Winner of the Never Not Knitting Printed Pattern Drawing Giveaway

Thank you to everyone who entered the drawing for my new printed pattern set! 

The response was unbelievable! There were over 800 entries!

I am happy to announce that the winner is......

Nancy n Paul! Congratulations!

If you didn't win, not to worry! 

There will be plenty more pattern giveaways happening around the blogosphere. 

I will be announcing all future drawings in the Never Not Knitting ravelry group.

"The Making of a Gentleman" Review

"The Making of a Gentleman"
by Shana Galen

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Release Date: Oct 5, 2010

Source: ARC sent by publisher

My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

My Review:

Felicity Bennett is engaged to marry a gambling swindler against her will, her only way out is to pay him. So she accepts a tutoring position for the impressive Duc and Duchesse de Valere. Felicity expects to be a governess to a small boy named Armand, but she finds out that Armand is a very handsome, if untamed, grown man. Armand had been imprisoned since childhood during the French Revolution. While in prison, he lost all human contact, even losing his ability/desire to speak and touch others. Will Felicity be able to help him communicate in society and overcome his past, and can Armand help her overcome hers?

I loved this book! The romance between Felicity and Armand was magical. It seemed like they were the only two people in the world. Armand was so guileless in his feelings for Felicity, he never played Society's games, always choosing to ignore their rules. I loved that the romance was so simple because of Armand's lack of knowledge of "The Rules"-not to mention that he didn't care to even learn them. Armand was so fierce, but since he had been through so much pain, he was very vulnerable.

I liked the backdrop of the French Revolution. It's not something you read about a lot in historical romance, so it was good to read something new. And Armand being a Comte just sounded exotic and untamed just like him.

This romance was very much about a fantasy and a very pure love. The story was simple and not overcomplicated with side stories. There was a very clear and valid reason why Armand didn't speak, which made the story believable. The book reminded me a bit of a Tarzan-type of story, or even a little like "The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie."


Main Characters: 5/5
Supporting Characters: 5/5
Setting: 5/5
Romance: 5/5
Uniqueness: 5/5
Cover: 5/5 (so classically pretty)
Writing: 5/5


Bottom Line: I loved this book, true love stories like this are what historical romance is all about. Shana Galen is one of my new authors to watch!

Waiting on Wednesday (37)

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and it is a way to show off the books you can't wait to be released!!

This week I chose:

"Warped"
by Maurissa Guibord
Delacorte
Release Date: January 11, 2011

The following description is from goodreads.com


A love story that crosses centuries...and hangs by a thread.

"By warp and weft I bind thee..."

Tessa Brody doesn't believe in magic. Or Fate. But all that changes the day she discovers a dusty unicorn tapestry in a box of old books The wild, handsome creature woven within it draws Tessa, and frightens her too. When she pulls a silver thread from the tapestry, Tessa accidentally releases a terrible secret-one that has been contained for centuries. She also meets William de Chaucy, a young sixteenth-century nobleman with gorgeous eyes, an odd accent and haughty attitude to spare. His fate is as inextricably tied to the tapestry as Tessa's own. Together with Will, Tessa must overcome a crafty, ancient enemy. That is, if she can get along with "his lordship" long enough. And do it before her whole life unravels.

A love story that combines time travel and a tapestry? I love it!

What are waiting on this week?

Winner Announced!! Just One Taste and Kitchen Swag!

Winner Announced!!

The winner of an autographed copy of "Just One Taste" and the Recipe for Love kitchen set is:


Stacey!!

Winner was chosen via random.org random number generator. Congrat to the winner!! I have emailed the winner for a mailing address. Winner has 3 days to respond :) A huge thank you goes out to Louisa for stopping by with her guest post and for sponsoring the contest and to everyone who entered!! Congrats!!

It's That Time Again!

It's podcasting season!

Please join me October 1 for the beginning of Season 5 of the Never Not Knitting podcast.

I've been planning this season for the past few months and its going to be a great 10 episodes! 

This season will be full of special guests! 

Look forward to hearing from many of your favorite designers and book authors, great giveaways, 

and a few surprises too!

 It's going to be a lot of fun!

