NEW SERIES ALERT THE SERIES: Dragon Kings BOOK #1: Caged Warrior | GENRE: Paranormal Romance PUBLISHER: Pocket Books | RELEASE DATE: June 2013 The first installment in this fierce and sensual new paranormal romance series features demonic gladiators, ruthless mafia villains, and a proud race on the brink of extinction. Ten years ago, Audrey MacLaren chose to marry her human lover, making her an exile from the Dragon Kings, an ancient race of demons once worshiped as earthly gods. Audrey and her husband managed to conceive, and their son is the first natural-born Dragon…

Hi Guys! Hope you’re having a great weekend. Here’s the low down on what happened at BCC this week… REVIEWS 4.5 Star Review – Silent Witness by Shirley Wells 4 Star Review – Tall, Dark and Divine by Jenna Bennett 4 Star Review – Pretty When She Kills by Rhiannon Frater 4 Star Review – Dead Silent by Shirley Wells 3.5 Star Review – The Gilded Fan by Christina Courtenay 3 Star Review – Blacque/Bleu by Belinda McBride 2.5 Star Review – Oz The Great and Powerful (Friday Film Review)…

Welcome to Sunday Love-in! This is a new feature where an author shares one of their favourite smexy-time scenes from their latest book, tells us the reason for their choice and then shares the scene with us with a delicious excerpt. Enjoy. Nicki Elson and her favourite smexy scene… Divine Temptation straddles the line between reality and paranormal. Maggie Brock’s story is very much one that deals with realistic human problems – adjusting to life after divorce, raising her children, navigating romantic obstacles – but a paranormal influence is inserted via visitations…

THE AUTHOR Theresa Rizzo is an award-winning author who writes emotional stories that explore the complexity of relationships and families through real-life trials. Born and raised in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, she now lives outside of Boulder, Colorado with her husband of thirty years. THE BOOK RELEASE DATE: June 2013 | PUBLISHER: Self-Published | GENRE: Contemporary Romance He Belongs to Me is a love story… a tale of betrayal and deception and of a young mother’s determination to recover what belongs to her. Forced to leave her baby and tricked into relinquishing her…

I’m very pleased to welcome author Paul Cornell to the blog today. London Falling is Paul’s new urban fantasy novel published by Tor Books. Please give him a warm welcome. London Falling is my first urban fantasy novel. It’s about a group of modern London undercover police who, in the course of an investigation, accidentally gain the ability to see the magic and the monsters of the capital. They panic, of course, but they finally decide that the only way they’re going to survive is to use (real) police methods…

Blacque/Bleu by Belinda McBride (Arcada #1)  Loose Id (Oct 2010) Ebook, 220 pages Erotic M/M Paranormal Romance Blacque/Bleu is a pretty good erotic m/m paranormal romance. I liked the author’s writing style although there wasn’t as much depth to the overall story as I would have liked. The book definitely focuses much more on the sex than the plot, but it was a fun read. The characters are very likeable, and the sex scenes were quite well done and sexy. Blacque is a werewolf mechanic and Bleu, who works in the…

Hi Guys! Hope you’re having a great weekend. Here’s the low down on what happened at BCC this week… REVIEWS 5 Star Review - After Hours by Cara McKenna 4.5 Star Review – Banshee Charmer by Tiffany Allee 4 Star Review – Fire by Kristen Cashore 3.5 Star Review – Losing It by Cora Carmack 3.5 Star Review – Devil’s Due by Rachel Caine 3.5 Star Review – Most Likely to Succeed by Kate Davies 2.5 Star Review – Phantom Waltz by Catherine Anderson 2.5 Star Review – Voodoo on the…

Welcome to Sunday Love-in! This is a new feature where an author shares one of their favourite smexy-time scenes from their latest book, tells us the reason for their choice and then shares the scene with us with a delicious excerpt. Enjoy. Tiffany Reisz and… The Sex Scene That Should Have Gotten Her Arrested My editor probably started saving up bail money the day I pitched her my idea for THE PRINCE, book three in The Original Sinners series–“So part of THE PRINCE takes place in the past where my two male…

THE AUTHOR Avery Aster pens erotic romance for Ellora’s Cave. As a resident of New York’s Upper East Side and a graduate from New York University, Avery gives readers an inside look at the city’s glitzy nightlife, socialite sexcapades and tall tales of the über-rich and ultra-famous. “I write about what I see in my metropolis that never sleeps–Manhattanites on the quest for a passionate thrill,” Avery says. “By and large, my characters are drop-dead gorgeous, ripped straight from the headlines and on the hunt for their next conquest.” Undressed…

‘You Need to Read This!’ is a new feature at BCC. We recommend a book or genre that we love to one of our fellow reviewers. It’s a bit scary as they can hate a book you love or love a book you hate. Let the fun begin! Phantom Waltz (Kendrick/Coulter #2) by Catherine Anderson | Signet (2007) Kindle, 418 pages | Contemporary Romance LAURA: Why I Chose Phantom Waltz Catherine Anderson is one of my favourite romance authors, but I don’t think any of the other reviewers on the site have picked up…

Losing It (Losing It #1) by Cora Carmack Ebury Press (March 2013) | Paperback, 280 pages New Adult | Contemporary Romance Bliss Edwards is twenty two and in the last year of her degree at university. Her life is pretty good other than one thing which hovers over her head like a dark cloud – her virginity. It’s not that she’s held onto it for any reason other than she’s not found anyone she particularly likes enough to lose it to. So her friend, Kelsey, decides she needs to go…

EXCERPT FROM THE WOLF GIFT (Click for Larger Image) ANNE RICE ONLINE Website | Goodreads | Facebook | Twitter    ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Anne Rice is the author of thirty-one internationally bestselling books including The Vampire Chronicles (from Interview with the Vampire to Blood Canticle), the Mayfair Witches sequence and The Songs of the Seraphim. She lives in Palm Desert, California. ABOUT THE BOOK: MAN OR MONSTER? Anne Rice reinvented the vampire legend. Discover what she’s done with the werewolf myth After a brutal attack Reuben finds himself changing. His hair…

We are pleased to welcome author Kaylea Cross to the blog today. She is the author of many military romantic suspense books, two of which we enjoyed and reviewed here at BCC: No Turning Back and Relentless. So, please welcome Kaylea… I’ve always loved writing military romantic suspense, but I’d never before tried writing a book where both the hero and heroine are active military. Because I felt it’s important to showcase what our men and women in uniform are currently doing over in Afghanistan and other places around the…

NEW SERIES ALERT THE SERIES: Hearts and Thrones BOOK #1: Assassin’s Gambit | GENRE: Urban Fantasy PUBLISHER: Signet | RELEASE DATE: April 2013 Vitala Salonius, champion of the warlike game of Caturanga, is as deadly as she is beautiful. She’s a trained assassin for the resistance, and her true play is for ultimate power. Using her charm and wit, she plans to seduce her way into the emperor’s bed and deal him one final, fatal blow, sparking a battle of succession that could change the face of the empire. As…

The best books you should be reading right now! Each fortnight we will be recommending five of our favourite releases that we think you will love. Just click the book cover to be taken to our full review or its Goodreads page. We hope you find some fabulous reads and maybe a few new authors too. Happy Reading! 1. AFTER HOURS by Cara McKenna A stand-alone erotic novel with a difference. Mckenna fits a lot into her less-than-300 pages, set around a mental institution, with a caveman hero and a feminist…