LASR Valentine's Day Party & Book Give Away

What a great month this is. When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace will align the planets, and love will rule the stars...Aquarius.

Remember that song from HAIR? I used to sing it all the time when I was a kid. Did I just date myself? Oh well.

I love February.

My ds1 and my aunt were born.

My psuedonym has a book releasing.

Super Bowl.

Valentine's Day.

And the LASR Valentine's Day party February 12th and 13th. I'll be there as an assigned guest February 12th. Part of that day I'll be cheering on my boss's daughter and her roller derby team down in Miami. Have Droid with Internet access, will blog.

I hope you'll join us. Also, I hope you'll enter to win a pdf copy of my book "Always A Bridesmaid". To do so, join us at LASR on the 12th and follow their rules at:

http://lasrguest.blogspot.com/

Christmas in July Winners!

It's time to announce my winners for my Christmas in July contest.

Laura at A Gluten Free Mommy and The Redhead Riter are my winners.

Congrats!

I hope you'll enjoy the story.

Please contact me with your email address where I can email your pdf copy.

For those of you who didn't win, there's another contest at The Long and Short Reviews between August 2 - 29th to win a Nook.

Don't miss it!

Merry Christmas!

It’s July and the heat index must be over 100. My daughter is sun burnt from our visit to the pool a couple days ago. My AC bill’s going to be sky high next month.

But the Christmas movies are coming out of storage and I’ll begin writing Christmas stories and doing Christmas shopping and celebrating Christmas in July.

The Romance Readers and Writers are having a big Christmas in July celebration and contest. In conjunction, I will be giving away a copy of my new book “So You Want To Marry Our Mom”, a sweet contemporary romance being published by Amber Quill Press. http://www.amberquillpress.com/

To win a copy, please leave a comment on my blog that you would like to be entered to win "So You Want To Marry Our Mom". To get additional entries, let me know you're a follower, retweet my contest on Twitter, or leave a reader review of one of my books on Amazon (and tell me of course so I can find it). I'll award an additional entry for each thing (as long as you let me know).

I'll award two pdf copies of the book July 31, 2010.

"So You Want To Marry Our Mom" by Elaine Hopper

Releases Tuesday July 6, 2010 at http://www.amberquillpress.com/

When erotic romance writer Jackie Duarte’s kids nominate her to be a television bachelorette on Perfect Mate and help to pick her next husband and their new father, her life becomes crazier than it’s already been. Now the whole world will meet her bratty ADHD/ODD twelve-year-old, perhaps learn of the penname she has fought so long to keep under wraps, and see her house on television...and she’s no Martha Stewart.

Worse yet, the ghost of her husband has long been talking off her ear but now he’s also giving her dating advice, telling her how to flirt and whom to marry. She has to be extra careful not to speak to him aloud while the cameras are rolling or risk being put into a straightjacket.

But worst of all, Doug Applebaum, her best friend and the younger man she had wanted to marry but gave up on, finally decides he loves her, after she’s legally committed to wed one of the bachelors on her show. What can Jackie do now? Go back on her commitment to the show, ignore the advice of her children and her deceased husband, or follow her heart straight into Doug’s waiting arms?

Genres: Romance / Contemporary Romance / Paranormal Romance Length: 95k words

Blog Jog & Blogmania - Contests

What are "Blog Jog" and "Blogmania"?





"Blog Jog" and "Blogmania" are special days where several blogs join together for an extravaganza. They're ways to become acquainted with new blogs, make new blog friends, and possibly to win great prizes.





Blog Jog



Blog Jog is this week ~ Mother's Day, May 9th, 2010 all day.



Start with my blog then follow the links to other blogs.



I'm going to have a contest to win a free pdf copy of "Always A Bridesmaid".



How do you win?

Simple. Leave a comment for me on my blog with a way to contact you.

Blogmania

Blogmania is a lot like Blog Jog. Start here at my blog, then follow the links. About 175 blogs will participate, each with a prize valued at a minimum of $100. That means the retail value of all the prizes will be a minimum of $17,500. It boggles my mind.

Pretty darned awesome, right?

And my prize is really cool. I mean you'll want to make sure you don't miss a chance to win it. Bookmark this now, set your calendars to remind you, and visit often.

It's a Kobo.

A what?

A new ebook reader that will make the Kindle look obsolete.

ALSO if you're an author and would like free promotion, please read on. I will accept donations of pdf novels (anything except erotic - sorry, not my rules, but Blogmania's) to be loaded onto this Kobo for the lucky winner.

I'll be promoting all the books to be included on the Kobo, on this blog, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and around the web.

