Hey gang, so here are the winners of the RUSH advance copies!
Maryann, comment #381
Crystal Leo, comment #19
Tim G, comment #118
Ashton Clay, comment #604
Nancy Walden, comment #292
If you won, I need you to email me at maya@mayabanks.com and provide your mailing address so I can get your books in the mail to you! If I don’t hear from you by the end of the week, the books will go to new winners!
Congrats to you all. Hope you enjoy RUSH! :)
xoxo
Maya
Ok so the gremlins ate the first RUSH giveaway post. Some people can see it. Most can’t (me included) VERY ANNOYING and I apologize for the inconvenience. I’m reposting the original post below so that MAYBE everyone can see it and participate. Again, sorry!
Hey gang! As promised, I’m going to give away advance copies of RUSH :) And what better way to start off the new year than to give out some pressies!
If you’d like to be entered to win, just comment below and tell me what your favorite read of 2012 was. If you absolutely CAN’T narrow it down to just ONE, feel free to list two or three. But let me know what you read and LOVED this year!
I’ll leave the contest open through Monday, Jan 7th. I’ll be out of town until Sunday. Winners will have a couple of days to respond and send me their mailing address but please be aware! We’re down to ONE MONTH until RUSH releases so you’ll need to check back on MONDAY to see if you’re a winner. If the ARC isn’t claimed in a short time, I’ll award the book to someone else. I want to get these books out to y’all before the book actually releases :)
As always, ALL of my giveaways are open to international readers. No restrictions, so enter and comment away :)
And have a wonderful new year!! Here’s to an even MORE awesome 2013!
xoxo
ok gang, as suspected, I didn’t get back home until late last night from Girlie’s softball tournament. They did awesome and came in third!
Without further ado, here are the winners!
Allison, comment #127
Rebecca Skeens, comment #10
Congratulations ladies! If you’ll email me ASAP with your mailing address, I’ll get those ARCs in the mail to you this week. I’m off to the World Series next week so I’ll be out of pocket for a while.
I have two leftover uncorrected bound galleys for Never Seduce a Scot up for grabs. I’m actually finishing up the galley proofs TODAY and what that means is that you’ll be getting an “uncorrected” early copy of the book. Which means you’ll find minor errors or typos that are corrected before the final “finished” copy is released in September. I have several pages of corrections so far so there are definitely mistakes in the uncorrected galley. If this sort of thing ruins the story for you, then I’d advise you not to enter the drawing for those two uncorrected copies.
So anyway now that the explanation is out of the way, let’s get to the good part. I’ll leave this contest open until Sunday nightish. Now, bear in mind, Girlie has a softball tournament out of town this weekend and I likely won’t get home until Sunday afternoon, so it’s entirely possible that I’ll completely forget to post winners Sunday night. It might not happen until Monday :) But the ARCs will be mailed out as SOON as we get addresses from the winners.
And as a side note, you’ll have a day or two max to claim your prize. I won’t hunt you down and find you. It’s your responsibility to check back by Monday to see if you’ve won. If you email me Thursday, I’ll have to regretfully tell you that the book was awarded to another winner.
All my contests are always ALWAYS open to international entries. I always get asked, but I’ve always had them open to international entries and I have no plans to change that :)
So to enter, tell me ONE book you’ve read and LOVED recently. The last book I got to read for pure enjoyment was an ARC of Nalini Singh’s Archangel’s Storm. *sigh* It was SO awesome. She makes me swoon with her writing.
Ok folks, I added 5 more ARCs just since we had SO many entries! So without further ado, here they are!
Robbye #321
Kristina in GA #272
Lisa B #383
Sasha #483
Deborah #69
Anna #1
Lynda the Guppy #93
Myranda #122
Amanda #679
Annie@UTC #304
Imzadi #277
Jacki Tonyan #53
Lee Keeny #448
Hannah Yarger #655
Shawn Baker #151
Brittany #468
Kim #709
Dawn J #95
Jeena #80
Kim Turner #16
Kim Spinbella #101
CaryLory #415
BethAnn Buehler #169
LadyCobra #204
Chandra Hurlbut #229
If you won, PLEASE email me at maya@mayabanks.com and send me your mailing address so the ARC can be mailed out to you. You’ll only have until Thursday morning to claim your prize, so get to emailing!
Congrats everyone!
Okay sorry for the late post. I totally thought today was SATURDAY. More proof that I am way too sleep deprived and should probably go to bed for a few days ;)
Anyhoo, without further ado, here are the winners of the Darkest Hour giveaway!
