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Happy Monday!

It looks like my website was nominated for one of AAD's Bookies awards! Thanks, y'all--that site takes work to update and keep fresh and fun, so it's really nice to know readers are actually using and enjoying it. If you feel like voting, here's the link! Lots of great authors nominated in all sorts of categories, mostly paranormal.

And in other news, I'm working on my September newsletter, and y'all, this is a good one! I'm so stoked about how well Too Hot to Touch is doing, I want to thank all my lovely, adorable readers by offering lots of cool freebies and chances to win stuff.

This next newsletter will include the blurb and cover for Some Like it Hot, plus a link to an all-new, loooong excerpt from the book, which comes out 11/29. I'm also offering a chance for one newsletter subscriber to win an advance reading copy of the book! Plus a sneak peak at one of the hero, Danny's, pastry chef specialties (yay, recipe!) and a way to get your hands on a free set of my Romance Trading Cards!

Whew. So if you haven't signed up for my mailing list yet, now would be a good time...

Click here to sign up!

Some Like it Hot ARC Contest

Or, as one of my beta readers put it, You Better Like it Hot. That's Danny's book, boys and girls, and it's smokin'! As you can probably tell by the oh-so-sexy cover. Sadly, that cover didn't make it onto the advance review copies this time around, but I promise, the book is just as yummy on the inside. ; )

Would you like to read it early? Before it hits shelves on November 29th? If so, just answer this one question: What's hotter...a guy who can cook you a gourmet dinner? Or a guy who can whip up a decadent dessert?



THE RULESSo here's what's going to happen. Pay attention, this is how you win!
1. Answer the question posted on my Facebook wall. Just put your comment right under my post on my fan page here. OR if you don't have an FB account, answer the question on this blog, in the comments below.2. If you haven't already, you can feel free to "Like" my Facebook Fan Page, but it's not a requirement to enter the contest! I'd also love it if you followed me on Twitter @LouisaEdwards. Because then we can chat!3. Check back tomorrow morning on my Facebook Fan Page to see if you've won–I'll post the winner's name here on the blog, too, so make sure to come back and look for it. You've got one week to claim your prize, or I'll have to give it to someone else. So be sure to check back!4. Due to contest restrictions between countries, this giveaway is only open to U.S. residents and U.S. military. Sorry!

The New Hotness!

I've got fun news today--I'm unveiling the gorgeous, bitable, likable, delicious cover of the third book in the Rising Star Chef trilogy! Meet Beck, the hottest thing any kitchen has ever seen:


I know, right?! I could just squeeze him. This might actually be my favorite cover yet...but what do your think?

Goodreads Q&A

Hi y'all! Hope my East Coast friends are someplace safe and dry, hunkered down and waiting out the storm. That's basically our plan, too--we're in New Jersey for a wedding this weekend. Our flight back to Austin has already been cancelled, so it looks like we're going to be here for Irene! Heading to a friend's house in Pennsylvania tomorrow, if the roads are safe enough.

In the meantime, I wanted to let you know about a Q&A I'll be doing on Goodreads next week! I'll be answering questions and hanging out with readers from August 28th through the 30th. Come on by and say 'hi'! I promise I'll be as honest as possible, no matter what you ask me...and, of course, we'll be doing a giveaway. I've got signed copies of Too Hot to Touch, and rumor has it there are a few advance reading copies of Some Like it Hot heading my way...

Here's the link! Everyone, be safe this crazy weekend, and I'll see you on the flip side...

Blog Tour: Reader I Created Him

The lovely Kat of Reader I Created Him did a great interview with me for her blog today. Not the same old same old questions! Check it out, and comment for a chance to win a signed copy of Too Hot to Touch, plus a set of my Rising Star Chef romance trading cards.

Blog Tour: Murder She Writes

Think there's no suspense in a straight contemporary romance? Well, you're wrong. And I'm over at my BFF Roxanne St. Claire's group blog today to talk about how even if there are no car chases or assassination attempts, there's still plenty of pulse-pounding, nail-biting tension in Too Hot to Touch .

So come over to Murder She Writes and tell me what was the last non-romantic suspense book you read, and you'll be entered in the drawing to win a signed copy of THtT!

Blog Tour: Leontine's Book Realm

Leontine is doing a super fun series on her blog called Cooking with the Characters--and guess which sexy Zen chef hero is up? That's right, Max Lunden is in the house! I'm sharing a snippet from late in the book so you can see Max in action. And if you comment on the post, you'll be entered in a drawing to win a signed copy of Too Hot to Touch! So what are you waiting for? Go!

Blog Tour: Plotmonkeys

I'm so excited to be spending time in the jungle today! Plotmonkeys is the famous (infamous?) group blog of some of my favorite authors and people in the entire romance pantheon: Julie Leto, Carly Phillips, Leslie  Kelly, and Janelle Denison.

Come see what all the fuss (and fun!) is about! Whenever I'm hanging out with the Plotmonkeys, I promise a wild time for everyone...and the chance to win a signed copy of Too Hot to Touch !

And speaking of winning signed copies of the new book, today is your last chance to enter the BIG giveaway over at Free Book Friday! Click here and comment to be in the drawing...five copies of THtT are up for grabs...

Blog Tour: Queenie Takes Manhattan

Queenie Takes Manhattan is the gorgeous, delicious food blog of my best friend and partner-in-crime, Meg! Check the acknowledgments of every one of my books, and you'll see Meg's name. In addition to indescribable moral support and encouragement, she's also the one who most often gets stuck with helping me dream up, develop and test the recipes that appear in my books. An accomplished home cook, Meg is the perfect kitchen companion--adventurous and interested in new techniques, but not taking anything too seriously. We have so much fun!

So when I tried to think of what to write about for my guest post on her blog today, all I could think was that no one wanted to hear me go on and on about how fabulous Meg is for an entire blog post. Especially longtime fans and readers of her food blog, who already know darn well that she's amazing! Instead, I decided to post a never-before-seen excerpt from Too Hot to Touch...a scene from the Lunden's Tavern kitchen!

Check it out, and comment for a chance to win a signed copy of the book. And if you love awesome recipes, and pretty pictures of food, check out the rest of Queenie Takes Manhattan, while you're at it...

Blog Tour: Chicklets in the Kitchen

I'm sharing another recipe from Too Hot to Touch at Chicklets in the Kitchen today, and giving away a signed copy of the book! Come on by and talk food cravings with us for a chance to win.