Interview Author Elizabeth Vaughan + Giveaway

We are so proud to have author Elizabeth Vaughan here at Book Lovers Inc today. She writes one of the best fantasy romance novels out there and we here at BLI are huge fans. We can’t say enough how happy we are to have her here. The latest novel in her Chronicles of the Warlands series was released this month. She is here to tell us about Warcry and give us some insight into her series. Please give her a warm welcome and feel free to ask her anything you want- she will stop by today and tomorrow to answer all the questions you might have. And there’s also a wonderful giveaway- so keep the questions coming. BLI: Elizabeth can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Elizabeth: Ah, well now, the truth is that its my stories that …

Review: Uniform Behaviour ed. by Lucy Felthouse

Format read: eARC Number of pages: 163 pages Formats available: ebookRelease Date: 23 November 2010 Source: review copy provided by authorPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Do you get all weak-kneed at the sight of a grubby fireman or a hunky soldier? Perhaps immaculately-dressed waiting-on staff get you feeling frisky? If so, you’ve come to the right place.

Uniform Behaviour contains sixteen smutty stories about firemen, soldiers, sailors, police, security guards and even waiters, priests and cleaners!

Delve into this anthology and enjoy steamy stories from established erotica authors including Justine Elyot, Craig J Sorensen, Victoria Blisse, Shermaine Williams, Elizabeth Coldwell and Lucy Felthouse. Uniform Behaviour also proudly introduces some exciting debut authors. So remember, you saw them here first!

As well as being written and compiled for your titillation, this anthology is also designed to …

Bookish Rants or Raves: There’s NO Shame is Taking Second Place!

Lover Mine by J.R. Ward

It’s hard to ignore the spotlight and I do love my heroes and heroines. It doesn’t really matter if it’s the sexy Alpha Hero everyone wants to have for their own, or if it’s the no-holds-barred kickass heroines/heroes found in Urban Fantasy, those leading men and women have the difficult job of capturing your heart and making you dedicate a lot of your time in reading their stories.

We count on their stories to take us away from our own worlds and escaping to different realities. However important they may be though, what really makes their adventures and lives real is the people around them. The sidekicks and secondary characters who make the heroes and heroines’ stories even more compelling and real.

The Black Dagger Brotherhood (BDB) series by J.R. Ward, for example. For me, reading the …

How One Call Inspired So Many Different Responses – Guest post by Lucy Felthouse + Giveaway

 
Today I would like to introduce you to Lucy Felthouse the creative mastermind and editor of the fantastic erotic anthology Uniform Behaviour. This book is full of scorching hot stories about men and women in different (sexy) uniforms be it soldier, sailor, fireman, cop or some other uniform you wouldn’t even think of at first like waiter, security guard or cleaner. (You can read my detailed thoughts in my review of Uniform Behaviour here at BLI.) Please give a warm welcome to Lucy and enter for your chance to win your own copy of Uniform Behaviour.

When I put out the submissions call for my erotic anthology, Uniform Behaviour, I expected to receive lots of stories about soldiers and firemen. They seemed to be the most favoured uniforms amongst people I’d spoken to. So, late last year, when the submissions started rolling in, I was pleasantly surprised. The call …

Romance and Me: Virgin or Slut?

Hey Everyone!

Before you faint in shock let me explain to you the reasoning behind today’s topic.
In most historical romances the heroine is an inexperienced, innocent virgin maid, whose sensuality and passions are awakened by the sheet acrobat hero who’s more than talented in the ways of lovemaking.