Jenn C. comment #36
Amanda, comment #113
Kimberly Flood, comment #59
TanishaS. comment #9
Jeana, comment #70
Heather Witzman, comment # 86
Daylea Hanzel, comment #22
Melanie, comment #110
Margaret Ethridge, comment #85
Mary, commment #94
AND the two winners of an ARC of Whispers in the Dark are:
Mary, comment #330
Diana, comment #284
Congrats to everyone! Now I need y’all to email me your mailing addresses so I can send out the books early this week! You can send to maya@mayabanks.com
Ok for this one, I have a few ARCs of Whispers in the Dark to give away and here’s your chance to win it :) Whispers releases January 3rd so not too long! But here’s your chance to get an early peek. I’ll leave the contest open until Sunday at which point I’ll post winners and you’ll have until Monday morning to get back to me with your mailing address. Books will go out Monday or Tuesday so I won’t chase you down to tell you that you’ve won. So be SURE to check back and if you win, email me your mailing address because you won’t have days and days to claim your prize. Sound good? Here’s a little about Whispers :)
She came to him when he needed her the most
She came to him at his lowest point. The voice of an angel, a whisper in the dark. She’s the only thing that gets Nathan Kelly through his captivity, the endless days of torture and the fear that he’ll never return to his family. With her help, he’s able to escape. But he isn’t truly free, because now she’s disappeared and he’s left with an all-consuming emptiness as he struggles to pick up the pieces of his life. Did he imagine his angel? Or is she out there, needing his help as he’d once needed hers?
Now he rushes to save her before it’s too late
Shea has been on the run from people who will stop at nothing to exploit her unique abilities. She never wanted to drag Nathan, who’d already suffered so much, into danger, but she doesn’t have a choice so she reaches out to him for help. Finally face-to-face after having already formed a soul-deep bond in hell, their emotional connection is even more powerful than their telepathic one. Nathan refuses to consider ever letting her go again, but she worries they can never have a life free of the dangers that dog her every step. He’ll protect her with his every breath, but can he convince her that they are meant to face these threats together?
You can read an excerpt here!
Sound good? Then let’s get started :) To enter, just tell me you want the ARC!
I promised my readers that once I turned in Echoes at Dawn (KGI #5) that I’d have a few giveaways to celebrate. The FIRST, and I’ll do two separate blog posts, is for a chance to win a PRINT copy of The Darkest Hour. If you’ve never given the KGI series a shot, here’s your chance to do it absolutely free. The 4th book in the series, releases January 3rd, so I want to give everyone a chance to read that first book in the series and hey, if you like it, then maybe you’ll give the others a shot as well :)
So this is really easy peasy. If you want a copy, just drop me a comment below and tell me you want to be entered. As always, my contests are open to international entrants. I’ll leave the contest running through this weekend so that I can mail copies out next Monday.
Check back on SUNDAY to see if you win. You’ll only have a short time to claim your book and I won’t track you down, so you’ll need to check back, see if you won and then email me your mailing address.
Sound good? Then let’s get down to it. Ready, set, go!
Thanks to everyone for entering. I decided to have a few bonus giveaways as well so be sure to check below to see if you got an extra goodie!
The winner of the Carly Phillips ARC plus the $25 gift certificate to your choice of Amazon or BN is…
Nancy Walters, comment #58
Also chosen to win a copy of The Darkest Hour are the following. And be sure to tell me if you already HAVE THe Darkest Hour. If you do, I’ll substitute it for another backlist title of mine :)
Margaret Murray Evans, comment #255
Anne M, comment #50
Peggy, comment # 281
Allison Motherway, comment #6
Heather Nathan, comment #104
ALL WINNERS, please email me at maya@mayabanks.com and give me your mailing address so your books can get to you!
And as always, thanks for playing. Love y’all bunches
Maya
So guys, here’s the deal. Carly and I both have books releasing on the same day. Destiny and Whispers in the Dark. And we thought it would be fun to give you guys a chance to win an advance EARLY copy of our books. I’m going to give away an ARC of Destiny right here on the blog and to accompany it, a 25.00 gift certificate to your choice of BN or Amazon just so you can do a little book shopping on the big Black Friday weekend from the comfort of your own home, in your jammies, on your couch :) Who needs crowds to shop anyway?
Here’s more about Destiny!
From New York Times bestselling author Carly Phillips comes her second novel set in Serendipity, the quaint upstate New York town where love, fate, and fortune are intertwined…
Nash Barron may be cynical about love, yet even he likes a good wedding. But the only good thing about his brother’s wedding is Kelly Moss. Nash can’t help but admire her confidence and beauty, but he’s forced to keep his distance because getting involved with Kelly could destroy his relationship with his newly discovered half sister, Tess…
Kelly came to Serendipity to give Tess–her half sibling as well, thanks to an illicit affair–a second chance at life. She learned long ago not to rely on anyone but herself. Besides, she doesn’t want to upset Tess’s life by pushing for a fling with Nash. Except the more she gets to know him, the more vulnerable she becomes to the kindness beneath his gruff exterior, and the less she’s able to stay away. But she has other reasons for keeping her distance. Like the secret from her past she knows Nash will never forgive…
AND as a special treat for you guys, here is an exclusive excerpt you won’t see anywhere else!
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Kelly couldn’t get out of the bar fast enough. No sooner had she found out that her new best friend had once been married to Nash, than she’d had to watch him fawn over Annie and worry about her welfare. The jealousy had bitten her hard and she hated everything about the situation she suddenly found herself in. Kelly had had enough of awkward triangles to last her a lifetime.
Once in the parking lot, she looked for her Ford Fiesta and realized she had the bad luck to be parked beneath a broken light. Instead of emitting a steady glow, the light flickered and she fumbled for her car keys inside her purse. Finally she pulled them from her bag.