If you're interested in this promotional offer, (free other than the book donation) email me at:

chinara@aol.com

Be sure to put "KOBO Ebook donation" in the subject line of your email. Please also include a copy of your book's cover, blurb, brief excerpt, and purchase link in the same email.

So why am I not offering the KOBO reader and books for Blog Jog?

The KOBO isn't out yet.

Secondly, I need time to gather books to load onto it to make it a really super prize.

How to get more than one entry?

Again, simple.

If you're not already one of my followers, follow and let me know in your comment for me on the assigned days that you are one of my followers.

For another entry yet, Tweet about my contests and let me know you've done so - in the comment please.

Good luck!

Blogmania Winner of "Always A Bridesmaid"

And the winner of "Always A Bridesmaid" is:

anita.nohti (at) gmail.com

I used a random number generator online to pick my winner.

Congrats Anita!

I feel generous tonight probably because I'm so happy about your awesome response so I picked two winners to receive a pdf copy of "Always A Bridesmaid".

The second winner is:

sarahcoulsey03 at gmail dot com

Thank you thank you thank you everybody who played Blogmania yesterday and who entered my contest and followed my blog.

I'll email both of you now.

I wish I had a consolation prize for everybody else.

What I'll do is write a short story this week and post it next Saturday. Be sure to visit back for it.

Thank you again. :)

Winner of "Always A Bridesmaid"

And the winner of "Always A Bridesmaid", my sweet romance book, is:

Val Ford - vg_ford on Twitter

Please email me with your email address so I can email your pdf copy of your book to you.

Congratulations!

I hope you enjoy my book.

Elaine

Contest: Always A Bridesmaid

To celebrate the release of my Sweetheart Rose romance "Always A Bridesmaid" this week, I'm running a contest. The contest runs from tonight until Midnight EST Tuesday March 23, 2010.

I will give away one free pdf copy to one winner.

To enter the contest, you can do either of two things:

Follow me on Twitter and retweet my contest news. http://twitter.com/Elaine_Hopper

"Contest: Win free pdf copy of my sweet romance #ALWAYSABRIDESMAID. RT by midnight 3-23-10 to enter. http://bit.ly/9pGX5t "

or

Leave me a comment on my blog at:

http://www.elaineannhopper.blogspot.com

Elaine Hopper
http://www.thewildrosepress.com/always-a-bridesmaid-p-3940.html

Hell has finally frozen over. After nine long years, Breanna Parker has come home to be her sister's maid of honor. Just her luck that the first person she runs into is her ex-fiance, Troy Youngwolf—the man who eloped with her ex-best friend and broke her heart. Now a widowed father and sheriff of their Florida home town, sexy bad boy Troy wants another chance and won't take no for an answer. However, every time Breanna looks at Troy or his little girl, her heart breaks anew. She can hardly wait for her sister to get hitched so she can escape back to her urban family in Ft. Lauderdale. The risk is too high that Troy may discover her most closely held secret, one with the potential to destroy them both…perhaps this time forever.

Rosebud
(Pages 144) Sweet

Excerpt:

“So this is how the worldly Breanna behaves in her off-duty hours?” Troy righted Breanna, his hands lingering on her arms.

She stepped back, quelling the desire to rub away his prints. She chafed that Sierra was getting a big head start and she was left alone with Troy. “What are you doing in my house? Daddy’s not home.”

“Is that how you greet your boss? Or your old flame?”

Fire smoldered in Troy’s eyes as mischief danced in his voice. Knowing Sierra was way ahead, she sighed. “What do you want? More memos copied? Someone to pour you a coffee?” she said with saccharine sweetness, vowing to return to college and upgrade her career.

“I stop by periodically to make sure everything’s okay. This is my last stop of the day.” He didn’t move to leave. “Everything okay here?”

Was he daring her to make him leave? She scowled. “Only if you call having a crazed sister okay. Or having my boss intrude on my personal space.”

He didn’t blink, just advanced a step. “Is being around me really that bad? You didn’t used to think so.”

Before she realized his intentions, Troy backed her against the wall and crushed close. He captured her lips in a searing kiss that left her weak-kneed and breathless. Soft hands cupped her face, stilling her head. His hips pinned her to the wall so she couldn’t do more than squirm against his solid frame.

How long they kissed in the hall, she didn’t know. She was powerless to break the kiss—as if she’d been starved for it for years. Shirt balled in her hands, she molded her body to his.

He drew back a short distance. “You can kiss me like that and still say you hate me?”

http://www.thewildrosepress.com/always-a-bridesmaid-p-3940.html