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Guest Post: The Bodyguard Crush by Robin Covington
Today, we’re happy to welcome Robin Covington to Book Lovers Inc. We’ll be reviewing Robin’s novel, A Night of Southern Comfort, later in the week, but today she’s here to talk about the popularity of bodyguard/client themed stories. Remember to enter to win a copy of Robin’s novel at the end of the post too; a simple answer to the question is all it takes 🙂 Now, please help me in extending a very warm welcome to Robin!:
The Bodyguard Crush – Whitney & Kevin had it right.
One of the most popular plotlines in a romance novel is the one where the bodyguard is hired to protect a woman (or vice versa) and ends up falling for them. I think almost everyone on the planet has seen the movie, THE BODYGUARD, with Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. The film not only made $410 million at the box office but …
The Sailing Winner Post
Hey Everyone!
So sorry to arrive late today to announce this week’s winners, but I was participating in a work event this weekend a 3-day-long sailing competition: the Lawyer Regatta! It was decided at the very last minute and I just got home. We had a terrific time both sailing and partying (since we won 3 races! yay!! 😀 ), I even got a little tan 😀 But now let’s get down to winner-business!
This week congratulations are in order to
the lucky new winner of an ebook copy of Tempting the Best Man by J. Lynn since we never heard back from last week’s winner, is:
Veronika
the lucky new winner of an ebook copy of A Most Naked Solution by Anna Randol since we never heard back from last week’s winner, is:
Lisa Hutson
the lucky winners of an ebook copy of The Blacksmith’s Lover by Heather Massey are:
Evening-Green and Tina …
Sunday Cravings
Hello Book Lovers all around the world! How are you? How did you spend your weekend? Mine was busy enjoying myself at a beach and later cursing the scorching sun for making me look like a clown. And I was under an umbrella the whole time with the appropriate sunblock on… Anyway, back to books. Next week is yet another not so crowded with book releases week. Which is a good thing. I’m barely able to keep up with my TBR list. So, no new books is a good thing on my book 😛 But, even if there aren’t many scheduled releases, we somehow manage to always crave for something new.
So, here are this week’s Sunday Cravings.
Stella: Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong
The #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong delivers the novel her fans have been clamoring for: The epic finale of the Otherworld series.
It’s been …
21 Jul 2012 
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Welcome to the ‘I totally forgot what day it was’ edition of our virtual book giveaway café, where we love spreading the news about giveaways on other sites. I’m a late late in posting but it’s never too late to enter the info for your own giveaway below or to try to win any of the great titles up for grabs around the book blogging world. Hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend. As for me, I’m pretty sure I’ll remember tomorrow is Sunday 😉
Remember to let us know if you’ve won anything recently; 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 your link:
Guidelines:
If you have a giveaway you would like to share …
Around the Bookish World: Week-in-Review
Welcome to this weeks news post and we have lots of news and updates, including a class action suite against Harlequin Enterprises, adaptations based on books from Diana Gabaldon and Gail Carriger and much more!
A group of authors are embarking on a lawsuit against Harlequin Enterprises (the company behind Harlequin books and others) due to royalty payments. They state that Harlequin has underpaid them in ebook royalties which date back from 1990 to 2004. Jane from Dear Author has a great summary on the legalese and outcome of the suit.
This actually took me by surprised when the news that ebooks overtook hardback titles for the first time. I suspected it would have been a few more years to go. However, print books still outsell ebooks when it is combined with the other formats such as trade or mass market. But the growth and popularity of ebooks it seems isn’t …
3 1/2 Stars, 3 Stars, Cassie Alexander, Dual Review, featured, Review, The Latin Lover, The Needy Lover 20 Jul 2012 Dual Review: Nightshifted by Cassie Alexander
Format read: paperback provided by author for review
Release Date: 22 May 2012
Series: Book #1 in the Edie Spence series
Genre: urban fantasy
Number of pages: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository
Blurb:
From debut author Cassie Alexander comes a spectacular new urban fantasy series where working the nightshift can be a real nightmare.
Nursing school prepared Edie Spence for a lot of things. Burn victims? No problem. Severed limbs? Piece of cake. Vampires? No way in hell. But as the newest nurse on Y4, the secret ward hidden in the bowels of County Hospital, Edie has her hands full with every paranormal patient you can imagine—from vamps and were-things to zombies and beyond…
Edie’s just trying to learn the ropes so she can get through her latest shift unscathed. …
Review: Afterlife by Claudia Gray
Format read: paperback
Genre: Paranormal YA
Release Date: 8 March 2011
Length: 360 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
Formats available: ebook, paperback, hardcover
Purchasing Info: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)
Book Blurb:
The battle between vampires and wraiths begins…
It’s going to be okay, Lucas, I thought. We’re dead, but we can still be together. Nothing matters more than that. We’re stronger than death. Now nothing else ever has to come between us. You and I never have to be apart again.
My Thoughts:
The first two books in this series were childish at best, Hourglass started to make up for these downfalls, but Afterlife? It ruined any chance of redemption for this series.
To save his life, Lucas has been turned, now he has to deal with the knowledge that he has joined the ranks of the monsters he has been trained from birth to …
Cassie Alexander, featured, Giveaways, Interview, The Coffee Lover, The Latin Lover, The Needy Lover, The Rocket Lover 19 Jul 2012 Interview with Cassie Alexander + Giveaway
What’s happenin’, folks? We hope you’re having a fab day so far–and if you aren’t, we’ve got just the thing for that. Urban fantasy author (and registered nurse!) Cassie Alexander has stopped by today for an interview about…well, everything! Four of us teamed up to barrage Ms. Alexander with questions from her books and writing to her life past and present–and she was totally up to the challenge. ^_^ What results is a fascinating, revealing, epic interview. We hope you enjoy it, because she sure did! ^_^
Cassie Alexander’s debut novel, Nightshifted, was released this last May, and its followup, Moonshifted, is slated for release this November. (Don’t forget to check out the end of this post for some Nightshifted giveaway goodness!)
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BLI: Hi Cassie, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
Cassie: Hi! My name is Cassie, and my hobbies include wearing white cat …
Review: The Line Between Here and Gone by Andrea Kane
Format Read: Print ARC picked up at a Conference
Number of Pages: 400 p.
Release Date: June 19, 2012
Publisher: Mira
Series: Forensic Instincts #2
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Formats Available: Hardcover, ebook, audiobook
Purchasing Info: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)
Book Blurb:
“The man she loved is gone forever. The child she lives for could be next.”Each day is a struggle for Amanda Gleason’s newborn son as he battles a rare immune deficiency. Justin’s best chance for a cure lies with his father, who was brutally murdered before Amanda even realized she carried his child.
Or was he?
One emailed photo changes everything, planting a seed of doubt that Amanda latches on to for dear life: a recent photo of a man who looks exactly like Paul. Could Justin’s …
Bookish Rants and Raves: Your Book Lovin’ Beginnings…
You may have heard about the recent passing of author Donald J. Sobol, author of the classic children’s mystery series, Encyclopedia Brown. Though Sobol reached the ripe old age of 87 before he died (of natural causes), his passing brings a wave of wistfulness and sentimentality, particularly when one realizes that there will be no more new work released (his last Encyclopedia Brown book will be released this October by Penguin). It’s the end of an era, for many.
For my part, Encyclopedia Brown books were some of my absolute favorites, providing endless entertainment and numerous challenges. What hooked me (and countless children since the 1960s) was the high level of engagement asked of readers, as well as the relatable childhood interactions depicted in each tale. Also, the mysteries presented in the books were challenging yet not impossible, and they always encouraged readers to employ lateral thinking when problem solving. …
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