Got Books Giveaway TSUNAMI BLUE by Gayle Ann Willaims

Welcome to a celebration of all things BOOK!

Got Books?

A common question among book bloggers worldwide, and one that is often times answered with a resounding YES! Let's face it...we are readers at heart. The written word is our bread and butter, the Abbott to our Costello, the Yin to our Yang. It's one past time that can be shared by anyone, anywhere, any time...and it is helping to make connections across the miles. Talk to any book blogger and you will find friends in their reading circle from not only their local area but other states and other countries around the world. The beauty of the internet to shrink the world in this case is a good thing!

This event is a culmination of the creative forces behind two fellow book bloggers....GMR of Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers and The 1st daughter of There's A Book....which just goes to show you how "dangerous" an idea can be when you truly put your mind to it and have a good friend to conspire with....it turns into something with actual substance!

Now, on with the giveaway!

Its 'Got Books' bloggers giveaway!  This post should have been up yesterday prior but we have had storms here and tornado warnings (we are fine, but 4 touched down in towns around us with just damage), so there was no way for me to get on to post for sure safely! So I shall leave it up for you an additional day. Post your Blog name or first name and email address if you want to be play, by Tuesday July 27 at 7 a. m. for the giveaway. Its not required, but would love for you to be a follower and read more of my post on books! You're playing for a paperback ofTSUNAMI BLUE by Gayle Ann Williams.  Its a recent April paranormal romance from Lovespell.  This giveaway is open to those in the U.S. (only due to cost of postage) Here's the blurb:

NO SAFE HARBOR

With her badass rain boots, her faithful dog, and the ability to predict the monster tsunamis that have reduced the US to a series of islands, Kathryn O’Malley isn’t afraid of much. Cut off from all society, she takes to the airwaves as Tsunami Blue, hoping to save something of humanity as the world around her crumbles. But Blue should be afraid—because her message reaches the wrong ears.

Now she’s the target of ruthless pirates known as Runners who want to use her special talents for their own profiteering—as soon as they can find her. Blue’s only shot at survival lies with the naked stranger who washes up on her rocky beach. A man who might just be working for Runners himself. Torn between suspicion and attraction, the two will have to navigate a surging tide of danger and deceit if they hope to stay alive.

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Chatting about ebooks AND prints

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Hoping you having a good week. I'm between reading 2 books at the same time, Amanda Forester's THE HIGHLANDER'S SWORD (print) and TEXAS TANGLE by Leah Braemel (ebook, which I'll have a review up of soon, from Carina Press).  So a good reading week, I'm out of my slump!  Amanda Forester is a new a new debut author from Sourcebooks Casablanca. A highlander, yum! Leah Braemel's book is a sizzling western, her first with Carina Press but she has others out with other ebook publishers as well!  I was unable to locate Amanda Forester's site, but the links for her above are for the publisher.  I too discovered some new to me ebook authors!

Chatting today about ebooks AND prints...

Since I love reading a variety of genres and authors,  I have my print books in a pile here, and my ebook readers full of books! I love reading print authors and love reading ebook authors, both new, new to me and debut authors.  Many author now write in BOTH! It's so fun to find debut and new to me authors with their new writing voices and stories. As many authors publish both in ebook and print, some started in the small publishers ebooks then went on to the print Pubs (Cheyenne McCray, Jaci Burton, Delilah Devlin, and so many more that too still publish ebooks with small publishers.)  With author Marie Treanor, I began reading her with her debut ebooks, like QUEEN'S GAMBIT that was with another ebook publisher before Samhain.  She has a variety of great ebooks out in a few different ebook publishers and will have her first Big print book from NAL Signet Eclipse, BLOOD ON SILK, first in the Awakened by Blood series September 7, 2010. (Isn't it a beautiful cover!) I often say either the Big print or NY pubs interchanging to mean the print publishers other than print on demand. I am so counting the days until this release of Marie Treanor.  I get excited for the authors, like when this recently happened with Monica Burns and Mary Wine who started with the small ebook pubs and now have their books out with big print pubs AND still write their great ebooks.  Its a great feeling reading them from the beginning in ebooks and watching and reading along as they continue to reach  their goals with publishing with NY as well.  If you are reading some NY print authors, check and they may have previous books out in ebook that you don't want to miss!

