Get Lost Again in Harmony, Texas!

Folks, help me welcome back Jodi Thomas! She has another fantabulous book out and she's here to share it with us today. Take it away, Jodi!

As I start to write I always find I have to do research.  You’d think after 40 books that I’d know all about Texas, but that will never be true I’m afraid.  The research took me in a direction I never expected in BETTING THE RAINBOW.

As with all my books I like to tell more than one story at a time but those stories weave around one another making readers feel like they are moving through a town with people getting mixed up in the problems of others at the same time they try to solve their own mysteries.

The story in BETTING THE RAINBOW is set amid a few weeks of summer when the whole town becomes involved in a fund raiser to benefit the town library.  Instead of the usual things groups do to raise money, the friends of the library decide to hold a poker night with a grand prize being a buy-in to a huge game in Las Vegas.

Dusti Delaney sees the game as her one chance to change her and her sister’s lives.  Betting the rainbow is a term used in poker when a player decides to bet it all on one pot and that is what Dusti is willing to do.

Only problem for me as the writer…I didn’t know how to play poker.  Research.  I talked a friend into taking me to a weekly game out in the country.  Thirty bucks later, I had the basics of how to play.  Next I read every book I could find on Texas Hold’em and how women survive in the game.  I talked to poker players and asked endless questions.  Then, one called me to join her at the Cracker Barrel for breakfast.  In the middle of our pancakes she said, “I’m going to Vegas to play next week.  Come along with me.” I booked my plane, talked a friend into going with me, and packed before lunch.  I wasn’t there to watch the game.  I was there to watch the people.

Life’s a gamble and like Kenny Rogers says, “You got to know when to hold’em.  Know when to fold’em. And know when to walk away.”

I’m betting you’ll walk away happy when you finish BETTING THE RAINBOW.


BIO...
Jodi Thomas is the NY Times and USA Today bestselling author of 39 novels and 12 short story collections. A four-time RITA winner, Jodi currently serves as the Writer in Residence at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas.

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SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT BETTING THE RAINBOW...

Publishers Weekly Review of Betting the Rainbow

Thomas knocks it out of the park again with her seventh contemporary set in Harmony, Tex. (after Can’t Stop Believing). Ronny Logan and Austin Hawk are looking for peace out by Rainbow Lane. They both have reasons to crave solitude—he’s recovering from injury, she from grief and a year’s travel—so they’re surprised to enjoy each other’s company. Ronny also becomes friends with neighbors Dusti and Abby Delaney, sisters who are counting on a poker tournament to make their dreams come true. As Dusti gets poker lessons from flirtatious Kieran O’Toole, tournament organizer Reagan Truman waits for rodeo rider Noah McAllen, her longtime love interest, to “grow up and man up.” Thomas is a master at creating damaged yet appealing characters, and their expressions of love—as siblings, as friends, as partners—are intense and beautiful. Their paths to happiness are interwoven in an intricate tapestry with the tournament as backdrop, combining in an epic tale of the kind of love that lasts forever. (Apr.)

Betting the Rainbow (Harmony) by Jodi Thomas 
Review by Vickie Denney at Reader To Reader

Ronny Logan has returned to Harmony after traveling the world for a year. This was one of the things that her late friend, Marty Winslow, wanted her to do with some of the money he bequeathed her. Ronny will always love Marty, but must start a new life; however, she doesn’t know what to do since she has enough money to last her for forever. Marty’s butler and friend, Mr. Carleon, has stayed in Harmony to help Ronny with any and every thing. While she was away, he leased a cottage for her on Rainbow Lane and it sits on a small lake. There are only three houses in that area. Across the lake the Delaney sisters, Abby and Dusti, have a small farm and raise chickens. Hawk House is on Ronny’s side of the lake and currently is housing Austin Hawk.

Abby had to quit nursing school with only a year to go due to finances after parent’s illnesses. Dusti has entered a local fund raising poker game that sends the winner to Las Vegas to play for a million dollar jack pot. Dusti asks Kiernan O’Toole to teach her the finer points of the game. She hopes to win locally and then win enough in Los Vegas to send Abby back to school. Kiernan will help her but warns her he is also a competitor and he will be hard to beat. The Irishman has loved Dusti forever, it seems, and she is totally unaware…but not for long.

