Thursday, December 23, 2010

Congratulations to our Grand Prize Winner of a Kindle 3G and an assortment of Harlequin Historical ebooks......


JEANNE M!!!!


Watch your mailbox, Jeanne. You are about to receive a Kindle!


More thanks to all our entrants for making this contest so much fun.
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas!
The Harlequin Historical Authors

Harlequin Historical Holiday Contest Winners FINAL

Harlequin Holiday Contest







Here are our Winners!

Dec 1 Jean P from Ohio
Dec 2 Beverly from Solihull
Dec 3 Sara M
Dec 4 June
Dec 5 Carlie A, Virginia C and Hilly
Dec 6 Marci from Massachusetts
Dec 7 Elaine from Florida
Dec 8 Sheree from California
Dec 9 Emma from Pennsylvania
Dec 10 Katherine from Ontario
Dec 11 Kohsamui and Janice
Dec 12 Linda from Missouri
Dec 13 Peter from Maryland
Dec 14 Deb H, May C
Dec 15 Alisha W
Dec 16 Cassandra
Dec 17 Kathryn (gift card); Sarah (book); Rita (chocolate)
Dec 18 Virginia from Virginia :-)
Dec 19 Julie S
Dec 20 Samantha
Dec 21 Sheila
Dec 22 Joan from New Jersey
Dec 23 Grand Prize - Jeanne from Rhode Island

Thanks to all entrants for making this so much fun!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 22 --Denise Lynn

And Denise Lynn http://denise-lynn.blogspot.com/ is the final author to take part. Answer her simple question to win $10 Amazon certificate. All entries will be put in for the grand prize draw on the 23rd for the kindle 3-g.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

A Thoroughly Compromised Lady wins 4 stars


I am so excited! Romantic Times gives Jack and Dulci's story 4 stars and a "Both passionate and suspenseful this novel is a treat..." I loved doing this story and I am so excited to see it off to a great start! Merry Christmas to me. What a great present.

Bronwyn

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 21 -- Ann Lethbridge

Day 21 is Ann Lethbridge (http://www.annlethbridge.com/) and all you have to do is to like her facebook page  by midnight for a chance to win one of her books. ALl entries go forward for the grand prize draw on 23 December.

A Thoroughly Compromised Lady cover is here!

Jack and Dulci's North American cover is here! It's lovely and I can hardly wait for their book to be out in the US. This has been one of my all time favorite stories so far. The story combines some foreign policy plot so the reader is bound to learn something new! Most of us don't know much about the land feud in South America between Spain and the British, but Jack and Dulci are in the thick of it with a fraudelent map. And there's plenty of sensuality and steamy sex scenes. The best of both worlds. It's my kind of story, the kind of book I want to pick up and read when I'm out looking for a good book. And oh yes, I'd show off the cover but I can't get the images option to access, so I'll pass on that for now and try again later.
Bronwyn

Monday, December 20, 2010

Harlequin Historical Holiday Contest Winners Update

Harlequin Holiday Contest







Here are the Daily Winners of the Harlequin Historical Holiday contest thus far!

Dec 1 Jean P from Ohio
Dec 2 Beverly from Solihull
Dec 3 Sara M
Dec 4 (to be announced Dec 23)
Dec 5 Carlie A, Virginia C and Hilly
Dec 6 (to be announced Dec 23)
Dec 7 (to be announced Dec 23)
Dec 8
Dec 9 Emma from Pennsylvania
Dec 10 Katherine from Ontario
Dec 11 Kohsamui
Dec 12 Linda from Missouri
Dec 13 Peter from Maryland
Dec 14 Deb H, May C
Dec 15 Alisha W
Dec 16 Cassandra
Dec 17 Kathryn (gift card); Sarah (book); Rita (chocolate)
Dec 18 Virginia from Virginia :-)
Dec 19
Dec 20
Dec 21
Dec 22
Dec 23 Grand Prize

Check back here for updates.
And don't forget to keep entering the contest!

