14 May 2010

Weekly Announcements - 14 May 2010

Blythe Gifford and Carrie Lofty a having a race on Facebook! When they both reach 200 followers, they're going to give away a pair of one another's books. To enter, you just need to "like" their Facebook fan pages. Full details here!

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In addition, Carrie Lofty's SCOUNDREL'S KISS is now available on Kindle!

And in other fantastic news, Carrie signed with Pocket's fabulous Executive Editor, Lauren McKenna, for a two-book contract to publish her new Victorian series! FLAWLESS, the first, is set in South Africa, and SHAMELESS, the second, is set in Australia. Release dates will be late 2011 or early 2012. Here's the prologue to FLAWLESS.

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Join us Sunday when Samhain author Ali Katz will be here to chat about her Roman-set novella, "DAMON'S PRICE". She'll also be giving away a copy to one luck commenter! Be sure to join us then.

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We'll also draw the winner of Blythe Gifford's HIS BORDER BRIDE guest appearance on Sunday. You still have time to leave a comment or question for your chance to win.

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Stay with us through the coming weeks when we'll be featuring the best unusual historical authors! Diane Whiteside, Isabelle Santiago, Lindsay Townsend, and Margaret Mallory will be our guests. Join us!

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Have a good weekend! Remember, you don't have to be an Unusual Historicals contributor to submit good news to the weekend announcements. If it has to do with unusual historicals, we'd love to shout it out to the world! Send announcements to Carrie. See you next week...