Winner! : Love Inspired + RWA Tote Bag Giveaway

What better way to spend Black Friday than sit at home and wait to hear if you won a big ol' pile of books?  With the help of Random.org, the lucky winner of the box of Love Inspired books and a 2012 RWA tote bag is.....

Jena Briars!

Jena, please e-mail me with your shipping address and I'll get your box of goodies in the mail very, very soon.

This is it for the RWA tote bag-related giveaways.  Thanks to everyone for playing along at home and congratulations to all the lucky winners!

Giveaway!: Love Inspired + RWA Tote Bag

It's hard to believe, but the last RWA tote bag giveaway is finally upon us!  And it only took me four months to get to this point!

For this last one, the prizes include a tote bag along with a box of inspirational romances from the various Love Inspired (Harlequin) lines.

Thanksgiving is upon us here in the States, so for your chance to win all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog post answering this question:

What are you thankful for?

Contest is open to both US and international residents.  Winner will be drawn at random on Friday, November 23.

Winner!: Giveaway RWA Tote Bag + Historical Romances

Today is the day that I (with the help of Random.org) announce the winners for my latest RWA-themed giveaway.  The two lucky winners are:

AztecLady!

and

Colleen M!

AL and Colleen, you can find my e-mail address here.  Please drop me a note with your shipping address and I'll get your prizes out to you soon.

This was a fun giveaway question and I loved reading everyone's responses.  There will be one more RWA-related giveaway in the near future, and then that will be that.  Stay tuned.

Giveaway: RWA Tote Bag + Historical Romances

Here's a giveaway so nice, I'm doing it twice!  Once again the prize will include an RWA 2012 tote bag and a box of books - this time it's a random selection of historical romances from various publishers.

For your chance to win, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post, answering this question:

You've been invited to a fabulous dinner party and you will be sitting next to one historical figure of your choosing (famous or not famous - but they must be dead).  Who would you want that one person to be?

There will be two (yes, TWO!) lucky winners on this giveaway, and the contest is open to both US and international residents.  Winners will be chosen at random and announced on Friday, November 2.

Good luck!

(Oh, and don't worry about your dinner companion being a zombie and dining on your brains.  The very definition of a "fabulous dinner party" is No Zombies Allowed, and your mysterious host has a way of reanimating dead historical figures without any of those pesky zombie side-effects)

Winner!: Strange Bedfellows Giveaway

And we have a winner!  Thanks to the random randomness of random.org - the lucky commenter who will be receiving a box of paranormal romance, a few contemporary romances and an RWA tote bag is lucky number 9 (number 9, number 9, number 9......).  And that was.....

LoriK!

Lori, you can find my e-mail address here.  Please drop me a line with your shipping address and I'll get your prize out to you soon.

Stange Bedfellows Giveaway!

I know RWA 2012 was back in July and yes, I'm well aware we're closing in towards the end of October.  But yes, I still have more tote bags and books to giveaway!  By my count, I'm thinking there will be at least three more giveaways (after this one) before I can start to reclaim my home office.

Since Halloween is upon us, I figured it was time to unload some of the paranormal books I grabbed among the Literacy Signing leftovers.  And just because they seemed like the odd man out of what I had left (inspirationals and historicals mainly), I'm also going to include a few Avon contemporaries by Toni Blake, Jennifer Bernard and Rachel Gibson to the mix.

Paranormal and contemporary romance.  I know that makes for strange bedfellows, but let's roll with it.

To enter the contest, just leave a comment on this blog post and answer this question:

If you could possess any type of paranormal ability and/or super power - what would it be?

Winner will be chosen at random and announced on Thursday, October 25.  Contest is open to US and international readers.

Winner! Giveaway: A Giant Pile Of Harlequin Passion

For those of you who are hesitant to be the first commenter on a giveaway post?  Well, lady luck could still shine down on you!  Thanks to magical randomness of random.org the winner of the giant pile of Harlequins and an RWA tote bag is lucky #2.....

Willaful!

Willaful, you can find my e-mail address here.  Please drop me a line with your shipping address and I'll get your goodies in the mail this week.

For the rest of you - stay tuned!  I'm planning on doing another giveaway very, very soon.

Giveaway: A Giant Pile Of Harlequin Passion

Yes folks, the RWA 2012 tote bags and mother-lode of books giveaways are back!

This go-around I'm giving away a giant pile of Harlequin category romance from, what I consider, their "passion" lines.  Represented here are Harlequin Presents, Harlequin Desire, Harlequin Blaze and Kimani Romance.

For your chance to win this giant pile of goodies, leave a comment on this blog post, and answer this question:

If you could go anywhere in the world for a "romantic getaway" - where would it be?