Halrequin Historical Advent Day 20 -- Michelle Styles

Michelle Styles's turn http://www.michellestyles.co.uk/ Go to her website answer a simple question (What book is Diana Clare reading at the start of A Question of Impropriety -- hint read the excerpt) and you will be put in the draw for A Taste of Northumberland includes signed books, a teatowel, a box of shortbread...
Everyone who enters goes forward for the Kindle 3-g draw to be held on 23 December.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 19 -- Julia Justiss

For a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift certificate, leave a comment on Julia Justiss's news/blog page today. http://juliajustiss.com/news/   Alll entrants will be put in the drawing for the grand prize on 23 Dec.

Problems with our contest!

Dear readers--

Georgina Devon asked me to pass along that she's having some technical difficulties on her Advent Calendar day (today, Dec 18). She had changed her book offering, but the excerpt for The Rogue's Seduction didn't get loaded before her computer was sent off to the shop. Right now she has no way to contact readers until her computer comes back repaired.

Please bear with us, and as soon as the excerpt is loaded, we'll adjust the dates so you can enter. We're sorry for the problems, and we're working to fix it!

-Michelle Willingham
http://www.michellewillingham.com
Surrender to an Irish Warrior
"Pleasured by the Viking" in Delectably Undone - April 2011
Claimed by the Highland Warrior May 2011

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Harlequin Historcal Advent Day 18 -- Georgina Devon

It's Georgina Devon's turn today. http://www.georginadevon.com/  read the excerpt from TheROgue's Seduction, answer the simple question and enter to win a signed copy plus a box of choclates. All entries go forward to the grand prize of the kindle 3 g on 23rd December.

NB Georgina unfortunately had HUGE computer problems on the 18th, she is sorry for this and her dates for the contest will be adjusted accordingly. 

Friday, December 17, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 17 -- Michelle Willingham

It's Michelle Willingham's day. http://michellewillingham.com/blog/ and she has 3 prizes to giveaway, plus everyone who enters is eligible for the grand prize draw. So go to her website, read the excerpt and tell her which abbey Tahern mentions. One of the prizes ($25 Amazon.com fgift certificate) is for people who like her fanpage on Facebook...

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Calendar Day 16 -- Amanda McCabe

Day 16 and it is a chance to win a cozy winter basket from Amanda McCabe http://amandamccabe.blogspot.com/ -- hot cocoa, biscuits and a signed book. You need to go to her blog and say which of her covers you like best. See http://ammandamccabe.com/advent.htm  for details.
Every entry goes into the kindle 3-g draw.

Harlequin Historical Holiday Contest Daily Winners Update

Harlequin Holiday Contest







Here are the Daily Winners of the Harlequin Historical Holiday contest thus far!

Dec 1 Jean P from Ohio
Dec 2 Beverly from Solihull
Dec 3 Sara M
Dec 4 (to be announced Dec 23)
Dec 5 Carlie A, Virginia C and Hilly
Dec 6 (to be announced Dec 23)
Dec 7 (to be announced Dec 23)
Dec 8
Dec 9 Emma from Pennsylvania
Dec 10 Katherine from Ontario
Dec 11 Kohsamui
Dec 12 Linda from Missouri
Dec 13 Peter from Maryland
Dec 14 Deb H, May C
Dec 15 Alisha W

Check back here for updates.
And don't forget to keep entering the contest!

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

A Jane Austen Christmas

Tomorrow, December 16, is Jane Austen’s birthday, the 235th anniversary of her birth. Poor Jane. Poor anyone who has a birthday near Christmas, because often their birthday celebrations are slighted in the hectic days around the holiday.

Birthday and Christmas celebrations were not as grand as they are today. What, then, would Jane Austen have been anticipating at Christmas?

Would she be decorating a Christmas tree? Probably not. Queen Charlotte, who was German, was known to have Christmas trees, but it was not yet a common custom. Jane and her family would probably have decorated the parsonage with holly and ivy and evergreens of fir and pine. They might have hung mistletoe. In Jane Austen’s time there was a tradition of a gentleman and lady kissing beneath mistletoe, as there is today, but with each kiss the gentleman plucked a berry. When the berries were gone, so were the kisses. I’d like to think Jane had her share of kisses.

Jane might have helped make the Christmas pudding. The tradition was to make the pudding on “Stir Up Sunday,” the Sunday before Advent and to serve it on Christmas day. The pudding was a porridge of sugar, raisins, currants, prunes, and wine that was “stirred up” and boiled together in a pudding cloth.

