. The assistant was earning $200,000 a year for part-time work and was convicted for embezzling over $760,000 USD.

Penguin announced a new program this week to provide electronic and print books to children. The website is www.wegivebooks.org/.

The list of Locus Awards Finalists were released this week. It looks like a great list. I’ve read some of the titles and already have others on my TBR list. …

Guest Post: Author Lori Handeland + Giveaway

We are really honored today to have Lori Handeland here. She’s the author of the Nightcreature Series and her new urban fantasy series, The Phoenix Chronicles, has a new release next week. Chaos Bites is book 4 in this series and I can say that I’m counting the days till I can get my hands on this one.

So please give her a warm welcome. And don’t forget the Giveaway at the end of the post.WHY SHAPESHIFTERS?

Shapeshifter legends have been around as long as the art of storytelling. I’ve always been fascinated by shapeshifter legends, which can be found in every culture, and have made use of them in both my paranormal romance series, The Nightcreature Novels and my urban fantasy series, The Phoenix Chronicles.

Though I often …