December 24thWe have a winner!
Yesterday, one of the entrants in the HarlequineHistorical Authors giveaway was selected at random.
And Melissa of Austin, Texas, has won a kindle fire, loaded with stories by just about all the authors taking part in this giveway.
Congratulations, Melissa, and Happy Reading!December 4thIf you've come here to enter my daily giveway, sorry, I have already selected my day's winner - Jennifer Gonzalez
Congratulations Jennifer! You will receive a copy of Gift Wrapped Governesses, and a copy of Regency Innocents.
Everyone else still has a chance to win some fabulous daily prizes, and be entered into the grand draw to win a kindle if you visit any of the other Harlequin Historical authors taking part in our "Advent Calendar" style promotion. You can find their websites by clicking on the link below:
http://www.jeanniel in.com/index. php/harlequin- historical-
holiday-giveaway /
December 3rdWelcome to my competitions page. Today, I am the author behind the door of the Harlequin Historical writer's advent calendar.
Today's prize will be one copy of "Regency Innocents" one copy of "Gift-Wrapped Governesses" and some "Annie Burrows" themed goodies.
If you want to win today's prize, all you have to do is look around my website until you find a Christmas ornament. When you have found it, go to "Contact Me" page, where you will be able to send me an email telling me on what page you found it. At the end of the day, I will put all your names into a hat, and pick one out at random.
Everyone who leaves their name today will also be in with a chance to win our grand prize of a kindle, which will be drawn on December 23rd.
The competition is open to readers from the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and European countries where a kindle may be shipped.
Good luck!
19th November 2011
Last years Harlequin Historical authors advent calendar giveaway was so popular, we've decided to run it again!
This is how it will work:
Starting from 29th November, an Advent Calendar will go "live".
Please follow the link to Jeannie Lin's website:
http://www.jeanniel in.com/index. php/harlequin- historical-
holiday-giveaway /
You will find a calendar that looks like this:
Each day you can click on a door to introduce you to the author of the day.
Each participating author will have an activity planned on their website for their special day.
You may be asked to comment on a blog, find an ornament, or visit a Facebook page to win a small daily prize.
For each day you participate, your name will be entered into the Grand Prize drawing. At the end of the month on December 23rd, one day from the calendar will be randomly selected. One of the entrants from that day will then be randomly selected to win a Kindle!!!
The more days you visit, the better your chances.
Happy Holidays, and we look forward to seeing you.
List of participating authors:
(click on any name to find their website)
November 29 - Michelle Willingham
November 30 -
Elizabeth Rolls
December 1 -
Charlene Sands
December 2 - Diane Gaston
December 3 -
Annie Burrows
December 5 - Elaine
Golden
December 6 -
Barbara Monajem
December
7 - Michelle Styles
December 8 - Deborah
Hale
December 9 -
Marguerite Kaye
December 10 - Lynna
Banning
December 12 - Carol
Townend
December 13 -
Blythe Gifford
December 14 - Julia
Justiss
December 15 - Terri
Brisbin
December
16 - Ann Lethbridge
December 17
- Bronwyn Scott
December 19 - Sarah
Mallory
December 20 - Kate
Bridges
December 21 - Amanda
McCabe
December 22 - Jeannie
Lin
December 23 - Grand Prize Drawing
My day will be December 3rd. I will be offering one person, who finds a hidden item on my website, a copy of "Gift-Wrapped Governesses" a copy of "Regency Innocents" and various other goodies. Or if they have already bought these, a choice of two other books from my backlist. Details of how to qualify for my giveaway will go up on 3rd.
See you then!
October 18th 2011
August 2011
Fabulous News:
Due to the great popularity of the New Voices competition held in 2010, Mills & Boon will be holding another
event, to discover new writing talent, in 2011.
It will commence on September 13th, and this year, the celebrity judge will be Jodie Prenger.
So if you've always dreamed of being a romance writer, now is your chance to have the first chapter of your story put online, and read by editors, authors, and all lovers of romance reading.
For further details, please visit:
December 2010
The Harlequin Historical Holiday giveaway has now finished.
