Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! I’m so happy and blessed to be amongst the greatest bunch of book readers and authors around. Here’s my “virtual” Christmas card to all of you, featuring a few of my favorites from 2012. (I’m currently working on my complete “Favorites of 2012” list as we speak). 🙂
On the 24th Day of Christmas… (25 Days of Christmas Giveaway)
Winner Updates!! Congratulations to Brandi and Chrissy who have responded to their email notifcations and have received this gift.
Happy Christmas Eve!! Has anyone started exchanging gifts tonight? I remember when I was little, on Christmas Eve, before bedtime, my parents would always allow me to open ONE gift from under the tree. I usually picked the big one. 😉 You know that one… that teased you for weeks. One time, it was a Cabbage Patch Kid, and I swear I didn’t sleep at all that night, I was so excited. Not one wink. I couldn’t BELIEVE IT!!! Ahhhh the fun memories.
So… today’s giveaway will be another $20 Amazon or Barnes and Noble gift certificate, so that everyone can enter! But I’m choosing TWO winners this time!
How to enter for a chance to win it? Just leave a comment below (or if you want inspiration, I’d love to hear one of your best Christmas memories) and tomorrow night by 10pm EST (12/25/2012), I will randomly select two winners. The winners will be contacted and the gift card will be sent to the email address provided (make sure it’s valid!!). NOTE: The “winner” will have 48 hours to respond to the winning email notification. If no response is received, I will randomly select another winner. Make sure to check your email, so you do not loose your chance. This is open to anyone that can receive an emailed giftcard from either of these two companies.
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Today’s Latest Author & Book News – December 24th 2012 (and bargains & freebies!)
Author and book news!! And…. some freebies and bargains too. So many new releases and upcoming book announcements that many of our favorite authors have put many of their previous books in their series on sale. The bargains are mixed in below with the author’s news.
NOTE: Free and bargain priced when I added them, but prices can change on Amazon, so make sure to check before you finalize your order.
Free and bargain e-books that you can read on your Kindle, or even on your computer with the Kindle software. (NOOK USERS: I’ve been told that often, many of these freebies and bargains are also available on the Nook).
- Shey Stahl’s latest (and final?) release in her Nascar romance series is out!! The Legend (Racing on the Edge) <—- I HEART JAMESON!!! And so do soooo many of us! Here’s the series reading order guide.
Nikee: Loved that dirty heathen, Jameson. Haha
Elaine: These books are excellent, love them all,Jameson is so HOT!!
Kari: It’s a great ending to the series!
Kirsten: Jameson… I missed you.
Mindy: Ahhh, I love this series. Can’t wait to see where it goes. Swooooon ❤
- Marie Coulsons’s Bound Together is bargain priced and she has just released a Christmas Novella for it! —> Last Christmas (Bound Together) (thanks Nancy!!)
- The Opportunist (Love Me With Lies #1) by Tarryn Fisher For those of you wondering why we’ve been up in arms over these characters, you’ll get a good taste of this crazy love(?) story here. Check out my review. And then, you can move onto her latest new release in the series –> Dirty Red (Love Me With Lies #2)
- Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker Very good and I reviewed it!
- Love Left Behind by S.H. Kolee I loved it, too! Check out my review.
- Lauren Stewart’s “Hyde, an Urban Fantasy” is on big time sale right now. So many of our fellow readers loved it! And guess what?!! She just released Jekyll, an Urban Fantasy (Hyde, Book II)! Julie says: “Loved the first one, cant wait for the next! :)”
- Author Kele Moon tells us she’s writing the next in her “Battered Hearts” series. YAY for sexy UFC fighters!!
“Despite holidays. . . I’ve been deep into the land of Wyatt… I’m not really here. . . I’m in Garnet. Even if I’m not writing, I’m still there.”
- Ginger Voight confirms that Mogul (the third book in her Groupie/Rock Star trilogy) will be out February 5th, 2013.
Madeline Sheehan has revamped her thrilling, gritty, REAL bad boy bikers book with a gorgeous new cover. Undeniable now looks like this! And!! She has released a bonus scene from the book! (Thanks Michele!!). Also! Book #2 in the series (Unbeautifully) is expected out January 2013. Hey!! That’s like… any day now!- Lisa Renee Jones has just released the latest in her Tall, Dark and Deadly series (Beneath the Secrets, Part One (Tall, Dark & Deadly) bargain priced!!) AND!! You can get the first three books bundled!!! Right here —-> Tall, Dark, and Deadly 3 book box set
- A.L. Jackson’s recent hit When We Collide is on sale!! I got it (thanks to Angie for highly recommending it, and to Sarah for pointing out this HUGE bargain deal!)
- Kylie Scott fans!! She has just released a free short story set in her awesome Zombie Apocolypse world!! Did I mention free!?? Room With a View: Hot Down Under (book #1 is called Flesh and I reviewed it. So good and sooooo steamy!)