Austin Hawk is also back in Harmony rehabbing from burns and injuries suffered during a fire. He just wants to be left alone, but Fate has other plans for him. The first night that Austin and Ronny meet had this reviewer hee-hawing. A connection is made between these two lost, wounded, and very sad souls, which evolves into a magnificent relationship.

Reagan Truman gives Noah McAllen an ultimatum – her or the rodeo. Noah can’t always run from his responsibilities.

Betting The Rainbow visits so many of the core characters and updates their status. Jodi Thomas has truly outdone herself with this fine, fine story. I know, personally, each and every character in Harmony, Texas and hope to meet many more. They are wonderful, kind, generous, real people with real problems. Be warned that having a box of tissues close by will come in handy. Beautiful stories like Betting The Rainbow don’t come around too often, and reading this tale is like finding a pot of gold.

Getting Lost in Texas!

Folks, I'm thrilled to announce Jodi Thomas is back to join us today! I'm super excited to be hosting her again.
Without further ado...

Who is Jodi?

Jodi Thomas is the NY Times and USA Today bestselling author of 38 novels and 11 short story col-lections. A five-tme RITA winner,. Jodi currently serves as the Writer in Residence at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas.

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Here's what others are saying about her latest work...

 

"One of my favorites." —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York TImes Bestselling author

"PROMISE ME TEXAS is one of the best western historical tales of this year!" --- Vickie@ReaderToReader.com      
 

"Bestseller Thomas strikes gold again with her seventh Whispering Mountain historical (after Wild Texas Rose), set in 1879 Texas. When 24-year-old Beth McMurray sneaks onto a train to surprise her fiancé, former Senator Lamont LaCroix, she's shocked to overhear him bragging about his plans for her and her money. Then robbers board the train and it goes off the rails. Just before the crash, one of the robbers grabs Beth and jumps off the train, taking the fall to protect her. He's hurt, but she stays with him, claiming that he's her husband. The sheriff and the doctor believe that Beth is now Mrs. Andrew McLaughlin, but LaCroix does not. Meanwhile, widower Andrew reveals his hidden depths: when he's not robbing trains, he longs to be an author. By the time Beth drives a wagon out of town, she has collected a pretend husband, two little boys, an ill teen cowboy, and a pregnant young woman, and the adventure has just begun. Complex plotting, superb character development, and touching romantic scenes make this a winner"—Publishers Weekly starred review
 

And now, here's Jodi in her own words...

When I began PROMISE ME TEXAS, I wanted to start with the notion that sometimes your whole life turns on one moment in time.  The day you say yes to something or someone.  The night you were in the wrong place at the right time.  The single heartbeat when you let love rule over reason. I wanted to show that now and then, that one choice you made with little time to think it over may have led you down a road you never dreamed you’d travel.

In my story Beth McMurray is the spoiled youngest daughter of Teagan McMurray who owns the powerful Whispering Mountain Ranch in Texas.  Since she was a baby everyone has always commented on how beautiful she is.  How Perfect.  So, of course, she wants to marry the perfect man and waits for him.  Only one man, a senator from Washington D.C., seems good enough for her wish list.  They met when she was sixteen and wrote for years. 

Now, well into her twenties, she decides to board a train and surprise him as he travels to meet her.  Though dressed in trousers, she’s packed away her wedding dress to slip into when they finally are together.  Only before she has a chance to pull off her disguise, she learns he’s not the man she’s dreamed of for years.  He is self-centered, a braggart, and dishonest.

As the train rushes toward Dallas, she cries as she hides in the last boxcar that carries her horse.  Beth knows she has to disappear before he sees her, but how?

At a midnight water stop, she watches bandits board the train like ghosts in the rain.  Before she can warn anyone, the train wrecks.  A strong arm of a man grabs her as the cars tumble.  The stranger jumps free of the cars but is hurt as he protects her. In the darkness, amid all the chaos, Beth must decide to claim the senator or the robber as her fiancé. The choice will change her destiny as well as his.