Thanks to all of you who entered, or who just came to my website to browse. It was lovely "meeting" you all, and getting your comments about my books.
We have an overall winner!
The Kindle 3G was won by Jeanne, from Wakefield PI.
For a full list of each day's winners, please visit:
Advent Calendar
dear readers,
During the month of December, twenty-two Harlequin Historical Authors have teamed up to create an online Advent Calendar. You will be able to see the calendar on the eHarlequin website as well as on the individual author sites. Each day, click on the calendar to visit the host author's website, and you can win prizes such as signed books, gift certificates, and holiday themed goodies.
You will be asked to complete a task, such as posting a blog comment, searching for a hidden ornament, or answering a question about an excerpt. Please check the author's web page for your instructions and to see what the daily prize is. You can enter once each day, at each of the twenty-two websites. The more author sites you visit, the better your chances of winning.
On December 23rd, a random drawing from among all the twenty-two authors' entries will determine the grand prize winner of a Kindle 3G.
Please see the official eligibilty rules for this giveaway.
My day was December 2nd. My prize, a copy of my latest book, "A Countess by Christmas" was won by Beverley from Solihull. I am not accepting any more entries for my part of the competition. Please click on the relevant date to find out what today's author will be giving away.
Happy Holidays from the Harlequin Historical Authors!
New Voices anounce their winner:
Winner
We have a winner!
After two months, 824 entries, one Top Ten, one Top Four and over 10,000 commments...we have a winner!
Leah will have her book published by Mills & Boon as part of her prize...so watch this space!
by Leah Ashton in Contemporary Romance
Submitted on Wednesday 22 September, 2010, 8:23 AM
When emotionally bruised Sophie Morgan meets confirmed bachelor Dan Halliday, neither want a relationship - but their attraction can't be ignored. However Sophie - who's trusted Dan with more than she's told anyone, hasn't told him her biggest secret...
September 2010
Stage one of the New Voices competition is complete, and the 10 short-listed authors anounced:
The Top Ten Announcement!!!
by Bethan Hilliard on Monday 27 September, 2010, 9:05 AM
Wow! After an absolutely incredible 824 entries, Romance HQ was faced with the exhilarating (and only slightly daunting!) task of pulling out the ten entries that would make our final shortlist.
We weren’t looking for a perfect story - after all the competition is called New Voices - but we were hoping to find fresh voices and raw potential. It was truly exciting for us to discover that there were so many talented writers out there - ones that we are incredibly keen to work with.
Having closeted ourselves away for many, many hours, the editorial team here at Romance HQ have emerged buzzing, partially with caffeine, but mainly with electrifying enthusiasm to proudly present the long-awaited Mills & Boon New Voices Shortlist…
So, in no particular order, here they are! (Drum roll please…)
Blood Roses by Lindsay J Pryor
The Boss’ Naughty Assistant by Cady Phelan
Help Wanted: Apply for Love by Carrie Spencer
The Royal Marriage Rescue by Kara Jacobe
A Russian Affair by Lucy Snowe
The Secret Duchess by Sharon Siddoway
Secrets & Speed Dating by Leah Ashton
The Surgeon and the Cowgirl by Heidi Hormel
Thigh Noon by Kat Cantrell
Wildsong by Jill Lynn Anderson
We can assure you all that it was no easy task to pick out ten from the large amount of promising entries that we judged. Just like everyone else who has read and commented on the entries on this site, we found that we all had strong opinions on who should go through leading to a fair amount of lively debate as well!
But most of all, we had a huge amount of fun judging – one of the most wonderful and inspiring parts of an editor’s job is finding new talent and if the standard of entries in the competition is anything to go by it’s out there in bucket loads!
Congratulations to those short-listed from all at Romance HQ! And we’ll be telling you through out the week what it was about each of these entries that really caught our eye!
* * *
From this September, Mills & Boon will be launching their biggest writing competition yet, using the most contemporary means to search for unpublished writers.
