Tag: Vanquished

Contest Winners Announced–Ta Dum!

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Congratulations to Pamela S of Blanchester, Ohio, the third winner of my “semi-contest.” Pamela’s prize is a signed copy of Eloisa James’s latest release, Desperate Duchesses.

And–drum roll please–the grand prize winner is Tracey T of Gassaway, WV. Tracey’s prize includes a personalized signed copy of Vanquished, the launch to my “Men of Roxbury House” trilogy and a hot-off-the-press chapter excerpt of Bound to Please, my Scottish Medieval Blaze due out this July 1st.

Both Pamela and Tracey correctly answered my contest question: what is the color of Lady Kate’s eyes in Untamed? Lady Kate’s eyes are amber.

My thanks to all of you who took the time to enter, adding to the general fun. The good news is there is always another opportunity to win at www.hopetarr.com, so please check my Contest page for your latest chance to win.

Hope

Contests Galore!

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Hi All,

It’s cold and windy here in NYC but spring is on its way (it is!), and it seems contests are cropping up like those yet-to-be-seen springtime flowers. Best-selling romance novelist, Samantha James is running a super contest from her web site starting March 25th. Twenty contest winners will be chosen beginning the day after the contest, and continue into April. There will be more than 150 winners, and best of all, most winners won’t need to wait a whole month before they get their prizes!

Included among the giveaways are coverflat keepsakes for Untamed and yes, an autographed copy of Vanquished.

Also, Diesel E-books is carrying copies of my Harlequin Blaze books and offering a 20 percent off coupon, so if you prefer your palm pilot to print, please take two ticks to check it out.

Hope

Off to RWA…

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Just a quick note before I dash off to Dallas for this year’s Romance Writers of America conference. Each year, the RWA conference kicks off with a multi-author (think 450-strong) Readers for Life Literacy autographing, the proceeds benefiting a major literacy-related charity housed in the host city. While the conference programs are for registered attendees only, the book signing is open to the public and heavily publicized. I’ll be signing copies of Vanquished as well as The Haunting and chatting with readers, fellow authors, and media in the Hyatt grand ballroom.

In between “work,” there will be publisher parties galore as well as some hours logged in the lobby lounge sipping wine, eating far too many bar munchies, and catching up with writer friends I only get to see a few times a year. The conference wraps with the Awards Ceremony and gala on Saturday where everyone puts on the Ritz to celebrate the Rita and Golden Heart winners (and console the other finalists) with champagne and chocolate. 🙂

At some point during the conference, I’ll be blogging from the RWA media room set up in the conference hotel. To read the blog in progress, go to rwanational.org after Wednesday and follow the links.

Once I’m back, I’ll be posting pictures and tasty tidbits from the conference week. Also on the horizon is my blog on “Hope and Susan’s Excellent Adventure,” a post-Independence Day roadtrip to Roanoke, WV and Blacksburg, VA with my buddy, Susan. (Hint: If Susan lets me, there may even be a pic posted from that adventure, too).

In the interim,

Happy Trails–and Happy Reading,

Hope

Got… ENSLAVED?

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Hi Everyone,

As many of you know, my new historical romance, Enslaved is now available for direct order through Borders Bookstores or online through Independent Publishers Group. You can also pre-order the book at amazon.com.

The sequel to Vanquished, Enslaved is slated for worldwide release in October 2007. That said, about 2,500 copies of Enslaved shipped early and have already found their way onto bookstore shelves–and into eager readers’ hot little hands.

Sightings so far include Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati, OH (www.josephbeth.com) and Books-a-Million, Pinebrook Shopping Center on Airport Blvd., Mobile, Alabama. I’ve also heard from a ton of people who’ve ordered it through their local Borders store.

Do you have a copy of Enslaved? If so, I’d love, love, love to know where you got yours, be it a chain bookstore, an indy bookstore, a library or well… anywhere.

Over the summer months I’ll be building a list of “Early Enslaved Sightings” to track the progress of these renegade books. So if you could take two ticks (AKA moments) to post to this thread, you’ll be helping out by letting other readers know where they can find the book.

To reward “informants, ” I’ll be running a special “Get… Enslaved Sneak Peak End of Summer Contest” in addition to my regular monthly contest. The winner will be announced on September 1st. The prize will be a signed copy of Book #1 in my “Men of Roxbury House” trilogy, Vanquished, a signed cover flat of Enslaved as well as the winner’s pick of my backlist titles.

In the meantime…

Happy Summer Reading — and Sighting

Hope