Interview with Author Diane Escalera + Giveaway

Today we would like to welcome to Book Lovers Inc. Diane Escalera who is here to tell us more about her super sexy and hot romantic suspense novel Dangerous Desire! (You can read my review here.) 

Hi Diane, welcome to Book Lovers Inc! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
 
Diane: Thank you so much for having me! Born and raised in the Bronx, NY, I relocated to South Florida, a sultry paradise I instantly fell in love with. I’m married, have two children and a super cute Dachshund I can’t get enough of. I write hot contemporary romance, and I’m published with Kensington Publishing and Lyrical Press.

Stella: Describe a typical day of writing? Are you a planner or pantser?
 
Diane: I’m the organized type, and I need to have a few things in place before I start a new book such as a working …

Review: "Tropical Sin" by Lexxie Couper

Format Read: e-ARC provided by Author for Review
Length: Novella – 87 pages
Series: Bandicoot Cove, Book 3
Genre: Erotic Contemporary Romance, Ménage a trois
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Formats Available: eBook, Kindle, Nook
Purchasing Info: Publisher, Author’s Website, Goodreads, Kindle, Nook

Book Blurb:

It takes more than a rock star to rock your world. Sometimes you need a friend.

McKenzie Wood is Australia’s star gossip mag journalist, and she’s just spied the story of a lifetime: rumor-shrouded rock star, Nick Blackthorne—who thinks he’s incognito at Bandicoot Cove resort. The word is Nick’s a sex addict about to come out of the closet, and who better to lure Nick out than her BFF, Aiden Rogers—a pulse-poundingly gorgeous firefighter who is always there when she needs him, no matter the challenge.

Aiden admits it’s pretty damned pathetic that he can rush into burning …

Genres 101: Today’s Lesson ‘Literary Fiction"

The question of what exactly is literary fiction has been circling around me a few times recently, and while I attempted to come up with a reasonable answer (it’s for smart people), I had to admit, I had no clue what the main difference is.

More frequently, I’ve been hearing about the loss of literary fiction reviewers/bloggers. More and more we are seeing genre fiction (also aptly named “popular fiction”) on blogging sites. I recently found this article that talks about literary authors turning to genre to sell books. So I ask: what is it about literary fiction that is making this happen?Let’s go back to my silly definition, “it’s for smart people” as a starting point. Genre fiction can sometimes also be referred to …

Review: Hold Me by Lucianne Rivers

Format read: ebook provided by publisher through NetGalleySeries: Book #1 in the Caldwell Sisters seriesRelease Date: 2 August 2011Number of pages: 69 pagesPublisher: Entangled PublishingFormats available: ebook, paperbackPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Still reeling from her mother’s death, news anchor Jane Caldwell’s life is upended further when she learns the father she lost twenty years ago is still alive. Her mother’s will unleashes a manhunt—the Caldwell sisters must find their father, or their mother’s estate will not be settled, and their questions about his disappearance will remain unanswered.

Jane’s search leads her to Guatemala to investigate a man who claims to be her father and heir to the family fortune. Needing a translator, she enlists enigmatic Harrison DeNeuve, a sexy ex-patriot with a penchant for wearing dark sunglasses in public.

As Jane struggles to reunite with her would-be father, Harrison fights to suppress his desire for …

Review: Black Gold by Vivian Arend

Format Read: e-ARC provided by Novel Sidekick courtesy of Author for Review
Length: 171 Pages
Series: Tahkini Wolves, Book 1
Genre: Paranormal / Shifters / Erotic Romance
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Formats Available: eBook, Kindle, Nook
Purchasing Info: Publisher, Author’s Website, Goodreads, Kindle, Nook

Book Blurb:

Their wolves are howling at the moon. Their human halves are on different planets.

Lone wolf Shaun Steven’s automatic response to the words “happily ever after”? Kill me now. Yet with all his friends settling down he’s begun to think there may actually be something to this love-and-roses crap.

One thing’s for sure: his dream mate will have to out-cuss, out-spit and out-hike him. So he never expected the one to push his forever button would be a blue-blooded Southern debutante with a voice as dark and velvety as her skin.

When Gemmita Jacobs steps off the …

New Releases: Sept. 12-18, 2011

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.

But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much …

The Good, the Bad and the Are-You-Kidding-Me?

Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome*! This week we decided to stick to our color theme. And with what? Well the best color ever! RED! (⇐ Susi and Caro for once agree on something). It shouldn’t be a surprise that many covers in the romance genre use this color. Well it stands for passion and love (and some other things we will just ignore right now). So it was actually easy to find some covers we adore. So here is our selection. Be sure to tell us what you think.

*(I don’t know for other European countries, but France is plagued by a new ad for a train. Sadly it’s an earworm.)

Caro’s choice:

Caro: I first fell for the cover or Ravishing in Red then I fell for the …

Review: Deadly Descent by Kaylea Cross

Format read: ebook provided by publisher through NetGalley
Release Date: 5 September 2011
Publisher: Carina Press
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Devon Crawford is an officer; Air Force Pararescueman Cam Munro is enlisted. Dev flies medical evacuations; Cam jumps into danger zones to save lives. Dev wants to return home from Afghanistan with her heart untouched; Cam will do anything to win the woman he loves.

Reaching for happiness in a war zone is the last thing Captain Devon Crawford plans, but she can’t ignore the feelings she’s hidden for so long. Cam’s sexy charm and wicked kisses weaken her resistance, but she’s too afraid of losing him to give in.

When Dev’s helicopter and crew are shot down and set up as bait by a notorious warlord, Cam risks all to save the team. What he doesn’t know is that the trap is set for …

Guestpost by Author Kaylea Cross + Giveaway

Today I am very happy to introduce to you Kaylea Cross, an author I just discovered last week, but who managed to make me a devoted fan with just one novel! Her latest release Deadly Descent was the most exciting and action packed romantic suspense novel I have ever read! (You can read my detailed review here.) Please give a warm welcome to Kaylea and read on to discover all that she did in the name of research for her latest novel!

Thanks again to Book Lovers Inc. for having me here today! Deadly Descent is the first of my Bagram Special Ops series, and it showcases a military heroine. I’ve felt strongly for a long time that women in the military aren’t being given enough recognition or attention, and that goes double for characters …

Quick winner post as the sun is shining and the garden is calling my name!

Hey Everyone!

Another week has gone by and summer seems  more and more over as we had some grey and rainy really autumn-like weather during the week 🙁 But thankfully the sun is back and I hope you’ll all agree with me that not one minute shall be wasted, so excuse me but I’m grabbing my sunglasses, the SPF and my book and I’ll head out in the garden to soak up the last remnants of a sunny summer day. Ooh, but before I leave you all here of course I’ll announce this week’s lucky winner! Really, you thought I’d forget it? Tsk tsk.

This week somehow our giveaway schedule was quite meek (but all the better for you: you still have one week to enter all the other giveaways which will end on September 17)

Today congratulations are in order for…

The lucky winner of an ebook copy of  Her Fallen Angel by …