Drifting in to paradise. by Darwin Blake
A special gift from Mr. Darwin Blake on Poetry Wednesday. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. ~The Lovers
Drifting to paradise.
by Darwin Blake
Acts of Kindness ~ Help for Oklahoma Fundraiser
Fellow book lovers,
Please join the Lovers as we raise funds for the communities affected by the tornado in Oklahoma. All of your donations go directly to the American Red Cross to help those in need. The American Red Cross will provide the basic human necessities (food, shelter, and water) as well as emotional support to those affected that are desperately needed during this troubled time.
We hope to raise $2,500 by June 7th. Will you help us get there? Click the follow icon to take you directly to our fundraising website!
We are fortunate and honored to have authors and poets contribute books, swag, and their words to reward you for your efforts. See the list below for what you could win by donating to the cause.
A.L. Zaun……………….1 signed copy of The Do Over
Anne Whitely-Gillen…..1 signed copy of The Last Train to Omaha
Cherie Colyer.………….1 copy of
Christian Schoon……..1 copy of Zenn Scarlett
Christina Lauren………1 copy of Beautiful Bastard
…………………………….1 copy of Beautiful Stranger
…………………………….Signed book plates
Cora Carmack………….1 signed copy of Faking It
Daisy Prescott………….1 signed copy of Geoducks Are For Lovers
Debra Anastasia……….1 signed copy of Poughkeepsie
Everly Drummond……..1 signed copy of The Winemaker’s Dinner
Gina Maxwell…………..1 signed copy of Seducing Cinderella
…………………………….also signed by Parker Hurley
Heather Gunter…………1 signed copy of Love Notes
Dr. Ivan Rusilko……….1 signed set of The Winemaker’s Dinner books
J.A. Redmerski…………….1 signed copy of Killing Sara (upcoming novel, won’t ship until July)
J.B. McGee………………..1 signed copy of Broken, Mending & Conspiring and swag
J.L. Mac………………………1 signed copy of Wreck Me & 1 copy of Restore Me
Jen DeLucy…………….1 signed bundle of the Light Series which includes:
…………………………….Seers of Light
…………………………….Whisper of Light
…………………………….Circle of Light
Jennifer Probst………..1 signed copy of The Marriage Trap
…………………………..11 signed copy of The Marriage Mistake
Julianna Scott………….1 signed copy of The Holders
Justine Dell……………..1 signed copy of All American Girl
Kat Bastion……………..1 signed copy of Utterly Loved
Kate Evangelista……….1 signed copy of Reaping Me Softly
Katy Evans………………….1 signed copy of Real
Karen Stivali…………….1 ebook copy of Meant to Be
……………………………..1 ebook copy of Holding On
Lauren Blakely…………….1 signed copy of Trophy Husband
Liz Crowe.…………………..1 signed copy of Turkish Delights and signed copies of the first three books from the Stewart Realty Series (Floor Time, Sweat Equity, and Closing Costs)
Marian Vere……………..1 signed copy of Once Upon a Second Chance
Marie Coulson………….1 of 2 ebooks of Bound Together and
……………………………..Last Christmas
Martha Wells……………1 signed copy of Emilie and the Hollow World
…………………………….1 signed copy of The Cloud Roads
…………………………….1 signed copy of The Serpent Sea
…………………………….1 signed copy of The Siren Depths
…………………………..11 signed hardcopy of Wheel of the Infinite
Mia March……………….1 copy of The Meryl Streep Movie Club
Michelle Leighton……..1 signed copy of For the Love of a Vampire
…………………………….1 signed copy of Until I Break
Michelle Muto…………..1 copy of The Haunting Season
……………………………..1 signed bookmark
Nacole Stayton……………..1 ebook of The Upside of Letting Go
Nina Lane.………………….1 signed copy of Arouse & Allure
Nicki Elson………………1 signed copy of Divine Temptation
Priscilla Glenn…………..1 signed copy of Back to You
……………………………..1 signed copy of Emancipating Andie
Raine Miller………………2 signed Blackstone Affair historicals
……………………………..1 signed copy of Naked: A Blackstone Affair
……………………………..1 velvet ribbon bookmark with charms
Rachel Wade…………….1 signed set of The Resistance Trilogy
Samantha Towle………..1 signed copy of The Mighty Storm
Samantha Young……….1 of 2 signed copies of On Dublin Street and
……………………………..Down London Road
SC Stephens……………..1 signed copy of Thoughtless
Shawn Reilly……………..1 of 2 copies of Call of the Raven
Tiffany Reisz……………..1 signed set of The Original Sinners Series
Willow Aster………………1 signed copy of True Love Story
Emma Chase………………..1 signed copy of Tangled
A poem written especially for you by one of the following poets:
b.l. ronan (author of saudade, http://thesacredroad.wordpress.com)
Diedre (http://www.thevelvetchair.wordpress.com)
Mirabella (http://belong2sir.wordpress.com/)
This list is growing with additional authors, poets, and prizes that will be added so keep checking for the most up to date information!