Teaser Tuesday (8)

Yay for "Teaser Tuesday" from MizB of Should be Reading!!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser Tuesday pick:


"A splash of gold hit the pianoforte, and she smiled. If words could not persuade him, the perhaps music could. "


p 85 "The Making of a Gentleman" by Shana Galen (ARC)

"Crescendo" Review

"Crescendo"
by Becca Fitzpatrick

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Release Date: Oct 19, 2010

Source: ARC sent by publisher

My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

My Review:

Nora Grey and her boyfriend and guardian angel, Patch, are closer than ever until one night, Nora blurts out the dreaded "I love you." Patch immediately comes up with excuses and zooms off in his Jeep. As if that's not humiliating enough, Patch goes straight to Nora's arch-nemesis, Marcie's, house. Two can play the jealousy game though, and Nora accepts her mom's urgings to get to know family friend, Scott. However, Scott may not be as perfect as he seems, he may not even be human. Will Patch still protect Nora if they aren't a couple anymore?

I haven't read Hush Hush, but I have heard so much about Patch being a nightmare of a character. After reading Crescendo, I've realized Nora isn't really a great catch herself. After so much Patch backlash, it wouldn't surprise me if the author had tried to make him a nicer person, because I didn't have a problem with him at all in this book. Nora, however, was so reckless! She continually put herself in very dangerous situations! I couldn't stand how she toyed with Patch and treated him badly by trying to make him jealous and then smugly thinking to herself-"I can put myself in danger because Patch is required to rescue me."

Even with the heroine's questionable choices, this book was addicting! I couldn't stop reading it. Through all of Nora's dangerous adventures, I was honestly scared for her, and couldn't wait to see what happened next. The author has a great way of writing exciting and suspenseful scenes.

I liked the twisted and jealous relationship that Nora had with Marcie. It was pretty typical of high school mean girls. Nora's best friend, Vee, was probably the most stable character in the book. I really liked her and it was nice to be able to see things through her perspective when Nora got too out of control.


Main Characters: 4/5
Supporting Characters: 5/5
Setting: 4/5
Romance: 4/5
Uniqueness: 4/5
Cover: 4/5 (love it)
Writing: 5/5


Bottom Line: I think fans of the first book will love the sequel, and those who really hated patch might be happy to see he's cleaned up his act.

Retail Window Displays, Knit Fest Frenzy.........

Primark

From Low End Primark to high End Accessorizes, it's all gone knit crazy. It seems every window display has gone knit crazy..........

I'm featuring my two favourite, Primark as I just love the huge printed columns that have the knit printed on them and even the colour scheme that's greys pinks and peaches.

And best of all completely max'd out with knit. Be it shop brought the link then could inspire some to take the sticks and create there own flower or scarf.

Or the fact that as long as knit wear is IN (what's in stays)
The yarn shops should hopefully do well.......

(Better off by the interest of the new knitter if only for a scarf as once the bug bites the stash increases)




Knitting is big around the world.

Crochet is my world.

This is an advert for national hand knit week? something like that but the concept is a winner in my book;-)


Accessorize................


Knits..............

This really is the Knitty pretty of the city, it's so in your face, large knitted letters.

They are a beautiful shop packed with the modern autumnal colours, that it of the turquoise/jade and purples and reds, plently of pom-poms are always a big hit.

With there prices in store (high) no expense spared for the window display.

What a great idea for window ad, its a knit innovation.

Winner Announced!! Smart Chicks Kick It Tour Contest!

Winner Announced!!

The Smart Chicks Kick It Tour ended yesterday!! I'm so happy to hear that all of you who were able to go had a great time with the authors!

The winner of the 3 Surprise books from the tour authors is:


Kristina!!

Winner was chosen via random.org random number generator. Congrat to the winner!! I have emailed the winner for a mailing address. Winner has 3 days to respond :) A huge thank you goes out to the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour for sponsoring the contest and to everyone who entered and who made it out to the Tour!! Congrats!!

In My Mailbox (40)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren, and is a way for everyone to show their new books for the week, including those bought, swapped, won, or received for review.

for review:

"Annexed" by Sharon Dogar

sent by Anna at FSB, thanks Anna! I can't wait to read it, it sounds so amazing!

bought:

"Seven Secrets of Seduction" by Anne Mallory

yay for a new historical romance!