Winner will be announced on Tuesday, September 25.  And sorry folks - this one is open to US residents only.  Blame it on the heavy box.  The rest of the giveaways from here on out will be open to international folks as well - promise.

Jami Davenport Week Winners!

Thanks to everybody who stopped by last week for Jami Davenport Week! As promised, using the magic of random.org I have drawn winners to receive a print copy of Fourth And Goal.  Also, as an added bonus - while Jami was on vacation last week she picked up a handcrafted vase from her favorite pottery store.  So there will be a fourth winner! 

Drumroll please.....

The winners of a print copy of Fourth and Goal are:

LoriK

Chantilly

Booklover1335

The winner of the vase is:

Lavada

Ladies, please e-mail me with your shipping address and I will get your prizes in the mail soon.

Introducing Jami Davenport Week!

This blog was started for the sole reason that I'm self-absorbed.  I like talking about....well, me.  I also like talking about the books I'm reading, and way back in 2003 I didn't have a whole lot of people in my Real Life to share my romance reading with.

OK, I had nobody.

As blogging has evolved, book blogging in particular, more and more promo has crept in.  I haven't done a whole lot of this sort of thing.  Mostly because 1) I have a full time job 2) I have a full time life and 3) I'm self-absorbed and think this blog should be all about me.  I have absolutely nothing against blog tours or guest posts, it's more like I just think they're not always a good fit for my blog.  Well, unless a great idea falls into my lap.

I first "met" Jami Davenport through a fantastic e-mail she wrote me in 2011.  She stumbled across a comment I made over at Dear Author about how I pretty much refuse to read sports-themed romances.  I like sports and I like romance - the problem is I hate romance authors who do little to zero research on the sports they feature in their books.  I get this image in my head of Barbara Cartland in a bubble bath, manically laughing and saying "Women don't care about football/baseball/rugby/Quiddich so long as the hero is hot and hunky those silly girls will lap it up!"

Yeah, no.  Not this girl.  This girl gets all Hulk-smash when an author has an AFC team meeting an NFC team in a playoff game - before the Super Bowl.

Jami's pitch to get me to read Fourth And Goal, an upcoming romance from LooseID featuring a football wide receiver hero was convincing enough that I said, "Sure, why the hell not."  And one night, while babysitting Lemon Drop so my sister and The Super Genius Brother-In-Law could go out to dinner like grown-ups, I inhaled it.  Devoured it in fact.  The book even landed on my Best Of 2011 list.

Months went by, and Jami e-mailed me again.  She was self-publishing a print version of F&G and wanted to know if she could blurb my review on the book cover.  This led to a discussion on her writing book two in the series, finding a publishing home for it, and voila!  Before you can say "smack Wendy simple," I'm telling her that I want to host Jami Davenport Week here at the Bat Cave.  Now that she has found a home for book two?  Here we are.

I've got several posts planned for this week, along with a fantastic giveaway!  Thanks to Jami's generosity, I will be giving away three print copies of Fourth And Goal, the first book in her Seattle Lumberjacks series!  Every time you comment on any of the Jamie Davenport Week posts, you will be entered to win. 

So sit back, and enjoy!

Contest is open to both US and international readers.  Winners will be announced Monday, September 10.

Winner: Danger, Danger Will Robinson!

Awwww, look at those happy lil' minions.  They're so happy because they're here to announce the winner of the Danger, Danger Will Robinson giveaway!  Thanks to the mighty random powers of random.org the winner is none other than.....

Nikki!

Nikki, drop me an e-mail with your shipping address and I'll get your box of goodies to the post office pronto (I will clean out my home office, I will clean out my home office, I will clean out my home office.....)

For those of you still jonesin' for an RWA tote bag and piles of books - never fear!  By my count I've probably got half a dozen giveaways to go!  After a brief hiatus, we'll pick things up again next week.

P.S. - Just a shout-out that I loved reading everybody's responses to this particular contest question.  And for the record?  Yeah, library basements are creepy as hell.

Giveaway: Danger, Danger Will Robinson!

Seriously folks, you have no idea how buried my home office is right now.  My eyes might have been a wee bigger than my stomach when I was going through the last of the leftover Literacy Signing books looking for giveaway opportunities.

Oh well, my insanity is your gain!

This time around I will be giving away yet another RWA 2012 conference tote bag, along with a number of romantic suspense titles.  Most of these are from Harlequin (the Romantic Suspense and Intrigue) lines, but I've also tossed in a couple of Avon releases from Wendy Corsi Staub to give you a little single title fix.

