Monday, May 31, 2021

The Last Giveaway!


It is so hard to believe we are already at the end of May! I hope you are having a wonderful Memorial Day. I'm so grateful for all the men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. 

Today is the last day of giveaways. It has been so fun celebrating ten years of my blog with you. There are a lot of great giveaways for you to enter, and there will be a wrap-up post for you tomorrow, so you won't miss any! All the winners will be announced on Friday.

But today's prize is SO AWESOME! If you love romance, you won't want to miss either of these books. The Swoony Romance Book Bundle includes The Accidental Text by Becky Monson. This one will hit you in all the feels and leave you with a smile on your face. Then, there's The Seat Filler by Sariah Wilson that has all the butterflies of meeting your person and working through a twisty-turny journey to love. Both of them were so good! 

All you have to do to be entered to win is answer two questions: have you ever accidentally texted someone? And have you ever met a celebrity? Tell me all about it in the comment section! 

Saturday, May 29, 2021

Are You A Scaredy-Cat Like Me? And a Giveaway!


If you've read my blog for any length of time, you know how I feel about Stephanie Black books. She is the queen of mystery and suspense and the author I always read with the lights on. You see, I'm a bit of a scaredy-cat. It's not that her stories are scary, they just have that delicious tension that makes you want to turn the page to see what's going to happen, but then close your eyes! You know that point in the movie where the music comes on and you just KNOW something is going to happen? Yeah, it's like that. Her mysteries are so, so good.

And her new novella, Eye for An Eye, is our giveaway today! In order to enter to win it, all you have to do is tell me in the comments one thing that scares you. For me, it would be snakes. Your turn!

Friday, May 28, 2021

Sweet Romance & the Last Scavenger Hunt Item!


Scavenger hunts can be so much fun! And the prize for finding the item is Annette Lyon's romance, Falling to Pieces. You'll definitely want to read this sweet, sigh-worthy romance!

So here's what you have to do to be entered. If you've read my blog before, you know that I have had several features on it. I used to have an East Coast editor that did first page critiques for me every week. I used to review my favorite TV shows every week. And I have someone who does non-fiction reviews for me. Your scavenger hunt quest is to go to one of those features and tell me a blog title/article/review that you liked and why. There were some really fun ones over the years!

Freebie Friday for Western Romance Fans!

If you love historical romance, you won't want to miss this western collection and it's free today!

Get your free copy here

Here's the back copy:

A TIMELESS ROMANCE ANTHOLOGY: OLD WEST COLLECTION: Readers will love this collection of six historical western novellas, all with one thing in common: Romance.


In BREAK A LEG, a charming story by two-time Rita Award winner Carla Kelly, hospital steward Colm Callahan is ready to move away from army life at Fort Laramie. His only regret is leaving behind exotic Ozzie Washington, easily the prettiest woman on the post. As a maid to the lieutenant colonel's wife, Ozzie is no wilting flower when it comes to hard work. When the post surgeon leaves for an extended week, Colm must handle several medical emergencies on his own. He pleads for Ozzie's help at the hospital. While they spend long days and nights working together, Colm, a shy man, realizes he can't hide the truth of his feelings for Ozzie. He needs a little help, though. Enter from stage left, Lysander Locke, Shakespeare tragedian on his way to Deadwood.

THE SOLDIER'S HEART, an enchanting novella by Sarah M. Eden, follows Gregory Reeves has fallen in love with a woman he’s never met. Her brother’s dying wish is that Gregory checks on his family, and after the war, Gregory is only too happy to meet the woman he’s been dreaming about. Helene mistakes him for a hired hand and sets him to work immediately. As time passes, Gregory finds it more and more difficult to reveal his true connection to her family, fearing that a woman who loathes liars will turn her disapproval on him.

HIDDEN SPRING is an enthralling novella by Liz Adair, in which Susannah Brown is just getting her life back together after becoming a widow. She still misses Wesley with a fierce longing, but when she meets his half-brother, Douglas, she learns her heart is not completely dormant. Over the next several weeks, Douglas helps Susannah with repairs on her small ranch in exchange for supper. The exchange becomes more and more meaningful as Susannah realizes that Douglas might be the one to finally heal her heart.

