It’s my birthday today and the day started out pretty good. The hubby took the monkey to school and the FedEx man showed up with a book, a book that was sent to me a few weeks ago. Even though I already have it, I still love it when books showed up – it means I get to give it away! So today, I’m sharing the birthday joy with all of you. Check out the book that I just got. You know you’ll want it, right?
In a dark and seedy underground of burned-out rock stars and angels-turned- vampires, a revolutionary neuroscientist and a fallen angel must put medicine against mythology in an attempt to erase their tortured pasts…but at what price?
Olivia, vampire and fallen angel of desire, is hopeless…and damned. Since the fall from Eden, she has hungered for love, but fed only on desire. Dominic O’Shaughnessy is a neuroscientist plagued by impossible visions. When his research and her despair collide at L’Otel Mathillide-a subterranean hell of beauty, demons, and dreams-rationalist and angel unite in a clash of desire and damnation that threatens to destroy them both.
In this fractures Hotel of the Damned, Olivia and Dominic discover the only force consistent in their opposing realities is the deep, erotic gravity between them. Bound to each other finally in a knot of interwoven freedoms, Dominic and Olivia-the vision-touched scientist and the earth-bound angel, reborn and undead-encounter the mystery of love and find it is both fall…and flight.
Please tell me I’m not the only one who’s interested in this. And Falling, Fly by Skyler White comes out March 2nd and you could get it now. Here’s the deal. The contest is going to be open for as many hours as I am old – that means you have 30 hours to get your name in the hat. You have until 6pm EST on Tuesday, Feb. 9th to leave me a comment telling me what one book would you love to get for your birthday and then I’ll draw the name tomorrow night. Since I was sent this book for review, I’m going to limit the contest to bloggers. Whoever ends up winning, must agree to read and post a review of And Falling, Fly prior to its March 2nd release date. That sounds fair, right?
As always, there’s more ways of getting your name in the hat:
- +1 for each place you post about today’s contest on your blog, social network, or anywhere you can. Digg it, stumble it, twit it, share it with the world. Wherever you share it, make sure you add a link to it along with your answer.
- +1 for any review you comment on, however, comments must be meaningful. Just give me the title of the review and I’ll be able to figure it out from there.
- +1 for being a follower of Literary Escapism on Facebook and/or Twitter
- +1 for being a subscriber to Literary Escapism (new subscribers welcome!)
- +10 for purchasing any print novel through LE’s Amazon store sometime during this contest and send a copy of the receipt VIA email for your purchase to: myjaxon AT gmail DOT com. Each purchase is worth ten entries, but it has to be through the LE Amazon Link.
Remember, the winner must post a review of And Falling, Fly someplace. Whether it is on their own blog, Amazon, GoodReads, LibraryThing or wherever, it doesn’t matter. Just help get the word out in as many places as you can.
The contest will stay open until February 9th at 6pm EST, at which time I’ll determine the winner with help from the Research Randomizer and the List Randomizer.
Also, I have not been contacting winners, so you will need to check back to see if you’ve won. The sooner you contact me, the sooner the book will get sent out.
Read Comments »Don’t ask me why, but I thought I had a Sunday Surprise scheduled for yesterday, but I’m not letting a week go by without one. So I’m doing it today. Here’s another bunch of novels that I’ve come across…
Neverland by Douglas Clegg
For years, the Jackson family has vacationed at Rowena Wandigaux Lee’s old Victorian house on Gull Island, a place of superstition and legend off the southern coast of the U.S. One particular summer, young Beau follows his cousin Sumter into a hidden shack in the woods—and christens this new clubhouse “Neverland.”
Neverland has a secret history, unknown to the children…
The rundown shack in the woods is the key to an age-old mystery, a place forbidden to all. But Sumter and his cousins gather in its dusty shadows to escape the tensions at their grandmother’s house. Neverland becomes the place where children begin …
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It’s time to announce a couple of winners. Before we get to that though, have you seen the latest contests at Literary Escapism?
- We’re giving away one novel from Shelley Munro’s Middlemarch Mates series. Contest ends Feb. 9th.
- We’re giving away one novel from Teal Ceagh’s Destiny’s Trinities series. Contest ends Feb. 11th.
- The NAC Mini-Challenge featuring the League of Reluctant Adults beings on Monday and we’re giving away 35 different novels at the end of it. Click here for details.
On to the winners….
Legend of the White Wolf by Terry Spears
Literary Escapism had another wonderful visit from Terry Spear and this time she brought along two copies of her new novel, Legend of the White Wolf, for two lucky readers. In order to enter, everyone had to answer the question: Would you be …
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I’m just as much enamored of fantasy literature than the paranormal, however, I do have to be in the mood for it. I’ve had Robin Hobb’s new novel, Dragon Keeper on my desk for awhile and now I wonder why it has taken me so long to open it. I’ve never read Hobb before, but the world she has invented for her Rain Wilds Chronicles is amazing.
The Trader leadership fears that if it stops providing for the young dragons, the hungry and neglected creatures will rampage—or die along the river’s acidic muddy banks. To avert catastrophe, the dragons decree a move even farther up the treacherous river to Kelsingra, their ancient, mythical homeland whose mysterious location is locked deep within the dragons’ uncertain ancestral memories.
To ensure their safe passage, the Traders recruit a disparate …
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There were a ton of new covers released this week, and I’m going to start off today’s news post with one I found over at Angieville since it’s the only place I’ve seen it. Robin McKinley has released the cover for her upcoming novel, Pegasus, which has a November 2nd release date. There are even links to a few snippets, which you can find here, here, and here.
Babbling About Books is also pimping out some pretty fantastic covers, one of which really caught my eye – Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, which releases June 6th.
I am so waiting for my copy of Radiant Shadows to show up, but until then, Melissa Marr is teasing us with
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Today, Literary Escapism is excited to welcome author Teal Ceagh to the floor as we celebrate the release of her new novel, Eva’s Last Dance.
Nearly one hundred years after their last dance together, Eva’s long-lost love Edward makes contact again. Eva, now a lonely vampire, can’t resist falling into his arms and under his erotic spell. She’ll do anything he asks of her…
Until the spell is rudely interrupted by Ryan, a demon hunter on the trail of an incubus. He seduces Eva with a searing night of dance and passion—and attempts to avert the disaster that hovers over the delicate, beguiling creature.
Make sure you stick around to the end. We’ll be giving away one of Teal’s Destiny’s Trinities novels – Beth’s Acceptance, Mia’s Return or Sera’s Gift – winners choice.
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Meta-Vampire-Culture in the …
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