Mother's Day Kindle Fire Giveaway

2018 Mother’s Day Kindle Fire Giveaway ($250 Value)

Mother’s Day is just 3 weeks away! Do you have a great gift for your mom yet? Or how about a gift for yourself? Here’s your chance to win $250 to get a gift for mom, a gift for yourself or to just score some cash for a much-needed purchase.

The price of a Kindle Fire has come way down in the past few years but this giveaway is still valued at $250. That’s plenty of cash to buy a Kindle Fire HD10 AND load it full of books.

The winner will have their choice of a $250 Amazon.com Gift Card or $250 in Paypal Cash!

Thanks to this awesome group of authors, bloggers, and publishers for making this giveaway possible.

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Giveaway Details

$250 in Paypal Cash or a $250 Amazon.com eGift Card

Ends 5/12/18

Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use money sent via Paypal or gift codes via Amazon.com. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. This giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader and sponsored by the authors, bloggers, and publishers on the sponsor list. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

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Hug a Medievalist Day Giveaway 2018!

It's almost here! That day I know you, like I, await breathlessly to roll around each year . . . Hug a Medievalist Day (March 31st)! And I'm celebrating with another giveaway!

This year I'm giving away not one, but two prizes, which means there will be TWO winners! This year's theme is Love and Chivalry, inspired by the artwork of the Codex Manesse, a collection of High German Medieval poetry collected between the years 1304-1340 (approximately) that included 137 miniature paintings representing each of the poets in the collection. The poet in the pictures on these prizes was named Bernger von Horheim. You can read more about Bernger here and more about the Codex Manesse here.

1st place winner will win this 100 piece "Love and Chivalry" puzzle.

2nd place winner will win this 18 oz "Love and Chivalry" water bottle.

Enter via the Rafflecopter form below. NOTE: The first entry is REQUIRED. You must answer the question: Name a medievalist you'd like to hug. It can be someone real (like King Richard the Lionheart), someone fictional (Robin Hood, King Arthur, a character from a favorite novel), or even someone alive today who likes to dress up in medieval garb and attend medieval faires (a husband, a son or daughter, etc). Just have fun with the answers. If you'd like to share your answer in a comment on this blog post as well as on the entry form, please do!

All the other entry options are completely optional. (Don't see a Rafflecopter form? Just click on the link to go to the Rafflecopter page.)

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Official rules: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Entrants must be 18 years or older. Deadline to enter is 11:59 am PST April 3, 2018. Winner will be selected on April 4, 2018 and have 48 hours to respond to an email notifying them of their win. OPEN TO USA ONLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Questions? Contact me at jdipastena@yahoo.com

Welcome to the May FREE For All & Giveaway Event

May 8-12, 2017!

Click to download these romance reads.

Thank you for being loyal readers! To show their appreciation, your favorite authors have come together to offer a book for FREE. Download one or all. Maybe you'll find your next favorite author.

Please note: all sales are limited time offers.

Don't have a Kindle? Don't worry. Read with the FREE Kindle App.

**Please note: these books may not be free on other Amazon sites and many of these books are free for a limited time only.**

Enter here: http://lovekissedbookbargains.com/free-for-all/

Get Lost in Time with Historical Fiction

Some author friends and I have banded together to create the Lost in Time with Historical Fiction Giveaway, running now through April 19th. We're giving away FOUR $10 gift cards ($40 value) to Amazon, B&N, or iTunes (winner's choice). And while you're entering for the gift cards, you can browse 12 historical fiction ebook titles (all PG-13 or lower rated) and download any or all of them for FREE in exchange for signing up for the authors newsletters. You can, of course, unsubscribe at any time, but maybe you'll want to stick around and learn more about them.

My romantic historical novel, The Lady and the Minstrel, is one of the selections, so if you've been wanting to grab a copy, here's your chance to get it FREE. 

This giveaway only runs through April 19th. To check out the Lost in Time with Historical Fiction Giveaway and enter for a chance at one of FOUR $10 gift cards, click here.

Looking for Historical Fiction?

