Thank you to Hachette Book Group for the offer of this book for review and for giveaway!

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For years, 38-year-old Portia Nathan has avoided the past, hiding behind her busy (and sometimes punishing) career as a Princeton University admissions officer and her dependable domestic life. Her reluctance to confront the truth is suddenly overwhelmed by the resurfacing of a life-altering decision, and Portia is faced with an extraordinary test. Just as thousands of the nation’s brightest students await her decision regarding their academic admission, so too must Portia decide whether to make her own ultimate admission.

How To Enter this Giveaway

Before you read the description of what this book was about – by looking at the cover and tit,e let me know in a comment here what you may have thought the book could be about.

Bonus Entries?  Sure!

For an additional two entries for the giveaway be a subscriber to this blog (upper right hand sidebar) and let me know in a separate comment here.

Tweet or blog about this giveaway and let me know here in another comment and I will add in another entry

This giveaway will be open until May 2.   USA and Canada entries only please.

Have fun and good luck!

When Lola comes home to her parents’ house to find a horde of relatives mourning her death, no one is more surprised than she is. The news had reported that one Lola Cruz, PI was found murdered in an alley, causing great alarm in the Cruz family. Before Lola can say “boo,” a cop comes to the house. It turns out the dead woman had a driver’s license with Lola’s information. Between avoiding an unsavory ex-boyfriend, sorting out mixed signals from the very interested but not yet committed Jack Callaghan, and filling in as a waitress at her parents’ Mexican restaurant, Lola tries to find out who the woman was and why she stole her identity. Was the woman hiding from someone who meant her harm, or is there someone out there who wants Lola dead?

This follow-up to Ramirez’s debut novel, Living the Vida Lola, is a red-hot, fun-filled mystery. Lola, a black belt in kung fu who loves to salsa dance, makes for a sexy, unique, and vivacious detective.

I read this book in late 2009 and loved the wonderful, full of life character that is Lola.  Starting out by walking in on her own wake.  Yes – her own wake!  And the craziness does not stop there… page by page you fall in love with this fun loving family and everything they bring along with them.

I really picked up on a Janet Evanovich “Stephanie Plum” type vibe in this book so if you are a fan of the great Evanovich series, I believe you will be rolling with laughter at this one as well.

My Amazon Rating

So… enough already… how can you enter to win this book?

Lola is a modern American woman of the Latina Heritage.  She is smart and fun and if you were the winner of this book let me know the setting of where you would “virtually” be reading this book and what delicious beverage is in your hand?  (IE… perhaps you are on the deck of a cruise ship drinking the best frosty raspberry iced tea you have ever had the pleasure of tasting…)  This question must be answered to be entered in this giveaway.

For all that work on the first entry all there bonus entries?  (optional)

Of course!  Subscribe to this blog – upper right sidebar, and receive two extra entries – let me know in a separate comment here

For another entry – blog or tweet about this giveaway and let me know in a separate comment here

That’s it!  USA and Canada entries only please.  This giveaway will end on April 19th.

Have fun!

Thank you to Hachette Book Group for three copies of this wonderful book for giveaway!

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When Regina Brett turned 50, she wrote a column on the 50 lessons life had taught her. She reflected on all she had learned through becoming a single parent, looking for love in all the wrong places, working on her relationship with God, battling cancer and making peace with a difficult childhood. It became one of the most popular columns ever published in the newspaper, and since then the 50 lessons have been emailed to hundreds of thousands of people.
Brett now takes the 50 lessons and expounds on them in essays that are deeply personal. From “Don’t take yourself too seriously-Nobody else does” to “Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift,” these lessons will strike a chord with anyone who has ever gone through tough times–and haven’t we all?

How To win?

To be entered in this giveaway leave a comment here telling me what appeals to you about this book.

Bonus Entries?  Always!

For two additional entries, be a subscriber of this blog (upper right sidebar) and let me know that you are in a separate comment.

For another entry, tweet or blog about this giveaway and let me know in a separate comment.