I hope everyone enjoys PROMISE ME TEXAS.  I promise I’ll take you on a great adventure that will make you smile and maybe just laugh out loud.  If might even remind you of the day you took the path less traveled and ended up in a most delightful place.

Enjoy the adventure,

Jodi Thomas

 

Celebrating Romance Novella

The Get Lost in a Story crew sends our CONGRATULATIONS to the

BREATHLESS 

Sophie Jordan

For Az, it's supposed to be a fun summer vacation with her family. Nothing complicated. Just a quick trip to test the waters as she prepares for a year on her own. That all changes when she rescues a drowning girl and meets Tate—the most gorgeous human boy she's ever seen. 

HarperCollins, HarperTeen Impulse

Kari Sutherland, editor

Tate throws her heart, her plans, and her life into upheaval, but the closer she gets to him, the harder it is to hide the secret of what she is.With no hope for a future together, the last thing that can ever happen . . . is love.

You'll meet the heroine of BREATHLESS on the first page of FIRELIGHT -- she is the best friend to the heroine of the Firelight trilogy. "When HarperTeen asked if I would write a novella to accompany the trilogy, Az was the first character to pop in my head. She was such a fan favorite and I really felt she deserved a romance of her own. " ~Sophie

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THE DUCHESS OF LOVE 

Sally MacKenzie

The day was as hot as the pond was inviting. It's not as if anyone in Little Huffington was going to happen upon a secluded vale on the Duke of Greycliffe's lands. And Venus Collingswood didn't want to get her shift all wet. It was the perfect setting in which to plan her lovely bookworm of a sister's betrothal to the mysterious new duke arriving seven days hence. If only she had a suitable accomplice . . .

Kensington Publishing Corp., Zebra

Audrey LaFehr, editor

Andrew Valentine, Duke of Greycliffe, never thought arriving at his own household a week early would cause so much trouble. The housekeeper thinks he's his own cousin. Actually, the chance to not be the duke for a while is a pleasant opportunity indeed. It might even help him interrogate the delectable little nymph he's discovered swimming in his pond-if he can manage to get a word in edgewise . . . 

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ROOM AT THE INN

in NAUGHTY & NICE

Ruthie Knox

Carson Vance couldn’t wait to get out of Potter Falls, but now that he’s back to spend Christmas with his ailing father, he must face all the people he left behind . . . like Julie Long, whose heart he broke once upon a time.

Random House Group, Loveswept
Sue Grimshaw, editor

RUTHIE is also a finalist in the Contemporary Single Title category.


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SEDUCED BY A PIRATE

Eloisa James

HarperCollins, Avon Impulse

Carrie Feron, editor

Sir Griffin Barry leapt out of the bedchamber window at age seventeen after a very disappointing wedding night, drank a bit too much at the pub...and woke to find that he'd joined the crew of a pirate ship! Years later, he's become one of the most feared pirates on the high seas, piloting the Flying Poppy, a ship he named after the wife whom he fondly (if vaguely) remembers.

What happens when a pirate decides to come home to his wife...if she is his wife, given that the marriage was never consummated? And what happens when that pirate strolls through his front door and is met by...

Well, that's a surprise!

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SLEEPING WITH A BEAUTY

in ONCE UPON A VALENTINE

Leslie Kelly

Harlequin, Blaze

Brenda Chin, editor

He sought a sleeping beauty
Historian Ashlynn Scott is seeking the fabled castle of Sleeping Beauty. But with just one kiss, she finds herself tangled up—and tangled in the sheets!—with a rogue adventurer. She might never want to wake up!




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THE VALENTINE'S CURSE

in BE MY TEXAS VALENTINE 

Jodi Thomas

Out on these rugged plains, love never comes easy. And four daring ladies will do whatever it takes to capture the hearts of four irresistibly sweet-talking Texans...

Kensington Publishing Corp., Zebra

Peter Senftleben, editor

When a quiet foreman comes to the aid of a mystery lady, they'll find that this perfect starlit night is made for courtin'...

A determined heiress gambles high to reclaim the rancher she's never stopped wanting...

When a spirited lady and a go-getter mayor compete for their town's future, it's two dreams for a lifetime...

