New Releases: May 2 – 8

Hounded by Kevin Hearne 1st book in the Iron Druid series

Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old—when in actuality, he’s twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer.Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he’s hounded Atticus for centuries. Now the determined deity has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power—plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys, a sexy bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, …

Author Interview with Gabi Stevens + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome Gabi Stevens to BLI today! Gabi is the author of the Time of Transition series: a magical contemporary romance series about fairy godmothers! Book #1 The Wish List was released in May 2010 and Book #2 As You Wish was just released on 26 April 2011.

So please give a warm welcome to Gabi and join us in celebrating the release of As You Wish, a modern Beauty and the Beast story! 

The Latin Lover: Gabi can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Gabi: Well, I was born in Southern California to Hungarian parents. I went to boarding school for high school, then college, where I spent my junior year in Germany, then moved to Illinois with my husband for grad school. Over the course of years I learned …

Explore This! Scotland: Land of the Bravehearted (and home of the kilt-clad men)

Today’s virtual travels take us to place I consider my home away from home. While not actually born in Scotland, I did spend some of my early years there and constantly long to go back. But, I will admit that my inspiration to post this comes from my fellow BookLover, JoJo and her month of Highlanders. Seriously, is there anything better than a man in a kilt?

Anyway, here are just a few of the many wonderful sites that you’ll see on a tour of Scotland (Lowland and Highland), most of which I have personally visited and would gladly do so again!

The majestic Ben Nevis, highest mountain in the UK.

The Brig O’Doon, famed by Robert Burns’ Tam O’Shanter poem.

Burns’ …

Review: My Favorite Countess by Vanessa Kelly

Format Read: e-ARC provided by the authorNumber of Pages: 352 pagesRelease Date: May 3rd 2011Publisher: ZebraFormats Available: Ebook, Paperback, KindlePurchasing Info: Author website, Goodreads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

She is difficult, demanding, and at times, quite fierce. And Dr. John Blackmore can’t take his eyes off her. The Countess of Randolph is the most striking woman he has ever seen…and the most infuriating patient he has ever tended.

Mired in responsibility, Bathsheba doesn’t have time to convalesce in the country. She should be in London, hunting for a wealthy new lover to pay off her late husband’s vast debts, not dallying with a devastatingly handsome doctor.

But it is only a matter of time until the good doctor and the obstinate countess will have to contend with the sparks that fly between them. And once their bodies surrender, their …

Interview Author Vanessa Kelly + Giveaway

We are very happy to welcome Regency author Vanessa Kelly here at Book Lovers Inc again today. Her new novel, My Favorite Countess, will be released tomorrow and she was brave enough to answer some of out question about her writing in general and also about her new book. Please give her a warm welcome and check out the end of teh post for your chance to win.

BLI: Vanessa can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Vanessa: I write sexy Regency-set historical romance for Kensington Zebra. My next book is called My Favorite Countess, and it comes out tomorrow. But I also have a writing alter-ego. I’m half of V.K. Sykes, the pen name for the books I write with my husband. We write very sexy contemporary romance for Carina Press, and we’re also working on a …

Gloomy Sunday Winners!

Hey Everyone!

Today it is Mothers’ Day in Hungary and though everything (the peonies, lilacs and lily of the valley) is all abloom, today it is gray and raining. Not the beautiful sunny spring day I have been hoping for. 🙁

Have you ever heard of Gloomy Sunday? It is a very famous Hungarian ballad made known in the world due to the film of the same name.

There have been several remakes, I particularly love this version by Heather Nova:

I just came home from my Grandma’s where we had huge yummy Mothers day festive lunch and now all I can do is curl up and take a nap, all this eating burned me out. lol 😀
But before I leave you all to go and take a nap, here are today’s winners! (Take a seat this …

We Love Your Comments Giveaway: Winner & new Start

This winner of our We Love Your Comments Giveaway for April is……
Nicola O.

who commented on our post: ‘Genres 101: Today’s Lesson “Occupational Fiction“‘

Oh, there’s a bunch of “sports lit” in romance – Susan E. Phillips, Rachel Gibson, Carly Phillips, Marie Force, Sherryl Woods, and just recently I discovered Luann McLane. Just to name a few.

I also just finished Nora Roberts’ Bride Quartet and one of the things I want to blog about is how she wraps each character’s profession into their point of view. I really love it.

Congrats hon! I just sent you an email. Please email us back in the in the next 72 hours to claim your price.

We will now start counting for May. Here again the rules:

We thought long and hard about how we should show you, the readers of Book Lovers Inc …

Review: Sabine by Moira Rogers

Format Read: e-ARC provided by the authorsNumber of Pages: 50 pagesRelease Date: May 3rd 2011Publisher: Samhain PublishingFormats Available: EbookPurchasing Info: Author website, Goodreads, Amazon

Book Blurb:

A curse can erase her from his mind, but never from his heart.

…and the Beast, Book 1

After three years at war, the High Lord of the Forest returns to his lands, a victorious wolf leader intent on claiming his mate. Instead Ciar finds an empty bed and a court with no recollection of the woman he loved. Following her long-cold trail proves far easier than facing what awaits him at the end.

Sabine’s first instinct is to beg her beloved to leave. The High Lord’s mother hired a witch to curse Sabine, desperate to wipe the lowborn wolf from her son’s mind. But the spell worked too well, …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

I hope everyone had a fantastic Easter/Passover break! This week has been an interesting one for WTFERY and developments.

An interesting report from the US has found that ibooks store is not the success that Apple aims it to be, this is partly due to the fact that people who have ipads aren’t using it to primarily read ebooks and that only 40 percent of ipad users have read a book. Another 45 percent has stated they would prefer reading an ebook on their macs or PCs.

Agents are now stipulating that price escalators for ebook royalties should be implemented more widely, due to the rise of ebooks, especially when they have overtaken Mass Market print books earlier this year. 

Self Published author Stephanie Mcafee has joined the ranks of Amanda Hocking into mainstream traditional publishing as she scored …

Review: The Secrets of the Magical Medallions by Sean McCartney

Format Read:PaperbackNumber of Pages:160Release Date:July 6, 2010Publisher:Mountainland Publishing, Incorporated Formats Available: Paperback, KindlePurchasing Info: Goodreads,  Amazon , Book Depository, Book Deposotiry UK, Author’s website

Book Blurb:

A Treasure Hunting Legend… Four Ordinary Kids… Two Magical Medallions… Pursued By An Ancient Evil… In One Extraordinary Adventure.

Join the Treasure Hunters Club as they look to unlock the Secrets of the Magical Medallions.

…Some Secrets Are Better Left Alone.

When Tommy Reed received a medallion from his famous treasure hunting uncle “Diamond” Jack Reed he didn’t think much of it.

Now an ancient evil is pursuing his every move and his treasure hunting club friends, Shannon McDougal, Jackson Miller and Chris Henderson are on the run.

They must unlock the secret to the medallion before evil can hunt them down.

My Thoughts:

The Secrets of the Magical Medallions had a …