Snowbound Love Bloghop and Giveaway!

I'm taking part in the Snowbound Love blog hop hosted by Sizzling PR this week. Not only am I a massive fan of winter, I love any kind of winter romance and the idea of being snowbound with someone is incredibly romantic so this sounded like the perfect hop for me.

My love of snowbound romances came about entirely by accident. A few years ago I was sent a copy of Get a Clue by Jill Shalvis by mistake and the company let me keep it. It sat on my shelf for ages as I initially wrote it off as cheesy but when I was travelling I chucked it in my bag as a 'just in case' read and ended up picking it up.

I devoured the whole book in a single sitting and adored every minute. There's romance, drama, suspense and snow and I got sucked straight into Breanne and Cooper's story. I've reread it a few times since and I've even tried a few other snowbound romances and romantic suspense novels, although to this day this remains as my favourite.

Giveaway

I'm giving away a book of your choice up to the value of $10 USD from the Book Depository, open wherever they ship.

The rules:

• Open internationally as long as the Book Depository ships to you
• You get one free entry just for stopping by but can earn additional entries for following the blog, twitter etc. I will be checking these entries!
• The winner will be contacted within 48 hours of the giveaway ending.

Giveaway Policy

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The Hop

Don't forget to visit all of the other blogs participating in this hop for more chances to win prizes!

#WWReadathon - Tease at Random Challenge & Giveaway

Welcome to the first challenge of the last day of the Wicked Winter Read-a-Thon which is...

Tease at Random

I love taking part in the Teaser Tuesday meme, but I've noticed how sometimes the teasers can be very different to what the book is actually like. So when April and Rebecca gave me the chance to create my own challenge I thought of this and immediately started to wonder what would happen if teasers were taken throughout a book - would they be close to the real story, or would it create a whole new one?

For this challenge I would like you to tease me at random from your current read. All you need to do is to divide your book roughly into thirds and then randomly select two sentences from each third (so six in total) and put them together to give a good tease.

You can either leave your entry in the comments or leave me a link to your blog post.

One winner will be picked at random to win either a £5 gift certificate from Amazon UK or a $7.50 Amazon US gift certificate (winner's choice) so be sure to leave your email, twitter or some other way for me to contact you.

My example is from Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare:

"Well, there's no accounting for taste," Tessa said sweetly, knowing he was trying to goad her, and refusing to take the bait. "What is one person's pleasure is another's poison, don't you find?" (pg 72)
His eyes were raking the room anxiously. She could sense the tension in him, a thrum just under the skin, like the fast-beating heart of a hummingbird. (pg 193)
"You know what this means to me," said Will. "Did you really think I'd delay?" (pg 405)

So go on...tease me :)


And the winner is...Melissa from Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf! Congratulations :)

Giveaway - Die for Me by Amy Plum

After a tragic car accident kills their parents, Kate and her sister Georgia move to Paris to live with their grandparents. Kate is stuggling to adjust and trying to cut herself off from caring about others, until she meets Vincent Delacroix. Mysterious and charming, Vincent sweeps Kate off her feet but Kate soon realises that Vincent belongs to another world hidden within our own. Vincent's world is dark and dangerous, and Kate is left wondering how much she is willing to risk for another chance at love...

In honour of reaching 100 followers (you are all extremely awesome!) I'm hosting a giveaway of Die for Me by Amy Plum. It's a really fun read with a very unique mythology and a haunting setting in the beautiful Paris. If you'd like to read my review click here.

As this is my first giveaway, I've decided to keep things simple. All you need to do is follow my blog and leave your GFC name when you enter. Given that the post tends to go a bit weird over Christmas, the giveaway will be open from now until the end of December.