Bookaholics Romance Book Club

10/19/09, 3:30 p.m. - guest author/speaker, Book Club, Carlton Plaza , E. 14th and Haas, San Leandro , CA 94577 .

10/28/09 - Guest author blog at http://www.LeahBraemel.com 

11/18/09 - 7-8:30 p.m. - JoAnn Smith Ainsworth, Sophie Littlefield; Rachelle Chase and Carolyn Jewel will be panelists at the Sonoma Central Library Fiction Writers' Panel Discussion, 211 E Street (corner of 3rd), Santa Rosa , CA.95404 ((707) 545-0831). Elizabeth Beechwood, moderator.

11/23/09 - Ann Lory blog (week long) at www.annlory.blogspot.com  

 
12/01/09 - 1:00pm - guest author and speaker, Mastick Book Club at the Media Room of the Senior Center, 1155 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501-7438 (Nancy Gormley ((510) 747-7500), facilitator)

E) http://www.annaguirre.com/free-reads/
-repeat but worth mentioning, I think she has new stories up

F) Free erotic read by Eve Vaughn- only for those 18 years and older!!
http://www.evevaughn.com/story.htm

More Freebies, Contests, etc.

1) Like Urban Fantasy or books by Jim Bucher then enter to Win a Signed Advance Copy of Child of Fire by Harry Connolly
Welcome to the Society, Mr. Lilly...
Hah, if only Ray Lilly's first visit had been so polite. Instead, his introduction to the secret organization known as the Twenty Palace Society occurs under less than perfect circumstances. Ray is an ex-car thief and small-time con man who manages to lay hands on one simple magic spell—but possessing that spell sets him apart from the rest of society and brings him among the small group of people worldwide who know that magic exists and the terrible uses to which it may be put. In Child of Fire, Harry Connolly's debut novel (on sale September 29), Ray Lilly is co-opted as the driver for tough-as-nails sorcerer Annalise Powliss. But when she is seriously injured in the hunt for a rogue magician, Ray must complete her assignment alone.
Child of Fire is the first in a new urban paranormal series. Jim Butcher, author of the Dresden Files, gives it high praise: "Excellent reading and has a lot of things I love in a book: a truly dark and sinister world, delicious tension and suspense, violence so gritty you'll get something in your eye just reading it, and a gorgeously flawed protagonist. Take this one to the checkout counter. Seriously."
Intrigued? Of course you are! And since you can't wait to read more from Harry Connolly, here's a chance to receive Child of Fire—for free, even! Send an e-mail with your name and address to delrey@randomhouse.com with Child of Fire in the subject line. E-mails must be received by Wednesday, October 7th. We'll select ten e-mails at random to receive a special Advance Reader's Edition of Child of Fire. Good luck!

2) FULL MOON CLUB CONTEST

For this month's contest I will give away a thermal coffee mug with fairies (Summer Bartholomew) on the outside.

The contest drawing will take place on November 1, 2009.

To enter the October contest, please send your mailing address (NOT your e-mail address) to lhandel120@aol.com.

3) http://www.torquerepress.com/contest/index.html

4) Some book excerpts:
http://www.bonnievanak.com/immortalwolf.html  sounds like a cool paranormal werewolf story

And check for her free read coming in Oct.
Starting Oct. 19,  look for the FREE online serial I wrote for Nocturne titled SEDUCING THE VAMPIRE. This is a free read available on eHarlequin. It features Indigo, the half-Draicon, half-vampire from ENEMY LOVER. Here’s the blurb:
Beautiful vampress Avril Antoine is the last person Indigo Mercier expects to stumble into his New Orleans tattoo shop one moonlit October night. Indigo, a half-vampire, half-Draicon werewolf, took Avril's blood and her innocence more than a century ago, an act that resulted in his banishment from the vampire clan. Now Avril is back in his life, needing a place to hide the legendary Anastasia charm from an evil vampire who covets the amulet's power to fulfill secret hopes and hidden dreams.

Avril Antoine remembers the rich, forbidden pleasure of that long-ago night with Indigo. As old passions ignite, it seems he will do anything to seduce Avril back into his bed...and Avril will be forced to choose between loyalty to her clan and surrendering to the dark, sensual call of the forbidden Changling male.

5) http://www.shannonkbutcher.com/index.php?id=4  
cool free stuff

6) http://www.jenniferhaymore.com/bonus-features/   

7) Free bookmarks by contemporary author Janette Kenny!
http://www.jankenny.com/contact.php  

8) Free reads
http://www.mystickat.com/stories.html  

http://www.thesamhellion.com/ebooks/thomas_chapter.pdf  - free story by Kari Thomas