Kristen Callihan's Winterblaze, book 3 in her Darkest London series, is on many readers' must-buy-get-outta-my-way-no-really-move-it shopping lists this week, and to celebrate the release, she and her publisher, Hachette, have put together a really spiffy prize pack.
Here, have a look:
The winner will receive:
- 1 pink fan (this one can NOT be used for beheadings)
- 1 bottle of Sephora by OPI nail polish in “Shiny Dancer” (dark silver)
- 1 leather notebook (such as the one Winston used to tell his story)
- 1 sterling silver necklace and topaz snowflake pendant
- A set of the Darkest London books signed by Kristen Callihan
The items are all related to various characters in the series – and I rather covet that pendant.
Plus five runners-up will receive a complete set of the four books in the Darkest London series in digital format, including the prequel novella, which is digital only:
To enter, leave a comment sharing your favorite or funniest unexpected weapon (and if it's a fan, awesome!). I'll select the winners at random on Friday 1 March.
Standard disclaimers apply: void where prohibited. Open to international residents to the extent permitted be law. Must be over 18 and ready for some kind of battle to win. Measure twice, cut once. The film may have been modified from its original version to fit your screen. Do not write below this line.
Good luck!
In the second season of Chuck, when Casey took out a bad guy with a window air conditioning unit. Amazeballs.
Favorite unexpected weapon from a movie: Five minutes into “Shoot ‘Em Up,” Clive Owen kills someone with the carrot he’s been snacking on. (I love that movie. It’s so ridiculous.)
Favorite unexpected weapon I’ve actually used: a wire clothes hanger. I got in a *lot* of trouble from my parents when I chucked it at my sister.
Best weapon ever? Sean Connery’s thumb.
(I know it’s not a book, but surely it counts.)
Love this series! I cant think of my favorite unexpected weapon was a hatpin that functioned as a stake in Gail Carriger’s Soulless. Loved that it was in the opening scene., too.
Thanks for the giveaway.
Current Favorite – The D-Gun in Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer. Shoots iron rings at demons – because demons don’t like iron, of course.
Unexpected, but yet totally expected, favorite – dagger in a cane. Soooo cliche’ that I find it reassuring when it is employed in a plot.
Love the old fashion Hat Pin
Hm, for a nice breakfast murder, we could do the arsenic-laced omelet from Dorothy L. Sayers Strong Poison. For a main-dish murder, the mutton in Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl. (Wife bludgeons husband with a frozen leg of lamb, then serves it to the police, one of whom observes that the murder weapon is probably right under their noses.) For dessert, the chocolate bombe that is a BOMB in Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe. Um, apparently I have thought about this too much. Someone needs to take me out to a nice restaurant.
I gotta go go with sneak gas attacks of my dog. They are soundless and will actually stop your breath, they are so foul. I’m pretty sure I could stop a burglar with them. This usually happens when he is sleeping cutely on your lap so there is no escape! I want this prize sooo bad…….
I was totally going to use that! But my dog’s butt won out : )
I believe that was a Roald Dahl short story that was also made into a Twilight Zone episode….great story.
I read a book with a pig that attacked. I can not remember the title though. It was great. I think it was Lady Awakened….
I have to go with the ball point pen that Jason Bourne uses in Bourne Identity. One instance where the pen was mightier than the sword.
I think this is from an Alfred Hitchcock TV show episode, but I could be wrong about the where. A woman killed her husband with a frozen leg of lamb. Then served the investigators the lamb.
I used to enjoy reading how Keri Arthur’s heroine Riley Jensen would kill vampires with her wooden-heeled stiletto shoes. Thanks for hosting the giveaway.
Best surprise weapon…
Tiffany Aching’s fry pan in “Wee Free Men” by Terry Pratchett (with bonus points to her for using her very sticky little brother as bait!)
Well, I’ve kicked over an oxygen tank and rolled it at somebody. Does that count?
It is neither my favorite nor the funniest, but the most effective (and always unexpected!) weapon is the edge of a piece of paper. Paper cuts inspire fear in the best of us.
Also, woohoo for Kristen! It would be a sad day if she had not added her vibrant voice to the romance community. Such a fan of hers. *glomps*
Microwaved spaghetti squash. You have to be careful with this one because if you microwave it too long, you just have a mess to clean up. However, if you leave it in for five minutes or so and then puncture (or toss, I would imagine), you have a slimy, hot explosion of some force. Great for blinding assailants.
I am still kind of traumatized by the scene in “The Dark Knight” with Heath Ledger’s Joker showing off his disappearing pencil trick. Ugh.
My favourite unexpected weapon is hard to choose. I am a fan of the slicy hat from Goldfinger!
Breasts. Lol I was watching cry baby and the girls used their breasts as weapons in more ways than one.
Definitely need to give this a shot. 🙂 Let’s see…I’m going to have to go with the fae staff, forget what it’s called, in the Mercy Thompson books by Patricia Briggs. Not much of a useful weapon, but had some scenes that were funny as hell.
Having just watched the Oscars Sunday Oddjob’s bowler hat strikes me as most unusual 😀 Great Givewawy!
A sharp tongue and a fast mind!
Oddjob’s steel rimmed hat in Goldfinger was pretty impressive!
My favorite is when a ‘gently-bred lady’ has a freaking retractable knife in her parasol. Especially when it’s so unexpected to the hero.
I love the Parasol for the Parasol Protectorate series!
I think the weaponized hairpins are classic.
Hemingway book from Silver Lingings Play Book! No better way to release aggression than breaking a window with a book.
Seam ripper! Probably my favorite unexpected weapon. My friend used it as her weapon of choice when she had to design a character
My knee. Works every time, if you know what I mean!
My favorite and funniest unexpected weapon? – Oh, definitely the Barbie doll knife from Night Pleasures (by Sherrilyn Kenyon). 😛
Hmmm, I think a well-aimed boot tossed at the head would be a great weapon, particularly if it has spiked heels.
In some freaky twisted way – I think about this scene pretty often. Such a compelling fight scene. Dang.
My fingernails. They are sharp, dangerous things!
Not exactly my favorite weapon, but useful at the moment – Crutches. Great for crushing ants.
I’d go with a set of knitting needles. They look so nice and innocuous attached to the yarn. Until someone loses an eye.
My favorite unexpected weapon would be the frozen dead iguana from one of Carl Hiassen’s books.
My friend Lyda’s one year old is a deadly weapon.
I know this because Lyda came to work with a black eye. How, one might ask, did she get the black eye?
My friend was reclining on the couch when her child toddled over (as toddlers are wont to do), and started picking at the one pound weight Lyda had been working out with. Lyda turned her head, the child picked it up, and—KaPow! That child dropped the weight right on her mother’s face.
Children Are Deadly Hazards.
My bag that is always full and and quite heavy could be used as a weapon.