Christmas was mainly a religious holiday during Jane Austen’s time. As the daughter of clergyman, certainly Jane and the rest of the family would have attended church and Reverend Austen would have preached a sermon and would have given the sacrament.

Gifts were exchanged at Christmas. In Jane Austen’s Christmas by Maria Hubert (1996), Hubert includes a diary kept by Jane’s niece and listing her Christmas gifts. In 1813, a tambourine, a compass case, a straw box, a parallel ruler. In 1816, a gold chain, a coral broach, a nitting (sic) box, a china candlestick, a silk box.


The Austens would probably have hosted or been invited to a Christmas dinner with a goose or turkey as the main course. Jane Austen’s Christmas mentions a Christmas dinner having minced pie and “a dish made of wheat cakes boiled in milk with rich spices.”

Games would have been played, perhaps some with these strange names: Hoodman Blind, shoe the wild mare, hot cockles, steal the white loaf. Maybe some theatricals would have been performed and dances danced.

Do you have a favorite Christmas or holiday tradition? How about a favorite food? If you lived in Jane Austen’s time what would you like to do most at Christmas time? And if you have a birthday around this time, do you get short-changed?

Don’t forget! We’re still doing the Harlequin Historical Holiday Contest. Today is Deborah Hale's day. Keep entering every day for daily prizes and the chance to with the grand prize of a Kindle.
Blogging at DianeGaston.com

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 15 --Deborah Hale

It is Deborah Hale's turn today. http://www.deborahhale.com/contest08.htm She wants to know what is the name of one of the heroes in her upcoming Gentlemen of Fortune trilogy. Deb is giving a special box of goodies to the lucky winner and all entries are put in for the Grand prize draw on 23 Dec of the kindle 3g.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Harlequin Historical Holiday Contest Daily Winners Update

Harlequin Holiday Contest







Here are the Daily Winners of the Harlequin Historical Holiday contest thus far!

Dec 1 Jean P from Ohio
Dec 2 Beverly from Solihull
Dec 3 Sara M
Dec 4 (to be announced Dec 23)
Dec 5 Carlie A, Virginia C and Hilly
Dec 6 (to be announced Dec 23)
Dec 7 (to be announced Dec 23)
Dec 8
Dec 9 Emma from Pennsylvania
Dec 10 Katherine from Ontario
Dec 11 Kohsamui
Dec 12 Linda from Missouri

Check back here for updates.
And don't forget to keep entering the contest!

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 14

Medieval Romance author Carol Townend's turn today. http://caroltownend.blogspot.com/ She wants you to answer 2 questions about her latest release (link to the excerpt is provided) and one queston about the book you'd like if you won. She is giving away 2 books ( Her Banished Lord plus a signed copy of another of her Wessex Weddings) to 2 people who leave a comment.  Everyone who leaves a comment  is also put in for the grand prize of a kindle 3-g.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 13 Cheryl St John

Western author Cheryl St John http://www.cherylstjohn.net/ is next up. Go to her website, find the ornament and tell her its shape to be entered for her draw and for the grand prize of the kindle 3-g. Here is what she is giving away:
* a lovely little book of recipes for scones, muffins and tea

*  favorite scone recipes on handwritten cards

* a vintage cup and sauce from her collection

* a hard-to find copy of Joe's Wife

* autographed copies of Sweet Annie and two of her Christmas anthologies

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Halrequin Historical Authors Avdavent Day 12 Blythe Gifford

Today is Scottish Romance Author Blythe Gifford's turn. http://www.blythegifford.com/  She has two simple tasks (and two chances to win!) so that people can win a lovely Christmas ornament. Remember everyone who enters is automatically entered into the grand prize draw.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 11 --Emily May

Halfway through the authors and it's New Zealand based Regency author Emily May's turn. http://www.emily-may.com./ Visit Emily's special page, answer one of two questions  and be in the running for New Zealand chocolate plus books. She also has a special prize for anyone who likes her Facebook fan page. All entries go forward to the grand prize draw of the kindle 3 g.

Harlequin Historical Holiday Contest Daily Winner Update

Harlequin Holiday Contest







Here are the Daily Winners of the Harlequin Historical Holiday contest thus far!