"A Highland Duchess" by Karen Ranney

Karen Ranney is one of my favorite historical romance authors! This one is her newest book and I can't wait to read it! If you haven't read any of her books yet, you should :)

What did you receive in your mailbox this week??

Two Tiny Chloe Sweaters

This past week or so has been spent knitting up these two
little samples of my Chloe sweater pattern for girls.

One is for one of my trunk shows and the other is being displayed at a new local yarn shop.

These three colors of Spud and Chloe Sweater yarn look so sweet and girlish together. Sort of like a lollipop or similar stripey candy. I love all of Spud and Chloe's colorways. Its so fun picking three to go together.

These colors that I chose are named Watermelon, Popsicle, and Ice Cream. 

Hmm.. now that I think about it, I may have picked these colors when I was hungry. 

They do sound delicious don't they?

To make a Chloe sweater you only need 1 skein of each colorway. These two samples are in the 6 month size and I have more than enough to make a third. Granted, this is a small size, but it really doesn't take that much of each color to create this piece. 

I definitely think this sweater would be a great way to use up some partial skeins of worsted weight that you might have lying around.

I picked up some hand painted ladybug buttons for the sweaters and I think that they compliment quite nicely.

It was fun revisiting this design. The last time I knit this is when I designed this little sweater over a year ago. While knitting it I remembered all that I love about it. It is soo quick to make! 

I'm sure you could knit a small size in one day if you really wanted to.

Also I think its a great garment addition for this time of year. I for one live in a climate that is sporadically cold and then scorching hot. It's truly bizarre and you have no idea what to expect day to day.

Additionally, when it is insanely hot during the day it also cools down quite a bit in the evenings.

A little sweater like Chloe is a great layering piece for my daughter. Just a little layer of extra warmth on her tiny body.... Similar to a vest. Only its really cute and girly and looks simply adorable over a little dress.. or tank top. And vests just don't work in that way. You know?

Also Chloe is very simple to take on and off as the weather changes.

Pattern available here.

Guest Post with Louisa Edwards and Giveaway!

Today, I'm so excited to have "Just One Taste" Author Louisa Edwards guest posting here on my blog!! Thanks for stopping by, Louisa!

Here's her post!


Seduced by the Secondary Hero

I knew I was in trouble when my agent asked me to rework the very first chapter before she sent out my proposal for Can’t Stand the Heat. The scene was a pep talk between my professional chef hero, Adam Temple, and his Brit punk best friend and sous chef, Frankie Boyd.

Maybe the way I described the two characters gives you a hint as to what my problem might’ve been—I was in love with my secondary hero. Frankie, with his flamboyant cockney slang and tough swagger, took over the whole scene, which was supposed to be about Adam’s nerves and excitement before a party launching his brand new restaurant. I ended up cutting Frankie right out of it and introducing him later, which let Adam shine in his first appearance on the page. (Although if you want to read the original version, just for fun, I posted it on my website here.)

Frankie has his own subplot that arcs throughout the three books that comprise the Market trilogy, Can’t Stand the Heat, On the Steamy Side, and the most recent release, Just One Taste. It was a constant struggle to rein him in. Readers and reviewers invariably comment on him and his story, which involves a rocky romantic relationship with a young server at Market.

I deliberately included a romantic subplot because my favorite romances almost always have one. Often, the subplot begins in one book and continues through a series until those secondary characters finally take center stage. Suzanne Brockmann has done this several times with her Troubleshooters, with Sam and Alyssa, Max and Gina, and my favorites, Jules and Robin. Eloisa James, too, is an expert on the art of the subplot—by the end of her recent Desperate Duchesses series, I was panting for the Duke of Villiers’s story!

Subplots are a great way to build sustained interest in a series, because readers have the chance to meet and get to know the characters over multiple books. With a subplot, you don’t have to wrap everything up in a single story—as long as the main couple gets their happily ever after, you can draw the secondary romance out, end on a cliffhanger, and not have readers wanting to kill you! Well, in theory. Because readers know the score—they expect to see those secondary characters again in the next book, and they’re even more likely to rush out and pick it up if they’re already invested in one of the plot elements.