To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post answering this question:

If you were writing a suspense novel, what spooky setting would you choose as the back-drop for your story?

This giveaway is going to have a quicker turn-around time.  The winner will be drawn at random, and announced on Sunday, September 2.  Giveaway is open to US and international readers.

Winners! Avon Calling Giveaway

Yes, folks we have two winners for the Avon Calling Giveaway!  Those two lucky winners, according to the randomness of random.org were comments #22 and #35.  And they are....

Lisa Hartjes

and

Nath

Ladies, please e-mail me your shipping addresses and I'll get your prize boxes out to you soon.

For the rest of you, I'll have another giveaway going live tomorrow, and yes - another one that will be open to international folks.

Giveaway: Avon Calling!

Yes, the giveaways are rollin' here at the Bat Cave!  Need more books in your life?  Covet an RWA 2012 tote bag?  Not only is this Chance #2 to win, but Chance #3 as well!

Two lucky winners will receive an RWA tote bag and a pile of historical romances published by Harpercollins/Avon.  Hence the title of this giveaway.

For a chance to win, all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog post answering this question:

If you were to travel back in time to the 19th century, what modern convenience would you want to take with you?

Winners will be drawn at random, and announced on Monday, August 27.

Good luck!

This contest is open to international readers as well as US residents.

Winner! : RWA Tote Bag Plus Home & Hearth Harlequin Style

Yes folks we have a winner!  Thanks to the randomness of random.org, the lovely commenter who has won an official RWA 2012 tote bag along with a mother-lode of Harlequin Home & Hearth-y titles is none other than lucky number #17:

Bri!

Bri, please claim your prize by e-mailing me with your shipping address.

And for those of you who are not Bri, step away from the sharp, pointy objects.  Another giveaway (yes, there will be another chance at a tote bag!) is launching tomorrow.

Giveaway: RWA Tote Bag Plus Home & Hearth Harlequin Style!

Given the sheer force of the bookgasm that I experienced thanks to this year's RWA Conference, I've decided to do the unthinkable.  Something so rare for the Bat Cave that frankly I can count on one hand the number of times it has happened in the almost 10 years this blog has existed.

That's right kiddies - brace yourselves....

Wendy is going to be hosting a series of giveaways for the next several months!

And this is how much I love all of my followers - besides a cornucopia of books, I'll be giving away several of the RWA conference tote bags this year.  Yes, giving them away - instead of selling them to the highest bidder, which honestly given the amount of offers I've had, I could technically do.

The first giveaway is going to be for one awesome-sauce tote bag and a whole horde of category romance from Harlequin in what I call their "home and hearth" lines.  Harlequin American, Harlequin SuperRomance, Harlequin Special Edition, Harlequin Romance and Harlequin Heartwarming are all represented in this Mountain Of Somewhat Mystery Books.

To enter all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog post telling me what romance author (dead or alive) you would love to spend a day with.

The winner will be announced on Monday, August 20.

This contest is open to US residents only.  Yeah, I know - that sucks.  Blame it on the heavy box.  I promise that some of the future giveaways WILL be open to international folks.

Bronwyn Parry Contest Winner!

Today is the day the Bat Cave announces the winner of the super-awesome-neat-o Bronwyn Parry Contest. The winner will receive copies of both As Darkness Falls and Dark Country.

Thanks to the wonders of Random.org, the lucky winner is commenter #7. And lucky #7 is...

Tara Marie!!!!

Ms. Tara - please drop me an e-mail (which you can find here) with your shipping address, and I'll pass it on to Bronwyn. She's the one who will actually be mailing out these books, and since she's in Australia? Yeah, be patient. But trust me. So worth the wait!

For the rest of you unlucky folk - the UK edition of As Darkness Falls (the first book in the series!) is available for purchase over at Book Depository - which offers free worldwide shipping. Free shipping! For a UK edition! Trust me when I say you don't get that offer every day - especially when you live in North America.

Thanks for playing along at home everybody, and many thanks to Bronwyn for graciously offering this contest to Bat Cave readers.

Insane Contest Alert

You've got to check out Kimberly Killion's Summer Sizzler contest!

She is featuring a basket of "New to You Authors" which includes 16 autographed books + a $25 B&N gift card. (Wendy: OMG! Squeeee! 16 books AND a gift card?!)

Don't delay, go HERE to sign up for the giveaway.

The winner of the SUMMER SIZZLER will be announced on September 1.





I've read three of these titles that Kimberly is giving away: The Conqueror by Kris Kennedy, Passionate by Anthea Lawson and What A Scoundrel Wants by Carrie Lofty. All three of which earned B grades from me. Just sayin'.