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December 9, 2011
Win Prizes!
I'm at the stunningly beautiful website of Vanessa Kelly!…
December 8, 2011
A Christmas Visit with Brenda Novak and a giveaway
Today as part of my Christmas Blog special I'm thrilled to welcome author Brenda Novak.
Christmas is such a wonderful time. I love the message of "peace on earth, good will toward men." It carries me through the whole …
December 7, 2011
A Christmas visit with Rhyannon Byrd and a giveaway…..
One of my favorite parts of the holidays is putting up our family Christmas tree. We always put the tree up on Thanksgiving, before bundling up and walking into town to see the Christmas lights celebration. As we're unpacking the …
December 6, 2011
A Christmas Blog Visit with Karen Erickson and a giveaway
I want to send a HUGE thank you to Lisa for having me as a guest on her blog today! *tackle hugs*
I do adore this time of year though I'll be honest, it also can stress me out.…
Monday night and our Christmas holiday party starts Tuesday with prizes today!
Welcome to Karen Erickson on Tuesday morning to kick off our party who is not just a talent, awesome author but someone I have had the good fortune to hang out with on a number of occasions. I love her:)…
December 3, 2011
Day 6 –1 more day until the grand prizes!!!!
Quick note– please check out the children's book charity with some great books and authors involved. Thanks to Leagh who is heading this up for doing something so special! If you go check it out and leave a comment for Leagh today you get an extra entry towards the grand prizes!!
Also I have to share. Look what is about to go live this weekend!! All three Wardens together in one volume! And yes I know its huge. I couldn't get it to load normal. It was tiny or this….so this it is
The Amazon link is already up HERE! 
Contests!!! Contests!!! Ready?
Donna has a contest today too! So don't forget to head over the Donna's!
Today I have a goodie basket filled with yummy stuff, bath and body fun, and books!
Tab down too! EVERY contest is still open with gift cards and all kinds of prizes so go enter!
So today to enter win – each is one entry:
–Buy any Donna Grant book and come tell me you did it
–Tag or LIKE any Donna Grant book and come and tell me you did it.
–Add any Donna Grant book to your goodreads shelf
Donna's new release is on Amazon and Barnes and Noble are here:
Like her book and then come back and tell me you did it at both.
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Donna has a contest too! Don't forget to go see her!
December 2, 2011
Day 5! I like u– do u like me?
Anyone else hearing that old George Straight song? Do you like me? Do you want to be my friend….Check yes or no….
In my head I can sing. In the real world. Not so much.
So on to the good stuff.
Contest contest contest — isn't this fun!?
Remember Donna has a contest today too — and a new gorgeous website! So don't forget to head over the Donna's!
Today I have a stack of books for some lucky reader. I always grab a lot of books at conventions and save them to share with my readers. I'll let you tell me your favorite genres if you win and pull you some good ones. Some are signed and some are not. And don't forget — you still can win all the contest prizes. Tab down the prior posts for all kinds of prizes. As long as you post by midnight on Sunday night you can win any of the contests. ANd you can win more than once since we use randomizer. And everyone who plays is eligible for the grand prizes!
So today to win the books we are tagging Donna's book on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. So go to:
Like her book and then come back and tell me you did it at both.
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Donna has a contest too! Don't forget to go see her!
One of my favorite Bloggers is holding a month long party too!
Go check out Kelly and good luck!
Go HERE
It's a holiday party! Website construction
It's a holiday party!
Last year I had authors join me in December to show off their holiday traditions and trees and everyone seemed to love it so much that I'm doing it again this year. Stay tuned for guests and prizes starting next week! I have some really fun authors you won't want to miss. SHHHH…not telling, Big surprised ahead! I'd share my tree but its not up yet. So here is me freezing my backside off a the North Pole amusement park here. I am with my Aunt Sandy who visited last year. Don't I look like I am saying HELP ME. HELP ME. I couldn't feel my toes.
Now tab down for the new contest of the day with myself and Donna Grant!!!
Lots of prizes and two grand prize winners announced Monday on top of all my winners from this week!
December 1, 2011
Todays new prizes!
Contest time continues! Wow! Great tagging on Donna's book yesterday! You guys ROCK! FYI I am having some issues with my site going down randomly. So I am going to allow all contest to stay open through Sunday night. Donna and I will pick the Godiva and Honey Baked Ham card winners then and I'll announce all my winners that day too.