And as I wrap up Frankie’s storyline in Just One Taste, I’m excited to share the conclusion of his story arc with his fans! I hope it’s as satisfying for them to read as it was for me to write.

What are some of your favorite ongoing series subplots? Who are some secondary characters who steal every scene they’re in?

GIVEAWAY RULES:One lucky reader will win an autographed copy of "Just One Taste" as well as the Recipe for Love kitchen set, including two spatulas and an apron, one for each of the books in Louisa's Recipe for love series!

All you have to do is follow my blog publicly and answer Louisa's questions or leave her a comment with your email address!

Please follow publicly or I can't tell that you are following :) Also, if you aren't comfortable leaving your email here, go ahead and leave a comment and then send me an email with your email addy.

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"Just One Taste" Review

"Just One Taste"
by Louisa Edwards

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date: Aug 31, 2010

Source: ARC sent by publicist in exchange for honest review

My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

My Review:

Wes is an ex-con man looking to make a new start in the culinary profession. Scientist Rosemary has just started a new job as Wes' substitute culinary professor. Circumstances collide and they end up collaborating on a project researching aphrodisiacs. Will two polar opposites attract in the kitchen?

The character of Rosemary was so funny and so well drawn by the author. If you're a fan of Sheldon from the show "Big Bang Theory" or Bones from the show "Bones," you will love Rosemary! She's so literal in everything. While she's a genius and was a child prodigy, she's severely lacking in social skills.

I loved the secondary romance between bad boy Frankie and sweet, loveable Jess. Jess was much more appealing to me because I love a sweet guy over a bad boy any day! But as a couple, they clicked. I liked that Frankie was so jealous over Jess' friendship with Wes. It was unique and refreshing to see a gay romantic storyline as the secondary romance.

The book does talk about food and restaurants but not to the point that it alienates non foodies like me.


Main Characters: 5/5 (Rosemary)
Supporting Characters: 5/5
Setting: 3/5
Romance: 3/5
Uniqueness: 4/5
Cover: 3/5 (I'm not really drawn in)
Writing: 4/5


Bottom Line:
This book was definitely an escape, I wouldn't go into it expecting realism. But as a fun romantic comedy with a great heroine, it really succeeds.


click here for a guest post by the author and a contest!

Book Blog Follow and Book Blogger Hop

Happy Friday, Everyone!!

It's time for Book Blog Follow Friday hosted by Parajunkee.com and The Book Blogger Hop hosted by Crazy for Books!

If you're visiting for the first time, I'd love to hear from you, so please leave a comment and say hi!! :)

While you're here, check out the contests I have running!

Win 3 Surprise Books from the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour!! Ends 9/25

Win 3 Romance Classics!! The Raven Prince, A Hint of Wicked, Hot Wheels and High Heels!! Ends 10/8

Win an ARC of Hellion in Her Bed and a promotional deck of cards!! Ends 10/1

Win an autographed copy of Just One Taste and kitchen swag! Ends 9/27

breakfast food

Yesterday morning I decided to stock up on

some breakfast foods,

~ I made some yogurt, which we especially

love in our smoothies

~some overnight oat cakes from Clarice's very lovely

new book, Wren Bay: The Story of Making a Home

~ and, since my brother Tim brought me

delicious pears from his tree, I made

these wonderful Apple & Pear Breakfast

Custards from Heather at Shivaya Naturals.

Now that Fall is in the air, it seems good

to get back to spending some time in the kitchen :) 

Bubbles is fat!

I haven't been doing a good job of photographing Ms. Bubbles lately and I really need to. For some reason I can see how fat she is in photos but not in person! Perhaps she is like me and far lazier in the warmer months. DH says I spoil her rotten but he's the one always giving her extra treats. She's actually more active than many of my previous rabbits zooming from room to room, ripping up her beloved phone books and tossing hay around so I get to vacuum constantly.

Pretending Winter

The other day my four year old decided to "pretend winter"
with her winter coat and my drawer of hand knits.

It was all so cute and uncoordinated that I had to snap some pictures.

