After seemingly countless days of pre-countdown, followed by 25 days of countdown craziness with authors guest blogging and more giveaways than we can count, we finally made it! Smugglivus is here!!! Hooray!!! So what will happen next? For the…
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Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahh, the holidays. The time of frantic, scrambling blind panic for gifts, hearty eating, heavy drinking, and most of all–MOVIEGOING! In the month of December, moviehouses play their best hands, releasing the films they hope will secure…
Day 24 (2 days to Smugglivus and counting) We are getting to the end of our Countdown to Smugglivus and our last countdown guest is Erin Galloway, Manager of Marketing for Dorchester Publishing with what we can expect from…
Day 23 (3 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Meljean Brook, writer of Paranormal Romance and Steampunk (soon to be published). We are admittedly, Meljean Brook’s fangirls: we love her Guardian series (one of the best Paranormal series out…
Day 22 (4 Days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Susan Holloway Scott, author of historical fiction. We heard about Susan through Romance writing legend Loretta Chase, and were given the great opportunity to read and review her most recent…
Ahoy, mateys! We’ve had a huge week filled with giveaways, and it’s time to hand out the booty. (As always, our sorting hat–Random.org–impartially selects the winners) Drumroll please! Victoria Dahl Giveaway: The winner of A Rake’s Guide to Pleasure…
Smugglivus is coming! Smugglivus is coming! These are the final days of the countdown and then on the 26th, Smugglivus *officially* starts! Yay! So this is what we have lined up this week for you: Monday – Susan Holloway…
It’s our third and final week of our Countdown to Smugglivus–and so, we give you our last FLASH GIVEAWAY! You know the drill–the giveaway lasts for a mere 24 hour period. You have until Sunday midday (December 21, 12:00…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Smugglivus
Smugglivus Muy Special Book Review: Hope’s Folly by Linnea Sinclair
Title: Hope’s Folly Author: Linnea Sinclair Genre: SciFi Romance Stand Alone/Series: third book in Linnea Sinclair’s Dock 5 series but it can be read as a stand alone. But really, you should read Gabriel’s Ghost and Shades of Dark…
Day 19 (7 Days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Linnea Sinclair, pioneering author of Science Fiction Romance! Linnea has won both RITA and PEARL awards and racked up starred reviews for her novels, making her one of the most…
6 Rated Books Book Reviews Joint Review Smugglivus
Smugglivus Joint Review: The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
Title: The Court of the Air Author: Stephen Hunt Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk Stand alone or series: First novel in the series, but can be read as a stand alone. Why did we read this book: A few months back,…
Day 18 (8 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Stephen Hunt, writer of Fantasy (steampunk) books. Stephen is also now on the management, technical and editorial boards for SFcrowsnest.com, the science fiction and fantasy web site which is currently…
Day 17 (9 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Kim Lenox, writer of paranormal romance. She debuted this year with her first book in her Shadow Guard series, set in Victorian times and with Jack, the Ripper as a…
Day 16 (10 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Victoria Dahl, writer of Historical and Contemporary romance novels. Victoria Dahl has an unique style and her characters, specially the female ones are not the usual run-of-the-mill heroines and they…
Day 15 (11 Days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Lisa Shearin, bestselling author of the fantasy adventure series starring the unstoppable Raine Benares and the cause of all her troubles, the dratted stone the Saghred. We loved both of…
Hello there!! We had loads of giveaways this week so let’s get down to business shall we? *wink* (Please note: we use Random.Org to pick all the winners, but we like to call it our Sorting Hat) Nalini Singh’s…
Saying adieu to week 2 nearly breaks our hearts but we have so much to look forward to with week 3 so here is the line up: Monday – Lisa Shearin: writer of a fantasy adventure series featuring her…
It’s week 2 of our official Countdown to Smugglivus–and we present you with our second FLASH GIVEAWAY! You know the drill–the giveaway lasts for a mere 24 hour period. You have until Sunday midday (December 14, 12:00 pm pacific)…
Day 12 (14 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Angie Fox, writer of Paranormal romance with a Demon Slayer as the heroine, surrounded by quirky characters such as a Griffin (who happens to be the hero) and a whole…
Day 11 (15 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Mike Stone, writer of horror stories. Michael’s work has appeared in numerous organs. Most recently Dunesteef, Dred, Pseudopod, Triangulation, TQR, Strange Stories of Sand and Sea and The Beast Within.…
Day 10 – (16 days to Smugglivus and Counting) Who: John Marco, writer of Epic Fantasy novels. So far he has published 2 trilogies: Tyrants and Kings and the Lukien Trilogy. You can check the author’s website here Recent…
Day 9 ( 17 Days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Nalini Singh, a NY Times bestseller, writer of romance novels. Her Psy-Changeling series (paranormal romance) is a fan favourite with its fantastic balance of world building and romance. She…
Day 8 (18 Days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Melissa Marr, bestselling author of the modern day tales of faerie Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange. Wicked Lovely won a RITA for best Young Adult novel in 2008, and Ink…
The Smugglers’ Sorting Hat (AKA Random.org) has spoken! The winner of a signed copy of Poison Study (YA edition) by Maria Snyder is: Dan And the winner of the Flash Giveaway – Erotica edition (5 books in total) is:…
It is Adios to week 1 and hola to week 2 in our Countdown to Smugglivus. This is this week line up: Monday – Melissa Marr: writer of YA novels. Melissa won a Rita this year for her first…