And to attract a lonely doctor's attention, a shy young woman needs courage - and two unlikely matchmakers...

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Romance Novella category!

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Get Lost in Harmony, Texas!

Folks, I'm thrilled to have the chance to bring Jodi Thomas back for you!

Jodi Thomas is the NY Times and USA Today bestselling author of 37 novels and 11 short story collections. In June 2011, WELCOME TO HARMONY, the first book in the Harmony series, won a RITA, the highest award for women’s fiction. Jodi currently serves as the Writer in Residence at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas.

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NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Jodi Thomas takes us back to Harmony, Texas, in CAN’T STOP BELIEVING. The sixth book in her popular Harmony series presents a story where big dreams are brewing—and anything and everything is possible…

Cord McMillan gave up his freedom at eighteen when he went to jail for a crime he didn't commit. Now, ten years later, he's about to give it up again for a piece of land. Nevada Britain, his neighbor, has just made him an offer he can't refuse: If he'll marry her, she'll sign over a section of property that their families have been fighting over for a hundred years. Nevada refuses to ex-plain why, but Cord knows the bargain is in his favor.

He just has one condition--she has to sleep in his bed every night as long as their doomed marriage lasts. Nevada only wants to maintain her family's legacy--and redeem herself for a wrong she did Cord years ago. But as she spends more time with her husband by necessity, she discovers something unexpected--a love so deep it takes her breath away.

"Another winner...Fans will be delighted."   Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Compelling and beautifully written." Debbie Macomber, #1 New York TImes Bestselling author 

Amazon       Barnes & Noble

 

 

AND NOW FROM THE AUTHOR HERSELF...

I love stepping into Harmony, Texas. I’ve been there enough to know the town and most of the people. In CAN’T STOP BELIEVING, I wrote about some old friends and a few new ones who live in Harmony. I hope all my readers will come along with me in this visit and feel like they are coming home.

Like a real town, lives flow around one another, changing, influencing, and sometimes helping. Ronny, a quiet woman who works at the post office, is asked to open her heart and forgive the only man she’s ever loved when he returns. Martha Q muddles her way through trying to write and accidentally stumbles into a chance for love and Tyler Wright holds to his Kate, his love that came late to his life.

Amid them all, Cord McMillan tries to hang onto his farm in a town where no one will talk to him. He made a mistake and hurt a deputy when he was 17, and now he believes everyone hates him. When the first car in three years drives up to his place, he doesn’t trust his neighbor, Nevada Britain, or the bargain she offers him. He has nothing to offer in return, but he knows if he agrees he’ll step all into her plan, with no holding back. If she doesn’t hold up her end of the agreement, he also knows she’ll break him completely like six years of prison never could.

As you read CAN’T STOP BELIEVING, you’ll find love so deep it’ll melt your heart. So, come along with me to Harmony, Texas, a place where you’ll find a home. I promise to keep you up late reading.

 

Welcome, step on in and meet the folks,

Jodi Thomas

 

Get Lost in Harmony, Texas!

Folks, please help me welcome Jodi Thomas to our blog! I have to tell you that Jodi is a new-to-me author, and WOW! I can't believe it's taken me this long to realize how awesome she is! I love her style, her complicated characters and...just everything about the town of Harmony. So naturally I was THRILLED when she offered to join us here.

But enough about me..... 

WHO IS JODI?

 Jodi Thomas is the NY Times and USA Today bestselling author of 36 novels and 11 short story collections. In June 2011, WELCOME TO HARMONY, the first book in the Harmony series, won a RITA, the highest award for women’s fiction. Jodi currently serves as the Writer in Residence at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas.

AND JUST IN CASE YOU'RE LIKE ME, CATCHING UP, HERE'S THE HARMONY BOOK LIST IN PUBLISHING ORDER:

WELCOME TO HARMONY

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY

THE COMFORTS OF HOME

JUST DOWN THE ROAD

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME—December 2012

CAN’T STOP BELIEVING—June 2013

 

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS JODI?