Dec 1 Jean P from Ohio
Dec 2 Beverly from Solihull
Dec 3 Sara M
Dec 4 (to be announced Dec 23)
Dec 5 Carlie A, Virginia C and Hilly
Dec 6 (to be announced Dec 23)
Dec 7 (to be announced Dec 23)
Dec 8
Dec 9 Emma from Pennsylvania
Dec 10 Katherine from Ontario

Check back here for updates.
And don't forget to keep entering the contest!

Friday, December 10, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 10 --Joanne Rock

Historical (and Blaze) author Joanne Rock offers a special gift package including a signed copy of her latest. see http://www.joannerock.com/ for details. Remember everyone who enters automatically goes in for the grand prize of a kindle 3 g.

Harlequin Historical Holiday Contest Daily Winners

Harlequin Holiday Contest



Here are the Daily Winners of the Harlequin Historical Holiday contest thus far!

Dec 1 Jean P from Ohio
Dec 2 Beverly from Solihull
Dec 3 Sara M
Dec 4
Dec 5 Carlie A, Virginia C and Hilly
Dec 6
Dec 7
Dec 8
Dec 9 Emma from Pennsylvania

Check back here for updates.
And don't forget to keep entering the contest!

Thursday, December 09, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 9 --Diane Gaston

Rita winner Diane Gaston offers a $10 Amazon gift certificate and a signed copy of her latest. Visit http://www.dianegaston.com/  and answer the question on the contest page. Everyone who enters will be put in for the Kindle 3 g giveaway. Void where prohibited.

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 8 -- Terri Brisbin

Medieval Scottish Author Terri Brisbin's turn today 8 December. See the contest page on http://www.terribrisbin.com/  and she is giving away a $25 Visa gift card. All you have to do is answer her question.

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 7 Barbara Monajem

Today is Undone Author Barbara Monajem's turn. http://www.barbaramonajem.com/. Answer the question at the end of her EPIC finalist Notorious Eliza excerpt to enter. Her prize is $20 gift certificate from either Amazon or Barnes and Noble plus you are automatically entered for the grand prize -- Kindle 3 G

Monday, December 06, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 5

Today is Deb Marlowe's turn. http://www.debmarlowe.com/ and she says:
Just read the excerpt from How to Marry a Rake and answer a simple question: What two things are Stephen and Mae working together to find? Submit the correct answer to Deb and  you'll be entered to win a $10 dollar gift certificate to Barnes and Noble plus an autographed copy of The Diamonds of Welbourn Manor, the anthology where we first meet Stephen and Mae!

Sunday, December 05, 2010

Harlequin HIstorical Advent Day 5 --Elizabeth Rolls

Day 5 is award winning Regency author Elizabeth Rolls http://www.elizabethrolls.com/. And it is basically a scavenger hunt for a photo of the latest addition to the family. You need to read the instructions. The prize is a signed copy of her latest and everyone who enters gets put into the grand prize draw.

Saturday, December 04, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 4 -- Jeannie Lin

Award winning  author of Asian set historicals Jeannie Lin is up today . Visit her website http://www.jeannielin.com/ and find the heart shaped ornament. Click on the ornament to enter the giveaway for an Asian themed box of goodies as well as for the grand prize of a kindle.  Instructions are on her website.

Friday, December 03, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Day 3 -- Charlene Sands

Today is the very lovely Western Historical (and Desire) author Charlene Sands's  turn. Visit her blog  http://charlenesands.blogspot.com/ and decide which of the pictures is the one she cast as her hero. She's giving away a $15 gift certificate for Amazon. Remember every entry goes into the Grand Prize Draw for a Kindle 3G

Thursday, December 02, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Calendar -- Day 2 Annie Burrows.

It is Annie Burrows's turn today. Visit her website, find the hidden ornament and email her with its location. Her prize is a signed copy of A Countess by Christmas. Remember everyone who enters is automatically put in the drawing for the grandprize of a Kindle 3 G.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Harlequin Historical Advent Calendar --Day 1

First Up Lynna Banning.  Visit her website, email her with the answer to her simple question (who is the hero of Lady Lavender)  for  an opportunity to win 2 autograph books and chocolate. Must be today 1 December. All correct entries automatically put into grand prize draw for the Kindle 3-g. One entry per person http://www.lynnabanning.com/