Thursday, November 1, 2012

Fall in Love Blog Hop and GIVEAWAY




Happy (shortly belated) Halloween, everyone! Hope you had some great autumn festivities with more to come. A las personas que celebran el dia de los muertos, espero que disfrutan sus felicidades! En caso de mi espanol esta mal, perdonme por favor--no es mi lengua nativa y estoy aprendando lol.

First things first. As part of the Fall in Love hop theme hosted by the wonderful Reader's Confession, I want to gush about my two favorite debut authors this year: Kate SeRine and Cecy Robson. See their covers below! =D Aren't they pretty?




Both writing urban fantasy with a wonderful dash of romance, but casting their own unique spins on the genre, these ladies' novels rocked my socks off! Kate SeRine's gritty, badass heroine Tess "Red" Little knows how to hold her own in a world where fairytales run rampant. And Cecy Robson's kind-hearted, Weird Girl, Celia Wird, has a fierce inner tigress--literally!--and Celia's not afraid to sink her claws into anyone who threatens her family.

These debut authors have amazing voices. In all her stubbornness and intelligence, Tess kept me right by her side and rooting for her from the very first page, and Celia is a woman after my own heart--she balances the line between the girl everyone can relate to and a badass superwoman perfectly. ;-)

The writing is strong in both of these novels and any urban fantasy reader, and even those who normally enjoy solely paranormal romance, should give these fantastic debuts a try. I'm looking forward to the next installment of the Transplanted Tales and of the Weird Girls.

If you'd like to check out my full review of Kate SeRine's Red, please click the link: Review of Red. I also plan to host the wonderful Kate SeRine again in the coming months of 2013 with the release of the second novel in her Transplanted series, The Better to See You.

You'll have to wait patiently for my full reviews of Cecy Robson's Weird Girls. On November 27th I'll be posting a review of the Weird Girls Novella and on December 18th I'll be posting a review of the first full length novel in the series, Sealed with a Curse. I will clue you in--if you haven't caught my drift already--and say that I LOVED both Cecy Robson's books!

Now, onto the giveaway! U.S entrants only please!

Since my own publisher is Harlequin, I will be giving away four different Harlequin novels from various lines (three of which are signed): Killing Me Softly by Maggie Shayne (single-title romantic suspense), The Protector by Carla Capshaw (inspirational historical romance), His Bride for the Taking by Sandra Hyatt (contemporary romance, and The Longest Night by Cindy Dees (romantic suspense).

The giveaway starts today, November 1st 2012, and ends November 11th 2012 with the winner announced on the 12th.

So how about you? Who are your favorite debut authors of 2012? Please share in the comments! And don't forget to enter the giveaway! Extra entries for those who follow via FB or Twitter, or those who tweet about the contest. Cheers!


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14 comments:

  1. What a great post! Thank you for your compliments on my Weird Girls. And, having also read RED by Kate Serine, I too have fallen in love with a new author and series. Hmmm, which reminds me, I'm looking forward to a new series scheduled to be released in 2013--The Execution Underground. Perhaps you've heard of it? Best of luck to all the contest participants. Peace!

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    1. Lol =) You always make me smile, Cecy. I hope in the coming year you all will enjoy the sexy boys of the Execution Underground as much as I love Celia and Tess. ;-)

      *hugs*

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  2. Thanks for the amazing shout-out for RED! So glad you enjoyed it! And I'm honored to be mentioned with Cecy's WEIRD GIRLS. She's written such an awesome novella! I'm sure SEALED WITH A CURSE will be just as fantastic. :D

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    1. I absolutely love both Red, the Weird Girls novella, and Sealed with a Curse. Seriously, all really fantastic reads. Glad to give good books and great authors a shout-out ;-)

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  3. A new author I've fallen in love with Debra Anastasia. She is the author of Poughkeepsie and it is an awesome love story. There's a lot of heavy emotional content in the book but she balances it quite nicely with hilariously funny secondary characters. It is a phenomenal book if you ever get the chance to read it. Thanks for joining the hop and for the chance to win!

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    1. You're welcome! Thanks for entering and for stopping by the blog! I looked up Pougkeepsie. Didn't find a description of the plot, but it had a nice cover and good reviews =)

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  4. There is a couple that I discovered this year...
    One would be Michele Hart and the other would be Webber (First name has escaped my mind at the moment)

    Thanks for joining the hop...


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    1. Thanks for stopping by! Will have to look those names up. There are so many great new authors coming out each year.

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  5. I've discovered so many new authors and/books.....one such author was Karen Stivali...she's awesome! Thanks for the giveaway!

    molly at reviewsbymolly dot com

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    1. You're welcome! Thanks for stopping by! I find Goodreads to be a great place to discover new authors. =)

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  6. One series which I just happen up on this year was New Species by Laurann Dohner. I won her book “His Purrfect Mate” and loved it! I wanted to read more by her and purchased “Fury”, book 1 in the New Species series. That did it. I was hooked! I have all her books and look forward to the release of each new book. Wonderful story teller!

    Thanks for the opportunity to meet you, explore your site and win a cool prize. That's what blog hopping is all about! Right?

    Belinda
    belgre@comcast.net

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    1. Thanks so much for stopping by! I love finding an author I've never read who has several books released so then I can rush to catch up with the series. Sounds like a cool series. Have a great weekend!

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  7. I've discovered quite a few new to me authors this year. Mostly during all the blog hops. Lisa Renee Jones and Robin L. Rotham are a couple favorites.
    Glad to meet you on this blog hop and thank you for your giveaway.
    Christine S
    cms72023 at gmail dot com

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, Christine! I've heard of Lisa Renee Jones, but I haven't read anything by her yet. Have a great week and happy election day!

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