Remember that Historical Fiction Giveaway I told you about? Well, it's up and running now on BookSweeps! Over 45 historical novels are part of a prize pack being offered through February 27th. I can't vouch for the content of all the titles, but I'm familiar with authors L.C. Lewis, Rachael Anderson, and Rachelle J. Christensen. Each of them offer good, clean historical fiction with great plots that keep you turning the pages. Some of the other titles look interesting too. I may check them out myself! And yes, that's my romantic historical, The Lady and the Minstrel, there on the second row. If you haven't read it yet, go ahead and enter. You might win a copy!

Oh, and did I mention that they're giving away a Kindle Fire as a Grand Prize?

Here's a picture of all the prizes up for grabs.

That looks like 50 novels to me! Here's the link to enter: Book Sweeps Historical Fiction Giveaway.

Check it out and good luck! I'd love it if some of my followers won! (If you do, be sure you come back and let me know in a comment.)

Get your February Romance Fix with more free ebooks!

February is the month for romance, and I'm taking part in another book promotion on My Book Cave this one exclusively for clean/sweet romances. 14 romances authors are giving away FREE ebook copies of their titles, and another $10 gift card is up for grabs as well. If you're a romance lover, you won't want to miss checking out these titles! (And yes, my medieval romance, Loyalty's Web, is one of the free books again. If you wanted but failed to download it last time, here's a second chance.)

Once again you'll be asked to sign up for each author's newsletter in exchange for a free book, but you can unsubscribe from any or all of them at any time. Click here if you'd like to browse through the books and see if any of them strike your romantic fancy.

And just as a head's up . . . next week, my romantic historical, The Lady and the Minstrel, will be participating in a free giveaway centered on historical (not necessarily historical romance) novels. I'll let you know when that's up and running in case you'd like to add some historical titles to your libraries, too!

Warm Up Your Winter with Free Ebooks!

What goes better in the wintertime than hot chocolate and books? How about more books with lots of new authors to try, and all of them for FREE! Oh, and did I mention there are also 5 gift cards up for grabs as well?

If you’ve been wanting to try out one of my medieval romances, now is the time, because Loyalty’s Web, the first in my Poitevin Hearts series, is one of the free books being offered in the Warm Up Your Winter with Free Ebooks promotion currently going on over at My Book Cave.

There are many other genres represented there too, from suspense to fantasy to romance to mystery, and even a children’s book. The promotion runs through February 10.

There is one thing to note. You will be asked to sign up for each of the authors’ newsletters in order to download their book. But hey, if it turns out to be a book you love, learning more about the author will be a plus, right? And if it turns out the book is not for you, you are free to unsubscribe from their newsletter at any time, no hard feelings.

So why don’t you check it out and see if any of these titles strike your fancy. Because you can never have too many books to snuggle up with in the winter!

Click here to check out the Warm Up Your Winter with Free Ebooks selections!

Giveaway: Timeless Romance Anthology

Christmas is just around the corner. Do you have family or friends who still prefer old fashioned print books to ebooks? Then here is an opportunity and giveaway for you!

Four of the Timeless Romance Anthology series are now available in paperback in Seagull Books (Utah only) and Deseret Book stores (everywhere)! You can win a FREE BOOK by helping the authors to celebrate! (In full disclosure, my short medieval Christmas story, Caroles on the Green, is included in the Winter Anthology edition.)

Details for how you can win a free book as well as be entered for a chance at a $50 Amazon gift certificate are below. Don't know where your closest Desert Book or Seagull stores are located? Click here for the Deseret Book location finder for multiple states and here for the Seagull Books location finder for Utah stores.

#ILoveHistoricalRomance giveaway

I think it’s time for a giveaway! I did something very similar to this when my third medieval romance, Dangerous Favor, came out. Three books and a couple of novellas later, I think it’d be fun to do it again.

