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JFF: The Vampire Shrink Winners!
Our Jo Fletcher Fridays re-tweet contest for Lynda Hilburn‘s The Vampire Shrink has closed. We had 26 entries and have drawn our 2 random winners.
Congrats to our winners:
(@lfcvicki)
If you are one of our prize winners please send your mailing info to us at “info [at] worldswithoutend [dot] com” so we can get your books in the mail right away. Please mention which book you’ve won in your email.
Our thanks to Lynda Hilburn and Jo Fletcher Books for donating the prizes.
Jo Fletcher Fridays: The Vampire Shrink by Lynda Hilburn
Jo Fletcher Fridays rolls on. This week we have paranormal fiction author Lynda Hiburn‘s book The Vampire Shrink up for grabs. This is the first book in her series Kismet Knight, Vampire Psychologist and there are 2 hardcover copies available to our 2 lucky winners.
You know the drill. Re-tweet this tweet, like or share it on Facebook or comment here in the blog for your chance to win. Do all three and triple your chances! We’ll have a drawing and announce the winners next Monday so tweet away.
The Vampire Shrink
Kismet Knight, Vampire Psychologist, Book 1
by Lynda Hilburn
Kismet Knight is a young psychologist with a growing clinical practice, and she’s always looking for something to give her the edge in her chosen career. When her new client turns out to be a Goth teenager who desperately wants to become a vampire, Kismet is inspired to become the vampire shrink, offering her services to people who believe they are undead. Kismet herself, as a scientist, knows it’s hokum, but she’s looking at it in a purely psychoanalytic light, already imagining the papers she’s going to write on this strange subculture.
That’s until she meets the leader of a vampire coven, a sexy, mysterious man who claims to be a powerful 800-year-old vampire, and she is pulled into a whirlwind of inexplicable events that start her questioning everything she once believed about the paranormal.
What people are saying:
“Lynda Hilburn’s Kismet Knight series takes off with an incredible start with The Vampire Shrink. It’s hot, sizzling, sexy with a hero to die for . . . this is a great new take on the vampire genre. I highly recommend this book to all readers of vampire romance and urban fantasy.” — Night Owl Reviews
“The Vampire Shrink is an interesting, fast paced book that had me hooked until the very end. I’m looking forward to the next installment.” — FictionalFantasy.com
Good luck in the contest and don’t forget to check back Monday to see if you’ve won and every Friday for more free books from JFB!
JFF: Be My Enemy Winners!
Our Jo Fletcher Fridays re-tweet contest for Ian McDonald‘sBe My Enemy has closed. We had 52 entries and have drawn our 5 random winners.
Congrats to our winners:
If you are one of our prize winners please send your mailing info to us at “info [at] worldswithoutend [dot] com” so we can get your books in the mail right away.
Our thanks to Ian McDonald and Jo Fletcher Books for donating the prizes.
Jo Fletcher Fridays: Be My Enemy by Ian McDonald
One of the cool things about our Jo Fletcher Fridays series is all the new authors that we get to help introduce to our fans. Snorri Kristjansson and Evie Manieri are the first of several new authors in the stack of books from JFB but for this, our third go ’round, we thought we’d pick an author who’s a little more familiar. Have you heard of Ian McDonald? Well, of course you have. This guy has been nominated for every genre award under the sun. So how cool is it that we’re giving away 5 – count ’em – 5 trade paperback copies of his book By My Enemy? Pretty damn cool, I’d say.
You know the drill. Re-tweet this tweet, like it on Facebook or comment here in the blog for your chance to win. Do all three and triple your chances! We’ll have a drawing and announce the winners next Monday so tweet away.
Be My Enemy
Everness, Book II
by Ian McDonald
Everett Singh has escaped from his enemies with the Infundibulum – the key to all the parallel worlds. But his freedom has come at a price: the loss of his father to one of the billions of parallel universes in the Panopoly.
E1 was the first Earth to create the Heisenberg Gate, the means to jump between worlds, but it was quarantined long ago. No one goes in . . . and nothing comes out. But E1 has something that Everett needs: the means to find his father.
It’s lucky that he has the support of Captain Anastsia Sixsmyth, her daughter Sen and the unique crew of the airship Everness, because Everett is about to discover the horrifying secret of E1 and, with it, his deadliest enemy.
What people are saying:
“Chock-full of awesome… . Airship-dueling, guns-blazing fantasy… .” – Paola Bacigalupi, Author of Ship Breaker
“[An] exciting first sequel to outstanding series opener Planesrunner… . Smart, clever, and abundantly original, with suspense that grabs your eyeballs, this is real science fiction for all ages. More! More!” – Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
I’ve heard great things about this series and Mr. Bacigalupi – no stranger to “chock-full of awesome” himself – likes it so there you go. And just look at the cover art on this edition from JFB! Really stunning. You know you wants it, Precious, so re-tweets it!
Don’t forget to check back Monday to see if you’ve won and every Friday for more free books from JFB!
JFF: Blood’s Pride Winners!
Our Jo Fletcher Fridays re-tweet contest for Evie Manieri‘s Blood’s Pride has closed. We had 41 entries and have drawn our 3 random winners.
Congrats to our winners:
If you are one of our prize winners please send your mailing info to us at “info [at] worldswithoutend [dot] com” so we can get your books in the mail right away.
