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March 19, 2012 | Monday | 265 Comments
We have winners! The four winners of an ARC of Beguiling the Beauty as chosen by Random.org are: #120: JulieM #44: Terrie #95: secohen #257: scigirlcindy Random.org has also given me a winner for the grand prize, an ARC and a bounty of beauty products made by Sherry Thomas: comment #161, JennyB! Winners, please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your mailing address. You can also try again to win an ARC at Sherry's Facebook page for the next 72 hours - and, whoo hoo! All of Sherry's backlist is on sale digitally for $3.99 right now! Not Quite a Husband by Sherry…
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October 24, 2011 | Monday | 318 Comments
Avon Romance is celebrating the release of Lynsay Sands’ Bite Before Christmas - and if you answer the following question correctly in the comments (and it is SO not a hard question), you’re entered to win! Clue: “Tell us where Lynsay Sands hails from…and what’s the sexiest site to see when you visit this destination?” Now , first part has an audio clue: click and listen to the funky music! The second part: UP TO YOU. What’s the sexiest sight to see in that part of the world? Does it involve SOCKS? A MULLET? I can only hope. So give…
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October 12, 2011 | Wednesday | 17 Comments
Over 1200 people entered the giveaway of Holy Crap Awesome, and authors contacted me this week to add titles, offer presents, and make it even more awesome-r. Thank you to everyone who entered and contacted me and tweeted and posted about it and generally helped me throw a party. And now it’s time to pick a winner, and make the post office lady laugh at me a LOT. You ready? As selected by the Random Integer Generator, the winner is Seton who posted on 10.04.11 at 11:46 AM. Congratulations, Seton! Email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your address and we’ll get…
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October 11, 2011 | Tuesday | 0 Comments
Noon eastern tomorrow, Tuesday 11 October, is the deadline for the EIKAL giveaway of epic proportions, including a digital reader, 60+ books, nifty prizes, bobbleheads, rare books, and a really beautiful ornament from Grace Draven.
Someone’s getting a big ol’ box of books. Head on over to leave your comment if you haven’t. Good luck!
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September 24, 2011 | Saturday | 20 Comments
Christine Merrill’s The Inconvenient Duchess is a free PDF download from TryHarlequin.com. This book was released in 2006, and has pretty high Amazon reviews from its release. Also in the TryHarlequin collection are three Spanish language novels—scroll all the way to the right to find them. But wait, there’s more! This weekend only, Fictionwise is offering 50% off all titles with coupon code92311 092311 (SORRY!). There are two caveats: one, the coupon is not valid on Samhain titles and certainly not on any agency publisher titles. Two, there’s not a huge selection at Fictionwise, alas. But they do have Harlequin…
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August 24, 2011 | Wednesday | 0 Comments
Get ready! Tonight at 8:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time, the window below will go wild and crazy with discussion about Jennifer Estep’s Touch of Frost. We’ll have lots to talk about - and I am so curious to hear what you think of the book.
I also hear rumors of prizes and things to win (woo!) from Estep and Kensington Teen, which is always the most fun. I hope you’ll join us tonight! See you then!
Sizzling Book Club Chat: Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep
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July 12, 2011 | Tuesday | 1 Comments
Winner winner chicken dinner - or winner, winner graphic novel-inner! The winners of a signed copy of Kim Harrison’s Blood Work are:
Sara at 8:38am
Kristina
Please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom so we can get your books out asap! Thank you to everyone who entered, especially for the huge-mo-dee list of graphic novels to read!
