Giving away lots of books

So… we are nearing the end of 2009. 2009 was a very long year, in that I started 2009 with a book sold, but not yet on the shelves, and I will end 2009 with a book sold, but not yet on the shelves. In the meantime, however, there were many, many other lovely books that ended up on the shelves in 2009, and I thought it would be cool to end this year by giving away some of those awesome books, as well as (ahem) a Certain Copy of a Certain Book that will not be out on the shelves until 2010.

Here’s the way it works: I will list all the books I am going to give away. If you want to be entered to win some of them, tell me which ones. If you want to be entered to win all of them, tell me that too. If you want to be entered to win almost all of them, well, that’s fine by me, too! Just to specify: EACH of the bullet points below is eligible to be won by a SEPARATE PERSON. You will not win all of the books unless you are randomly drawn in each of the separate 20-plus random drawings.

How many books am I giving away? I am giving away more books than you can shake a stick at! (For reference purposes, you can shake a single stick at 20 books; any more books, and you will need at least two sticks; 40 books, and you will need three sticks, as well as the three arms, unless you can shake a stick with your mouth.) Here’s the list:

  • Kris Kennedy’s The Conqueror. A medieval debut, and a Golden Heart finalist. This copy is signed!
  • Susan Gee Heino’s Mistress by Mistake. A fun, light-hearted Regency. Also winner of the Golden Heart in Regency Historical.
  • Two double-packs: Michelle Monkou’s Only in Paradise and Gamble on Love. Michelle Monkou is the current president of RWA, and I figured she was under a little stress now, so I bought a handful of her books.
  • Lynne Raye Harris’s Spanish Magnate, Red Hot Revenge, a lovely story about a Spanish Magnate who wants revenge. Although given the time lapses in the book, I think it should have been called Spanish Magnate, Ice Cold Revenge. We all know revenge is a dish best served cold anyway.
  • Kelly Gay’s The Better Part of Darkness. A vivid, gritty urban fantasy in which Heaven and Hell have been discovered on separate planes of existence (although the inhabitants of both are as uncertain about God as we are), and Charlie Madigan has come back from the dead. Also a Golden Heart finalist; Charlie is a heroine who kicks ass while still being truly, desperately, humanly imperfect.
  • Jennifer Haymore’s A Hint of Wicked. An emotionally compelling Regency, in which Sophie, the heroine, has finally moved on and remarried after her husband’s death at Waterloo, only to have him return from the dead.
  • Debra Mullins’s To Ruin the Duke, in which a duke discovers that an imposter has ruined his good name and sets out to clear it. This book has been autographed by the author.
  • Justine Larbalestier’s Liar, a young adult book about a pathological liar who may or may not have committed murder, and who may or may not be telling the truth to the reader.
  • Sarah Rees Brennan’s The Demon’s Lexicon, a fabulous debut about a dude named Nick who likes knives, and dislikes people (except his brother). I want to gather Nick up and hug him tight, except I suspect that if I did that he would stab me with a knife. Unless his older brother, Alan, happened to be around. This copy has been signed by the author, who is full of awesome.
  • Carolyn Jewel’s Indiscreet, an awesome romance, set in the Regency, which just so happens to also be set in Turkey.
  • Lori Brighton’s Wild Heart, a phenomenal debut about a man who survived a horrible attack in India, and has to learn to tame his own feral soul (with a little help, of course!)
  • Tessa Dare’s Goddess of the Hunt, a debut novel that wandered into a meadow, merrily picked up starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Library Journal, and then fell in a river, and when you asked it, “What on earth are you doing?” it said, “Is it working?” Yes, Tessa, yes! It’s working.
  • Annette McCleave’s Drawn into Darkness, a phenomenal, complex urban fantasy in which the hero’s job is to gather souls after death. Then he’s set to watch the heroine’s daughter…. This book won the Golden Heart in paranormal romance.
  • Tracey O’Hara’s Night’s Cold Kiss, about a vampire-hunter who begins to fall for a vampire. Another Golden Heart finalist.
  • Helen Scott Taylor’s The Magic Knot. American Title winner; Golden Heart finalist, and very cool story where the heroine is an accountant who is drawn into a magical world of fairies. (I have a soft spot in my heart for people who are accountants, even if they do only become cool when faeries reach out to them.)
  • Sherry Thomas’s Not Quite a Husband. Set mostly in India, the heroine, Bryony is one of the most repressed and yet emotionally wounded heroines I’ve met. I would like to hug her very tight, but I’m already hugging Nick and Nick would be Really Bad for Bryony. Leo, warm, golden, and open, is much better for her.
  • Victoria Dahl’s One Week as Lovers. If I could hug both the hero and heroine, I would, but my arms are already full (see above). I just love Victoria Dahl, and this book is no exception. I read it in a jolting cab and it was so good I couldn’t put it down even though reading made me motion sick.
  • The Heart of Christmas, an anthology with stories by Mary Balogh, Nicola Cornick, and Courtney Milan. These stories are about Christmas, and so they are even relevant to the time period! Shocking, I know. Mary Balogh and Nicola Cornick are marvelous authors. I know absolutely nothing about this Courtney Milan chick, so read her contribution at your peril. I hear it’s rather perilous. Peril aside, this book has been signed by Courtney Milan.
  • Courtney Milan’s Proof by Seduction. This is not a book that has come out in 2009, and so it does not belong. Nonetheless, I am inserting it here anyway. I have nothing to say about this book, except that if you win it, I will put it in the mail on December 14th, which means you will get to read it before January 1. Can this possibly be a bad thing? No. No it cannot. This book has also been signed.