Contact: jodi@jodithomas.com 

 

Website: www.jodithomas.com 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/JodiThomasAuthor  

Twitter: www.twitter.com/jodithomas

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20273.Jodi_Thomas

THE STORY BLURB

Emily, the local librarian, has started a writing group, but as the group stumbles through both the fiction and reality of their lives, they’re learning much more than how to write. But Emily suddenly has other things on her mind when a friend from her past shows up in Hamony's library. Now she must deal with a secret she’s kept for fifteen years—a secret that changed her life and threatens to shatter her future.

 
Meanwhile, new lawyer Rick Matheson thinks he’s in charge of his world until accidents start happening all around him. Just when he realizes someone is trying to kill him, he meets a beautiful U.S. Marshal named Trace Adam. Now that the marshal has given him an even stronger reason to go on living, he must learn to take a chance on life to dream bigger—and love better—than he ever has before...


AND NOW FOR THE Q & A...

ALEXA: How often to you get lost in a story?

JODI: I’ve always gotten lost in my stories.  I usually climb the stairs to my little study about 8 pm.  I think of it as going to work.  I take a few minutes to build my nest—get diet Coke, turn on my little heater, get all my papers like time-line and character facts together, log in date and word count.  Then, I read what I wrote the day before so I can step back into the story and by the time I start writing I’m lost in another world.  It’s no longer work.  It’s pure fun and it’s midnight before I look up again.

 

ALEXA: Can you tell us about a real-life hero you've met?
JODI: I think my husband is a real-life hero.  When I had a dream to be a writer and was fighting for time to write, he said, “I’ll get the kids to bed.  I’ll do the dishes.  You go take an hour every night to write.”  In a very real way, he gave me my dream.  There were times I didn’t have anything to write, but I worked because I didn’t want to do the dishes.

Best side effect of his promise:  My sons think it’s a man’s job to do the dishes.

 ALEXA: What sound or noise do you love? 

JODI: I love to hear people giggle.  I’ve even been known to stand in the stores and push toys just to hear them giggle.

ALEXA: Is writing or story-telling easier for you?

JODI: Writing is easier, some nights I get so into the story that I keep writing just to see what will happen next.  I think of my characters as people and often I’ll be talking about them and a friend will think I’m talking about a real person.  I guess they are real to me.

 ALEXA: What’s something you'd like to tell your fans?
JODI: That sometimes I write longer because I know they are out there waiting for me to finish.  They are very special to me.  I feel like we’re friends who communicate between the pages of a book.

ALEXA: What’s your favorite kind of story to get lost in? 

JODI: A love story.  I don’t like sex stories about couples who meet and five minutes later are going wild.  I like love stories between two people growing together.  It doesn’t matter if it’s YA or hot, if it is a love story, I’m a sucker for it.

ALEXA: If you couldn't be a writer anymore, what profession would you take up?

JODI: I think I’d be a teacher. 

ALEXA: I can tell you from experience teaching is a lot like writing. In both cases, there's ALWAYS something you could be doing! What’s the first thing you do when you finish writing a book?

JODI: I usually take a few days off and watch all the movies I missed while finishing a book.  I love movies.  I also find it a great break to travel.  I can’t tell you how many times my husband has poured me on a plane all tired and brain dead and we’ve gone on an adventure.

 ALEXA: What do you do to unwind and relax? 
JODI: If it’s a cold day I’ll unwind with a movie and popcorn but if it’s nice, I like to walk in the cemetery.  We have a great old cemetery in Amarillo called Llano.  They have a pond with ducks and headstones with poems.  I found a statue there one day that said ‘Triumph comes there Perseverance.’  I had been walking around thinking I should stop writing because I could never sell.  Those words changed my life that day.

ALEXA: What's up next for you?
JODI: CAN’T STOP BELIEVING—release June 4, 2013

Thanks so much for joining us today, Jodi!

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Romance Novella RITA Nominees

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NOMINEES FOR BEST ROMANCE NOVELLA!

In honor of the Romance Writers of America® national conference, we're featuring the different nominees for their highest published honor, THE RITA®, by category each day. We hope some of the authors will be able to join us, but remember they're getting ready for their big night July 28th. We'll celebrate the winners here on the 29th along with our celebration drawings from their gracious donations.

