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Tuesday Teaser

Tuesday Teaser is a weekly bookish meme (rhymes with “cream"), hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. (I’ve borrowed it from LDS Women’s Book Review.) Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current readOpen to a random pageShare at least two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!
I'm adapting the rules slightly. I'll be quoting some random lines from the last chapter I read before I post a teaser. I'm a slow reader, so you may get multiple teasers per book from me. Here's my second teaser from  The Nonesuch , by Georgette Heyer:
She stared up at [Sir Waldo] incredulously. "But--but don't you think I'm beautiful?"
"Are you trying to warn me, ma'am, that Sir Waldo is a libertine?" asked Ancilla bluntly.
"Oh, good gracious! No!" exclaimed Mrs Chartley. "You must not think--my dear, I beg you won't say that I said that! No doubt he has had his--shall we say his adventures?--but pray don't imagine that I suspect him of--of--"
"Offering me a carte blanche? That, I believe, is the term, is it not?"
(From  The Nonesuch , p 209)
If you'd like to share a teaser from a book you're currently reading, I'd love you to do so in the comment section. And you don't even have to share it on a Tuesday! Be sure to include the title, author, and page number in case others would like to check out the book you're reading.

Under the Sea Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Under the Sea Giveaway Hop, sponsored by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer and The Musings of ALMYBNENR. The Under the Sea Giveaway Hop features books with mermaids, sirens, selkies, divers, swimming, boating, dolphins, or...well, pretty much something to do with the sea.
Here at JDP NEWS, I'm giving away a gently used paperback copy of the YA novel, The Wanderings of Odysseus, by Rosemary Sutcliff. A YA retelling of Homer's Odyssey, the voyage of Odysseus (also known as Ulysses) is the original sea faring tale. Odysseus has to contend with dangerous whirlpools, great smashing stones, the beautiful but deadly Sirens, witches, nymphs, and even a one-eyed Cyclops before he finds his way back to the safety of hearth and home.


Please enter via the Rafflecopter form below. (NOTE TO READERS OF MY BLOG ON GOODREADS. TO ENTER THIS CONTEST, PLEASE CLICK OVER TO MY BLOG AND ENTER VIA RAFFLECOPTER)
The hop ends at midnight EST September 20. Winner will be drawn on September 21. Since this is a paperback, the giveaway is open to USA only.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARYUSA entries only
Entrants must be 18 years or olderWinners will be selected on Sept 20. Winners have 48 hours to respond to an email notifying them of their win.Prizes not claimed within 48 hours will be reawarded
Sponsor name and contact info: Joyce DiPastena, jdipastena@yahoo.com.VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW

a Rafflecopter giveaway All entered? Then hop along for some more great clean giveaways below!

Reading Clean Giveaway Hop: Winner!

Congratulations to Darlene at Darlene's Book Nook, winner of the Reading Clean Giveaway Hop on JDP NEWS! Darlene has won a copy of my sweet medieval romance, Dangerous Favor.
Thank you to everyone who entered! New giveaway hop coming up at midnight tonight. :-)

Cover Reveal: A Candlelight Courting

I just received the cover art for A Candlelight Courting  from the always amazing Jaimey Grant at An Author's Art! I think it's beautiful. I hope you do, too!




When Burthred comes courting on Christmas Eve, Meg rejects his advances. She has her heart set on becoming a nun and insists that he call her Christina, the spiritual name she has chosen for herself. She tries to make him swear on her box of holy relics that he will not pursue her, but he carefully words his oath to allow him to stay in her candlelit chamber and try to change her mind.
What Meg does not confess is that her reliquary box holds a secret.
Burthred needs a wife, and no one will satisfy him except Meg. He swore on his father’s deathbed that he would marry her. But Burthred has a secret, too. When they come together before the Yule fire, their shared revelations will either join their hearts together or tear them apart.

A Candlelight Courting: A Short Christmas Romance Coming October 2012

Win a copy of "Dangerous Favor"!

Lexie at The Book Bug Blog is spotlighting my publisher, Walnut Springs Press, during the month of September, and Walnut Springs is giving away FOUR of their book titles: The Keeper's Calling, Lydia, Defenders of the Covenant, and my own sweet medieval romance, Dangerous Favor. All you have to do for a chance to win is leave a comment on the various blog posts throughout the month. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!

The Book Bug generously spotlighted me twice, once for my books, and once through a guest post I was invited to write about researching my novels. Click on these links if you'd like to leave a comment and enter the giveaway:

Walnut Springs Press Month: Spotlight on Joyce DiPastena
Walnut Springs Press Month: Guest Post by Joyce DiPastena

And here's the link to the rest of the month's schedule so you can comment on all the other posts and increase your chances to win!