You have until December 13th at noon, PST, to enter this contest. Go forth and spread the word!

81 thoughts on “Giving away lots of books”

  1. So…it would be awesome to win this, it ends on my birthday! YAY!

    Monica

    Thanks for the stick shaking comment, I did not know that you can only shake a stick at 20 books. 😉

  2. The holidays are all about greed, right? I mean – tell me I’ve gotten that right :X

    So… I’m going to be greedy. I’d like all of them, except for Jennifer Haymore’s, Tessa Dare’s, Victoria Dahl’s, and your Christmas anthology. Why? Because I already have those books. 🙂 And they’re great. So some other lucky reader should win them 🙂

    Thanks for having this contest!!!

  4. Annette McCleave’s Drawn into Darkness, Helen Scott Taylor’s The Magic Knot and your ‘not’ book of course!

    The 13th was my Grandma’s bday and is my son’s.

    Thank you for holding the contest!

  5. Hi Courtney 🙂
    WOW!
    That’s a lot of great books!
    And some lucky person will get PROOF BY SEDUCTION!
    !
    *nods at all the exclamation marks*
    🙂
    Thank you for the opportunity to win them all!
    Happy Holidays
    Rob

  6. Ooh, what a fabulous contest! I’ve read a few of the books on this list and they were awesome. Please add my name to the drawings for Goddess of the Hunt, Proof by Seduction, One Week As Lovers, Wild Heart, Indiscreet, To Ruin A Duke, Mistress by Mistake, & The Conqueror. 🙂

  10. CM, I’m going to throw my hat in the ring for the following: PBS, Jennifer Haymore, Susan Gee Heino, and Carolyn Jewel (in that order). Not just a list, but a prioritized list.

  11. ohhh… Please enter me for these:

    • Kelly Gay’s The Better Part of Darkness
    • Tessa Dare’s Goddess of the Hunt
    • Annette McCleave’s Drawn into Darkness
    • Tracey O’Hara’s Night’s Cold Kiss
    • Courtney Milan’s Proof by Seduction

    Thank you!

  13. What a wonderful giveaway!

    They all sound great. Please enter me to win the following books:

    Kelly Gay’s The Better Part of Darkness
    Annette McCleave’s Drawn into Darkness
    Tracy O’Hara’s Night’s Cold Kiss
    Helen Scott Taylor’s The Magic Knot
    Courtney Milan’s Proof by Seduction

    Thanks so much!

  15. I would love to win a copy of your book (although I already have one pre-ordered, but feel I might need to share:)

    And Mistress By Mistake, I’m eager to get my hands on that one too!

    Happy Holidays!

  16. Great fun giveaway! You’re so generous. Some of these books I’ve read so I will allow others the joy of winning them (despite my selfish nature and childish desire to grab all the books in a big armful and scream “mine, mine!”) I’d love to get “Mistress by Mistake”, “Indiscreet”, “Wild Heart” or “Proof by Seduction”.

  20. I would like to win a book! The Magic Knot, Night’s Cold Kiss, Drawn into Darkness, Goddess of the Hunt, Liar, The Better Part of Darkness or your book!

    Thank you!

  24. Thank you for this spread-the-love giveaway!
    Some on your list I have read or are on the shelves to be read but there are some I still have on the wishlist so please enter me for:

    – Kris Kennedy’s The Conqueror
    – Susan Gee Heino’s Mistress by Mistake
    – Michelle Monkou’s Only in Paradise and Gamble on Love.
    – Debra Mullins’s To Ruin the Duke
    – Justine Larbalestier’s Liar
    – Carolyn Jewel’s Indiscreet
    – Annette McCleave’s Drawn into Darkness
    – Courtney Milan’s Proof by Seduction.

  25. Great contest!

    Ohhhhh, trying not to be greedy. I’m most interested in:

    Mistress by Mistake
    Proof by Seduction

  27. Oh, oh, *trying so hard not to be greedy…*
    Darn it, stick my name in all of them. It’s impossible to choose XD. What the hell, I’ve already got three seperate copies of ‘The Demon’s Lexicon’ so one more wouldn’t be an awful thing. ^_^
    (I leave them in strateic places – Dad’s house, friend’s house, grandparent’s house – so I am never without a copy.) And your description of Nick made me laugh for a long, long time.