Here she is wearing some of the knits that I made awhile back now. I forgot I had some of these items! 

I'm thinking that the Laurel beret looks way cuter on her than it ever did on me.

She wasn't the only one who was ready for winter weather though...

These dollies were quite cozy in my knitted hats.

Here is the full "Pretending Winter" ensemble. Doesn't everyone look so overheated happy and warm....

...in the 90 degree summer heat?

An outfit from The Village...... or just freeform crochet

The Village 2004

by M Night Shyamalan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_%282004_film%29

For those who watched the film, that featured the hooded scary outfits. My latest project, once on the mannequin really reminded me of this.

my latest re-do 2. (This meaning that I have used the same material but in a new way)

I'm always recycling my canvas, but my knitted dresses....... I figured why not!

This was once a dress, sitting OK on a mannequin but unwearable in life as it just pulled down and didn't have the desired affect on the person as it did the mannequin, so simply I cut it in half.

I made a poncho a hood, hence the Village reference for those who have seen this film.

As well as a poncho I also think that I'll get a free-form shrug out of the original sleeve/shoulder part;-)

The wooden spoon makes for an excellent head prop, no expensive spared.

The bottom skirt made the poncho part and the hood was the once waist part of the dress in the YouTube below shows the original milk made style dress.
I'm not quiet sure what I was thinking with my original design, well basically I wasn't, they just grow.

Recycling at its best, turning unwearable into wearable.




Skirt

I'm now knitting! yes knitting an underskirt, boring round and round stitches, it maybe tedious but I really like the result.





Below Red and black

This was also a really early skirt/ like first few weeks of crochet, something I'm pretty precious about as I think that you should always have reference to show that your skill has advanced.

But this untouched can be a shrug , scarf or top;-)
re-think......

Things some time have better intentions than you have/had planned.






Knitting Outcasts

http://theoutcasts.co.uk/



Learning

Well its plain to see that I have not learnt how to! follow any type of pattern.
I managed parts but without a picture to follow I was a little naked, not literally;-)

But I did try.

The outcasts/guest leader ran a finishing group. Finishing in a knit world, so out of my depth just a little.

Apparently crochet chains can not be used for everything;-).

And I learnt, mattress stitch.........seam less fun.

And to turn! Oj Oj

And sort of how to pick up stitches and even how to kind of attach a sleeve.

This will all come in very handy if ever knit should become my crochet;-)

It was great fun, my 1st knit class.....good to be home.

'Here There Be Monsters' Review

As part of The Iron Seas Challenge at vvb32reads, I have my review of the first story in Meljean Brook's Iron Seas Series! Check out the rest of the reviews in the challenge here!




'Here There Be Monsters'
by Meljean Brook
from the anthology: "Burning Up"

Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: Aug 3, 2010

Source: sent by the author in exchange for honest review

My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

My Review:

Ivy, a blacksmith, desperately needs to get out of London-her life depends on it. So she accepts passage on Mad Machen's ship, against her better judgement. Mad Machen, or Eben, is well known as a ruthless pirate, notorious for his ill treatment of prisoners and even his crew. Ivy escapes Eben immediately, but she knows she can't hide from him forever. He'll be back to make sure she pays him what she owes.

I love a good steampunk story and this one was great! The author balanced the romance well with the technology and gadgets that readers want to see in a steampunk story. The author paints a detailed picture of a different world that never once feels confusing or unbelievable.

This is a story where I'm so glad the romance genre uses two points of view-the heroine as well as the hero. At first, if I had only gone off of Ivy's preconceived notions of Eben, I wouldn't have liked him at all. But since we got to listen in on his thoughts as well, I totally understood why he had such a scary, hard image. I was able to also see the flip side of his personality and I liked him very much.

In true steampunk fashion, the leads had mechanical body parts, which was pretty fascinating. In fact, part of Ivy's job was to make and repair mechanical limbs.

There are so many supporting characters, each vividly drawn. The characters are especially deep for a short story. I'm eager to see them develop in the rest of the series.


Main Characters: 5/5
Supporting Characters: 4/5
Setting: 5/5
Romance: 4/5
Uniqueness: 5/5
Cover: 3/5
Writing: 4/5


Bottom Line: This was a fantastic romance as well as a well-developed steampunk fantasy. I can't wait to read more about this world and these characters in "The Iron Duke."

