Bury the Hatchet Winners AND Hale Maree Cover Reveal

Hey gang! Lots of good news to share today, so I'll get right to it ...

Bury the Hatchet Giveaway Winners

First, everyone who participated in the blogfest, giveaway shenanigans, etc.: YOU ARE UNBELIEVABLY COOL! If we ever meet at a writing conference or something just say, "Hey, I took part in your Bury the Hatchet thingy" and the drink and/or coffee is on me. 

Seriously, it meant so much to have so many of you jump in and share Blood Fugue on your blogs, tweets, and the like. I know, there were prizes to be had, but many of you have helped me out in the past without even being asked (or poked with sharp things), so I know you would've done it regardless. 

So I'll end this with: I appreciate it, and I'll happily return the favor if you ever have a need. Now for the winners ...

Two $10 Barnes & Noble Gift Cards:

Hart Johnson
Shannon Lawrence

Four 4 GB, custom painted USB drives:

Michael Di Gesu
Siv Ottem
Brinda Berry
Julie Flanders

GRAND PRIZE - One Nook SimpleTouch with GlowLight:

Melissa Maygrove

Congrats to all! I've been in touch with all of you, and heard back, so your prizes will be forthcoming.

Hale Maree Cover Reveal

Such a fantastic cover, right?

Couldn't be more excited to share the cover for author Misty Provencher's NA debut, Hale Maree. Misty is no stranger to this blog, and me being the New Adult cheerleader that I am, I was thrilled to hear she is venturing into NA (though she'll still write YA, I'm sure). Plus, the story just sounds dang-amazing (at least that's how I'd put it in Texas terms):

Hale Simmons dreams of climbing out of her impoverished life, going to college, and getting herself a titanium crash helmet, so she can eventually bust through the Plexiglas ceiling of her crappy life. But for now, she’s just a 17-year-old girl with a flimsy hope, barely getting by with her alcoholic father, Jerry.

But for Hale, ‘crappy’ suddenly takes a nosedive, when Jerry becomes the sole witness to a horrible accident. It is an event which means to effect everyone, especially Hale, who wasn’t even involved.

While the depth of the accident has just begun to unfold, Otto Maree, a prominent business man and old family friend, stands to lose everything because of it. Otto is desperate for Hale’s father to stay quiet about what occurred the night the two men met for a drink. Out of mutual moments of desperation, the two fathers forge a deal. Jerry is desperate to gain financial stability for both himself and Hale, and Otto Maree is more than willing to pay to keep his secret just that.

But deals like this need to be made of the strongest vows and bound with the most faithful of loyalties. Otto proposes a marriage between Hale and his playboy-son, Oscar, in order to assure that the secret remains ‘in the family’. The mystery surrounding the accident continues to grow and Hale struggles against her own mysterious feelings that begin to develop for Oscar, who turns out to less of a playboy, but just as fiercely loyal and dedicated as his father.

As the pressures around her continues to escalate, Hale realizes that she’s got to decide if this arranged marriage is really just a big mistake or an amazing twist of fate, that has been waiting around for this particular accident to happen.

You'll be able to read Hale Maree this Holiday season...

As I mentioned above, Misty is also the author of the YA para-rom Cornerstone series:

CORNERSTONE is the story of Nalena Maxwell,
a girl who receives the wrong dang sign of an ancient
community that is responsible for maintaining the intellectual
evolution of the human race. And if the choices coming aren't
tough enough, there's a boy...one with liquid blue eyes...that
understands exactly who and what Nalena is.
Cornerstone & Keystone, the second book in the Cornerstone Series, are now Available in paperback and ebook at: 

Barnes & Noble Amazon Smashwords

~EJW~

BLOOD FUGUE COVER REVEAL PARTY WINNERS!

Today is the day! The winners to my Blood Fugue cover reveal party drawing have been selected (using the highly scientific Random.org number generator). Details below, but first ...

WEEKLY GOOD NEWS!

I Feel the Need, the Need for Speed ... Demons

Ever bump into a kindred spirit? A person you connect with on a deeper level, even though you're only casually acquainted? Spend 5 minutes chatting with author-blogger Jeffery Beesler, and I bet you'll feel that way about him. 

He has a real knack for relating to people with his words, and I think that's why I'm so excited to read his latest book, Speed Demons. Plus, I'm a total Stephen King nut, and the description for Speed Demons has my King-Creepy-Radar pinging:

(From the Amazon product page)

"Chase Weaverson would have preferred moving to the family farm all on his own. Instead, he finds himself alongside his younger brother, Dylan, who’s left behind more girlfriends in Hedon City than Chase can count. It’s bad enough Chase has to watch out for idiots on the road, whose reckless speeding and swerving nearly leads him to crash his pick-up. Concentrating on driving while putting up with his brother’s two-timing antics almost makes him give Dylan the boot.

When Dylan whines about needing to make a pit stop in Helensview, the brothers wind up at the town’s newest gas station. The highway insanity follows them there as people start attacking each other for no apparent reason besides cheap gas. Worse, an argument breaks out between the brothers, leading Dylan to storm out on Chase.

As Chase considers leaving Dylan behind, the people of Helensview start changing into road raging demons. But they don't intend to kill Chase. They’d much rather make him into one of their own, and they start by managing somehow to whisper inside his head.

Can Chase overcome the demons and save both himself and Dylan?"

Sounds fab, right? Anyway, Jeff is hosting a launch contest over on his blog that you should definitely check out. You can do so HERE. And frankly, you'll be missing out if you skip an opportunity to get to know such an outstanding guy.

BLOOD FUGUE COVER PARTY 

PRIZE WINNERS!

Yeah, I still love it... :-)

Right off the bat, I want to say how thrilled-blown-away-agogged-stupified I was by all of the support you all gave in sharing the cover. Seriously more than I could have ever hoped or dreamed for. I'm humbled and blessed by your support. 

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! To everyone who entered. You're all winners to me, and that's not pansy-mom-speak to make you feel better for not winning the big prizes. You all freaking rock. 

AND if you didn't win this time around, please stay tuned to my blog. In the coming days I'm going to announce my plans for the actual release of Blood Fugue, and it's going to include a chance to win even bigger 'stuff', as well as participate in a (hopefully) fun-as-heck blogfest. 

If you've won, I'll be in touch directly via eMail to share details and gather the needed contact info.

GRAND PRIZE WINNER ($50 toward a Sketcher Girl Studios product of your choosing) - P.K. Hrezo

$10 AMAZON GIFTCARD - Cherie Reich

$10 AMAZON GIFTCARD - Cassie Mae

BLOOD FUGUE ARCS - Everyone who entered!

~EJW~