My ebook reader is perfect to carry around to my appointments.  I use both a Kindle and Sony.  My Sony is mostly for books I get from all over the different ebook publishers.  With the Kindle, I can put books in there but too I've been discovering so many new to me authors that have self published their books with Kindle.  Some are authors that I missed reading their books earlier when they were out (like author Patricia Ryan re-released already some of her earlier historicals in ebooks. I can't wait to read!) and they re-published them for us who missed them the first time around.  Author Nancy Lawrence who previously wrote Traditional Regency books, has her books re-released in ebooks.  I requested an excerpt from Amazon and read it and so had to get it and read it all! It was A BEWITCHING MINX which was sweet, fun and a romantic regency romance read!  It was perfect to lifting my spirits! This was a novella in a 1999 Regency Anthology ENCHANTING KITTENS (each story has a kitten within it, they should have a Regency picture instead since these are Regency Romances but the new cover is perfect).  For me, I didn't know about this author or these romances in 1999, so it was a great surprise to find it! I'm trying to find a blog or forum that authors post their independent books or self publishing books they placed on the Amazon Kindle and elsewhere, divided by the genres.  If you know of any blogs/sites or boards where authors post their self published or published on Kindle books, let me know! Nancy Lawrence's that I mentioned above,  I discovered by just searching genres but I know I am missing so much more.  This week I discovered a historical romance set in Scotland that I hope I can get soon by Leslie Ann Dennis, REASON TO BELIEVE.  I do wished that the Amazon Kindle let us know the publisher and the length of the books at the Kindle Store.  I need to find out where to post and ask about that!

Then there was a Hardcover from Five Star that publishes forLibraries, BETRAYAL by Karen Fenech.  This is a medieval romance that I have had on my wishlist since it came out in 2006! I just was not able to pay the cost for their hardcovers.  I was delighted to find this now in ebook for a mere $2.99, full novel, in Kindle! (I'm not sure, but it probably will be at Smashwords soon which has many other formats).  Then too a favorite author of mine that writes historical romances, Dorothy McFalls, also wrote a hardcover historical romance, full novel, for Five Star called THE NUDE.  Its both finally now on the Kindle now and at Smashwords (and Smashwords has it in many formats and on sale now at 25% off.)  So I got this one coming up to read shortly too. I shall post here about it after I read, but in the meantime the links for all the books I'm chatting about you can find by clicking the titles or pics here on this post.  They also have first time release books there as well.  I am always shopping around!  I noticed that the Ellora's Cave and Cerridwen Press books on Amazon are more than at the publisher's site, so its good to check out the publisher's sites too.

As a reader, I have so much appreciation for all the authors, both ebook and print, are writing and doing.  I thank everyday that I discovered ebooks and gave them a try because I would have missed so much! I so can't even write a paragraph, so I don't know how they all do all this writing.  So, to the authors, many thanks for all you do.  I think I'd go nuts without my reading! And many thanks to readers for the recommendations you tell me about here and on the web.

What new authors have you discovered recently? What new have you discovered at a ebook publisher (title and pub)? What new debut author have you discovered recently (ebook or print)?

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Go Books! Giveaway July 23-24

Got Books!

This is a celebration about books, but more so for the bloggers that help tell the world about them. Where did you find out about your latest read? The store...a website...the publisher...how about a book blog? Chances are if you are online or have a book blog yourself, some of your future reads came from your fellow bloggers. Whether given a glowing review or something a bit more critical, the post drew your attention and made you want to find out more. This event is to celebrate book bloggers round the world by shining a light on their efforts, spreading the word about their sites for future follows on your reading rounds, and have a little contest fun along the way!

I found out about Got Books! from fellow readers blogs Reviews by Martha, Fangtastic Books and more! Its an annual event is coming up next week.  I'm still learning about it and plan to do a book contest too!  So come back July 23-24, and see what's happening here and at 104 other reader blogs so far!

Got Books! blog Check it out for more information and having your blog participate!

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Review: MISS FOSTER'S FOLLY by Alice Gaines

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Here's a review for a historical romance that I had such fun reading.  It's from the new ebook publisher, part of Harlequin, Carina Press (only in ebook at this time).


Title: MISS FOSTER'S FOLLY
Author: Alice Gaines
Publisher: Carina Press (Epub and PDF formats)
Kindle Ebook 
Sony Ebook 

Miss Foster's Folly by Alice Gaines is truly a delightful and passionate historical romance!  Set in the beginning in Manhattan Island New York, 1886 and through the travels to London, heroine Juliet Foster becomes a wealthy spinster at age 32 at the passing of her Father.  Her father Gerald Foster was an intolerable man, with a nasty disposition.  Juliet is determined that she would never marry after seeing her father's misery, anger and emotional neglect to his children after the passing of their mother.  She never wants to experience losing as he had. She does so want to experience passion.  Her plans are to  pass as a widow with her friend, Millicent Rhodes and experience lovers throughout England and beyond. But has a minor inconvenience of needing her virginity broken!  That's where the hero David Winslow, Marquess of Derrington, Derry, comes in.  She's thrilled upon meeting him and responds so passionately to his touch. Juliet is a very independent heroine and strong too in her endeavors. She's very determined to never marry.

David Winslow, Marquess of Derrington, often called Derry, has different plans for Juliet when she blurts out her need to him!  He's determined to break the Winslow Curse.  As cited in the book, 'Every second generation heir inherits a restless, defiant nature that can only be tamed by a wife as independent and rebellious as he is'.  Juliet fits this perfectly.  Winslow men who found the “cure” enjoyed long and joyful marriages.  Derry has loved and respected his grandfather Hugh and grandmother, Harry,  and determined to break this curse. (You will so laugh at the visit from his grandmother Harry). Derry is determined to marry before doing the deed, but Juliet won't have it! With Juliet's stubbornness and escaping to find someone else to do the deed, Derry chases her along and gives in, in hopes she would change her mind and fall in love with him.