If you’d like to be entered in our giveaway, please complete the Rafflecopter AND email proof of donation to verify@literatiliteraturelovers.com so that your name can be entered in the drawing.
With much thanks and gratitude,
~ Lovers Karen, Elizabeth, Michelle, Rosette, Tiffany, and Amanda
We Want YOU To Be A Guest Reviewer!
Fellow book lovers…
Have you read the latest thriller and need to find a place to scream about how much you loved it? Did the mystery novel you just finished leave you feeling like a super sleuth? Dreaming of alien life forms after the sci-fi spectacular that wouldn’t let you sleep? Has the latest contemporary fiction novel left you pondering life? If so, we’re looking for YOU!
The Literati Literature Lovers are looking for guest reviewers for the following genres:
* Mystery
* Thriller
* Paranormal
* Science Fiction
* Contemporary Fiction
* Historical Fiction
Do you fit the bill? Contact us by clicking the picture below!
May Monthly Selections
Your Lover approved and highly loved books for the month of May! Please read and enjoy. We’ll be talking about these books throughout the month.
TITLE: Barely Breathing (Breathing #2)
AUTHOR: Rebecca Donovan
GENRE: Young Adult
RECOMMENDED BY: Amanda
SYNOPSIS: Emma’s struggle with an abusive home life came to a heart pounding conclusion in the final chapters of Reason to Breathe. Now everyone in Weslyn knows Emma’s secret, but Carol can’t hurt Emma anymore. Some are still haunted by the horror of that night, and some must face the repercussions of their choices. Fans of Rebecca Donovan’s debut novel will discover there’s still much to learn about Emma’s life.
TITLE: The Lost Husband
AUTHOR: Katherine Center
GENRE: Contemporary Fiction
RECOMMENDED BY: Elizabeth
SYNOPSIS: After the sudden loss of her husband in a car crash, Libby Moran falls on hard times-so hard, in fact, that she’s forced to move in with her hyper-critical mother. There, sleeping on the pull-out sofa so her two children can share the guest room, she can’t stop longing for the life she had. So when a letter arrives from Libby’s estranged aunt offering her a job and a place to live on her goat farm, Libby jumps at the opportunity. But starting over is never easy. With an aunt who is nothing like she imagined, a shaggy farm manager with a tragic past, a psychic at the feed store who claims to be able to contact the dead, and a bully at her daughter’s school, country life isn’t at all what Libby expected. But it also offers her what no other place can: A chance to define the good life for herself. A chance to piece together the mysteries of her own past. A chance, even, at love. And, finally, a chance to bring herself, and her family, back to life. Read More…
Mother’s Day Book List: Gift Ideas for the Special Lady in Your Life
You officially have less than 24 hours to get your mother or another significant lady in your life a gift to show your appreciation. We Lovers have come up with a short list of books that may be a perfect addition to your Mother’s Day gift list. We hope you have a beautiful day!
Title: Child of Mine
Author: Judy Mollen Walters
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Synopsis: What lengths would you go to in order to become a mother? Midwife Katie Cohen-Langer delivers babies for a living, but despite years of intensive infertility treatments and growing desperation, she can’t have her own child.