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July 07, 2011 | Thursday | 113 Comments
I don’t often host blog tours (hardly ever, actually) but this seemed so neat I wanted to share it with y’all. Youse guys. Yinz! Anyway. Kim Harrison’s Hollows series is pretty familiar to readers of paranormal and urban fantasy romance, but now those same characters are making the jump to graphic novel format. Since I know many of you love graphic novels, especially those featuring strong women, I thought you might enjoy this sneak peak. I have two pages of the novel below, and there’s more at other sites, as well, with links to come. Here’s pages 8 and 9…
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June 06, 2011 | Monday | 39 Comments
It’s been awhile, but our multi-blog campaign to Save the Contemporary is back. If you’re not familiar with it, don’t worry - it has been a very long time since we’ve run one. If a contemporary romance makes both Jane and myself squee like squeeing has never been squeed before, it’s time to pimp the ever lovin’ holy moses out of a book. This time it’s Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey. We ask for help spreading the word about a contemporary romance that rocked our worlds, and we award prizes during a week of pimping mayhem. Jane said over…
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May 13, 2011 | Friday | 6 Comments
Some of you were so dry and witty in your replies I thought you were telling the truth. “A little known British idiom” indeed. Who knew flaunting cacti could inspire such creativity? The honorable mentions go to: Tina C. for ““Flaunting Cactus” is a little-used British expression, much like “preening peacock”, that is used when someone is a prick and is not just proud of it, he puts his prickishness on display whenever possible. HAIKU! Deadline Hell rocks the haiku with Flaunting Cactus is an inwardly chafing form of the prickly pair. Sorcha Mowbray: “A flaunting cactus is a reference…
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March 07, 2011 | Monday | 206 Comments
Alert reader Heather forwarded me the following cover, and said that the minute she saw it, she thought of us. Isn’t that kind of her? Thank you, Heather! Now, everyone can say thanks to Heather because holy mother of all that is ponderous, does that image ever cry out for another round of Caption That Cover. As Heather said, “What is it with covers of guys backs with them looking down? Looks like he’s looking at his crotch. Is he getting ready to unzip and take a wiz? Honestly, that’s what it looks like. This is one time when cropping…
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February 04, 2011 | Friday | 9 Comments
Holy moly, are you guys good cooks. I’m seriously ready for a fourteen-course meal here. Thank you for all the brilliant ideas for how to cook my copy of Unveiled, and my apologies to those who are horrified. I did say I wanted to eat it, and having been called on it, I have to keep my word. Or eat them. Or both. Anyway. Behold, the winners! Megan B Emily Liz Please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your mailing addresses, and I’ll send your copies as soon as they make it through Yet Another Snowstorm to arrive in my kitchen…
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January 07, 2011 | Friday | 21 Comments
Far be it from me to EVER say that romances are all about sex, and that we read them for the sex scenes. I definitely don’t. Sometimes the sex scenes are so redundant I skip them. But sometimes the writing is so different, so utterly unlike anything you’ve read before, you, ok, *I* am curious how the sex would be described, especially if the main characters have big poufs and hornyhotpants. Such is the case with Snooki’s book, A Shore Thing, which I live-blogged this week. There’s incredibly bizarre descriptions of farting, wardrobe, shoes, poogasms, pouf construction, gentlemen referred to…
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December 26, 2010 | Sunday | 7 Comments
And the winner of the Kindling Christmas giveaway, as determined by the Random Integer Generator is: Smash Attack, who posted on 24 December at 6:49pm.
Congratulations! Email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your address, and I shall ship Ye Olde Kindle to your doorstep.
I loved reading the entries for people’s favorite gifts in this entry - that was some touching and funny stuff. I hope your holidays were what you wanted, and that you have lots and lots of good books to read between now and the new year. Thanks for entering and happy reading!
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November 05, 2010 | Friday | 1 Comments
Wow. Nearly 350 comments in 24 hours. Someone wants some Gaiman Gabaldon Liu Butcher Beverly Putney Carey magic, and they wants it NOW. First, a note to clarify: I was being facetious in my entry about this contest. Of course I’ve heard of Neil Gaiman, Diana Gabaldon and Marjorie M. Liu. They’re only some seriously successful and frequently awesomepants writers. I was totally kidding, so please do not fear for my brain’s ability to familiarize itself with fiction. Now! I’ve combined the email entries with the blog comment entries and run the whole thing through a random selectinator. The winner,…
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