Blog Tour of Susan Kearney’s Lucan, Part Two

Synopsis:

Set at some future time when the Earth’s survival is uncertain, Lucan is forced to travel to a distant planet of Pendragon in his search for King Arthur’s Holy Grail. The Grail is the possible solution to the infertility problem that is facing mankind. If Lucan fails, his whole race faces extinction.

Lady Cael is the high priestess of Pendragon. Trained in her duties from a young age, Cael has been isolated since her family was forbidden to touch her at age five. She is equally revered and feared by her people because of her properties as a dragonshaper. It is forbidden to touch a dragonshaper. When she first meets Lucan, she is surprised that he is unafraid and treats her like a woman.

Lady Cael and Lucan narrowly escape the fire at the excavation site. Unsure of who sabotaged the search for the Holy Grail, Lady Cael and Lucan are forced into hiding. As they work together each with their own secrets, they fall deeply in love. When their secrets are revealed, Lady Cael and Lucan must work together to save those that they love and their threatened peoples.

Review:

This is the first Susan Kearney novel that I’ve read and the first in her new series The Pendragon Legacy. I loved Lucan. First, the characters draw you in. You find yourself sympathizing with Lady Cael from the start of the novel. She feels her isolation deeply but is committed to serving her family and her peopled as the High Priestess. You wish that she could have something beyond the Pendragon equivalent of the life of a vestal virgin. I admit to hoping that Lady Cael would indulge in a show of strength or black humor when faced with her jealous and mean spirited sisters. Lucan is a wonderful romantic lead: strong, a scholar of ancient languages, funny, fiercely protective of Lady Cael. I don’t want to reveal too much of the plot, but Lucan reminded me of a mix of Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones with special powers.

Whether you’re looking for a romantic read or a fun fantasy novel, I highly recommend Lucan. I’m very much looking forward to reading the next in the Pendragon Legacy. In the meantime, I’ll look for Susan Kearney’s older novels!

Publisher: Forever (September 5, 2009), 368 pages.
Courtesy of the publisher.

To read an excerpt, visit Susan Kearney’s website.

Sign up to win a copy of Lucan on Starting Fresh or from one of the many participating blogs listed below!

Participating Sites:

http://justanothernewblog.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 9 giveaway
http://booksoulmates.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 9 review, giveaway, and Q&A.
http://startingfresh-gaby317.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 9 review and guest post
http://fallingofftheshelf.blogspot.com – Sept. 10 review, giveaway, guest post
http://reesspace.blogspot.com – Sept. 10 review and giveaway
http://seductivemusings.blogspot.com/ – Q&A
http://ajourneyofbooks.blogspot.com – Sept. 11review, giveaway, and Q&A
http://www.mgpblog.com/ – Sept. 12 review
http://yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 14 review, giveaway, and Q&A
http://jmomfinds.amoores.com/ – Sept. 14 review and giveaway
http://www.bookwormygirl.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 15 giveaway
www.libslibrary.blogspot.com – Sept. 16 Guest blog and giveaway.

http://bookinwithbingo.blogspot.com – Sept. 17 review, giveaway, and Q&A
www.mybookaddictionandmore.wordpress.com – Sept. 17 review, giveaway, and Q&A
http://cherylsbooknook.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 17 review and giveaway
http://carolsnotebook.wordpress.com/ – Sept. 18 review, giveaway, guest post
http://booksandneedlepoint.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 18 review and giveaway
http://dreyslibrary.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 19 giveaway and guest post
http://annavivian.blogspot.com – Sept. 20 review and giveaway
http://nightdweller20.wordpress.com – Sept. 20 review and giveaway
http://patricias-vampire-notes.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 21 giveaway
http://aparkavenueprincess.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 21 giveaway
http://booknerdextraordinaire.blogspot.com – Sept. 22 giveaway and guest post
http://bridget3420.blogspot.com – review, giveaway, Q&A

Thank you so much to Susan Kearney and Anna and Hatchette Books Group for this opportunity!

Blog Tour of Susan Kearney’s Lucan, Part Two

Synopsis:

Set at some future time when the Earth’s survival is uncertain, Lucan is forced to travel to a distant planet of Pendragon in his search for King Arthur’s Holy Grail. The Grail is the possible solution to the infertility problem that is facing mankind. If Lucan fails, his whole race faces extinction.

Lady Cael is the high priestess of Pendragon. Trained in her duties from a young age, Cael has been isolated since her family was forbidden to touch her at age five. She is equally revered and feared by her people because of her properties as a dragonshaper. It is forbidden to touch a dragonshaper. When she first meets Lucan, she is surprised that he is unafraid and treats her like a woman.

Lady Cael and Lucan narrowly escape the fire at the excavation site. Unsure of who sabotaged the search for the Holy Grail, Lady Cael and Lucan are forced into hiding. As they work together each with their own secrets, they fall deeply in love. When their secrets are revealed, Lady Cael and Lucan must work together to save those that they love and their threatened peoples.

Review:

This is the first Susan Kearney novel that I’ve read and the first in her new series The Pendragon Legacy. I loved Lucan. First, the characters draw you in. You find yourself sympathizing with Lady Cael from the start of the novel. She feels her isolation deeply but is committed to serving her family and her peopled as the High Priestess. You wish that she could have something beyond the Pendragon equivalent of the life of a vestal virgin. I admit to hoping that Lady Cael would indulge in a show of strength or black humor when faced with her jealous and mean spirited sisters. Lucan is a wonderful romantic lead: strong, a scholar of ancient languages, funny, fiercely protective of Lady Cael. I don’t want to reveal too much of the plot, but Lucan reminded me of a mix of Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones with special powers.