Our thanks to Evie Manieri and Jo Fletcher Books for donating the prizes.
Jo Fletcher Fridays: Blood’s Pride by Evie Manieri
It’s time for another Jo Fletcher Fridays installment and this week we have 3 Hardcover copies of Blood’s Pride by Evie Manieri up for grabs. This is Evie’s debut novel and the first book in her Shattered Kingdom’s trilogy.
To get your hands on one, all you have to do is help us spread the word. Re-tweet this tweet, like it on Facebook or comment here in the blog for your chance to win. Do all three and triple your chances! We’ll have a drawing and announce the winners next Monday so tweet away.
Blood’s Pride
by Evie Manieri
A generation has passed since the Norlanders’ great ships bore down on Shadar, and the Dead Ones slashed and burned the city into submission, enslaving the Shadari people.
Now the Norlander governor is dying and, as his three alienated children struggle against the crushing isolation of their lives, the Shadari rebels spot their opening and summon the Mongrel, a mysterious mercenary warrior who has never yet lost a battle. But her terms are unsettling: she will name her price only after the Norlanders have been defeated.
A single question is left for the Shadari: is there any price too high for freedom?
Here’s what people are saying about Blood’s Pride:
“Evie Manieri clearly has a talent for intricate plot details and I could hardly believe that amongst all of today’s fantasy, she could come up with a world so different and unlike anything I’d come across before.” – Book Monkey
“…delightfully dark and delicious …one of my tips to watch this year in the Fantasy debuts categories.” – Falcata Times
“…a truly exciting debut that suggests this is just the tip of a potential ‘fantasy classic’ iceberg.” – Fantasy Book Review
“…a dashing first novel, highlighted by an intricate plot well served by complex and unpredictable characters, and an overall delectable theatrical quality that sets the book apart from many other fantasy works.” – Fantasy Book Critic
You’ve got three chances to win what sounds like a great read from a new author. And of course, this one counts towards your Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge as well. Don’t forget to check back Monday to see if you’ve won and every Friday for more free books from JFB! Thanks Jo!
JFF: Swords of Good Men Winners!
Our Jo Fletcher Fridays re-tweet contest for Snorri Kristjansson’s Swords of Good Men has closed. We had 44 entries and have drawn our 3 random winners.
Congrats to our winners:
Cathy Willey
(@crwilley)
Val Everett
(@BadHg21)
Kelly Joe Burchard
If you are one of our prize winners please send your mailing address to us at “info [at] worldswithoutend [dot] com” so we can get your books in the mail right away.
Our thanks to Jo Fletcher Books for donating the prizes.
Jo Fletcher Fridays: Swords of Good Men by Snorri Kristjansson
After the success of our recent Gemsigns re-tweet contest, the good folks at Jo Fletcher Books have asked us to help them giveaway some more books. It seems they have stacks of review copies in their corporate office that they need to clear out to make room for more books. Can you imagine? Of course we jumped at the chance to help get those books into the hands of our fans – see how much we love you?
So, starting today, and going every Friday until JFB runs out of books, WWEnd is proud to present Jo Fletcher Fridays. That’s right, every Friday we’ll be giving away a different book from the JFB catalog and all you have to do is help us spread the word. Re-tweet this tweet, like it on Facebook or comment in the blog for your chance to win. We’ll announce the winner, or winners, the following Monday. One Friday could be a single hard cover copy of The Detainee by Peter Liney while the next could find us giving away 6 paperback copies of Path of Needles by Alison Littlewood. Pretty sweet, huh?
To kick things off we’ll start with 3 trade paperback copies of Swords of Good Men by Snorri Kristjansson, the first book in The Valhalla Saga! This one is fresh out in the UK but doesn’t come out in the US until January of next year so if you’re lucky you can get your copy early.
Swords of Good Men
by Snorri Kristjansson
To Ulfar Thormodsson, the Viking town of Stenvik is the penultimate stop on a long journey in this riveting adventure of clashing Viking powers. Tasked with looking after his cousin after disgracing his father, he has traveled the world and now only wants to go home.
But Stenvik is different: it contains the beautiful and tragic Lilja, who immediately captures Ulfar’s heart-–but Stenvik is also home to some very deadly men, who could break Ulfar in an instant.
King Olav is marching on Stenvik from the East, determined to bring the White Christ to the masses at the point of his sword, and a host of bloodthirsty raiders led by a mysterious woman are sailing from the north.
But Ulfar is about to learn that his enemies are not all outside the walls.
The reviews on Amazon can be hit or miss but this one from Pablo Cheesecake has piqued my interest:
“There is a wonderfully savage chaos in the action scenes. Unsurprisingly, when violence does erupt, it is often swift and brutal. I know that war is a terrible thing, but I think the writing tapped directly into that primal bloodlust that resides somewhere in the dark recesses of my brain.”
He goes on to say:
“As an effective counterpoint to all the mayhem of the battlefield, it was a nice surprise to discover that the novel also contains a plethora of more introspective moments. When characters are not engaged in trying to chop bits off of one another they ponder their existence.”
You should read the whole review, it’s a good one.
So there you have it. Three chances to win what sounds like a great read from a new author. Don’t forget to check back Monday to see if you’ve won and every Friday for more free books from JFB! We are extremely excited to be able to bring you these books and our many thanks to Jo Fletcher Books for giving us the opportunity.
