Announcements, contests, and miscellaneous comments

One of the authors I follow (M. Crane Hana) put the following plea out for assistance in helping her transport a disabled veteran to dialysis appointments. The link for information is here. The link for the GoFundMe account is here. If you are so moved, please help spread the word on your social media. Thank you!


While I am discussing non-book subjects, one of the reasons my life has been more chaotic than usual is that I have been dealing with multiple deaths over the past 6 months...not the best way to spend Christmas and subsequent months. The ONLY reason I mention this is that THREE of those deaths were due to cancer. PLEASE make sure you are getting regular exams, as two victims were older women who had breast cancer.


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Ok, on to more fun topics...CONTESTS and GIVEAWAYS!


Night Owl Romance's Summer Fun Scavenger Hunt is going on NOW
and there are other contests here


The Romance Reviews' Sizzling Summer Party has lots of great books and other prizes

Visit author Madison Michael's blog regularly, as she tends to have contest throughout the week

Ditto for Reviews by Crystal

and finally,

Sierra Cartwright (who writes ADULT erotic romance) has a free novella to introduce her Titans. Please check the price before ordering, as I think this is available for a limited time



and...the sequel will be published next week, so feel free to pre-order





As always, I thank you for reading the blog and I apologize for not answering your comments in a timely fashion. I DO appreciate you stopping by!

Contests and giveaways

It looks like there are a plethora of great contests to enter, a lot of which are celebrating that day that highlights romance! I hope the day is filled with love and great things (not least of which is a good book to read).

Please note that some of these folks have FB contests as well, but I don't include them since I don't use FB and I'm pouting at being locked out of them, lol. Click on the links to be taken to a particular giveaway and feel free to post fun ones you have found...


Romance Books 4 Us has a February Valentine Contest


Eight lovely historical romance authors have joined together to host a Valentine's Day Hop
Visit each author's website:

1) Elizabeth Rose

2) Victoria Vane

3) Lily Baldwin

4) Vonda Sinclair

5) Cathy MacRae

6) Amy Jarecki

7) Meara Platt

8) Lana Williams

(don't forget to collect all eight names before trying to fill out the Rafflecopter!)




 Author Alisa Woods is giving away the first book in several of her paranormal series AND offering a lovely giveaway.

Night Owl Romance has contests at this page but also hosts a weekly Monday chat (5 p.m. west coast US time) where authors give prizes!

Coffee Time Romance has contests at this page

Writerspace also has graciously allowed a group of avid readers to hold a weekly Friday chat (6 p.m.  west coast US time) where prizes are frequently awarded

Join author Caris Roane's blog and/or newsletter and not only hear about her fun paranormal books, but enter for one of her beautiful handmade charm bracelets (I still wonder when she sleeps, lol) and learn new facts about a wide variety of topics!

Giveaways and contests (updated 8/11/16)

Night Owl Reviews has a Summer Fun Online Scavenger Hunt at this link
and various other contests at this link

Romance Books 4 Us has an August Sizzling Sun contest at this link

Coffee Time Romance has contests at this link

Writerspace has contests at this link

Sinfully Gay Romance Book Reviews (ADULT titles) frequently has giveaways at this link

Several of my favorite authors are in the running for best blurb or best cover and there is a giveaway at this link

There are plenty of contests that sign you up for a multiplicity of authors' newsletters...most of which include a free read or two.  If you use my link, I get extra entries!

There's a Strong Women Giveaway at this link
and a Scandalous Spirited Reads Giveaway at this link
and a Love Books, Love Authors Giveaway at this link
and a Red Hot Summer Giveaway at this link


and if I ever remember what the other ones were, I will post those as well, lol

Feel free to add fun contests you have found in the comments.

Contests and giveaways

There are several giveaways that are going on...click on the name of the contest for the link...

Night Owl Reviews has a Cupcakes and Books Scavenger Hunt going on as well as several other contests at this link

I think this is the last week of The Romance Reviews Sizzling Summer Reads contest...don't forget there are Rafflecopters at the beginning of the page as well as the other games further down the page

The Romance Studio has all kinds of great excerpts and lots of prizes

Coffee Time Romance has lots of great things to read as well as plenty of contests at this link

If you click on the link and enter the contests below, be advised that you have now added your e-mail address to the mailing lists for lots of authors, AND you have also given me extra entries in the contest (so, thank you!).  Most of the authors are generously giving a story or two in order to introduce themselves, so please be kind and unsubscribe if you don't like their style but don't mark them as SPAM!


Paranormal AND very large GC at this link

Kindle Fire contest at this link

and another one with a chance to also win a copy of Kathryn LeVeque's book Silversword at this link

Contests and giveaways (updated 5/14/15)

Happy Mother's Day to all of you who are moms, whether it be to two-legged or four-legged persons!


