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Romance Novel Reviews, Author Interviews, Commentary
13 Jun 2012 Romance and Me: Science Fiction Romance
Since I started blogging I’ve become much more adventurous when it comes to reading. I’m more open to taking chances and discovering some new genres/subgenres I previously never would have read. Two of my most recent discoveries were the fantasy and sci-fi subgenres.
The way I discovered sci-fi romance was quite accidental: I never set out to venture into science fiction land and read some “weird alien book” (what old, ignorant Stella would have said), it was not a conscious decision on my part.
I simply stumbled upon Gini Koch’s debut novel Touched by an Alien and loved its cover so much that after some internal debating and torturous dilemma (because in spite of the gorgeous knee-weakening cover I feared that as a sci-fi book I wouldn’t enjoy it) I gave in (hail to the inner cover whores 😉 ) and I was …
Review: The Most Improper Miss Sophie Valentine by Jayne Fresina
Format Read: ebook from NetGalley
Number of Pages: 384 p.
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Genre: Regency Romance
Formats Available: Mass market paperback, ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Author’s Website, Publisher’s Website, Book Depository
Book Blurb:
“Wanted: one husband, not too particular. Small dowry, several books, sundry furnishings, and elderly aunt included. Idlers, time-wasters, and gentlemen with other attachments need not apply.”
Scarred in a childhood accident, Sophia Valentine doesn’t expect any takers on her ad for a husband in the Farmer’s Gazette, until the mysterious Lazarus Kane shows up at her door. To Sophia, he is an exciting, enigmatic stranger. But Lazarus has known Sophia for years and has come a long way to find her. Things are about to get complicated for the mischievous Miss Valentine.
My Thoughts:
Once upon a time, Miss Sophie Valentine did something very, very improper. She and her fiancé, the …
Interview with Diane Alberts + Giveaway
It is my absolute pleasure to welcome author Diane Alberts to BLI today! Diane has been taking over book sales charts with her recent romance releases, including On One Condition, Divinely Ruined, and her most recent effort, Try Me.
Some things that Diane is all about? Awesome characters (including yummy tortured heroes), clever story concepts, and a wealth of writerly passion and inspiration. She talks to us about all of these in the interview below, even sharing some tidbits about her book Divinely Ruined (check out the synopsis and BLI review here). So stay tuned (and give Diane a warm BLI welcome)!
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Alisha: Welcome to BLI, Diane!
Diane: Thank you so much for having me here, today!
Alisha: Can you describe Divinely Ruined for us–Twitter style (140 characters or less)? ^_^
Diane: Rebecca doesn’t want love or a family. Yet Tony tempts her to give it all up for a chance at just that–even if …
12 Jun 2012 
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Format read: ebook provided by publisher through NetGalley
Series: Book #1 in the Confederacy Treaty series
Release Date: 26 May 2010
Number of pages: 108 pages
Publisher: Carina Press
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Carina Press
Blurb:
Inarrii agent Alinna Gaerrii was tasked with observing the Starforce base on Earth. Crash landing her observation pod onto the base was not part of her mission briefing. Neither was making “m’ittar”–mind contact–with Major David Brown, the human who discovered her amongst the wreckage.
David thinks she’s a psychologist sent to evaluate his Special Forces team, and Alinna goes along with his misconception, seizing the opportunity to observe humans up close. But their daily contact has unexpected side effects, and Alinna soon invades David’s dreams. Through their intimate mental connection she allows him to express his forbidden physical desires.
Alinna delights in the sensory exploration …
New Releases: June 11 – 17, 2012
Last Bastion of the Living: A Futuristic Zombie Novel by Rhiannon Frater
A walled city surrounded by lush land, protected by high mountain summits, and fortified by a massive gate to secure the only pass into the valley, The Bastion remained humanity’s last hope against the fearsome undead creatures known as the Inferi Scourge. On one fateful day, the valley gate failed and the Inferi Scourge overran and destroyed the human settlements outside the walls, trapping the remaining survivors inside the city. Now, decades later, the last remaining humans are struggling to survive in a dying city of dwindling resources…and dwindling hope.