New Voices is a global search for fresh writing talent to joing the Mills & Boon galaxy of romantic fiction stars.
The New Voices competition will put each entrant through their writing paces, and Mills & Boon readers will have their say every step of the way! It won't be easy - would be authors will face rigorous testing...
How the competition will work...
The competition has its very own website -
where the entries will be posted and readers can leave their feedback.
The competition will be divided up into four stages, and will run from Monday 6th September.
The winner will be anounced on Monday 1st November.
Stage 1 - the free-for-all
When all submitted entries will be read and judged by the Mills & Boon judging panel.
Stage 2 - The Shortlist
A shortlist of 8 - 10 authors will be anounced, and their first chapters posted on the website.
Shortlisted entrants will be assigned a Mills & Boon author and editor as a "mentor" as they polish their second chapters, and for their remaining time in the competition.
The public will vote for their favourite!
Stage 3 - The Shorter list
The shortlist will be chopped down to 4 - the next stage to share a "pivotal moment" from their book.
The public will vote for their favourite!
Stage 4 - The Winner!
Judgement by a panel.
The winner will be anounced!
For further details, please visit the website:
Wishing all aspiring writers the very best of luck!
Result:
The winner of the grand prize, is:
Tricia S, of Schuylkill Haven, PA
Congratulations!
runner up prizes go to:
Anna M of Brooklyn, NY
Amanda A of Louisville,
and
Cheryl B of Stoke-on-Trent, UK
(all winners have now been notified)
This competition is now closed! As of NOW, I will not be accepting any more entries.
Thanks to all of you who entered - I will be sending your names off to the competition organizer, and will anounce the names of all winners as soon as she picks them!
From October 1st, I will be running a new competition, to win a fabulous Christmas themed prize to celebrate the release of:
One Candlelit Christmas
Celebrate The Holidays . . .
Enter to win a special prize basket filled with holiday-scented candles, a copy of the anthology and books from each author.
3 additional winners will receive a candle and book from one of the authors.
Contest dates:
October 1 – December 15, 2008
To enter – Go to
www.juliajustiss.com or
www.annie-burrows.co.uk or www.terribrisbin.com
And use the contest entry forms there or,
Send a postcard with name, address,
email and phone number to:
Celebrate The Holidays!
c/o Terri Brisbin, Post Office Box 41
Berlin, NJ 08009-0041
Small print: This contest is open to anyone, with a limit of one entry per person regardless of method of entry . The winning entries will be selected at random from all entries received by the deadline of December 15, 2008. Entering the contest grants us permission to list your name as our winner (last names are never posted) and to add you to Julia’s and Annie’s and Terri’s mailing lists. Your information is never shared with anyone outside of juliajustiss.com or annie-burrows.co.uk or terribrisbin.com. Thanks for participating!
To enter from this website, click on the link at the top of this page, "contact me", and leave your name and email address, with "competition" as the subject.
Good Luck!
My first competition, run to mark the release of the anthology, "Mills and Boon presents..." is now closed.
The winner is...
Eva, from New Zealand.
Eva will receive personally signed copies of these previous releases:
‘His Cinderella Bride’ by Annie Burrows
‘For the Sheikh’s Pleasure’ by Annie West and
Any book of her choice from Margaret McDonagh's back list.
Eva correctly answered these three questions, finding the answers by visiting the websites of each author contributing to the anthology:
1) Q. In ‘The Earl’s Untouched Bride’, by Annie Burrows, what was Heloise’s brilliant idea?
A . She suggested the Earl should marry her instead of Felice
2) Q. In ‘An Italian Affair’, by Margaret McDonagh, which (fictional) natural landscape feature/formation were Gina and her grandmother searching for when they went to Elba?
A. The rock formation Lancia del Nettuno
3) Q. In ‘The Billionaire’s Bought Mistress’, by Annie West, what does Rafe want Antonia to do and what reason does he give?
A. As he will be working in Europe for the next 6 months, mainly in London, and will be without female companionship, he wants her to take on the role of his mistress.
Congratulations Eva - I hope you enjoy reading your prize books!