The name out the hat for this Friday draw is Genista Conolly from the Caymans!!
Genista, please send me your mailing address via my website contact form, and I’ll pop a copy of SEDUCING THE MERCENARY into the mail for you.
And don’t forget to use the books to win SIX MONTHS WORTH OF GOOD READS
Happy Autumn trails everyone! And thank you to everyone who entered.
Tomorrow (Friday) I give away another free copy of SEDUCING THE MERCENARY, so please don’t forget to drop me a line via my website contact form to be in the draw 
And I am absolutely honored to have been given a five-star review from CataRomance reviewer Amelia Richard!!
More BUZZ –>>here
I’m thrilled to hear SEDUCING THE MERCENARY is already being spotted in some stores around the country so I’m thinking its about time to announce my new contest
Up for grabs again this year is a six-month subscription to one of the following Harlequin imprints – winner’s choice!!
• Silhouette Intimate Moments/Romantic Suspense – 4 novels per month
• Silhouette Desire – 4 novels per month
• Silhouette Special Edition – 4 novels per month
• Silhouette Romance - 4 novels per month
• Harlequin Superomance – 4 novels per month
• Harlequin American Romance – 4 novels per month
• Harlequin Presents – 4 novels per month
• Harlequin Blaze – 4 novels per month
• Harlequin Intrigue – 4 novels per month
• Harlequin Romance – 4 novels per month
• Harlequin Medical Romance - 4 novels per month
• Steeple Hill Love Inspired – 4 novels per month
• Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense – 4 novels bi-monthly
• Steeple Hill Trade Books – 1 novel per month
• Best of the Best Romance/Suspense combo – 3 novels per month
• Romance Collection – 3 novels per month
• Suspense collection – 3 novels per month
• MIRA and HQN contemporary – 3 novels per month
• Red Dress Ink – 1 novel per month
• LUNA – 1 novel per month
• NEXT – 3 novels per month
• Mystery Library – 3 novels per month
• KIMANI Romance – 4 novels per month
How to play:
Step one: Simply post a brief customer comment letting other readers know what you honestly thought of SEDUCING THE MERCENARYon one of the major online bookstore sites where my November book is listed for sale.
Step two: Fire me an email via my website contact form, letting me know when and where you comment has appeared, along with your name, and you will be entered for the draw. Please mark your entry SHADOW SOLDIERS CONTEST 2007.
More ways to win: Post your customer comment/feedback on more than one site, let me know where it has appeared via the same process above, and your name will be entered for as many times as your comment has been posted online
Sites to post include Amazon.com (and other international Amazon sites) Chapters, Barnes and Noble, Powells etc.
The draw will take place December 15, 2007, and the winner will be announced December 16, 2007, and if the contest works well, I’ll run it again for my March Silhouette Romantic Suspense – THE HEART OF A RENEGADE, so please stay tuned to win again
I’ve already given away several sneak peek copies of SEDUCING THE MERCENARY, so those readers will have a head start. And to get the ball rolling, I am giving away one more. Send me a note letting me know you want one via my contact form – and I will draw the winner’s name on Friday.
The contest is open to readers worldwide. Should a reader residing outside North America win, the prize will be an equivalent value from a convenient online bookstore of their choice.
Let me know if you have any questions!!!
For now
Loreth Anne White.
It’s gone live!! My daily online read END GAME.
“All mercenary Grant McDonough wants is to forget the woman who rejected his proposal and married one of his best friends. But when he’s forced to make a stop in a remote region of the Sudan for emergency repairs to his plane, he walks straight into the one woman he never wanted to see again!
It’s soon clear to Grant that Dr. Elizabeth Waring is in trouble—serious trouble. And being a man of honor, Grant is compelled to protect her, even if it means getting caught up in a deadly game…”
The first short chapter has been posted –> here, and one additional chapter will be loaded each day for a total of 20 as the story counts down to the End Game. Please pop by and visit me at eHarlequin, where there is also a link to “Discuss it!” I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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And one week after the marathon, I’m back in the running — training, that is. This time for the Honolulu Marathon which runs December 10 — exactly eight weeks from now. Last spring I bought a pair of board shorts emblazoned with big Hawaiian flowers to officially symbolize my goal. And to remember why I started running seriously – to honor my dad. To honor life. To be strong and live it to the full. I found I had the need to do this when I turned the same age he was when he died. He used to be an athlete. And he pretty much lived in a pair of tatty old Hawaiian shorts whenever he could. His shorts became a family joke, and I know my mother wished they’d finally give up the ghost, but he departed this world before they did.
I trained in my shorts over the spring and summer and into the fall, and I wore my shorts for the Victoria Marathon (above). I could have made a more practical choice, but I’d made a commitment. Drenched with rain they plastered to my legs for the entire 42 kilometres, and the ends chafed my skin raw. But I triumphed, and my dad was with me every step of the way. I will now take those short with me to Honolulu. And I will run there in his memory. Where the shorts belong.
Funny how these little rituals come to dominate our lives, and shape our goals and dreams. Do you have any similar quirks or traditions?
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And don’t forget my CONTEST to win an RWA membership or six-month book subscription from Harlequin.
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AND —> Voting is now open for American Title III!!!!
Good luck to all!!!
“Miffy” snapped reading the MERC near Mayne Island, B.C., Canada. :)Thank you Miffy!!
Send me a photo of yourself or a friend caught with one of the SHADOW SOLDIERS books to win either a one-year membership to the Romance Writers of America (first-time sign-up, or renewal), or a six-month subscription to the Harlequin or Silhouette line of your choice.
