Bella Street Romance Goes Retro

WIN A KINDLE FIRE IN THE BIG KINDLE BOOGIE 10 Free Kindle Fires, 75 free ebooks, $300 in gift cards, a $500 library donation! Entries for 10 free Kindle Fires are already underway at http://bigkindleboogie.blogspot.com and gift cards are bing randomly awarded on Twitter for those who tweet about the Big Kindle Boogie. On Feb. 1-2, bestselling thriller authors J.A. Konrath, Blake Crouch, Scott Nicholson, Lee Goldberg, and Scott Nicholson are making 75 Kindle books free on Amazon. They are also making a $500 donation to the local library of one Kindle Fire winner. They are also releasing the five-book Ultimate Thriller Box Set for free during the event. Contest is international, no purchase necessary. You can also join the Facebook party at http://www.facebook.com/BigKindleBoogie . Three easy ways to enter: Use the entry counters at http://bigkindleboogie.blogspot.com You can also enter manually by tweeting to be eligible for Kindle Fires and Amazon gift cards: 10  free...

I'm thrilled to welcome Linda Andrews to my blog on her tour. She's a prolific sci-fi/fantasy author with yet another new release,   Blue Manuever: Book One of Extraterrestrial Security Program . Looks like she might have company: Linda Andrews: Hello everyone! Thank you for joining me on Bella's fabulous blog. Today, I'm interviewing Mary-- Rae: Hold it right there! (she bounces out of her chair) You will not tell anyone my ridiculous name. I'm Rae, not MaryJane, and definitely not Radiance. I'm Rae Hemplewhite. LA: Okay, Rae. Let's talk about your latest adventure. Rae (slowly sinking into her chair): Adventure? I don't call being infected with alien bugs, kidnapped and killed an adventure. I call it torture. In fact... Wait a minute. You're the author you did this to me. LA: Um, I actually think I just transcribed what you told me happened. Rae: No. No way! (Jumping from her seat, she plucks at her microphone...

The Anfractuous Bookaholic: Author Interview: Bella Street : "Today is an awesome day. Why you may ask? Well.... because today I bring you an interview with author Bella Street, author of 'Kiss Me, I'm Irish." Click the link above for more!

Welcome to the #SBBG7, the biggest international giveaway online! Hosted by Reading Romances. The Book Giveaway: winners will be able to choose from the big stash of prizes, it’s one BIG giveaway! You only need to enter it once via the rafflecopter tool (through any of the participating hosts. It’s different from a giveaway hop, where each blog hosts their own giveaway). For this giveaway there will be 5 winners! The first winner gets to choose 6 books and the others 5 books.    My contribution is 3 sets of Apocalypse Babes: The Complete Series . Each set contains all 6 full-length novels in the Apocalypse Babes series.  Go here to enter and for all the details. Hope you win!

I still haven't heard back from all the winners, but I'll go ahead and post them here now. I used random.org to generate the results. Cakelady Cupcake Mama (is there a conspiracy here? LOL) Chelsea Catherine 0807 (another conspiracy, this one with the letter C!) and Tiffany. Congrats and thank you so much for being a part! Hope you enjoy Kiss Me, I'm Irish !

  A big THANK YOU to Shawn Maravel for hosting a giveaway at her blog for my book collection Apocalypse Babes: The Complete Series .  Shawn chose four winners from the comments. Congrats to Kristina, another Kristina, Cassandra, and Julie. Thanks to all who entered! Be sure to check out Shawn's books --but only if you enjoy heartwarming, heart-rending romance! :) And keep posted here for a book interview coming up in the future where we'll talk about Shawn's latest book, The Wanderer .

Jessica Aspen of Paranormal Freebies nominated my blog for a The Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award . Is there any doubt why? I know, right? So in keeping with the rules, I'm to list 7 random fact about myself. You already know how sweet I am, so listing that as one might be cheating. But here goes: 1. I suck at fiddle playing. I suck eggs, even though I'm being taught by a professional (with a music degree AND in a band) violinist. 'course I don't practice all that much. 2. I have a lot of kids. Which means my brain is mush. So blame them if you don't like my books. It's prolly their fault. 3. My favorite TV show of all time is a tie-between Buffy The Vampire Slayer and 24 . It's not that much of a stretch if you think about it. Both leads are anti-heroes, both destined to serve others to their own detriment...plus Keifer was a vamp in Lost Boys . 4. Since neither of those shows are on the air any longer (and I'm embarrassed to admit how m...

~Shawn Kirsten Maravel~: Interview & Giveaway with Bella Street! (US Only) Visit Shawn's awesome blog and leave a comment for a chance to my all my Apocalypse Babes books--print or ebook!

Join with book blogs  I Am A Reader Not A Writer and vvb32reads and enter to win from a selection of YA faery and fantasy titles. Including mine! Kiss Me, I'm Irish : Time-travel, fiddle tunes, and pixie dust...because sometimes a girl just needs a little magic in her life! A sweet, paranormal romance. Please leave a comment here to be entered. One random winner will receive a print copy and another random winner will receive an e-copy. Print book is open to international winners. The ebook is only limited by device and international availability. then hop to the next blog for more chances to win! The Giveaway ends 1/13/12 at 12:01 AM. Winners announced 1/14/12.

At the beginning of December, I committed to taking 20% of my total book sales and donating to Nashville's charity Strings For Hope--Curing Hunger One Note At A Time . Well, the numbers are in and your purchases have help to contribute $275! Strings For Hope handcrafts recycled instrument strings--from awesome guitarists, violinists, banjo and mandolin players, and bass players--and are accented by natural and vintage beads and baubles. No two are alike and each item has had music played on it . How cool is that? Here's the founder Laura (wearing a SFH bracelet and ring) with the moola. Woot! Over 90% of money goes to assist existing food programs both locally and globally. If you haven't heard of Strings For Hope before , don't worry. Go to their website (you'll be redirected to a site that handles the purchases) and buy a bracelet, ring, or necklace for any occasion. Help cure hunger...one note at a time!

Well...according to the Mayan calendar, the world ends December 21, 2012. That means I have a LOT of reading to squeeze in before then! Book reviewer Rosey of Rosey's Review is hosting a reading challenge, throwing down the gauntlet of twelve books in 12 months . Here are my twelve I'm committing to read: The Mortal Instruments series (3 books) Books 2 and 3 of the Chaos Walking series Books 2 and 3 of the Forest of Hands and Teeth series Awaken The Chemical Garden Trilogy I Am Legend And while we're talking about dystopian themes, I know of this one apocalypse series... Six full length novels for less than the price of a paperback. I mean, for shizzle! What will you be reading before the apocalypse?