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URGENT CARE: a Guaranteed Great Read!

How cool is this? URGENT CARE has been selected as a Guaranteed Great Read by Penguin!

Here's the info:

Penguin Group (USA) Inc. is proud to present

GREAT READS–GUARANTEED

We are so confident that you will love this book that we are offering a 100% money-back guarantee!

If you are not 100% satisfied with this publication, Penguin Group (USA) Inc. will refund your money!

Simply return the book before January 3, 2010 for a full refund.

Look for further details in the back of URGENT CARE.

CJ's Query Contest

WIN a critique of your query package by Barbara Poelle of the Irene Goodman Agency!

PRIZE: one lucky commenter will win a critique of your query letter, two page synopsis, and first three chapters from Barbara Poelle of the Irene Goodman Agency.

HOW TO ENTER: leave a comment below, including your name, email address, and a short blurb of your project. If you want to say something nice about my books, that's fine as well, but the winner will be determined by a random drawing.

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URGENT CARE cover art!

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Wow! Pretty eye catching, isn't it?

Let me know what you think!

CJ

LIFELINES finalist for a Daphne Award!

Wow! Just found out that LIFELINES is a finalist in the 2009 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense for best Mainstream Mystery/Suspense novel of 2008!!!

Here's the complete list in Mainstream Mystery/Suspense–some really, really great authors and books there!

The Matters at Mansfield (or the Crawford Affair) by Carrie Bebris

More Praise for WARNING SIGNS!

[image error]"This page-turning medical mystery will keep readers captivated." ~Romantic Times, Four stars

CJ Lyons "is a master within the genre." ~Pittsburgh Magazine

"This fast-paced, suspense-filled story will leave you breathless and begging for more." ~Romance Novel TV

"I did not want to put it down….An incredible way to spend a few hours!" ~5 Cups, Coffee Time Romance

Another Award Nomination!

LIFELINES has been nominated for the National Readers' Choice Award for Best Mainstream Novel of 2008!!!

For a list of all the nominees, go here.

It's very, very stiff competition!  But it's an honor to even be considered for such a prestigious award!

LIFELINES wins Best First Novel!

LIFELINES won the Readers' Choice Award for Best First Novel of 2008 at the recent Love is Murder Conference!

Needless to say, I'm thrilled! And I couldn't have done it without the support of all my friends and readers.

I'd like to also thank the organizers of Love is Murder for inviting me to Chicago and putting on such an outstanding conference! You guys rock!

WARNING SIGNS is here!

[image error]Hi everyone! My second book, WARNING SIGNS, is out in stores now!

Let me know if you spot it at your favorite bookstore–or better yet, what you think of it after you read it!

And, of course, tell your friends about both LIFELINES and WARNING SIGNS–remember, they'll be in the General Fiction and Literature section of the bookstore, right near Moby Dick, lol!

Thanks for helping to spread the word!

CJ

WARNING SIGNS, book video!

WARNING SIGNS, first review!

WARNING SIGNS

C.J. Lyons

Jove, Feb 2009, $7.99

ISBN: 9780515145830

This exhilarating medical thriller gets the blood pumping as readers will admire and root for courageous Amanda….This is a terrific thriller and fans of Michael Palmer will enjoy this fine tale of a brave but scared medical student in trouble.

—The Mystery Gazette, Dec. 15, 2008