- PERFECT by Autumn Jordan
- Eyewall by H.W. Buzz Bernard
- Cross My Heart (A Contemporary Romance Novel) by Abigail Strom<—- a former rock star!! YES PLEASE!
- Sweet Water by Anna Jeffrey <—-Looks good!
- The Love Knot (Sweet Love & Kisses series) by Maya Sheppard
- Fluke by Bart Hopkins <—- and seems eerie by the cover and synopsis. Definitely has me intrigued, but reviews are a bit everywhere for it…)
On The 23rd Day of Christmas… (25 Days of Christmas Giveway!!)
Winner Announcement!! Congratulations to Mattie who has responded to her email notification and will be receiving this gift!
Tonight’s gift continues the “my #1 bad-boy hero” theme. The hero of this HUGELY popular series is (and will forever be) one of my #1’s. I was 
sooooooo deeply in (love? *giggle* ;)) with Kellan. I was soooo into him, that I just couldn’t see straight. Every little Kellan detail, every morning coffee, every couch-snuggle, every heartache… I swear I felt delightfully faint while I read these books. Even now, as I recall some of my favorite Kellan moments, I just want to indulge in my biggest rock star crush again, and not come out until he’s manifested himself in my living room. Er… glances over at husband. Ummm… I mean. Tee hee!! *grins* You know. So my husband and him can play guitaaaarrrr together. Right. That’s what I mean.
Check out my reviews to see just how bad I had it—> Thoughtless & Effortless
So tonight, I’m giving you the gift of Kellan Kyle! Okay… not really, but close. 😉 Okay no. Close but not that close 😉 What’s the closest I could get to “gifting” the magic that is Kellan? Well… how about owning an original S.C. Stephens signed & personalized set of his books? I have my own signed set, and now a lucky winner tonight can have one, too!
PLUS!! On top of receiving the original “Thoughtless” and “Effortless” signed print copies (and personalized to the winner), there’s a D-Bags t-shirt, too!!
S.C. Stephens told me:
“They are first run editions (the older ones) and the shirt is the black D-Bags shirt.”
First editions people!!! This author has since been signed and these very books have been re-published and will be re-released by Simon and Schuster, (in gorgeous shiny new editions) so these “originals” will be quite rare!!
And, you can wrap yourself in Kellan-gear while you read him!! *squeeeee* (P.S. I’m not sure what size the shirt is, but I’ll see if I can find out).
Okay so…
How to enter for a chance to win tonights gift package? Just leave a comment below (or better yet, tell us your favorite band or singer), and tomorrow night (Monday December 24th, 2012) by 10pm EST, I will randomly select one winner.
The winner will be contacted and will have 48hrs to respond with a mailing address, so if you are picked, do not delay or you will lose your chance. The books & shirt will be sent directly from the author. Sorry for my international readers, this is a open to U.S. residents only (but you’re welcome to comment and join in any time!!).
And while you’re here, if you haven’t already joined me (actually “us”, ’cause we’re a big group now) on Facebook and Twitter, whatcha waiting’ for?!
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On The 22nd Day of Christmas… (25 Days of Christmas Giveway!!)
WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT!! Congratulations to Dinah and Jodi who both responded to their email notifications and will be receiving this gift! 🙂
Hey all of you Rock Chicks!! Who wants a signed Kristen Ashley book??!!! I do!! And I have TWO copies of Rock Chick Redemption to give away tonight, so
that will be TWO winners for tonight’s 22nd Day of Christmas giveaway! This is an incredibly popular and lengthy series (check out the reading order guide and reader enthusiasm, here), and we all know how AMAZING Kristen Ashley’s uber-alpha males are. *sigh* I have fallen for so many of her men, and a few rank in my top favorite heroes spot (meet my favorite one from her Colorado series here). TATE!!! *heart*
And I know for a fact there are quite a few in this series that so many of us have absolutely swooned over. I keep hearing about Lee… 😉
They are on their way to me as we speak, and as soon as they get here I shall be mailing them off to the lucky winners!!
P.S. What took me so long to put this one up? CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!! My husband kidnapped me for an all day long Christmas-fest. He’s happy, and my feet hurt. Tee hee!!! It was fun, though. 🙂
How to enter for a chance to win one? Just leave a comment below (or better yet, tell me the book the got you reading…), and tomorrow night (Sunday December 23rd, 2012) by 10pm EST, I will randomly select two winners.
The winners will be contacted and will have 48hrs to respond with a mailing address, so if you are picked, do not delay or you will lose your chance. The books will be sent directly from the author. Sorry for my international readers, this is a open to U.S. residents only (but you’re welcome to comment and join in any time!!).
And while you’re here, if you haven’t already joined me (actually “us”, ’cause we’re a big group now) on Facebook and Twitter, whatcha waiting’ for?!
OH AND!!! —-> Many of you have been asking how to receive a notice each time my blog is updated. Just use this link right here:
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