Winners of Ghosts of Boyfriends Past ARC

Thank you to everyone who commented this weekend. And, now, without further ado (though we all know how I love my ado), the winners are... Arlene Hittle & ParaJunkee!

Congrats! Just drop me an email at vivi@viviandrews.com to let me know which format you prefer and claim your prize!

More prizes to come as the Ghosts of Boyfriends Past release day approaches. Stay tuned!

Thankful Winners!

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend! I love seeing all the awesome thankful tidings at this time of year. Anyone else still stuffed from Thursday? Did you go shopping on Black Friday?

Should I just skip the preliminaries and get to the WINNERS? All right, y'all, here we go. Drumroll please...

The Winner of an ebook copy of my new release, post-apocalyptic romance Reawakening Eden is... Brenda Hyde!!

The Winner of an advanced digital copy of my Valentine's paranormal romance romp Ghosts of Boyfriends Past is... Susan!!

The Winner of an ebook copy of my Christmas angels & demons novella No Angel is... Jen B.!!

CONGRATULATIONS WINNERS!!!

Please email me at vivi@viviandrews.com to claim your prize. (If you've won something you already have a copy of, let me know and we'll work something out.) Prizes must be claimed by noon Pacific time on Tuesday (extended because I'm a couple hours late announcing the winners... mea culpa, I was busily wrapping Xmas presents!). If we have unclaimed prizes on Tuesday, I'll draw another winner at that time.

Happy Holidays, everyone!

Bev Pettersen is Full of Awesome

Guess what, boys and girls? I just got an email from yesterday's visitor, equestrian writing guru Bev Pettersen, and she'd like to give away FREE copies of Color My Horse to everyone who commented yesterday on the blog! How awesome is that?

To redeem your copy of Color My Horse by the excellent (and generous!) Ms. Pettersen, please email me at vivi@viviandrews.com and I will make sure you receive the redemption code for a FREE download! (The code does expire on Sunday, so don't delay!)

All together now: THANK YOU, BEV!!!

Is she not full of win?

Monday Miscellany

First things first... we have a winner! Congratulations to Susan! Please email me (vivi@viviandrews.com) to collect your copy of A Cop & A Feel!

And in other news...

In the "Oh Lordy, not again" category, we have folks saying romance novels are bad for you. This time the cause is an article from a family planning group with what appears to be primarily anecdotal evidence stating that “Sometimes the kindest and wisest thing we can do for our clients is to encourage them to put down the books – and pick up reality.” They do give a nod to the studies done which argue the opposite, but the end result seems to be a concern that romance novels are not providing responsible sex education with regards to condom usage and sexual enjoyment. On some level I can agree with that, but see, I consider my job to entertain, not to provide a sex ed course. (And I would probably be much more receptive to their argument if they didn't have fuzzy math statements like: "some fans read up to 30 titles a month, one book every 2 days" followed by "exposure to ...romantic novels may be as much as a day every week")

Of course, reactions to the article abound, but one which I find rather entertaining is this one, entitled Are Romance Novels Hazardous to Your Sexual Health, which concludes with the question: "And if so, how can we change this genre to promote healthy sexual practices for both women and men?" To which I respond: Go buy the books that promote those healthy sexual practices. This is a business, people. You can't change it by vilifying it. Pitchforks don't change minds.


And in totally unrelated news, I'm over at the Ruby blog today talking about various publishing houses, of all things. Samhain is, of course, excellent beyond reason and I love them with all my fervent little heart, but there are other places out there and it's good for writerly sorts to know about them. So if you are a writerly sort and you want to head on over to take a look, here's the link: http://www.rubyslipperedsisterhood.com/tbd-6/

Blood & Treasure Winner!

Congratulations to the winner of an ebook copy of Blood & Treasure: Nancy G! Please email vivi@viviandrews.com to claim your prize.

Sabine & Kisri Winners!

I would like to thank all commenters who provided stories of throttle body cleaner, shop vacs, hairspray fires, and other such time honored spider-killing strategies. You rock.

And Meagan. Dude. Tarantulas. Better you than me, girl. You are a brave, brave soul.

And now, on to the prizes! (Woot!) Our first winner, taking home a copy of Sabine, is Darcy (Pommawolf Emeraldwolfeyes)! And our second lucky soul, winning an advanced not-yet-in-stores copy of Kisri, is Willa Edwards! Congratulations, you two! Please email vivi@viviandrews.com to claim your prizes.

Her Own Best Enemy Winner!

Congratulations to mmbourassa, Monday's winner of Her Own Best Enemy by Cynthia Justlin! Woohoo! Please email vivi@viviandrews.com to claim your prize!