“Kelly!â€
Startled, she dropped the key chain on the floor, Nash’s voice taking her off guard.
“Why did you run out?†he asked, coming up beside her.
“I already told you. I needed air.â€
“Why?†Little lines of disbelief crinkled around his eyes, making him even more sexy than usual.
She tipped her head to one side, wondering why he was questioning her over something so trivial. “Because it was hot in there. Why else?â€
“Because you just found out that Annie and I had once been married.â€
“Well you don’t pull any punches, do you?†she asked, embarrassed.
He propped an arm on top of her car. “Not when it comes to something … or someone I want.†His hot, serious gaze bore into hers.
At his words, the air left her lungs in a rush, his implication clear. “And since when do you want me?â€
He laughed suddenly. Not a light chuckle, but a deep laugh that came from someplace inside him she’d never seen before.
“Since when I have I not wanted you?†He reached out and grabbed a strand of her hair, twirling it between his fingers.
The pull was strangely erotic and she felt the tug low in her belly. She swallowed hard and licked her dry lips. “Maybe I should rephrase. Since when have you wanted to act on it? Just last night we agreed we can’t go anywhere because of Tess.â€
He nodded. “And I’ve done nothing but think about Tess since.†He paused. “But this thing between us. It’s electric and undeniable.â€
His husky voice sent tremors of awareness darting through her veins.
“Are we really going to let a fourteen year old dictate how we act?†he asked.
Kelly blinked, stunned not just by his change of heart but at the rationale behind it. “I hadn’t thought of it that way.â€
“Neither did I until Dare pointed it out.†An embarrassed grin lifted his lips.
“You and Dare talked about me?†God, could this night get any more mortifying?
He shook his head. “We talked about us.†He gestured between them. “Don’t forget Dare’s the one who interrupted last night.â€
“Don’t remind me,†she said on a groan.
“He’s also the one who made me see reason. I mean, what he said about not letting a fourteen year old dictate our decisions makes sense.â€
Kelly nodded slowly. “It does,†she agreed. “Unfortunately it doesn’t change the fact that nothing more can happen between us.â€
He blinked, obviously stunned. “Why not? We’re both adults. We can trust ourselves to act like it before, during … and after things end.â€
Well that was an optimistic summary, she thought. But at least he was honest – he’d be looking for something short term. So would she. If she allowed herself to get involved with him. Which she wouldn’t.
“I’ve already been through a relationship with someone who swore their marriage was over and there is no way I’ll put myself through that again.†She folded her arms across her chest, protecting herself with her words and her actions.
Nash placed his hand on her shoulder. She tried to step out of reach but her back hit the car. She couldn’t go far and he liked having her in his personal space. “Annie and I are divorced. She’s the one who initiated the damned thing. Trust me, she won’t hold it against you if you’re with me,†he promised Kelly.
Was the man obtuse? “Exactly my point! She may be over you but you’re not over her. All any observant person has to do is watch how you treat her and it’s obvious you still have feelings for her.â€
“Of course I care. She’s sick and she needs a friend who’s aware and who understands. But that’s all we are. Friends,†he insisted. “Platonic friends.â€
“Nash – “ Kelly held out a hand to keep a barrier between them.
“Kelly,†he mimicked gently. “You and I are nothing like me and Annie.†He thread his fingers through hers, slowly raising her body temperature. “Not once did Annie and I ever generate heat like this.â€
Before Kelly knew what hit her, he’d pulled her forward. Her chest collided with his and their hips pressed together intimately. She found herself locked between his waist and the car, the hard ridge behind his jeans deliciously obvious and her body responded, melting for him. Molten liquid fire flowed through her veins.
Heat exploded between them and he sealed their lips firmly together. He was hungry, his mouth nibbling on hers, tasting, demanding until finally he slipped his tongue between her lips. She moaned and wrapped her arms around his neck, enjoying the sensations. Knowing this was all she could take from him, she eased her fingers through his hair and let him deepen the kiss. After all, how far could they go in a parking lot, but as she wondered, her stomach curled with growing need and an awareness of wanting more.
Which made her regretfully pull back. “You’re right. We’re explosive,†she murmured. “But you’re still emotionally connected to your ex which puts you off limits for me.â€
Still shaking, she knelt down, picked up her keys and over his argument, unlocked the car, opened the door and slid inside.
“I’m stubborn,†he told her as he helped her shut the door.
Then she’d just have to be more obstinate than him.
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Here’s all the ways you can learn more about Carly and her books!
website – http://www.carlyphillips.com
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/CarlyPhillipsFanPage
Twitter – https://twitter.com/#!/carlyphillips
Now for the important stuff. How to win! Just leave me a comment to let me know you want the book! To sweeten the pot a little, let me know what book you’re currently reading. I’m always looking for book recs! I’ll leave the contest open until Tuesday morning. That’s November 22. Winner will be posted here on the blog so be sure to check back to see if you win!
And also, Carly is hosting a giveaway on her blog and giving readers a chance to win an advance copy of WHISPERS IN THE DARK, so be sure to hop over, visit her and enter for your chance to win there :))