There are lots of great contests around, I am a little too preoccupied to catch up on everything, but a few are here (and feel free to leave other great contests that you have found in the comments):


Night Owl Reviews has the May 2015 "Find Your Next Great Read" Scavenger Hunt at this link


Romance Books '4' Us has a monthly contest at this link
(and don't forget to look at the various authors' pages, since many of them have their own contests)


Coffee Time Romance has various contests at this link
(and I just won a FABULOUS quilt there...so it never hurts to put your hat in the ring!) and at this link (although this one frustrates me because you need FB or Twitter to enter any of these)


Writerspace has tons of contests at this link

Fresh Fiction has tons of contests at this link

TRS has a Staying Home party at this link

(yes, one could just spend all day entering contests)

And then, there are plenty of blogs that have frequent giveaways...

including, but not limited to, lol:

Reviews by Crystal

I Smell Sheep

Lisa Renee Jones' blog

I am a Reader

And for those of you who use FB, Fulcrum Gallery has a contest at this link



Good luck and enjoy!

(and, of course, I will have more book tours next week, so, by all means, come back and leave a comment and enter some of those as well!)

Contests and whatnot

I am so far behind, that I haven't had the chance to wander around all of the fun contests that I usually haunt...but there are a few that I make it a point of keeping up with...


The Romance Reviews Anniversary Party continues until the end of the month.  I love playing the hangman game in particular!


Lisa Renee Jones always has contests at her blog at this link

and she runs others such as this one for a signed special edition at this link


The I Smell Sheep blog always has fun reviews and great giveaways (and I love the way their newsletters tempt you to click on the feature with 'what the flock'...) and they're having a big March giveaway.

Reviews by Crystal frequently has fun giveaways to go with the great reviews

Those of you who use other forms of social media (FB/Pinterest/Twitter) can enter for a steampunk book in a great series by Bec McMaster at the Coffee Time Romance Steampunk area!  While you're there, wander around, there are lots of great features.  I had been locked out of there for a while, but it seems that my computer is finally letting me back in without dire warnings, lol.

There are lots more contests out there...feel free to share others in the comments!

Giveaways, contests and misc. (updated)

There's a giveaway for an Amazon GC at this link
(FYI, theoretically, I get an extra entry into the contest when you use that link!)
and thanks to author Sarah Makela, there are several interesting freebies listed at this link (although she warns that you need to make sure they are still free at the time you check because some are free for a limited time only!)


Romance Books 4 Us has a Falling Leaves contest at this link


Make sure you browse back through some of the tours I have hosted recently as many of them have giveaways!  And Reviews by Crystal at this link hosts many tours with giveaways as well!

The Romance Reviews is having a Fall Into Love Party at this link
(warning, I'm REALLY behind on everything so I am a little fuzzy abut how long it's going on!  So, I hope it's still taking place when you visit, but please leave me a comment if it's over so I can take down the link!)

Night Owl Reviews always has plenty of contests at this link

(update 9/7/14)
There is a contest at this link with lots of interesting books as the consolation prizes and a GC as the main prize.

I found a new site to wander through, Romance Novels in Color, that has giveaways as well at this link

Lisa Renee Jones always has plenty of contests to celebrate her acclaimed Inside Out series as well as other things.  You can start at her blog at this link, but make sure you check out her other giveaways as well!  There is a new one on 9/8/14 at this link.


And...if you want to read my post on the Wild Rose Press Editors' blog about reviews, come visit this link and leave me a comment! (and thank you for taking the time to do so, if you do come visit!)

The Romance Bloggers Giveaway and other Contests!

Ok, I've had my nose to the grindstone (oh, don't worry, I take time to wander off to other things as well) and I haven't had the time to go around to contests like I normally do but there are a few I wanted to remind folks about...and duh!  I forgot all about the contest that features this blog as well as several of my fellow bloggers!  Please make sure you scan to the end and enter the Romance Blogger Giveaway rafflecopter (and a big thank you to Dana Marton for setting it up!)


Night Owl Reviews is having a Summer Fun Scavenger Hunt at this link and there are also other contests at this link.


Romance Books '4' Us has a Christmas in July contest at this link

Lisa Renee Jones has several contests to celebrate her new release!
Link 1
Link 2

Writerspace.com has tons of monthly contests at this link





a Rafflecopter giveaway

A variety of contests, giveaways and promotions (updated)

Night Owl has a scavenger hunt going on at this link

Romance Books 4 Us has an Easter egg hunt at this link



Lisa Renee Jones has various things going on, including a sale on her NA (new adult) title, Escaping Reality, for only $.99 this weekend.  (click title or cover for Amazon link)

There is also a contest for her cover reveals for the new novellas in her acclaimed Inside Out series at this link  (unfortunately, it is only for those of you who are FB folks, grr)

and take a look at the interesting interview with a person from the production company responsible for helping bring Inside Out to the screen!  Link


Amazon link

COWBOY HEAT MEGA GIVEAWAY (ends 4/13)

Play along with the Cowboy Heat blog tour and enter the contest to win multiple prizes offered by the authors of this scorching anthology! Visit each stop for your best chance to win!