Without further ado, here are the nominees for Best Romance Novella:

"Angel's Wolf" by Nalini Singh
in Angels of Darkness
Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Cindy Hwang, editor

Bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her Guild Hunter universe to tell the story of vampire Noel.



"Chaos in Death" by J.D. Robb
in The Unquiet
Berkley Publishing Group; Leslie Gelbman, editor

Eve Dallas and Roarke investigate the murders of a series of luckless indigents—and their strange connection to a brilliant young surgeon. But this hunt for a killer is like none they have ever encountered before, because nothing is as it seems.

"Compassion Can't Wait" by Carly Phillips
in More Than Words, Vol. 7
Harlequin Enterprises; Marsha Zinberg, editor

In Carly Phillips’s Compassion Can’t Wait, two high school sweet hearts are reunited years later, as if by fate, and discover that if you believe in yourself and each other, anything is possible.




"I Love the Earl" by Caroline Linden
Avon Impulse; Lyssa Keusch, editor

A single lady in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a suitor…

Margaret de Lacey is resigned to being a spinster—until her brother unexpectedly inherits a dukedom and she becomes an heiress. Rhys Corwen, Earl of Dowling, needs to marry an heiress very badly, but Margaret sets him straight at once: no fortune hunter will win her heart. But Rhys is determined, and intrigued, and soon the only thing he needs more than Margaret's fortune is her heart…

"One Wish: a Christmas Story" by Jodi Thomas
in A Texas Christmas
Kensington Zebra; Peter Senftleben, editor

 Childhood friends Sam Thompson and Maggie Allison are reunited when Sam saves Maggie’s life during an attempted robbery at her general store. In childhood, they were both “misfits”, and they formed a strong bond. Separated for years when Maggie was sent away to school, can they now renew their relationship, and find a lifetime love?

"Resolution" by Linda Winstead Jones
in The Heart of Winter
Harlequin Enterprises; Stacy Boyd, editor
When law secretary Nell Rose is snowbound with a handsome stranger, keeping her New Year's Resolution becomes nearly impossible. Why swear off men when a romantic weekend with a reclusive writer seems to be the ideal way to ring in the new year?




“The Storm Within” by Trish Morey
in A Royal Engagement
Harlequin Presents; Joanne Grant, editor

Dr. Grace Hunter seeks an ancient text beneath the castle of Count Alessandro Volta.
The reclusive count wasn't expecting scientist Grace to be a beautiful woman who stirs his scarred soul. Outside, a media storm is brewing, but inside the count's world the heat between them is sizzling!

"Unforgiven" by Ruth Ryan Langan
in The Unquiet
Berkley Publishing Group; Cindy Hwang, editor
Young American widow Brianna Kerr visits her late husband's estate in the Scottish Highlands, hoping to nurse her wounds and clear the crushing debt he has left her. When she encounters the spirit of an angry Highland laird, trapped between this world and the next, she discovers a soul mate. His love promises to heal her shattered heart, and her love promises to free him of his prison and find the eternal peace he desires. But can such an impossible situation really bring healing, or will it be the cause of even greater loss and pain?

GOOD LUCK, LADIES!

JOIN THE RITA® CELEBRATION by leaving a comment for each category between July 11th and 28th (multiple comments = multiple entries with the exception of Romantic Suspense). GLIAS will be drawing for winners on Sunday, July 29th and posting along with all the RITA® winners announced Saturday evening in Anaheim, California.

Note: Offer void where prohibited. Prizes will be mailed to North America addresses only unless specifically mentioned in the post. If an INTERNATIONAL name is drawn, mailing the book or supplying an electronic version will be the decision of the donator. Odds of winning vary due to the number of entrants. Winners of drawings are responsible for checking this site in a timely manner. If prizes are not claimed in a timely manner, the author may not have a prize available. Get Lost In A Story cannot be responsible for an author's failure to mail the listed prize. GLIAS does not automatically pass email addresses to guest authors unless the commenter publicly posts their email address.

JOIN US tomorrow as RITA® week continues with the Best Romantic Suspense category. Don’t forget to FOLLOW us on Twitter #GetLostStories or LIKE us on Facebook. ~~~Alexa