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FREE BOOK FRIDAY:
And check out fellow Silhouette Romantic Suspense author Suzanne McMinn’s Blog today. Suzanne is back with her FREE BOOK FRIDAYS — drop a comment on her blog to win an authographed copy of one of my Silhouette releases. Come back and post a comment on my blog as well, and I will randomly select a commentator who will have her (or his) choice from any current Silhouette Initmate Moment available on Amazon.com.
The winner will be announced here on my blog tomorrow.
Happy Friday the 13th!!
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Three days to go!!! October 16 is the first vote day in the American Title III Contest …
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Anyone out there triskaidekaphobic??? Gotta love that word
UP FOR GRABS:
A one year membership to Romance Writers of America — either a first-time sign-up, or renewal.
Or
A six-month subscription to one of the following Harlequin imprints:
Winner’s choice
How to play: Send me a digital photo of yourself or a friend reading either; THE HEART OF A MERCENARY, A SULTAN’S RANSOM, or RULES OF RE-ENGAGEMENT. Let me know who you are, and what state or province you are reading it in, and if I can use the photo on my blog.
You don’t have to show your face if you don’t want to – like my friend Irene (in the example above) who was caught warming up in front of the fire in the skier’s hut last winter with Suzanne McMinn’s Intimate Moments. And if you don’t want your name published, that’s fine, too.
Photos should be sent to loreth.anne@gmail.com, and marked SHADOW SOLDIERS CONTEST. Don’t forget to include your name and location.
If you send a pic of more than one SHADOW SOLDIERS book, your name will be entered for each one sent — that gives you a maximum of three chances of winning. And for those who send a photo of themselves reading my December book, there will be a special Christmas bonus prize drawing
On Christmas Day, all names will be placed in a hat (yep, the one you’ve seen pictured on this blog before) and the winner will be drawn by honorable and trusty assistant DD#2. I will announced the winner here on my blog on Boxing Day.
At the moment, this particular contest is open to North American residents – because of obvious shipping issues. But if there are any non-U.S. or non-Canadian residents out there who want to play, please let me know, and I will look into arranging a similar prize of same value for possible foreign entries. Confused yet?
Depending on the numbers willing to play, your chances of winning could be pretty darn good And hopefully there is something here for both readers, and writers.
The Contest is now open. Let the games begin!!!
Welcome to my slice of life in B.C.’s wild and wet coast mountains. This ’running commentary’ is less about writing than it is a small window – often visual — into the life of a romance writer, on the run.
I hope to get to know my readers this way, and I hope you get to know me … just a little better.
From Romantic Times BOOKreview
After Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Gabe Caruso can’t save his fiancee from a sadistic serial killer, he has trouble dealing with the guilt. His only consolation is that he put the man in jail. Cutting himself off, Gabe takes a post in Black Arrow Falls, a small town in the Yukon. There, he meets tracker Silver Karvonen, a woman with secrets of her own. Both are stunned to feel the pull of attraction. Then the killer escapes, and Gabe knows that trouble is on the way. Loreth Anne White serves up some creepy chills in Manhunter (4), as a serial killer wages both psychological and physical warfare. This compelling tale, part of the Wild Country series, features two emotionally scarred people who discover that being together makes them stronger.
—Sandra Garcia-Myers
From The Romance Reader:
“THE HEART OF A RENEGADE is a skillfully crafted novel, packed with complex characters involved in a well-used plot line; however, it is innovatively done. Loreth Anne White’s pacing is superb, maintaining ever mounting intensity as the story plays out. This story is rich with detail, and a plot that could be expanded to a 450 page hardcover. That said, it does not feel as if it were condensed but evolves in the expected manner only to twist and turn a bit adding interest and suspense. The dynamics between Jessica and Luke are extraordinarily well handled.
White is a very gifted author and whose future novels will be sought out by this reviewer.”
–Thea Davis
A TOP PICK from Romantic Times BOOKreview for THE HEART OF A RENEGADE
“Luke Stone is just like a stone. After his pregnant wife is murdered, he closes up emotionally, until his employer asks him to protect Jessica Chan, who’s a target of the Chinese Triad Dragons for attempting to expose their atrocities. Luke doesn’t want to be responsible for anyone, and he’s surprised to find a kindred spirit in Jessica. When they’re on the run with only each other to lean on, their emotional barriers crumble. The Heart of a Renegade (4.5) is an action ride full of thrills and surprises and a love story that will make your heart beat faster.
Loreth Anne White has expanded her Shadow Soldiers series, and intriguing and dynamic characters continue to make it compelling.
—Sandra Garcia-Myers
And a five-star review from CataRomance.com:
From the instance THE HEART OF A RENEGADE starts, one will take an indrawn breath and continue to gasp until the explosive ending. The danger is believably suspenseful with heart-pounding threats, and how they are carried out is terrifying realistic. Just when one thinks all is going smoothly for the hero and heroine, more peril crops up and they must once again fight for their lives.
Luke and Jessica are one of the most endearing couples about whom I have had the pleasure to read, and their compelling story profoundly touched me. Whether they are fleeing from the enemy or expressing exactly how they feel on a subject, their actions are authentic and make them seem very true-to-life. Ms. White had me caring for this couple and what the future holds for them, causing numerous tension-filled moments during the story. THE HEART OF A RENEGADE masterfully evokes images and feelings to create an enthralling plus emotional story which never disappoints.
–Amelia Richard
SEDUCING THE MERCENRY earns Cata award
I am thrilled to learn SEDUCING THE MERCENARY has been named a CataRomance Reviewers Choice award winner for 2007. Thank you to the Cata team!