Here are the rules: Post a photo of yourself holding any of my books to Facebook, Twitter, or your blog (if you have one) along with the hashtag #ILoveHistoricalRomance. (Photos may be combined into a single blog post then submitted separately for each title.) Then enter the link to your post in the Rafflecopter form below for a chance at one of these prizes:

1st place – a $50 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift certificate ($50 PayPal cash for international entries)

2nd place – an autographed print set of my first three medieval romances, Loyalty’s Web, Illuminations of the Heart, and Dangerous Favor (See below for international entries)

3rd place – an autographed print set of my Hearts in Autumn Romances, Loving Lucianna and Courting Cassandry (See below for international entries)

4th place – an autographed print copy of my medieval romantic historical, The Lady and the Minstrel (See below for international entries)

That’s right, there will be up to 4 winners!

Each book cover that you post yourself holding will count as a separate entry, giving you multiple chances to win. And you can post the same photos multiple days in a row for the course of the giveaway. Don't forget the hashtag! (#ILoveHistoricalRomance)

Do you have to buy a copy of one of my books to enter? No! Borrow a copy from a friend or checkout a copy from your local library. (Your library doesn’t have my books? Request they add them!) Then snap a picture of yourself with the book (print, e-book, the format doesn’t matter—and yes, if you have a copy of my first 3 books with their original covers, those count, also), start posting, and enter the Rafflecopter giveaway below.

FOR INTERNATIONAL ENTRIES:

1st Prize - $50 PayPal cash

2nd Prize – unsigned print copies of Loyalty’s Web/Illuminations of the Heart/Dangerous Favor sent using Amazon Global if your country is included. Otherwise, PayPal cash equal to the American sum of the print cover prize.  ($40 USD)

3rd Prize - unsigned print copies of Loving Lucianna/Courting Cassandry sent using Amazon Global if your country is included. Otherwise, PayPal cash equal to the American sum of the print cover prize. ($25 UDS)

4th Prize – unsigned print copies of The Lady and the Minstrel sent using Amazon Global if your country is included. Otherwise, PayPal cash equal to the American sum of the print cover prize. ($16 USD)

DEADLINE: midnight EST September 30, 2016

**I will not republish any of your photos unless you give me permission. If you’d like to give me permission to share your photo (with or without your name—your choice), select that entry on the Rafflecopter form and follow the instructions listed there. This option is worth 5 points.

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TERMS OF THE GIVEAWAY: Open only to those who can legally enter, receive Amazon/B&N gift certificates, or use money sent via Paypal. No purchase necessary. The winning entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. You must be 18 or older to enter. The winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter on October 1, 2016 and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

HOW TO FIND PERMALINKS

To find the permalink to your Facebook post, click on the time/date of the post, then copy and paste the link into the Rafflecopter form.

To find the permalink on Twitter, click on the time/date of the tweet, then copy and paste the link into the Rafflecopter form

To find the permalink to blog post, click on the title of your post, then copy and paste the link into the Rafflecopter form.

Questions? Contact me at jdipastena@yahoo.com

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Blog tour: The Gladiator and the Guard, by Annie Douglass Lima

I'm happy to be able to participate in the book blog tour for Annie Douglass Lima's new young adult action and adventure novel, The Gladiator and the Guard, now available for purchase! This is the second book in the Krillonian Chronicles, sequel to The Collar and the Cavvarach. 

First Things First: a Little Information about Book 1: 

Bensin, a teenage slave and martial artist, is desperate to see his little sister freed. But only victory in the Krillonian Empire's most prestigious tournament will allow him to secretly arrange for Ellie's escape. Dangerous people are closing in on her, however, and Bensin is running out of time.  With his one hope fading quickly away, how can Bensin save Ellie from a life of slavery and abuse?

What is the Collar for, and What is a Cavvarach?

The story is set in a world very much like our own, with just a few major differences.  One is that slavery is legal there.  Slaves must wear metal collars that lock around their neck, making their enslaved status obvious to everyone.  Any slave attempting to escape faces the dilemma of how and where to illegally get their collar removed (a crime punishable by enslavement for the remover).  


