Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah, I’ve eaten my body weight in gelt, so it’s time to go lift weights – or books. Or both!
To continue the festive merriment to celebrate reading, both paper and digital, I have a collection of contemporary romance – hardcovers and paperbacks!
All you have to do to win is leave a comment, and I’ll select a winner each day. These contests are open to international winners, and I will do my best to ship this week, provided people send me their addresses promptly.
Standard disclaimers apply: I’m not being compensated for this giveaway. If anything, my gift is exceptional support of the United States Postal Service (Happy Hanukkah, US Mail Carriers!). We r who we r. Edited for television. Keep cool. Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear. A one that is not cold is scarcely a one at all.
Ahoy! Contest the seventh!
On the Seventh Night of Hanukkah, Smart Bitches Gave to Me: A massive selection of contemporary romance and contemporary fiction!
Just leave a comment below, and tell me which contemporary romance setting is your favorite – cities? small towns? cruise ships? space stations? – and you’re entered to win. Comments close in 24 hours, but fear not, there’s another book – paper or digital – giveaway coming soon. Because Hanukkah lasts for eight crazy nights, and I have lost my ever lovin’ mind.
Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Reading!
Hello,
I don’t really pay too much attention to the settings of books when I choose to buy them. However, I prefer cities for romantic suspense and small towns for contemporary stories.
I really like unusual settings, like foreign countries. Its nice to immerse myself in something new.
I’m torn between cities and small towns as my favorites. But I lean more towards the quirky small towns.
Miss66- I’m not even touching that one.
I like to read books that take place in locations where I have been. Also, I like to read stories that occur during the current time of year. Right now I have a stack of Christmas romance novels that I am reading.
Cities, small towns, outback stations, you name it. As long as the story rings true and grabs me, I’m there! 🙂
I have a sort of love/hate relationship if the book is based somewhere I’m familiar with, tho—love if they do it right and I can see my city through the writer’s eyes; hate if they’ve obviously done only minimal research, and on wikipedia at that, and they’ve botched the deets.
I love contemporary fiction set in small towns. Probably b/c I tend to romanticize small towns.
I live in a city, and if I am going to read a story which isn’t a fantasy, I like it to be set in an environment which is close to home
For some reason I really enjoy small town settings for contemporary romance. Maybe because it’s different from what I knew growing up. The interrelation and interaction between the characters is interesting to me.
Cities, definitely 🙂
I’m not fussy about the location of my love stories. I think all different locations are great.
I like small towns, because it’s funny when everyone gets in everyones bussiness, it reminds me of when i used to live in TN.
Anything that’s not a small town.
Big cities AND small towns! I LOVE feeling like I could totally live in the small town because I’m from a small town but big cities make it feel just so grandiose and lavish.
I like Small Towns, or where the couple is forced into isolation by “mystical” means (like some of Nora Roberts short stories) out in remote places, often in Ireland, haha.
Big cities AND small towns! I LOVE feeling like my small town could’ve been the small town in the book but big cities just make the book feel so lavish and just so full of life.
I don’t have a favorite setting. As someone said above as long as there is a great plot and likable characters, I am all for! Though there is something about a big city romance that adds a different kind of tension that I like…
As long as it’s well-written, and the setting is well-realized, I’ll read a book set anywhere. Though a well-realized space station might make me feel claustrophobic….
I generally prefer big cities, especially big cities that aren’t used too often (Seattle, say, instead of New York). I’ve also liked books set in small towns, or in rural settings that don’t even count as that. What I dislike are small-town books that get preachy about how small towns are so much better than big cities. Not necessarily true, people.
I really like small towns like Lori Wilde describes them. They’re more real than some other major authors.