As families grow under Katie’s careful watch, her husband wants to move on to adoption. But Katie, who was adopted as a newborn, can’t bear the thought of never having a biological connection to anyone.
So she sets off on a journey to the other side of the country, along with her emotionally unstable sister, to find her biological relatives.
What she discovers about her roots –and about the parents who adopted her — rocks her world in a way she never could have expected. And even as she deals with what she finds, she still needs to figure out a way to become a mother.
Title: Always Something There to Remind Me
Author: Beth Harbison
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Fiction
Synopsis: Can you ever really know if love is true? And if it is, should you stop at anything to get it?
Two decades ago, Erin Edwards was sure she’d already found the love of her life: Nate Lawson. Her first love. The one with whom she shared everything–dreams of the future, of children, plans for forever. The one she thought she would spend the rest of her life with. Until one terrible night when Erin made a mistake Nate could not forgive and left her to mourn the relationship she could never forget or get over.
Today, Erin is contentedly involved with a phenomenal guy, maneuvering a successful and exciting career, and raising a great daughter all on her own. So why would the name “Nate Lawson” be the first thing to enter her mind when her boyfriend asks her to marry him?
In the wake of the proposal, Erin finds herself coming unraveled over the past, and the love she never forgot. The more she tries to ignore it and move on, the more it haunts her.
Always Something There to Remind Me is a story that will resonate with any woman who has ever thought of that one first love and wondered, “Where is he?” and “What if…?” Filled with Beth Harbison’s trademark nostalgia humor and heart, it will transport you, and inspire you to believe in the power of first love. Read More…
Vlog Review: Starlight by Alexandra Richland
Below is our very FIRST vlog review post!!! 
Title: Starlight (Starlight Trilogy Book #1)
Author: Alexandra Richland
Genre: Historical Romance
Cover Design by: Rakestraw Book Design
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Book Description:
October 1952 finds eighteen-year-old Marie Bates relocating from her rainy hometown in the Pacific Northwest to the sun-soaked streets of Los Angeles, California. Marie’s plans for a teaching career take an unexpected turn when she’s asked to film a screen test at a major motion picture studio.
Renamed Elizabeth Sutton by the studio heads, she lands her first role as an extra. On set, Elizabeth spies Aidan Evans, a rebellious, twenty-three-year-old Method actor from New York. Branded as a stuck-up troublemaker by his famous Hollywood peers, Elizabeth suspects a tragic secret lurks behind Aidan’s steely facade.
As their careers hit the fast track and friendship evolves into romance, the expectations of Hollywood stardom threaten to shine a spotlight on Aidan’s dark past before he can make peace with it. Elizabeth must help Aidan confront the painful event that shattered his life and conquer a terrifying truth before it destroys him and their future together.
The first book in the Starlight Trilogy, Starlight is a story of love and redemption set against the backdrop of the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
FIVE REASONS TO READ STARLIGHT:
1. A sweeping technicolor tale of forbidden romance.
2. A detailed homage to the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
3. Cameos from many of your favorite classic film stars.
4. Transformation of a small town girl to silver screen starlet through Hollywood’s unforgiving lens.
5. Close-up of a 1950s bad boy channeling a tragic past and the stress of sudden super stardom through the art of Method acting.
Review: Read More…
Recipe: Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren Inspired Cocktail Tutorial
Scotch is Max Stella’s drink of choice. When looking for a drink recipe that included a bit and a bit of Sara, who mellows out his playboy status, I came across the Whisper. As a non Scotch drinker (I’ve tried Laphroiag :/ ), this recipe is tasty! It’s one that deserves to be sipped and enjoyed.
Whisper Cocktail Recipe
2 oz Scotch (I chose MaCallan, of course)
2 oz French Vermouth
2 oz Italian Vermouth
Crushed Ice
Pour Scotch and both vermouths into a cocktail shaker over crushed ice. Shake for 10-20 seconds until blended. Strain cocktail land pour into highball glass. Serve immediately and take a photo of yourself drinking it.
Variation: For a sweeter cocktail (aka a bit more of Sara), add 1 tsp of simple syrup to the cocktail shaker along with the liquors before shaking.