At times I laughed out loud, and often smiled reading MISS FOSTER'S FOLLY by Alice Gaines.  Juliet is resolved to seduce and drive him to distraction so that he doesn't ask for her hand in marriage.  There's some fun quirks between them, such as he can only ask her once a day to marry him.  Derry was so good to her, a very ideal hero without being overly alpha!  You could feel them both falling in love as the story progressed, but no over unraveling or over analyzing it in the book.  It moves along as a fast pace and adventurous.  As a full novel in ebook, nothing is lacking with building the relationship with Juliet and Derry. The author gives us a chase between them that each time becomes more intense and passionate then the last.  Knowing and understanding more about the Winslow Curse would of made it more important in the story.  He does recite a letter from his grandparents, that gives a little insight and requirements of his wife, to his pursuit because of the curse.  Its Derry goal, but he falls for her adventurous and fun qualities quite early and throughout the book. It's a totally 'good feel' read, one that will make the reader feel that cheer that the hero and heroine posses.  Long after reading this book, the reader will recall scenes and smile in remembrance.

It would be a awesome to re-visit Juliet and Derry with Juliet's friend, Millicent Rhodes, to read more about her own HEA (Happily Ever After).  Her background as an orphan with no family,  and having  been a charity case at Miss Sedgewick’s Academy for Young Ladies, which Juliet also attended, is interesting. Would be great to find out more about her! But either way I so look forward to more from this author Alice Gaines!
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Awakened by a Kiss by Lia DiPasqua coming soon

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Three classic fairytales—“Sleeping Beauty,” “Puss in Boots,” and “Little Red Riding Hood”—cleverly retold with enough sensual twists to prove wickedly ever after does exist…

Sleeping Beau: Five years ago, the notorious rake, Adrien d’Aspe, Marquis de Beaulain, was awakened by a sensuous kiss—and experienced a night of raw ecstasy that was branded into his memory. Years later, he spots his mysterious seductress—and this time, he has no intention of letting her go…

Little Red Writing: Nicolas de Savignac, Comte de Lambelle, has been assigned by the King to uncover the secret identity of the author writing scandalous stories about powerful courtiers. He never expected his investigation would lead to his grandmother's house, or to a ravishing woman who would stir his deepest hunger…

Bewitching in Boots: Elisabeth de Roussel, daughter of the King, is accustomed to getting what she wants—and she wants Tristan de Tiersonnier, Comte de Saint-Marcel, an ex-commander of the King’s private Guard. A recent injury has forced Tristan to leave his distinguished position, but Elisabeth is determined to make him see he's every bit the man he once was—and more than man enough for her..

Look what's coming in 17 days!  I am so excited about this book! I will be getting it, reading it, and chatting about it here! Check out the side of my blog for the countdown and add to your blogs so you don't forget its coming! Plus the author has a great contest for this book and one of Elizabeth Hoyt's so go play at her BLOG too!  Here's some links for you:

Author's SITE
Author's BLOG

PUBLISHER

AMAZON

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Author Vivian Arend and Authors - Werewolf Week July 27-Aug 3

July 27- August 3 Vivian Arend is holding an extended week of celebration to get ready for the release of Under the Northern Lights–the print anthology of the first two books in the popular Granite Lake series. There will be daily prizes from great authors like Lauren Dane, Lisa Hendrix, Ann Agruirre, Moira Rogers, Bianca D’Arc, and a chance for me to say thank you to some of the people who have really made this possible.


To get ready, She's asking for your help to spread the news! Post your choice of banner, and link it to her blog:

http://vivianarend.com/blog/

Donna Hatch print Giveaway at Ramsey Reviews -Author Interviews Blog

Sorry I missed last week. It was so hot and humid that it was impossible to sit with a laptop on me!  After a bit of rain this weekend and a drop of about 10 degrees in temp, its going right back up this week!  But I shall get that wonderful historical romance of Alice Gaine's MISS FOSTER'S FOLLY up for you! I so enjoyed it!!

As you know I love historical and fantasy romances and another author that so moves me with her book is Donna Hatch.  She has romances out with The Wild Rose Press.  There's an interview up for a book of hers on Author Interviews on Ramsey Reviews blog.  Hurry and go read about her books and play for the giveaway HERE. 

I loved THE GUISE OF A GENTLEMAN (just realized from her site it was book 2 in her Rogue Hearts series so now slipping THE STRANGER SHE MARRIED into my reader which is book one). Her books are in ebook and print. See this trailer below!

Hope you had a great week! I rather had a slow reading week with the heat so I'm so looking forward to getting back to that! How was your reading week?