99% of historical romance heroines are virgins, untouched girls whose first sexual encounter is with the hero who is teaching them how to unravel their hidden passions.
However lately I noticed that more and more novels dare to deviate from the norm and feature heroines who aren’t virgins anymore (the widow heroines are becoming quite a big trend right now).
But have you ever come across a historical romance where the man was a virgin or quite awkward in the ways of love and it was the heroine who taught him?
There is only one novel which comes to my mind Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander …

Review: "Final Cut Miami: Storm’s Tempest", by Lacey Savage

Format Read: e-Book purchased by reviewerLength: 72 PagesGenre: Erotic Paranormal RomancePublisher: Changeling PressRelease Date: April 28, 2011Formats Available: e-BookPurchasing Info: Publisher, Author’s Website

Book Blurb:

Tempest Kincaide is certain she must be the last twenty-eight-year-old virgin left in the entire world. Her fervent belief in holding out for her soul mate has kept her from doing what most women her age would have done long ago. She might consider a one-night stand, if only she weren’t so terrified of admitting that she has no experience, no real knowledge of sexual practices beyond the theoretical, and no skill in pleasing a man.

Storm is a retired sex demon. After centuries of catering to humans’ sexual whims, he’s taken himself out of the family business. His self-imposed dry spell has lasted more than most humans’ lifespans, but he’s just fine with that. He’s …

Review: Space Junque by L.K. Rigel

Format Read: eBook Number of pages:Release Date: 2 September 2010Formats available: ebookSeries: Book #1 in the Apocalypto seriesSource: e-ARC provided by author Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Free Apple apps

Blurb:

In flagrante apocalypto.

A paranormal romance fantasy.

The DOGs want to destroy the world. The gods want to make a new one. The trick is to survive both.

Warned by her friend Mike Augustine, Char Meadowlark tries to get off planet before a pending eco-terrorist attack, but the Defenders of Gaia strike while she’s at the airport. Jake Ardri, pilot of the shuttle Space Junque, rescues her and delivers her to the Imperial Space Station where Mike awaits.

When the DOGs’ final onslaught goes global and the material world threatens to implode, the ancient gods reemerge to take control over humanity. Through the ensuing chaos, Char must juggle …

New Releases: May 16 – 22, 2011

Graveminder by Melissa Marr

The New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series delivers her first novel for adults, a story about the living, the dead, and a curse that binds them.

Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the tender attention her grandmother, Maylene, bestowed upon the dead of Claysville, the town where Bek spent her adolescence. There wasn’t a funeral that Maylene didn’t attend, and at each Rebekkah watched as Maylene performed the same unusual ritual: three sips from a small silver flask followed by the words “Sleep well, and stay where I put you.”

Now Maylene is dead and Bek must go back to the place–and the man–she left a decade ago. But what she soon discovers is that Maylene was murdered and that there was good reason for her odd traditions. It turns out that in placid Claysville, …

Explore This! Key West, Florida

Today, we’re heading south, all the way down to the end of the US 1 highway. Key West has many claims to fame, including being the end of that particular highway(or is it the beginning?). It is the southernmost point in the (continental) US as well as being the closest point to Cuba. It’s also only one of two destinations that I’ve posted about, so far, that I have visited. To that end, Key West has this remarkable spot where you can look out over the water and see where the Gulf of Mexico meets with the Atlantic Ocean…just stunning!

I drew my inspiration for this post as I read Meg Cabot’s lastest book, Abandon. Meg herself lives in Key West and named her fictional island to resemble what has been described as the original name, Cayo …

Dual Review: Siren Song by Stephanie Draven

Format Read: ebook copy provided by the authorRelease Date: 1 January 2011Publisher: Harlequin Nocturne BitesFormats Available: Ebook, KindlePurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s website, Kindle store

Blurb:

When Chloe Karras sings, she knows that no one can resist her sensual allure—except for the sexy naval officer seemingly immune to her voice. But Captain Alex Shore is just the man she wants to take home after her performance—until he tells her what she thought were imagined powers are real…and dangerous.

Alexandros knows firsthand how seductive sirens are, as well as their potential to destroy. Yet the former sea soldier feels a powerful attraction to the beautiful rock singer that goes beyond her spell. Can he banish Chloe from the town he’s vowed to protect—or will he be drawn into the siren’s bed?

Our thoughts:

Stella: What I really liked about this novella …