And for yet one more additional entry, be a follower of this blog and let me know in a separate comment.

(The separate comments help me in adding up your correct entries)

This giveaway is open to USA and Canada.  Giveaway will end April 4.

Hachette Book Group?  You rock!  Thanks for letting me give three copies of this book away!

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Violet Parry is living the quintessential life of luxury in the Hollywood Hills with David, her rock-and-roll manager husband, and her darling toddler, Dot. She has the perfect life–except that she’s deeply unhappy. David expects the world of Violet but gives little of himself in return. When she meets Teddy, a roguish small-time bass player, Violet comes alive, and soon she’s risking everything for the chance to find herself again. Also in the picture are David’s hilariously high-strung sister, Sally, on the prowl for a successful husband, and Jeremy, the ESPN sportscaster savant who falls into her trap.

Sound good?  I thought so too!

To enter this give away enter with the form below and answer this question in the comment section:

This is not the cover you will see on the book sale sights, however I like this one better than the one they actually have on the book now. Reading the above synopsis of this book, how would you design the cover to capture the eye of potential book buyers?

This giveaway will end on April 1, 2010.  Good luck!

Thank you to Hachette for the opportunity to give away three copies of this book!  You…. complete me!  🙂

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Paddy Meehan is no stranger to murder–as a reporter she lives at crime scenes–but nothing has prepared her for this visit from the police. Her former boyfriend and fellow journalist Terry Patterson has been found hooded and shot through the head. Paddy knows she will be of little help–she had not seen Terry in more than six months. So she is bewildered to learn that in his will he has left her his house and several suitcases full of notes. Drawn into a maze of secrets and lies, Paddy begins making connections to Terry’s murder that no one else has seen, and soon finds herself trapped in the most important–and dangerous–story of her career.

How do you enter?  Please fill out the form that is linked here and answer this question in the comment section:

Reading the synopsis above, what would you have titled this book?

(Feel free to be creative and even funny)

Good luck everyone!  This giveaway will end on March 28th  ♣

Thank you so much to Hachette Book Group who have given me three (3!!!!) of these books to give away!

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When Melody Grace McCartney was six years old, she and her parents witnessed an act of violence so brutal that it changed their lives forever. The federal government lured them into the Witness Protection Program with the promise of safety, and they went gratefully. But the program took Melody’s name, her home, her innocence, and, ultimately, her family. She’s been May Adams, Karen Smith, Anne Johnson, and countless others–everyone but the one person she longs to be: herself. So when the feds spirit her off to begin yet another new life in another town, she’s stunned when a man confronts her and calls her by her real name.

Does this sound super fab or what?

To Enter – please fill out this form at the link below and be sure to answer this question in the comment area below:

**You are in the witness protection program….  what would your name be – and where would you like to be located?

Fill out this form please

Thank everyone for entering – this giveaway will close on March 27.  Open to USA and Canada

The Olympics have me in a winning mood!  Let’s do some giveaways!

Three Winners for The Little Giant of Aberdeen County:

My question was what would the plot be in a book if you wrote it?

Dana

“I once thought about writing a book about the inner workings of a small town”

stacybuckeye

“How ’bout Bloggers Gone Wild. It would be set at the BEA in New York”

Janet F

“I would write a crazy mystery. I think the plot would be about a search for something that was hidden many years ago”.

A Black Tie Affair winners are:

My question was what is your favorite piece of jewelry?

Caitie F

“My favorite piece of jewelry is my wedding band/engagement ring” .

Benita G

“My favorite pieces of jewelery are a ring and pendant that my dad bought for my mom before I was even born. Later in life it was passed on to me. I love both pieces”.

Sarah

“My favorite piece of jewelery has got to be my engagement ring”.

The winners of When Will There Be Good News:

The question was what would your super cool detective name be?

Stacie

Freddy Findit

Esme

Savvy Dick

Jaime Payne

Trixie McCloud

and last but not least – the signed copy of Nefertiti by Michelle Moran goes to:

Julie H

Congratulations!  All winners were selected using Random.org and have been notified by email.