Another difference is the popularity of a martial art called cavvara shil.  It is fought with a cavvarach (rhymes with "have a rack"), a weapon similar to a sword but with a steel hook protruding from partway down its top edge.  Competitors can strike at each other with their feet as well as with the blades.  You win in one of two ways: disarming your opponent (hooking or knocking their cavvarach out of their hands) or pinning their shoulders to the mat for five seconds.

Click here to order The Collar and the Cavvarach from Amazon 

for $2.99 a discounted price of just 99 cents through May 30th!

And now, The Gladiator and the Guard, with another awesome cover by the talented Jack Lin!

Bensin, a teenage slave andmartial artist, is just one victory away  from freedom. But after he is accused of a crime he didn’t commit, he is condemned to the violent life and early death of a gladiator. While his loved ones seek desperately for a way to rescue him, Bensin struggles to stay alive and forge an identity in an environment designed to strip it from him. When he infuriates the authorities with his choices, he knows he is running out of time. Can he stand against the cruelty of the arena system and seize his freedom before that system crushes him?

Click here to order The Gladiator and the Guard in Kindle format from Amazon 

for $2.99 a discounted price of just 99 cents through May 30th!

Click here to order The Gladiator and the Guard from Smashwords (for Nook or in other digital formats) 

for $2.99 a discounted price of just 99 cents through May 30th!

An Excerpt:

“There comes Bensin!” Ellie gripped Steene’s hand more tightly. “Finally!”

They watched as Bensin ran out toward the battle, cavvarach at the ready. From the opposite side of the arena, a Yellow Arena gladiator with a scimitar ran to meet him.

“That’s not fair,” Ellie protested. “That guy has a whole shield, and Bensin only has a shil.”

“Yes, but a cavvarach is a little longer than a scimitar. Besides, Bensin gets to kick. He’ll be okay.” Steene refused to let any trace of uncertainty into his voice.

They watched as the weapons clanged together. But after a moment Steene realized that Bensin wasn’t giving it all he had. Was he perhaps still injured from a previous battle? Surely not, or they wouldn’t have chosen him to compete today.

Though he struck out with his cavvarach again and again, Steene could see that Bensin was aiming only for that scimitar, not the Yellow glad’s flesh. Though he kicked again and again, it was apparent that he was trying to kick that shield aside, to knock the scimitar away. What’s he doing? He had an opening right there. He could have cut the guy’s throat!

Steene watched, growing increasingly puzzled. Bensin was focusing mainly on defense, and doing it well. But he knew Bensin was capable of much more vigorous offense. Why wasn’t he trying harder? He could have beaten the Yellow warrior two or three times already.

Gradually Steene realized what was happening. He’s trying not to hurt him. That was the only explanation.

Why would Bensin do that? It was obvious that no one else in the battle cared if they hurt their opponents. Actually, all the rest of them were doing their best to disable their opponents in any way they possibly could. And there was Bensin, making what Steene could now see was a deliberate effort not to hurt the man he was fighting.

Pride welled up in Steene. He wasn’t sure why the kid had apparently made this choice not to be violent in such a violent place, but it seemed he was sticking by his decision in spite of the danger. 

Would it get Bensin killed, though? His opponent clearly felt no qualms about injuring him. 

Annie Douglass Lima spent most of her childhood in Kenya and later graduated from Biola University in Southern California. She and her husband Floyd currently live in Taiwan, where she teaches fifth grade at
Morrison Academy. She has been writing poetry, short stories, and novels since her childhood, and to date has published twelve books (two YA action and adventure novels, four fantasies, a puppet script, and five anthologies of her students’ poetry). Besides writing, her hobbies include reading (especially fantasy and science fiction), scrapbooking, and international travel.

Connect with the Author Online:

Email: AnnieDouglassLima@gmail.com

Blog: http://anniedouglasslima.blogspot.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnieDouglassLimaAuthor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/princeofalasia

Goodreads: http://bit.ly/ADLimaOnGoodreads

Amazon Author Page: http://bit.ly/AnnieDouglassLimaOnAmazon

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/AnnieDouglassLima

LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/ADLimaOnLinkedIn

Google Plus: http://bit.ly/ADLimaOnGooglePlus

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