Check out the instructional video below made using Google Glass! LLL is so innovative!
Review: Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren
Title: Beautiful Stranger (Beautiful Bastard #2)
Author: Christina Lauren
Genre: Erotica/Adult Romance
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Rating: Five fingers and a palm! (That’s 5 out of 5)
Synopsis:
A charming British Playboy. A girl determined to finally live. And a secret liaison revealed in all too vivid color. Book two in the NYT Bestselling series.
Escaping a cheating ex, finance whiz Sara Dillon’s moved to New York City and is looking for excitement without a lot of strings attached. So meeting the irresistible, sexy Brit at a dance club should have meant nothing more than a night’s fun. But the manner–and speed–with which he melts her inhibitions turns him from a one-time hookup and into her Beautiful Stranger.
The whole city knows Max Stella loves women, not that he’s ever found one he particularly wants to keep around. Despite pulling in plenty with his Wall Street bad boy charm, it’s not until Sara–and the wild photos she lets him take of her–that he starts wondering if there’s someone for him outside of the bedroom.
Hooking up in places where anybody could catch them, the only thing scarier for Sara than getting caught in public is having Max get too close in private.
Review:
LAWDAVMERCAY! I don’t know how they did it! I really don’t! The authors that brought us Beautiful Bastard have somehow created a man that rivals Bennett Ryan. They went H.A.M. (hard as a mofo) with this book, brought out the big guns, and made our hero British. That’s right, ladies. Just go ahead and drop your panties now because Max Stella is here and he’s gonna do you right. Not only Max, but they also brought us Sara Dillon who is the luckiest unlucky woman in the world. She leaves a horrible relationship and finds Max soon after.
Max Stella. That’s a name made for moaning if I’ve ever heard one. I don’t even know where to start with this man! Fingers. Yes, let’s start with fingers…Read this in British with a deep voice (that’s a British accent).
“Three finger of Macallan’s, Pete, and whatever this lady is having. She’s been waiting a spell, yeah?” He turned to me, wearing a smile that made something dormant warm deep in my belly. “How many fingers would you like?”
Mmmmm….Scotch.
SIKE!
Read More…
Gabriel Series/Sylvain Reynard Links
As you may know, our blog was formed because of our love for Professor Gabriel Emerson. Since we began, we’ve professed our love of the series and SR has been kind enough to stop by the Love Shack a few times as well. We bribed him with doughnuts, coffee, and fine Corinthian leather to get him to stop by. Just kidding! He’s Canadian which means he’s nice which means he stops by when we ask. (Yay!)
We’ve pulled all of our links concerning Gabriel and SR that we’ve posted over the last few months in celebration of the cover reveal of Gabriel’s Redemption. This list doesn’t even include the author interviews where the series or SR is mentioned as an inspiration. Enjoy!
Always the sticky leaf: SR’s Charity Page Contribution
Lover Tiffany and The Professor: My Love for the Gabriel Series
Lover Elizabeth loves Gabriel: My Love Affair with the Professor
Lover Amanda spends Valentine’s Day with G.O.E.: Valentine’s Day with Professor Emerson
Lover Amanda really, really loves chatting about the series: Always on My Mind
Lover Karen muses about kindness: What is Kindness?
Our first guest blogger was SR: Art and the Poetry of Desire by Sylvain Reynard
The Professor stopped by the Love Shack and gave us a lecture: “Courtly Love” by Professor Gabriel O. Emerson
Thanks for reading! We can’t wait till December 3, 2013 for the release of Gabriel’s Redemption, can you? Be sure to enter our giveaway for a set of print copies of Gabriel’s Inferno and Gabriel’s Rapture! The giveaway is open to U.S. residents until MIDNIGHT, Friday, April 26th! Enter below and good luck.
Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Gabriel’s Redemption by Sylvain Reynard
IT’S HERE!!!! THE COVER IS FINALLY HERE!!! Now we know how Julia felt with all of that delicious, seductive teasing done by The Professor.
Without further ado, here is the cover of the book that will keep you up all night on when it’s released on December 3, 2013.
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