Blog Tour Schedule: http://cowboyheat.delilahscollections.com/2014/03/31/follow-the-cowboy-heat-blog-tour/

Contest Link: http://contests-freebies.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/cowboy-heat-blog-tour-giveaway.html

What Happens in Ireland is available for only $.99 for a limited time.  Yes, I am the one who had to learn new Aussie and Irish terms while editing this one!  But I have to admit, it was a lot of fun and yum, who could resist that delicious brogue?

There are also several giveaways going on on this blog, please scroll back to previous days!

Contests and whatnots...(updated as I find other items of interest)

I have had my head buried in edits for the past few weeks...so I haven't kept up with all of the contests that I like to enter but wanted to share some that are going on now and coming up over the next week...


TRR is having its anniversary party (Happy 3rd Anniversary!) at this link and has other contests at this link

Night Owl Romance always has plenty of giveaways at this link (and don't forget to come to the chats on most Monday evenings, if you RSVP that morning, you will be eligible for the author prizes.   Info at this link)

Romance Books 4 Us has a Pot of Gold contest (starting Mar. 4) at this link (and don't forget to look at the author pages, many of them offer additional contests)

Coffee Time Romance has contests at this link

Author Tory Richards has a giveaway celebrating the release of her new book, Happy Birthday Baby at this link

Writerspace has plenty of contests at this link
(and check here for the chats throughout the week, come join us and talk about what you're reading and meet some great authors!)

Her Royal Hotness, Sabrina York, has a giveaway on Goodreads at this link as well as one on Night Owl at this link (and don't forget to visit her at the TRR party listed above (on Mar. 4)


Wilhelmina Stolen has a contest with beautiful prizes (but only if you have a FB account) at this link

Elle James/Myla Jackson has a tour to celebrate the release of SEAL's Honor at this link

Samhain cafe is celebrating Read an Ebook week (although I think you have to join at samhaincafe-subscribe@yahoogroups.com)

Hours of Read an Ebook Party

8-10PM EST Sunday - March 2

8-10 PM EST Monday - March 3

8-10PM EST Tuesday - March 4 

1-3PM EST Wednesday - March 5

1-3PM EST Thursday - March 6

8-10 PM EST Friday - March 7

1-5PM EST Saturday - March 8 - Finale Party on Facebook

And...if you have an Amazon GC that's just itching to be spent, don't forget all of the great boxed sets that are available for a very minimal charge.  I have a few of them listed at this link.

Please don't forget to browse back through my blog for the various spotlights and giveaways.  It's a great way to get to know new authors and to thank them for sharing.  Please also visit Crystal's blog at this link for even more giveaways!

Various announcements and things of interest

Chats...ever want a chance to talk directly to the authors?  There are several opportunities to do this that pop up but two of my favorites are listed below.  You never know who you might meet at one of these!

Night Owl Chats (usually on Mondays, 5:00 p.m. west coast U.S. time)

Writerspace Chats
 (several throughout the week, usually around 6:00 p.m. west coast U.S. time although there is a once monthly 5:00 p.m. one when two different chats are booked on the same day)  *the new releases chat has a WIDE variety of authors present sometime, it is the first Tuesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. west coast time!

If you have never attended a live chat, please write me if you want to know about protocols or just a friendly hand...leave a message in the comments or e-mail me at elewkf1 at yahoo dot com


On the 22nd September Victoria Blisse is celebrating the 100th Sunday Snog at blissekiss.co.uk and she's looking for 100 authors to join in with 100 kissing excerpts and a prize giveaway on their blog. It's a huge event hoping to raise some money for Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) and the brilliant work they do too. Lets kiss it better for those in need.

Please note a kiss from any book of any heat level of any pairing is welcome at the Sunday Snog. It doesn't even have to be a kiss on the lips, feel free to use your imagination!

For more info check here:

http://blissekiss.co.uk/100th/

And if you need more details or help getting set up for the snog then please email Victoria at (no spaces) victoria @ victoriablisse.co .uk and she'll do all she can to answer your questions.

Cheryl Brooks' adult title: Unlikely Lovers Book 1: Unbridled will be free on Kindle for five days starting September 9th





Rachel, one of Lisa Renee Jones' most hard-working fans, has started up a new set of recipe blogs at this link.  Drop by, learn some new recipes and leave a comment to be entered in the fun giveaways!  Make sure you wander around Lisa's site, there are always lots of great giveaways...and you can learn more about her exciting books, including the new adult series that started with Escaping Reality and the soon to be made into a Starz television series the adult, Inside Out Trilogy, that starts with If I Were You.

                                          
 
 
 

More contests

Contests, contests, everywhere...


Crimson Romance is celebrating their one year anniversary at this link.



Love on the Beach Blog Hop is having a second anniversary celebration of Beachwalk Press with a contest and lots of authors participating with individual giveaways at this link.

 Lisa Renee Jones has a contest to celebrate the upcoming release of her title Escaping Reality at this link.

And, in case you missed the ones I mentioned a few days ago, don't forget:


Jewels of Historical Romance contest at this link.

Night Owl Reviews has lots of lovely giveaways at this link
AND the Summer Fun Scavenger Hunt is going on at this link

Romance Books 4 Us has a Christmas in July contest at this link.

Coffee Time Romance has a multitude of contests at this link.