So far we have
–Day 1 a chance at a Bath and Body shop gift card
–Day 2 a chance for an Amazon gift card
Then there were contest at Donna's Site too!
***So you can still get in on those if you tab down and have not yet.
Today — I am going to do a give away a your choice of the Wardens Trilogy or a print copy of Storm that is Sterling and Santa Baby.
Donna has a contest at her site too!
So how to enter….read the excerpt for Echoes of Magic below — well — just to enjoy it!
Then to enter to win the movie card you can do any of these things:
—Review this book if you have read it –tell me where you reviewed it
–Buy this book and tell me your bought it.
–Tweet it!
–Facebook it!
–Blog it!!
–Tell a yahoo group about it!
Each thing you do — tell me here and each thing is one entry. Also you can win more than one time. We are picking winners with randomizer so names are not
Hiding a secret so awful that his only hope for survival is to remain hidden, Grayson has lived most of his life pretending to be someone he isn't. After years serving as a commander to his lord and friend, Grayson can no longer hold back the past. He leaves in search of answers only to find evil awaits him. Until he discovers an achingly beautiful woman who stirs his deepest passions and all-consuming need.
Adrianna knows what her future holds for her as a witch – loneliness and heartache. She has accepted that. Until she discovers Grayson near death in the forest. Saving him is her only choice, and even as she falls deeper into the attraction surrounding them, can her magic be enough to stop Fate or the evil that awaits them.
EXCERPT
Summer 1127
Western England, near the coast
Adrianna stretched her neck and flexed her hands that had gripped the reins for too long. When the band of gypsies she traveled with for the past three years stopped for a rest, she gladly hopped down from her seat of her wagon.
The stretch of road they had traveled was narrow and surrounded by woods. She loved wandering with the gypsies, but for the past week, she couldn't shake the feeling something was wrong. Or was about to go wrong. No amount of magic had given her a clue, either.
As a bana-bhuidseach, a witch, she had spent her time trying to decipher just what was out of alignment. Each banan-bhuidseach had a special gift, and hers was seeing the future.
Adrianna was many things, but she wasn't courageous enough to look into her own future. Not when her kind was cursed and slowly fading into legend.
As far as she knew, there was only one other bana-bhuidseach. Where once they covered all of Britain, soon no more would see the beautiful land.
The bana-bhuidseach had been around for so long that none remembered their true origins, though some text claimed they hailed from an ancient land of sand and sun.
Adrianna pushed a stray hair behind her ear and moved into the forest. She leaned against a tree and let the beauty and nature of the area soak into her. The need to be alone had driven her into the trees, but it would also help to calm her and the constant fear that something…evil…was about to descend.
The other bana-bhuidseach she had meet, Serena, had been followed by a man drenched in evil. Ever since then, Adrianna had sensed a growing malevolence throughout the land.
Her hands traveled down the elm tree, the bark scratching her palms. She sighed and began to turn back to her wagon when she caught a glimpse of something in the underbrush. Adrianna leaned down and peered through the ferns to find a bloodied hand.
With her heart hammering in her chest, she pushed aside the underbrush and found a man lying on his side. His long black hair was matted with leaves, blood, and mud and covered his face. By the look of the fine material of his tunic, he was a nobleman who had been ambushed most likely by roving bands of outlaws.
She sighed at the loss of life and began to rise to her feet when a moan stopped her.
"By the saints," she murmured and gently pushed his hair from his face.
With her finger beneath his nose she felt his slow, shallow breathing. If she hurried, she might be able to save him if his injuries weren't too extensive.
"Milosh! Yoska," she called out.
As tenderly she could, she turned the man onto his back. Blood had pooled beneath him and stained his light blue tunic. She saw no weapons, no jewelry.
"Drina," Milosh shouted.
Adrianna lifted her head when she heard the gypsy leader call out the pet name he had given her. "Over here."
When the tall Romanian burst through the trees, his brother, Yoska, was right behind him. The men had the same black hair and dark eyes and tall, rangy build. They welcomed her into their family when she had found them, never asking questions of her past. For that she would be forever grateful.
Yoska said something in Romanian that made Milosh nod absently.
"Please help me get him back to my cart," Adrianna said. "He's wounded, but alive."
"And soon to die," Milosh said softly.
"Please, Milosh. I cannot just leave him."
Echoes of Magic on Amazon is HERE
Now head over to Donna's for her contest too!