(note: this review is only for Meljean Brook's story, not the entire anthology)

Waiting on Wednesday (36)

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and it is a way to show off the books you can't wait to be released!!

This week I chose:

"The Iron Duke"
by Meljean Brook
Berkley Trade
Release Date: October 5, 2010

The following description is from goodreads.com


After the Iron Duke freed England from Horde control, he instantly became a national hero. Now Rhys Trahaearn has built a merchant empire on the power — and fear — of his name. And when a dead body is dropped from an airship onto his doorstep, bringing Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth into his dangerous world, he intends to make her his next possession.

Mina can’t afford his interest, however. Horde blood runs through her veins, and despite the nanotech enhancing her body, she barely scratches out a living in London society. Becoming Rhys’s lover would destroy both her career and her family, yet the investigation prevents her from avoiding him…and the Iron Duke’s ruthless pursuit makes him difficult to resist.

But when Mina uncovers the victim’s identity, she stumbles upon a conspiracy that threatens the lives of everyone in England. To save them, Mina and Rhys must race across zombie-infested wastelands and treacherous oceans — and Mina discovers the danger is not only to her countrymen as she finds herself tempted to give up everything to the Iron Duke.

I just read the prequel to this book, a short story called 'Here There Be Monsters' in the anthology, "Burning Up." I loved it! I can't wait to read more of this awesome steampunk romance series!!

What are you waiting for this week??

Review and Giveaway! "Hellion in Her Bed"

To celebrate the release day of Sabrina Jeffries' new book, I have my review plus a fun contest for an ARC and a deck of cards!

"Hellion in Her Bed"
by Sabrina Jeffries

Publisher: Pocket Star
Pub Date: Oct 21, 2010

Source: ARC sent from publicist in exchange for honest review

My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

My Review:
Annabel Lake was taking the last desperate steps to save her family brewery from ruin. Her brother was too drunk to take care of the business anymore. Annabel took her best ale to Plumtree Brewery to propose a partnership. She knew the woman in charge would look at her as an equal. However, she didn't expect to find the woman's grandson in charge instead. Jarett Sharpe had the reputation of a wastrel gambler, could she trust him to save her brewery? Or more importantly, could she trust him with her heart?

I thought the brewery storyline was very interesting and new. I liked the author's note that many women really were brewers at that time, when most women weren't really accepted in most jobs.

I loved that Jarrett always treated Annabel as an equal in business. He never condescended her or made less of her business decisions because she was a woman. This was probably because he was used to his grandmother running his family's brewery. It was very refreshing to see the man and woman on equal footing in the workplace, something that's difficult to achieve even now.

I didn't enjoy this book as much as Jeffries' other novels, but it was still a fun story. I liked Jarrett, but I didn't love him. I like a guy who tells his lady how he feels instead of hiding it all the time. I liked that Jarett was a gambler, but his wagers with Annabel were a little predictable in the direction that they took.

Annabel was a little too martyr-ish for me. Giving up all of her happiness because of one mistake a long time ago when she was very young, when there were ways to overcome the obstacle and family more than willing to help her balance everything.

My favorite part of the book was when Jarrett was stying with Annabel and her family, and they convinced him to sing. His singing voice was terrible and he hadn't sung anything since his family told him he was awful. But with Annabel's family, he was comfortable enough to be himself, even showing his less than likeable traits.


Main Characters: 4/5
Supporting Characters: 4/5
Setting: 5/5 Romance: 4/5
Uniqueness: 4/5
Cover: 4/5
Writing: 4/5

Bottom Line: A fun historical romance, and I really liked the unique brewery setting and the equal business partnership that the main characters had.

GIVEAWAY RULES:

I have a special promotional deck of cards AND my gently read ARC copy of "Hellion in Her Bed" for one lucky reader!

All you have to do is follow my blog publicly and leave a comment on this review with your email address!

Please follow publicly or I can't tell that you are following :) Also, if you aren't comfortable leaving your email here, go ahead and leave a comment and then send me an email with your email addy.

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