In Annette Lyon’s delightful story, THE SWEETEST TASTE, Della Stafford hates being a farm girl in the tiny town of Shelley, Idaho. She’ll do anything to live in a big city and experience real city life. Her only regret is that she’d have to leave Joseph behind, the young man who makes her heart flutter. But she's convinced that moving away is for the best; her dreams and Joseph's dreams are too dissimilar. Then Della takes a job as a maid in Los Angeles and must face the truth that what she thought would make her happy and what really will are totally different things.

THE SILVER MINE BACHELOR, by Heather B. Moore, is a sweet romance between an unlikely pair. Lydia Stone has a checklist for men who qualify as the eligible bachelors in the mining town of Leadville, Colorado. Her new boss, Mr. Erik Dawson, is about to be struck off the list when she sees him coming out of the town brothel. Lydia doesn’t know that Erik Dawson’s sister has been living the brothel lifestyle for years, and he’s set on redeeming her soul. When Lydia discovers Erik’s secrets, she learns that life is not as black and white as she thinks.

In the captivating novella, FAITH AND THE FOREMAN by Marsha Ward, Faith Bannister is forced to travel west to earn a living as a school mistress in Arizona Territory. Faith soon learns that living the frontier lifestyle of a single woman has many harsh challenges. But when she meets Slim McHenry, she discovers that life doesn’t have to be so lonely. Unfortunately the dangerous Rance Hunter stands between her and Slim, and she must act with courage before everything is lost.

Thursday, May 27, 2021

My New Book's Cover Reveal!

I just got the cover for my new romantic suspense, Second Guess, and I am so excited to share it with you! This is Eden and Elliot's story, the next one in the Griffin Force series. 

I love this one and can't wait for you to read the book!

For a secret entry into the Fantabulous Grand Prize, tell me which book cover of mine do you like the most in the comment trail!

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Another AMAZING Giveaway Basket for Romance Fans!


If you love romance in the Regency or Victorian period, you are going to LOVE this prize! Even *I* want to win this one. It includes Anneka Walker's book, Refining the Debutante, Heather B. Moore's Until Vienna, and Jennifer Moore's brand new book, Inventing Vivian. They all sound SO good!

What do you have to do to win? Well, it's another blog scavenger hunt! Yay!

I've done a lot of book reviews on my blog over the last ten years. So, in order to get an entry for the amazing Regency Book Basket, you have to find a review that I did of a book that you also enjoyed. Tell me in the comments the name of the book and the date of my blog review. That's it!

Good luck!

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

The Spy Quiz: Come and Win a Book Basket of Suspense!

 


I am SO excited for today's prize. Do you love books that keep you on the edge of your seat? A little suspense? Mystery? Spies? Bad guys? Well, this is the giveaway for you!

This prize includes Second Look by me, In Harm's Way by Traci Hunter Abramson, and Treacherous Legacy by Kathi Oram Peterson. So much romantic suspense goodness in ONE prize! 

All you have to do is take the quiz below and put your answers in the comments. A random commenter will be chosen as the winner. 

What Kind of Spy Would YOU Be?

1. Do you know any other languages?

2. Where would you want to go on an overseas mission?

3. If you had five hours to prepare for a mission, how would you use your time? Would you pack? Learn some basics of a language? Study your cover ID? Go out to eat?

4. The tech guy gives you some cool gadgets to take on your mission. Which one would you be most excited to use? Hidden lockpicks in boots? Google contact lenses? Lipstick-shaped stun gun? Truth serum pen?

5. What would you like to wear on the mission if you knew you were going to be in the same outfit for twenty-four hours? Comfy clothes, jeans and a sweater, flirty dress, or an all-black ensemble?

6. You check in to your hotel room and the concierge calls you by your real name. What do you do?

7. What would be your code phrase to abort the mission?

8. A bunch of men in suits approaches you from all sides. What would you do?

9. If you could pick your own cool spy nickname, what would you pick?

10. When the mission is over and you were successful, where would you choose to go on your vacation?