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October 15, 2011
Reminder--Last Day to Enter for Loads of Books
My giveaway announcements have moved to SUNDAYS until theend of college football season (don't even ask), so guest what? An extra day towin!
There's still time to enter if you haven't already. Just keep scrolling down,or hit the links—well, don't hit them. That might hurt. Just click on them.
Enter to win:
To win the entire four-volume Sharing Knife fantasyseries from Lois McMaster Bujold, click HERE.
To win a new release of your choice in this week's Reader'sChoice contest, click HERE.
To win...
October 14, 2011
Review & Contest: THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater
Ifyou think of seahorses as cute little half-horse, half fish thingies withcurved tails, you're in for a great shock. Maggie Stiefvater's seahorses, orwater horses, are big and powerful and hungry for blood. Today, we're lookingat a new standalone title from Stiefvater, best known for her lyrical YA Wolvesof Mercy Falls and Fae series.
Wantto win an ARC of The Scorpio Races?Read on!
Lydia Dare's paranormalhistorical romances feature the hottest theme in paranormal combined with themost popular...
October 13, 2011
Q and A with Dawn Chartier and win NOT AN ANGEL
Sometimes,paranormal romance is light and frothy, and sometimes it's dark and rich. We'rein dark and rich territory today as I welcome guest Dawn Chartier. Like me,Dawn was driven to writing after Hurricane Katrina hit her hometown of NewOrleans (I think it was the low barometric pressure that caused brain freeze,or something like that). You can find out more about her at her website, www.dawnchartier.com. Read on for achance to win a copy of Dawn's novel NotAn Angel.
ABOUT THEBOOK: Kira...
October 12, 2011
Preternatura Book Club: Halfway to the Grave, Chapters 13-14
Welcometo this week's "meeting" of the Preternatura Book Club! Today, we continue withthe first book in Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series, Halfway to the Grave.
Here'show it works. Each week, I'll post a summary (spoiler alert!) on two chapters,and we'll chat about them. Try to minimize spoilers beyond what's happened inthe book we've read so far. You can read along, read ahead, or just stop by andread the summaries. After the Book Club has been up a few days, I'll move it toarchives so...
October 11, 2011
Where Are the Pets in Paranormal? Meet Trish McCallan and win FORGED IN FIRE
Today, I'd like to welcome author Trish McCallan to the blog. Trish has a new, hot series inspired by some of our favorite immortal warriors (you know--the ones with nhames like Rhage and Zhadist). The first, Forged in Fire, was released last month--and Trish is giving an ebook away to one commenter today. Read on for details!Take it away, Trish!
A Big THANK YOU!! To Suzanne for hosting me today.
I had this blog all figured out last night.
I was going to talk about sexy warrior brotherhoods and ...
October 10, 2011
New Releases Oct. 8-14 and Reader's Choice Contest
Areyou still reeling from the fifty new releases last week? Me too! My wish listis now officially ridiculous. We have a much calmer week this week, so it'll be easierto make a choice. Some good ones, though, especially in fantasy and YA. Whichof these books coming out this week do you most want to read? Enter to win yourchoice. As always, Reader's Choice is an international giveaway.
Phobos
,by Steve Alten(Oct. 11, Tor)Fortwo thousand years, the Mayan Calendar has prophesied the end of mankind...
October 9, 2011
Huge Fantasy Giveaway--and Did You Win a Book This Week?
HappySunday! You know what time it is...Winners. Plus, yes, there's something specialtoday. Leave a comment to be entered to win the ENTIRE Sharing Knife series by author LoisMcMaster Bujold. Although Bujold is probably best known for her Miles Verkosiganseries, she wrote this fantasy-romance hybrid series in the years from 2006-2009. It's set in a fictional world based on the area in rural Ohio where shegrew up, and is a terrific series that's more accessible than a lot of epic fantasy.
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October 8, 2011
Reminder: Last Day to Enter for Book Giveaways
My giveaway announcements have moved to SUNDAYS, so guestwhat? An extra day to win!
There's still time to enter if you haven't already. Just keep scrolling down,or hit the links—and I don't mean the golf course :-)
Enter to win:
There are TWO Reader's Choice awards this week because of50 new releases—how crazy is that? To enter the first Reader's Choice—your pickfrom among the new releases listed, click HERE. To enter the second Reader's Choice, click HERE.
To win one of two copies of Sara...
October 7, 2011
Part 2-New Releases Oct. 1-7 and Reader's Choice Contest
Holybook release, Batman. There were fifty (!) new titles coming out this week, so that made it time for a double Reader's Choice contest. The first half of the release list was posted on Monday (scroll down if you missed it), and the second half is below. I'll give away one book of your choice from EACH list--international, as always. So get ready, and start making your wish list!
Serpent's Kiss
,by Thea Harrison(Oct.4, Berkley)Recently,Vampire Queen Carling's power has become erratic...
October 6, 2011
Meet Author Sara Humphreys and Win UNLEASHED
We have a treat today...a videotreat! We're looking at Unleashed, anew paranormal from author Sara Humphreys released this week, and instead of our usual Q and A,Sara videotaped her interview! This is the first novel in a newshapeshifter series called the Amoveo Legacy that Sara will be doing with Sourcebooks. She began her career as an actress, appearing on a number of TV shows, and is now a popular public speaker and speaker-trainer. You can find out more about her at her website...
