You know what this means? I can give copies away! Woot! Who wants one? Leave a comment on this post about your favorite holiday memory and you’re entered to win (For the record: the giant-lizard-chewed-box is not a favorite holiday memory). I’ll draw a name on Friday!

AND THE WINNER IS…KIMARA!

Facebook has some weird rules about contests now, so in the tradition of my friend Dakota Cassidy, I’m having a schmontest.

What do I want in exchange for giving my books away for free? More people who like my fan page on Facebook. I’m at just under 300 right this second, so for every 10 new fans, I’ll give a book away. The contest will cut off whenever I reach 700 fans. Yep, you did that math right–I’m giving away 40 print books. Already a fan of mine? There are ways you can be entered too (see how nice I am?).

To enter, just like my page and leave a comment about which of my print books you’d like if I picked you.

Sorry, ebooks don’t help me clean out my storage closet of books, so print only. There’s a list of print books right here, if you’re not sure which stories are in which format: http://www.crystaljordan.com/books/#print

If you already like my fan page (or if you like it during the course of this contest), you can also send your friends to like my page and have them leave a comment about who recommended them. Then you’re both entered! That’s right, sending friends can mean multiple entries and more chances to win.

Let the games begin!

http://www.facebook.com/CrystalJordanFanPage

Welcome to the sizzling summer contest with Sierra Dean, Crystal Jordan, JL Merrow and Shelli Stevens! Samhain Publishing is releasing four sizzling releases and we the authors of those books want to celebrate with a contest! Happy reading :D

How to enter. You must find the answers to the following questions (use hyper links above to each author’s site!) and email Shelli the answers at shelli@shellistevens.com . The prizes are certificates for $10 to either Samhain, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble. Winner gets to choose. We’ll draw four winners.

The contest starts now and ends Tuesday at 8pm PST. The winners will be posted on our blogs and notified through email.

Here are the questions:

1. In Sierra’s book The Secret Guide to Dating Monsters, what is the name of Secret’s liaison with the vampire council?

2. In Crystal’s book Make Me Believe, what’s the heroine’s nickname for the town busybody?

3. In Shelli’s book Seducing Allie, what is Clint’s nickname for Allie?

4. In JL’s book, what is Larry Morton’s job at Cambridge?

WINNERS announced!
You’ll be contacted by one of the authors later today. Congrats!

BIRDSOOONG@aol.com
robindpdx@yahoo.com
booklover0226@gmail.com
judimello@gmail.com

They also did a video of the Smutketeers at RT.

Here’s what it’s about…and isn’t the cover just pretty? I lurv it!

Wasteland: The Wanderer by Crystal Jordan

Love is the most dangerous experiment of all.

There is only one rule in the Wasteland: survive.

The few remaining women are as reviled as they are worshipped, a commodity any man must pay to touch. And to touch a Wanderer, he may pay with his life.

For Ezra, the risk is worth the reward. People speak his name with the same reverent terror reserved for ancient wrathful gods, but he must always be ready to fend off those who would take what’s his. And what he wants to be his is Kadira.

Kadira, adopted after she witnessed the slaughter of her devoted parents, has vowed never to love or need anyone. It seems only fitting that she, an outsider, accept Ezra’s demand in trade for the fuel technology her clan needs—but her deep, unexpected need for him is the torture she’s fought all her life to avoid. Worse, the greater her wrath, the more he seems to like it.

Ezra’s mercenary half delights at having the warrior woman in his arms. His scientist half can’t resist the urge to see what makes her react—and what makes her explode.

The real experiment: if the bond they forge is strong enough to make her want to stay.

Warning: Threesomes, foursomes, boy on boy, girl on girl, boy on boy on girl, voyeurism, exhibitionism, sex at knifepoint, anal sex, ritual orgies, and, well…it’s just a really dirty book.

I found out Friday afternoon that my story, “Naughty or Nice” in the Under the Covers anthology is a finalist in the National Readers Choice Award. Woot!

Even cooler? I had a few friends final in other categories, which means we could all win and I wouldn’t have to feel bad because another friend lost. So, let’s hear it for my friend sweep of the contest!

Patti O’Shea for Edge of Dawn in the Paranormal category.

Gemma Halliday for Scandal Sheet in the Mainstream with Romantic Elements category.

Victoria Dahl for Talk Me Down in the Single Title category.

Sabrina Darby is up for Best First Book with her story “Roses are Rogue,” which I think is a novella in her On These Silken Sheets anthology.

Here’s the rankings.