Holiday Treat Giveaway

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Amanda Quick, Bec McMaster, giveaway, Lee Koven, SFR Galaxy Awards, Tiffany Roberts

Continuing a series of giveaways, the timing for this go round results in a special treat between two holidays for a couple of lucky winners.

Lee Koven is offering like-new copies of Tiffany Roberts’ Dustwalker and Bec McMaster’s Nobody’s Hero (Burned Lands, #1).  I loved both of these books. Both books are SFR Galaxy Award winners.  As a matter of fact, Nobody’s Hero won two awards (selected by both Lee and myself).  Lee has such good taste in books. 🙂  I think you will agree!

Both of these books have had cover changes since their award.  Not that they needed it.  New covers are presented here for your perusal.

For those that are interested, here are the original covers.  Personally, I like them  better.  I think it is because I read them under these older covers, so I have an emotional tie to them.  Which cover(s) do you like?

The second prize in the giveaway will be an MP3 audiobook of Amanda Quick’s The Mystery Woman (The Lades of Lantern Street, #2).  Historical mystery and romance from Ms. Quick is always a winner!

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Giveaway

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Click on the link to enter the giveaway.  There are three options that say ‘Invent your own option.”, but I’ve already done the inventing.  Just select them and respond.  In addition to the Rafflecopter entries, comments on blog posts between now and December 3 will also count as an entry.

Good luck to everyone!

 

Terms and Conditions

Not much risk to enter. These prizes are gently used goods, so there is no guarantee of condition.

If you win, you will be contacted and asked to provide a mailing address. It must be a US or Canada address. Sorry about that, but the costs of mailing elsewhere are pretty prohibitive.

Speaking of mailing, we are at the mercy of the post office. Delivery is as expected for anything you yourself would mail. So, pretty good, natural disasters not withstanding. I trust the US post office.

Winners will be announced on the original contest blog post. So, if you win, expect to see your name in print.

You are responsible for any tax implications your prize may incur. I am going to say none, but I won’t guarantee it. You are on your own.

The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Amanda Quick – Review

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5 stars, Amanda Quick, Book Review, historical mystery, romance

Review by Riley

About The Girl Who Knew Too Much

When Hollywood moguls and stars want privacy, they head to an idyllic small town on the coast, where the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel caters to their every need. It’s where reporter Irene Glasson finds herself staring down at a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool…

The dead woman had a red-hot secret about up-and-coming leading man Nick Tremayne, a scoop that Irene couldn’t resist—especially since she’s just a rookie at a third-rate gossip rag. But now Irene’s investigation into the drowning threatens to tear down the wall of illusion that is so deftly built around the famous actor, and there are powerful men willing to do anything to protect their investment.

Seeking the truth, Irene finds herself drawn to a master of deception. Oliver Ward was once a world-famous magician—until he was mysteriously injured during his last performance. Now the owner of the Burning Cove Hotel, he can’t let scandal threaten his livelihood, even if it means trusting Irene, a woman who seems to have appeared in Los Angeles out of nowhere four months ago…

With Oliver’s help, Irene soon learns that the glamorous paradise of Burning Cove hides dark and dangerous secrets. And that the past—always just out of sight—could drag them both under…

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Review of the Girl Who Knew Too Much

Fans of historical mystery will appreciate the 1930’s Hollywood area setting that author Amanda Quick has created for her latest mystery, The Girl Who Knew Too Much. Like the 1956 movie with a similar title (The Man Who Knew Too Much), the protagonist, Irene Glasson, makes a discovery that a certain criminal element will do anything to keep secret.

Well, she was not actually Irene Glasson when she first made that discovery. But after running and changing her name, Irene is trying to settle into a new life in California. Here’s a question for you: Why would a woman who is hiding take a job as a Hollywood gossip reporter? A potentially highly visible job? Too make the story more interesting I’m sure. But it tends to put Irene in the position of learning even more secrets.

Following a story leads Irene to…..a dead body. And then another. Irene is threatened more than once.  But with what happened in her former life plus the Hollywood murders, there are many suspects. One of them is creepy.  Really creepy.

There is a hero that can’t run, but is quite dashing all the same. Former magician Oliver Ward knows a thing or two about distraction and will use his expertise to help Irene with her investigation. He is honorable and quite the gentleman. Oliver and Irene make an unlikely couple, but the chemistry is evident.

Irene is the heroine that can’t keep her nose out of other people’s business. Okay, to be fair, she was trying to get justice for her friend. But she keeps getting into some kind of trouble or other. The best part is that the reader does not always know the source of Irene’s trouble. This keeps things interesting and prevents one from figuring out the answers before Irene and Oliver solve the mystery.  That’s a good thing!

I really enjoyed this book. If you enjoy mystery and romance and an American show biz historical setting appeals, I recommend The Girl Who Knew Too Much.

An ARC was provided by Berkley Publishing so that I could bring you this honest review.

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What Are You Reading This Weekend?

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Amanda Quick, Art, audiobook, historical mystery, military scifi, reading, scifi, Sean Danker, Steampunk, Viola Carr, Zoe Berton

Dusk by Zoe Berton

Art available at Society6.

This week’s art is inspired by my re-read of The Diabolical Miss Hyde.  In anticipation of the new book in Viola Carr’s Electric Empire series, I am re-reading book 1.  Actually, I am listening to the audiobook this time around.  I haven’t read book 2, The Devious Dr. Jekyll, so that will come next, to be capped off with the new book, The Dastardly Miss Lizzie.  I have some steampunk in my future!

I am about halfway through Free Space by Sean Danker, book 2 in the scifi series that I started last year with Admiral.  Next up will be Amanda Quick’s new mystery The Girl Who Knew Too Much.  I have an advance print copy of that.  Hope the fact that I have to expend more effort to turn pages doesn’t slow me down too much!

What are you reading this weekend?