Vanguard Maria Martinez has lived her entire life within the towering walls of steel. She yearns for a life away from the overcrowded streets, rolling blackouts, and food shortages, but there is no hope for anyone as long as the Inferi Scourge howl outside the high walls. Her …
Author Interview with Jess Haines + Giveaway
I am very happy to introduce you today one of the friendliest authors I know, the wonderful Jess Haines, who pens the H&W Investigations urban fantasy series! Jess is celebrating the release of the 4th book, Stalking the Others with a mega blog tour and she was kind enough to stop by BLI today to answer all my burning questions. So read on to get to know Jess Haines and discover her unique UF series!
Stella: Hi Jess, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
Jess: Thank you so much for having me!
I’m a tremendous dork. I love roleplaying games, computer games, and watching really bad movies. Writing has always been a passion of mine, and lately, I’ve used that passion to write an urban fantasy series like authors I admire, such as Jim …
Love Letter Convention – Caro’ & Susi’s adventures in Berlin
It’s finally time for our (abridged) recap of the Lover Letter Convention in Berlin ( June 2-3, 2012). We had a blast and thought we would share some pictures and experiences with you today. We although brought some goodies- not much but it’s signed so don’t forget to leave a comment.
Day 1 – The Arrival
The German View:
We (the bf, a friend et moi) started our trip in Magdeburg at 12 pm. After a 2 hour train ride we arrived in Berlin and made our trip to the hotel. With my great google maps navigation skills we only had a tiny bit of a longer trip packed with all the bags to the hotel but well I didn’t have to carry my bag. (Susi the egoistic one). We checked in and after a small break we made our way back into the city to take advantage of the movies in English. …
Review: Divinely Ruined by Diane Alberts
Format Read: ebook
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Genre: paranormal romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Formats Available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author, Publisher, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
Book Blurb:
She finally meets a decent man–after she’s oath-bound never to touch men again!
Rebecca’s life sucked before she became an angel. Crappy apartment, awful jobs, abusive boyfriends–it was no wonder she jumped at the chance to escape it all and become a real live angel. The problem is Rebecca’s not very angelic, and she’ll have to do more to earn her wings than end her love affair with the word f–er, frick.
Especially when she’s assigned to save single father Tony Weis, whose less-than-pure thoughts wreak hell on a telepathic angel’s nerves. It’s all Rebecca can do to keep her hands off him…but when she loses her memory injuring herself to save Tony’s daughter, now it’s …
Sunday Cravings
Hello my fellow Book Lovers! How are you? We’re here for another week to highlight all those new releases that we crave even more so than chocolate. Well, not exactly, we never stop craving for some chocolate 😛 And preparing that post, along with making my TBR pile larger always makes me want to have a cupcake… I blame Susi for that. That button she made makes me hungry just by looking at it 😛
This week, there aren’t that many scheduled releases, but there are a couple really hot titles to sate our appetites. So, let’s start!
Stella: The Taken by Vicki Pettersson
He’s a fallen angel. She’s a rockabilly reporter. Together they must solve a deadly string of murders plaguing the mortal and the immortal worlds.
Griffin Shaw used to be a PI, but that was over fifty years ago when gumshoes hoofed the streets . . . …
The Team Reunion Winner Post
Hi Everyone!
So in the meantime our adventurous Geeky Lover and HEA Lover got back from Berlin and our little team is whole again so I felt it was the occasion for some Reunion LOL Cat fun 😀
The calendar is already in June, but the weather is as whimsical as in April here: rainy and windy one day, then sunny and muggy the next. Impossible to get a hang of it and to dress appropriately :-/ grr A bit scare to think that in just a few weeks school will ends, vacations will start and summer will be in full swing, and I can’t even recall where spring and the first half of 2012 went!
This week congratulations are in order to
the lucky winner of a paperback copy of Flawless by Carrie Lofty is:
JenB
the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Always a Bridesmaid by Cindi Myers …
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