A Biting Love Winner!

It's Sunday night and you know what that means - time to announce the winner of Mary Hughes' Biting Me Softly in paperback (if US or Canada) or one of Bite My Fire, Biting Nixie, The Bite of Silence or Biting Me Softly in ebook!

And the winner is... drumroll please... Darcy!! (Pommawolf Emeraldwolfeyes) Congratulations! Please email vivi@viviandrews.com to claim your prize.

The prize parade continues tomorrow with a new week of guests including Cynthia Justlin, Vivian Arend, Moira Rogers, Kinsey Holley, and Kaye Chambers!

And the Winner of Tickle My Fantasy is...

Shea Berkley! Congrats, Shea! Please email me your physical address at vivi@viviandrews.com and I'll get your shiny signed copy of TMF in the mail to you pronto. (Or if you already have a copy, email me that and we'll work out special circumstances...)


THANK YOU to everyone who made my b-day fun and shared your tales of thirty (even those of you who haven't gotten there yet)! Y'all are awesome.

And the BIG EREADER PRIZE Goes To...

Amy Smith!

Mega-congrats, Amy! Your shiny new Sony Pocket Ereader will start winging its way through the wild and wonderful world of the postal service tomorrow.

Thank you so much to everyone who participated. Happy reading!

The Winner of OBSESSED BY WILDFIRE is...

Cecile! Congratulations!


Please email contest@viviandrews.com to claim your prize!

The Winner of a Renee Wildes ebook is...

Tracey D (aka booklover0226)! Congratulations!

Please email contest@viviandrews.com to claim your prize and let us know which ebook you would like to read. Winners have three days to claim prizes or a replacement winner is drawn. (Though I might be a little loose on the 72 hr rule right now, since I'm at RT and I'm falling behind on my email. Please please please have patience if you don't hear back from me right away!)

And anyone at RT or in the central Ohio area, I'll be at the Ebook Expo this afternoon (4-6pm Columbus Convention Center) if you want to come pick my brain on all things shifter/karmic/Alaska/whatever...

The Winner of a Shelley Munro EC ebook is...

Natasha A! Congratulations!

Please email contest@viviandrews.com to claim your prize and let us know which of Shelley's Ellora's Cave backlist titles you would like to receive in ebook format. Winners have three days to claim their prizes or a replacement winner is drawn.

The Winner of RELEASE is...

Sherry! Congratulations!

Please email contest@viviandrews.com to claim your prize and let us know where you'd like it sent. Winners have three days to claim their prizes or a replacement winner will be drawn.

Only three more days of fabulous guests...

The Winner of BEYOND THE SHADOWS is...

flchen1! Congratulations!

Please email contest@viviandrews.com with the address you would like your prize shipped to in order to claim your prize. Winners have three days to claim prizes or a replacement winner will be drawn.

And in unrelated news... The Sexorcist is live! It's here! The moment has arrived! It's out in the world! No turning back now. ;)

The Winner of an ebook from Vivian Arend's backlist is...

Desi! Congratulations!

Please email contest@viviandrews.com to claim your choice of an ebook from Viv's backlist! Winners have three days to claim their prizes or a replacement winner will be drawn.

One more week of guest authors and daily prizes, booklovers! And don't forget the ereader contest! Good luck, everyone.

Mary Hughes Winner Redrawn

We have an unclaimed prize, ladies and gentlemen. And as I am bound and determined to give away these prizes, we're redrawing for the winner for a Mary Hughes ebook!

And the new winner is.... Armenia! Congratulations! Please email contest@viviandrews.com to claim your choice of a Mary Hughes ebook.

The Winner of SECRET STRANGER is...

Nancy G! Congratulations!

Please email contest@viviandrews.com to claim your prize! Winners have three days to claim their prizes or a replacement winner will be drawn. Happy commenting, y'all!

The Winner of LILY IN WONDERLAND is...

bevp! Congratulations!


Please email contest@viviandrews.com to claim your prize. Winners have three days to claim prizes or a replacement winner will be drawn. More prizes daily. Good luck, booklovers!

The Winner of a Lissa Matthews ebook is...

Andrea Becraft! Congratulations!


Please email contest@viviandrews.com, including your preference of ebook from Lissa's available backlist, to claim your prize. The winner has three days to claim his/her prize or a replacement winner will be drawn.

So how are you liking the blog party, booklovers? Discovered any new authors? Learned any interesting quirks about our interview victims? Do you think I should make author interviews a regular feature on the blog in coming months?