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Some 'ferrety' love from Ebony McKenna

9/15/2016

 
I have said it before and I'll say it again... I LOVE Ebony McKenna's quirky sense of humour and her fabulous offbeat, fantasy stories. They may officially be 'Young Adult' but they are definitely for the young at heart!
Totally in keeping with Ebony's wit, she is offering this GORGEOUS ferret bookmark and other goodies...and if you are wondering WHY FERRETS..? you definitely need to read the ONDINE SERIES... with the shapeshifting Scottish ferret... ENTER THE RAFFLECOPTER NOW!​
It's competition time!

Two of these paperbacks and all three cards could be yours.

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Join in my raffle and two lucky winners will each get:

1 adorable ferret with bling bookmark, valued at $US20
2 paperbacks of their choice from my list of titles, valued at $US20
3 supercute ferrety cards with envelopes. I honestly can't remember what I paid for them at an etsy shop, but they're so cute!

Bookmark!
Closer detail.
Here is the bookmark you could win. Isn't it adorable? You slot the long silvery bit into your book, and the bling ferret hangs on the outside.

I'm pretty sure if you did it the other way, the bling would seriously crumple your pages and nobody wants that.

The competition is open to people all over the world. I will pay the postage.

All you need to do is follow the Rafflecopter instructions. The more options you choose, the more entries you'll have. At the end of the competition, Rafflecopter will choose two winners at random.

Then I'll contact the winners via email and we can discuss which two of my six novels they want, and I'll stick it in the post.

Want to know what all my books are about? Why am I so keen on ferrets? Yeah, it all ties in. The four Ondine novels are about a teen girl whose pet ferret, Shambles, starts talking in a Scottish accent. It's set in the crazy eastern European country of Brugel. Trust me, these four books have really put Brugel on the map! Shambles is really a man living in reduced circumstances. He offended a witch and she cursed him good and proper!

Robyn & The Hoodettes is a young adult gender flip retelling of the Robin Hood legend. It's so much fun. Robyn is a headstrong peasant with a knack for getting into trouble. Her best friend, Marion, is the local blacksmith who yearns for adventure. The two of them fall headfirst in trouble, and a little bit in love along the way.

1916-ish is about three students who join a reinactment of a battle from World War One, and end up in the real thing. Ingrid is 16. She's out of place, out of time and out of Ritalin.

Good luck and may the ferret be with you!

PURE OF HEART - Auria Jourdain #Goddessfish #Rafflecopter

9/8/2016

 
If you like your historicals with a touch of paranormal, you will love PURE OF HEART by Auria Jourdain.

Auria will be awarding a $15 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. (scroll down for details)


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​A ghost child left to die in a French forest, Contesse Blanchefort seeks her long-buried past after her adoptive father dies at the Bastille. Embarking on a quest across England with a pagan woman and a rogue Gypsy, Contesse falls ill in London, and her companions are forced to seek help. With overwhelming compassion, physician’s apprentice Eric McEwan nurses Contesse back to health, but discovers that her exotic accent and pale features set his heart ablaze...her mere touch brands his soul. Passion blooms as the two discover their love for one another—with disastrous consequences.
 
Upon his expulsion from Cambridge, Eric must battle his domineering grandfather’s wrath. When family tragedy strikes, he must return to his provincial home and confront his abusive past. Carrying on with her quest, Contesse struggles to free herself from her childhood as sinister details are revealed. Without Eric, she’s lost. But love is strong...can they conquer their demons to find one another again?

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​Dumbfounded at this new information, Contesse shook her head. “I had no idea! All these years, and our country doctor couldn’t explain what was wrong with me…a child with skin and hair as pale as a—” A gasp escaped her lips, finally uncovering the epithet the old crone had called her. “She called me a ghost!”
 “Who? Your mother?”
 Folding her arms across her chest, she glanced away. “No. The old woman that haunts my dreams. She took care of me when I was a child…before Edouard found me. She was right…look at me!”
 Eric pulled her close and forked his fingers through her hair from the roots to the ends. Trailing a light finger down her neck, he husked, “She’s daft, Contesse. You certainly feel real to me…pure and innocent, like an angel…”
  Contesse inhaled sharply as desire surged through her veins. Waves of desire invaded her body with his mere touch. A flush of warmth crept up her cheeks, her womanly folds moistening in response to his husky voice. What’s he doing to me?
 Entwining his fingers with hers,  he searched her face. “Have you ever been kissed?”
  She lowered her eyes, unable to face him lest she burst into tears. “Oui. Once. But he didn’t want me either.”
 With a sympathetic shake of his head, he tipped her chin up and stared at her. “Then he’s a fool. God, but you are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen...”

Meet Auria Jourdain

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History buff, Francophile, and hopeless romantic that demands an HEA—it’s the perfect mixture for writing romance! With fond childhood memories of reading on quiet afternoons, I loved the "happily ever after" sweet teen romances, but I quickly plunged into the world of historical romance—my get-away-from-real-life transporter. Add in a degree in Political Studies with six years of French, and twenty years later, I’m living my dream. With three published novels, 7 finished, and several more in my head, I have years of work ahead of me!

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WHERE THE HEART IS- Jennie Marsland #Rafflecopter

9/7/2016

 
The tentacles of the American Civil War reach the shelter of a small Yorkshire Village...Meet my guest Jennie Marsland.

Jennie will be awarding a digital copy of Where the Heart Is to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. (Scroll down to enter the Rafflecopter)
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When Rochelle McShannon moves with her father from Morgan County, Georgia to the Yorkshire Dales, she thinks she’s leaving behind everything that matters to her. Her mother has passed away, her twin brother is going west to avoid the looming Civil War, and her family’s unpopular views on slavery and secession have destroyed her relationship with the man she hoped to marry. If returning to her father's childhood home eases his grief, Chelle asks for nothing more.
 Martin Rainnie understands grief. Since the loss of his wife in childbirth, he’s known little else, except anger. He’s retreated to his farm and turned his back on the world, including his baby daughter, who’s being fostered by Chelle’s relatives. With little Leah drawing them together, Martin begins to wonder if he can love again – and convince Chelle to do the same.
 But the war overseas has far-reaching consequences, even in a small English village. Can Martin and Chelle overcome danger, loss, and bitterness to make a home where the heart is?

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“I never thought I’d see this place again. What do you think of it, lass?”
 As the horse paused to breathe at the top of a hill, Rochelle McShannon looked down on the huddle of stone buildings that made up the village of Mallonby, her father’s childhood home. Slate roofs glistened black from the shower that had just passed by. The sun was breaking through the clouds now, checkering the distant dales with patches of light and dark. Out there, a tracery of stone walls patterned the green hills. Grazing sheep showed as moving dots on the landscape. The river Mallon wound through it all, a shimmering ribbon in the fitful sunlight. A pretty view, Chelle had to admit, though she missed the pines of home.
 “I don’t know, Dad. Ask me when spring comes.” With a shiver, Chelle shrugged deeper into her cloak. She’d been cold since they’d sailed from New York. Back in Georgia, the days would be bright and warm. Her mother’s azaleas and the white French lilac would be in bloom, perfuming the air around the empty house. Chelle pushed the thought away with another shiver. Could it really be only six weeks since they’d laid Maman to rest? Since the world Chelle knew had turned upside down?

Meet Jennie Marsland

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​Jennie Marsland lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Canada’s beautiful East Coast.  She has had a lifelong love affair with words and history, starting with her family’s stories of life in Nova Scotia in earlier times. Jennie teaches English, science and history at a local private school, and when she isn’t writing, spends her free time cooking, gardening, playing guitar, and catering to the whims of her two very spoiled Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers.
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