The Long Awaited Weekend Winner Post

Hey Everyone!

Another week is over and this weekend couldn’t come soon enough. After having spent the last weekend with my colleagues with absolutely no time off work having had to work 2 weeks without any day off at home in quiet I was too exhausted and craving the peace of my home. Well I only got half of that as Saturday was spent running around town doing some Christmas shopping, but on Sunday I got to chill. Finally. It was about time 😀

This week congratulations are in order to

the lucky winner of a paperback copy of Just Remember to Breath by Charles Sheehan-Miles is:

readinrobin

the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Just a Kiss by Erin Nicholas is:

Yadira A

the lucky winner of an ebook copy of Construction Beauty Queen by Sara Daniel is:

Penni

the lucky winner of winner’s choice of any of Allison Brennan’s backlist is:

Katey

Congratulations winners, you will …

The International Giveaways Café (68)

Good morning all and welcome to your one stop location for bookish giveaways with eligibility the world over. The time of year is approaching that you’ll be seeing tons of giveaways posted, so stay tuned here and remember to link up your own for the added exposure 🙂 Enjoy the rest of your weekend all!

And, 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 with our other readers, the rules are simple:
1. The giveaway MUST be available to international addresses (Book Depository does count)
2. Add your link below, in the format shown. (Please use the …

Around the Bookish World: Week-In-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post and we have a chock full edition on upcoming movie adaptations and trailers as well as news on Fictionwise demise and book news and covers!

I think this was going to happen sooner than later, but Fictionwise has announced that it will be closing down from the 4th of December. For US customers they have up to the 21st of December to gain access to their shelves while the UK it is the 31st of January, there is also the choice to transfer their libraries to the Nook site. Although there is no information about the status on non UK/US customers but I would recommend you download and backup those books while the site is still running.  Fictionwise’s  other sister sites, ereader.com and ebookwise.com will also be affected but I think the writing on the wall for its demise is due to  the arrival of Agency …

Dual Review: Fortune’s Hero by Jenna Bennett

Format Read:ebook provided by the publisher
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Series: Soldiers of Fortune #1
Genre: Science Fiction Romance
Formats Available: Trade Paperback, ebook
Purchasing Info: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK) | Goodreads | Author’s Website | Publisher’s Website

Book Blurb:

Quinn Conlan had it all: a fast ship, a great crew, a gorgeous girlfriend, money, and adventure around every bend. That was before he agreed to ferry a shipload of weapons to the besieged planet Marica. Now he’s stuck in the prison colony on Marica-3, enduring weekly sessions with the camp’s “medical team,” and praying for a quick death before he breaks under the torture and spills everything he knows about the Marican resistance.

When opportunity strikes, …

Interview with Rachel Lyndhurst + Giveaway

Please join me today in welcoming Rachel Lyndhurst as she tours the blogosphere celebrating the release of her second Entangled Indulgence romance: The Spanish Billionaire’s Hired Bride! I got to interview Rachel about the novel, the inspiration behind that smoldering sexy hero and more behind the scene secrets 😉 So join us and discover this sultry story (that you could even win)!

Stella: Hi Rachel, welcome to BLI! Can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Rachel: I’m a British mother of two, formerly an accountant, but now a full-time author. I live on the south coast of England and can sometimes smell the sea from my back garden.

Stella: Describe a typical day of writing? Are you a planner or pantser?

Rachel: I’m a reformed pants girl. I plot these days, it’s the only way I could ever put forward a decent proposal to an editor, but flying by …

Wishlist: Holiday Edition #2

Hey Everyone!

It’s Stella the Christmas Lover (oh yeah, anyone who knows me would agree I should have definitely gone with that name ;-))! So here I am with still more holiday read recommendations (that you could read for the BLI Holiday Reading Challenge *hint hint*) , something for everyone (and don’t worry there are so many terrific holiday releases that I’ll be back soon with more holiday wishlist items 😉 lol):

For the steamy lover:

Merry Sexy Christmas by Beverly Jenkins, Kayla Perrin, Maureen Smith

Have yourself a sexy little holiday

…Overtime Love by Beverly Jenkins

Drew Davis’s goal is to buy the semipro football team where he is general manager. But the owner’s grandaughter, Tasha Bloom, unexpectedly inherits it first. Still, Drew’s not brokenhearted, since their mutual passion for football runs second only to their attraction to each other. But can the team and their budding romance make it to the New …

Dual Review: A Royal Pain by Megan Mulry

Format read: ebook received from the publisher through NetGalley
Release Date: 1 November 2012
Number of pages: 352 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s website, Amazon, Kindle, Book Depository

Blurb:

Bronte Talbott follows all of the exploits of the British royals. After all, they’re the world’s most preeminent dysfunctional family. And who is she to judge? Bronte’s own search for love isn’t going all that well, especially after her smooth-talking Texan boyfriend abruptly leaves her in the dust.

Bronte keeps a lookout for a rebound to help mend her broken heart, and when she meets Max Heyworth, she’s certain he’s the perfect transition man. But when she discovers he’s a duke, she has to decide if she wants to stay with him for the long haul and deal with the opportunities– and challenges– of becoming a royal.

Our Thoughts: 

Marlene: A Royal Pain was just that, an absolute pain to read. I …

Guest post by Susanna Fraser + Giveaway

Today we are happy to welcome to Book Lovers Inc.  Susanna Fraser, who besides being a historical romance author is also fascinated by wars and battle strategies! Yep, imagine that! And that’s not all! She incorporates these aspects of life back then and gives you stories where love blossoms despite the war raging on. So please give a warm welcome to Susanna, and let her tell you about her latest release, An Infamous Marriage, released by Carina Press on November 5th, taking place in the era of the Napoleonic wars and featuring one of my favourite tropes: that of how a marriage of convenience turns into something much more… 😉 Read on to discover some of the behind the scenes secrets of Susanna’s writing and you could even win some fantastic prizes! *winks* 😀

Turning the Maps Upside Down

The “third act” of my new release, An …