Walnut Springs Press Month: Event Schedule

Tuesday Teaser

Tuesday Teaser is a weekly bookish meme (rhymes with “cream"), hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. (I’ve borrowed it from LDS Women’s Book Review.) Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current readOpen to a random pageShare at least two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!
I'm adapting the rules slightly. I'll be quoting some random lines from the last chapter I read before I post a teaser. I'm a slow reader, so you may get multiple teasers per book from me. Here's a teaser from The Nonesuch , by Georgette Heyer:
She stared up at [Sir Waldo] incredulously. "But--but don't you think I'm beautiful?"
"Very!"
"Well, I know I am," [Tiffany] said candidly. "Ancilla thinks I shouldn't say so--and I meant not to, on account of losing some of my beauty when I do. At least, that's what Ancilla said, but I don't see how it could be so, do you?"
"No, indeed: quite absurd! You do very right to mention the matter."
She thought this over, darkly suspicious, and finally demanded: "Why?"
"People are so unobservant!" he answered in dulcet accents.
(From The Nonesuch , p 84)
If you'd like to share a teaser from a book you're currently reading, I'd love you to do so in the comment section. And you don't even have to share it on a Tuesday! Be sure to include the title, author, and page number in case others would like to check out the book you're reading.

What Am I Reading Now?

I finished Cousin Kate , by Georgette Heyer, last week. The story took place at a house called Staplewood, and the hero's last name was Broome. So how could I resist choosing Heyer's The Nonesuch for my next read? After all, the heroine works at a house called Staples and the hero inherits a place called Broom Hall. :-)

The Nonesuch is much lighter in tone than Cousin Kate. (Yes, this is a book from my "old favorites" list.) Here's the back cover blurb:


An impetuous flight...
Tiffany Wield's bad behavior is a serious trial to her chaperone. "On the shelf " at twenty-eight, Ancilla Trent strives to be a calming influence on her tempestuous charge, but then Tiffany runs off to London alone and Ancilla is faced with a devastating scandal.A gallant rescue...
Sir Waldo Hawkridge, confirmed bachelor and one of the wealthiest men in London, comes instantly to the aid of the intrepid Ancilla to stop Tiffany's flight, and in the process discovers that it's never too late for the first bloom of love.
Stop by on Tuesday, and I'll share a Tuesday Teaser with you!

Back to the Books Giveaway Hop: Winner!

Congratulations to Aldrea Alien, winner of the Back to the Books Giveaway Hop on JDP NEWS! Aldrea has won her choice of my sweet medieval romance book titles. 

Thank you to everyone who entered!

Reading Clean Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Reading Clean Giveaway Hop, sponsored by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer, Clean Teen Fiction, and One Librarian's Book Reviews. All the books being given away at each of the hop sites are guaranteed to be free of sex, objectionable language, and gratuitous violence.

Here at JDP NEWS, I'm giving away a copy of my clean medieval romance, Dangerous Favor . The winner may have her choice of a print, Kindle, or Nook version. 



Please enter via the Rafflecopter form below. (NOTE TO READERS OF MY BLOG ON GOODREADS. TO ENTER THIS CONTEST, PLEASE CLICK OVER TO MY BLOG AND ENTER VIA RAFFLECOPTER)

The hop ends at midnight EST September 12. Winner will be drawn on September 13.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARYUSA entries only
Entrants must be 18 years or olderWinners will be selected on Sept 12. Winners have 48 hours to respond to an email notifying them of their win.Prizes not claimed within 48 hours will be reawardedSponsor name and contact info: Joyce DiPastena, jdipastena@yahoo.com.VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW

a Rafflecopter giveaway

All entered? Then hop along for some more great clean giveaways below!

Tuesday Teaser

Tuesday Teaser is a weekly bookish meme (rhymes with “cream"), hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. (I’ve borrowed it from LDS Women’s Book Review.) Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current readOpen to a random pageShare at least two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

I'm adapting the rules slightly. I'll be quoting some random lines from the last chapter I read before I post a teaser. I'm a slow reader, so you may get multiple teasers per book from me. Here's a teaser from  Cousin Kate , by Georgette Heyer:
"Mrs. Thorne, miss, makes quite a habit of dreaming of Disaster. The first time she did so, the second footman tripped on the back stairs the very next day, and fell to the bottom."
"Good gracious!" said Kate. "Was he badly injured? You don't mean, surely, that he broke his neck?"
"Oh, no, miss! It was worse than that," said Pennymore. "He broke three of the Sèvres cups, thus ruining the set."
(From Cousin Kate, p 202)
If you'd like to share a teaser from a book you're currently reading, I'd love you to do so in the comment section. And you don't even have to share it on a Tuesday! Be sure to include the title, author, and page number in case others would like to check out the book you're reading.