Book Lovers United Celebration + Huge Giveaway

Hey everyone! Welcome to our way of thanking all of you wonderful fellow Book Lovers out there who joined our little website and even more important our discussion about books and the reasons why we all love reading. We had so much fun with every single one of you so here we are doing our best to THANK YOU.

We prepared a week-long celebration with a ton of prizes and yes Book Talk. *g* We hope you will all join in and help us making this week unforgettable. We invited 7 authors and 7 readers to share something about their love for books. We will see some favorite reads, reasons for loving to read, bookshelf exhibitions and well the rest will be a surprise for you.

Each post will have it’s own giveaway so be sure to check back daily. *wink*

But now …

Review: The Breaker’s Concubine by Ann Mayburn

Format read: review copy provided by author Release Date: 4th October 2011Number of pages: 126 pagesPublisher: Loose IdFormats available: ebookGenre: Erotic Sci-Fi Romance with BDSM/Forced Seduction elementsPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Loose Id, Amazon

Book Blurb:

Prince Devnar of Jensia is goaded into raiding the wrong space ship, springing a trap that captures him for use as a Royal pleasure slave, a Concubine, on Kyrimia. He vows to do everything he can to escape and keep from forming a psychic bond with his captors that would render him absolutely and totally in love. This proves difficult to do when the female Breaker assigned to turn him into a Concubine, Melania, is the epitome of his perfect woman. 

Melania has been raised and trained to help reluctant and abused Novices to break through their personal blocks and attain the ultimate prize …

Review: Amber Moon by Ann Mayburn

Format read: review copy provided by author Release Date: 26 July 2011Number of pages: 38 pagesPublisher: Decadent PublishingFormats available: ebookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Decadent Publishing,  B&N, Kobo, Smashwords, AReBook Blurb:

Sabrina Wayne yearns for the perfect mates to fill the void in her heart. As a werepuma Beta, she is driven to find the strongest Alpha to submit too, or in her case, Alphas. Sabrina craves the delicious softness of a woman as well as the rugged strength of a man. She has almost given up finding the right couple when she takes a leap of faith and allows Madame Evangeline of the 1Night Stand matchmaking service to set her on what Madame Eve promises will be an evening she’ll never forget. 

Alphas Nick and Madeline Turea have been searching for a woman like …

Review: Golden by Joely Sue Burkhart

Format read: review copy provided by author Release Date: 29 August 2011Number of pages: 72 pagesPublisher: Carina PressFormats available: ebookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Carina Press, B&N, Kobo, Powell’s

Book Blurb:

Golden-eyed Jin has spent her life preparing to be the Emperor’s consort. She knows her destiny is to serve the Emperor by indulging the dark desire that he has buried deep inside his heart—the desire to give pain.

Only she can take the pain he yearns to give, and transform it into the most unimaginable pleasure. But to enjoy all the Emperor can give her, she must survive assassination attempts from those who would keep them apart. Seducing the Emperor is risky…but it’s the only way to fulfill her destiny.

My Thoughts:

I was prepared to be thrown into a story like non I read by Burkhart …

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

Welcome back to our bi-weekly adventure in Coverland! This week’s theme was decided by fate…well I like to think it was fate 😉 I went on the French Amazon website to get a birthday present for my cousin (obviously a book* *g*) and I was attracted by all the shiny new French covers. So here we are ladies and gentlemen, the best and worst of the new French covers .

* If anyone’s curious I chose Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles. I hope she’ll love it too!

Caro: The Iron Hunt cover (Démoniaque) is the cover that caught my eyes on the website. What a gorgeous cover. I love it to pieces. I love the ‘colors’ I LURVE the tattoos and I even like the title. My …

Review: Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl

Format read: ebook provided through netgalleyRelease Date: 27 September 2011Publisher: HQN BooksLength: 384 pagesFormats available: ebook, paperbackSeries: Donovan Brothers Brewery #2 (Book 1: Good Girls Don’t)Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository (US), Book Depository (UK)

Book Blurb:

Olivia Bishop is no fun. That’s what her ex-husband said. And that’s what her smart bob and glasses imply. So with her trademark determination, Olivia sets out to remake her life. She’s going to spend time with her girlfriends and not throw it all away for some man. But when an outing with her book club leads her to a brewery taproom, the dark-haired beauty realizes that trouble—in the form of sexy Jamie Donovan—may be too tempting to avoid.

Jamie Donovan doesn’t mean to be bad. Sure, the wild streak in his wicked green eyes has lured the ladies …

New Releases Sep 19 – 25

Unclaimed (Turner #2) by Courtney Milan

Her only hope for survival…

Handsome, wealthy and respected, Sir Mark Turner is the most sought-after bachelor in all of London—and he’s known far and wide for his irreproachable character. But behind his virtuous reputation lies a passionate nature he keeps carefully in check…until he meets the beautiful Jessica Farleigh, the woman he’s waited for all his life. Is to ruin the man she loves… But Jessica is a courtesan, not the genteel lady Sir Mark believes. Desperate to be free of a life she despises, she seizes her chance when Mark’s enemies make her an offer she can’t refuse: seduce Mark and tarnish his good name, and a princely sum will be hers. Yet as she comes to know the man she’s sworn to destroy, Jessica will be forced to choose between the future …

Review: Tempted by His Target by Jill Sorenson

Format Read: won ARC copyLength: 224 PagesRelease Date: September 20, 2011Publisher: HarlequinGenre: Romantic SuspenseFormats Available: Paperback, eBookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon.com, Book Depository (US), Book Depository (UK)Book Blurb:

Wanted for the murder of a Mexican drug lord’s son, party girl Isabel Sanborn fled to Oaxaca. Now she owes her life to Brandon Knox, a passing tourist who just saved her from a hit man.

But Knox is no accidental hero—he’s an undercover U.S. marshal assigned to bring Isabel to justice. Instead, wanting to protect her, he joins her on the lam…with cartel goons and corrupt police in hot pursuit! And as the danger escalates, sexual tension sizzles. For the first time in his career, Brandon considers jeopardizing his mission to safeguard his target. And though Isabel can elude the authorities,she can’t escape her feelings….

My Thoughts:

I’m a huge Sorenson …

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 …

On The Booklovers’ Shelves

This week it’s my turn to give you a glimpse at my shelves so welcome to Casa Susi. Be prepared, it will be a bumpy ride. *g* I moved into my appartment 3 years ago and because bf and me are both huge book addicts we decided to seperate our books for the time we live here. *head hangs in shame* The thing is that we have so many books and we didn’t think they would fit in and even if they would we wouldn’t have been able to buy new ones. So we had to choose which books we need in the new apartment and well that was a tough choice. The rest is in boxes in the in-law’s attic. *sad face*