    – Lisa

  28. Hi Courtney,

    I’d like to be entered for the draw for:

    Liar
    Not Quite A Husband
    Proof By Seduction
    The Heart of Christmas
    One Week As Lovers

    Thanks for running the contest 🙂

  30. Soo… is this open internationally? Because then I’m totally in! What an awesome giveaway. 🙂

    I’d love to be entered for all of them, except for SRB’s The Demon’s Lexicon because I already have a copy of that book and I do not want to snatch it away from someone else. Many people should read it!

    *goes off to spread the word*

  31. Just your book, please! I’ve been waiting ever so patiently for it.

    Cheers and Merry Christmas.

  32. I would love to be entered for all of them except for Liar, since I already own a copy. Now I just need to make time to read Liar and those other books *eyes stacks of books*

  33. Ooh-lala! *is very excited* Would you enter me for Sarah Rees Brennan’s “The Demon’s Lexicon,” and Justine L.’s “Liar”? 😀 Much thanks!

  34. I would be happy to win any of those titles – I already have Goddess of the Hunt, though and so I don’t need another copy of that one. It should go to someone who hasn’t had the chance to enjoy it yet.

    This is an awesome giveaway!!

    Thanks!

  37. Kelly Gay’s The Better Part of Darkness sounds intriguing. Big topic to tackle, I want to read.

    Courtney Milan’s Proof by Seduction You know you want me to read it!!(ok so you want me to BUY it LOL)

  39. Great contest! Congrats on the book coming out soon(ish). I would love to be entered to win any (or all 😛 ) of the following (selestialaurora(at)hotmail.com) :

    * Kelly Gay’s The Better Part of Darkness.
    * Justine Larbalestier’s Liar
    * Sarah Rees Brennan’s The Demon’s Lexicon
    * Tessa Dare’s Goddess of the Hunt
    * Annette McCleave’s Drawn into Darkness
    * Tracey O’Hara’s Night’s Cold Kiss
    * Helen Scott Taylor’s The Magic Knot.
    * Courtney Milan’s Proof by Seduction.

  40. What a great way to celebrate the holidays. I would love to win:

    * Kris Kennedy’s The Conqueror
    * Susan Gee Heino’s Mistress by Mistake
    * Carolyn Jewel’s Indiscreet
    * Lori Brighton’s Wild Heart
    * Sherry Thomas’s Not Quite a Husband
    * Victoria Dahl’s One Week as Lovers
    * Courtney Milan’s Proof by Seduction

  41. Thanks for this contest!

    Please put me in for:

    Kris Kennedy’s The Conqueror
    Debra Mullins’s To Ruin the Duke
    Lori Brighton’s Wild Heart
    Tessa Dare’s Goddess of the Hunt
    Sherry Thomas’s Not Quite a Husband
    Courtney Milan’s Proof by Seduction

    Whether I win or buy it, I’m really looking forward to Proof by Seduction. My Twitter feed is full of people gushing over it.

  42. I love Christmas! The trees, the decorations the delicious cookies and all the lovely wrapped books under the trees.
    If I could be put into the draw to win;
    The Heart of Christmas Courtney Milan
    Proof by seduction Courtney Milan
    The magic Knot Helen Scott Taylor
    Goddess of the hunt Tessa dare
    Liar Justine Larbalestier
    Demons Lexicon Sarah Rees Brennan

    Thankyou so much for the lovely contest and I hope you have a merry Christmas!

  43. Oooo. Books. Since this is my last month doing giveaways on my own IMHO blog (www.tjbsopinion.blogspot.com) for a while, I feel I can safely enter back into the “I wanna free book” club. Here are the authors’ books I’d like to win, if selected:

    Kris Kennedy, Kelly Gay, Debra Mullins, Lori Brighton, Annette McCleave, Helen Scott Taylor, and Courtney Milan (either/both).

    Thanks!

    TJB

  44. Wow, what a great list of books!
    If your contest is open for internationals, I’d love to be entered for:
    *Sarah Rees Brennan’s The Demon’s Lexicon
    *Carolyn Jewel’s Indiscreet
    *Tessa Dare’s Goddess of the Hunt
    *Courtney Milan’s Proof by Seduction
    *Anthology The Heart of Christmas
    Thank you and happy holidays!!

  45. I would like to be entered in the drawings for “To Ruin the Duke,” “Indiscreet,” “Not Quite A Husband,” “One Week As Lovers,” “The Heart of Christmas” and “Proof By Seduction.” Thanks for the giveaway.

  46. Hi, Courtney,

    I’d love to be entered for all of them except A Hint of Wicked, which is already on my TBR 🙂

    Thanks so much!

  47. Thanks for this giveway! I would like to enter for these two! Thanks!

    Kris Kennedy’s The Conqueror. A medieval debut, and a Golden Heart finalist. This copy is signed!

    Susan Gee Heino’s Mistress by Mistake. A fun, light-hearted Regency. Also winner of the Golden Heart in Regency Historical.

  48. Wow! I would love to be entered to win all of the books. Sounds like a lot of fun reading.
    Thank you for all of your witty comments, they make me smile!

    Paige 🙂

  49. I would love to be entered for them all! And while some of them aren’t my taste, my sister would love them! 🙂

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