Whether you’re looking for a romantic read or a fun fantasy novel, I highly recommend Lucan. I’m very much looking forward to reading the next in the Pendragon Legacy. In the meantime, I’ll look for Susan Kearney’s older novels!

Publisher: Forever (September 5, 2009), 368 pages.
Courtesy of the publisher.

To read an excerpt, visit Susan Kearney’s website.

Sign up to win a copy of Lucan on Starting Fresh or from one of the many participating blogs listed below!

Participating Sites:

http://justanothernewblog.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 9 giveaway
http://booksoulmates.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 9 review, giveaway, and Q&A.
http://startingfresh-gaby317.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 9 review and guest post
http://fallingofftheshelf.blogspot.com – Sept. 10 review, giveaway, guest post
http://reesspace.blogspot.com – Sept. 10 review and giveaway
http://seductivemusings.blogspot.com/ – Q&A
http://ajourneyofbooks.blogspot.com – Sept. 11review, giveaway, and Q&A
http://www.mgpblog.com/ – Sept. 12 review
http://yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 14 review, giveaway, and Q&A
http://jmomfinds.amoores.com/ – Sept. 14 review and giveaway
http://www.bookwormygirl.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 15 giveaway
www.libslibrary.blogspot.com – Sept. 16 Guest blog and giveaway.

http://bookinwithbingo.blogspot.com – Sept. 17 review, giveaway, and Q&A
www.mybookaddictionandmore.wordpress.com – Sept. 17 review, giveaway, and Q&A
http://cherylsbooknook.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 17 review and giveaway
http://carolsnotebook.wordpress.com/ – Sept. 18 review, giveaway, guest post
http://booksandneedlepoint.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 18 review and giveaway
http://dreyslibrary.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 19 giveaway and guest post
http://annavivian.blogspot.com – Sept. 20 review and giveaway
http://nightdweller20.wordpress.com – Sept. 20 review and giveaway
http://patricias-vampire-notes.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 21 giveaway
http://aparkavenueprincess.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 21 giveaway
http://booknerdextraordinaire.blogspot.com – Sept. 22 giveaway and guest post
http://bridget3420.blogspot.com – review, giveaway, Q&A

Thank you so much to Susan Kearney and Anna and Hatchette Books Group for this opportunity!

Blog Tour of Susan Kearney’s Lucan + giveaway

I’m excited to be part of Lucan Blog Tour! Please welcome Susan Kearney. A veteran romance writer, Susan Kearney has worked with the industry giants to publish over fifty novels within the romance genre. Her works spans historical romance, contemporary, romantic suspense, paranormal and science fiction. Lucan is the first in the Pendragon Series. Without further ado, let us welcome Susan Kearney!

oOo

Susan Kearney Guest Post on September 2009

I’ve always been a little strange, always had a vivid imagination. Getting into the future is easy for me. I just think about all the things I want. A starship would top my list. I’ve always wanted to travel in space – but not the way our astronauts do it. You see I want my creature comforts and I want to get there fast.

That’s why I invented a hyperspaceship for LUCAN. Once Lucan found a star map on Earth that would direct him across the galaxy to the Holy Grail, I didn’t want him to waste years in traveling. I wanted him to get there quickly so I could delve into the new world of Pendragon.

Creating a new planet is so much fun—especially one based on Arthurian legend. I got to think about religion, architecture, politics, economics, dragons, and love. The world-building in LUCAN was a first for me because this planet had to be both familiar and yet not too familiar. So I drew some parallels to Earth, but only a few. Mostly I let my imagination roam free.

The name Pendragon means master of dragons. So I knew I needed at least one very powerful, shapeshifting dragon. I decided that honor should go to a female, Cael– who is a special lady—The High Priestess of Avalon. I wanted her to yearn for love—but although her people revere her, she’s denied having a mate. According to tradition, she’s not allowed to touch or be touched.

But of course our sexy, hero doesn’t know the rules of her world.

To make things interesting, they’re both after the same treasure. And oh, what a treasure. The Holy Grail.

The really fun part is pushing my characters’ buttons in ways I could never do in the present. Because in the near future, Lucan comes from an Earth where humanity is dying. And in the end he has to choose between saving Earth or the woman he loves.

And yes, this is a romance so we have a happy ending even in space.

Sometimes I write far-out stories, but the people still have to cope just the way we do. They may have a spaceship, but the engines break. They may have dragon shapers, but being so strong creates powerful appetites. And falling in love when you are far from home holds its own consequences.

So I hope you’re in the mood to be swept away by romance, adventure, and danger and that you’ll give LUCAN a try. You can see a cool video and read excerpts at http://www.susankearney.com

oOo

About the Author, courtesy of her website:

Susan Kearney is known for her Rystani warrior books, The Challenge, The Dare, The Ultimatum, and The Quest, a series of paranormal romances set in the future. In September 2009 Kearney begins the Pendragon Series with Lucan, a futuristic romance. She follows up with Rion in December and Jordan in March 2010.

Kearney a native of New Jersey, writes full time and has sold books to the industry’s top publishing houses. As an award winning author, Kearney earned a business degree at University of Michicgan. Kearney’s knowledge and experiences spans throughout the romance genre, her fifty plus books include contemporary, romantic suspense, historical, futuristic, science fiction and paranormal novels. She resides in a suburb of Tampa with her husband, kids, and a Boston terrier. She is currently plotting through her 54th work of fiction. You can reach her through her website at http://www.susankearney.com/contact.html

Participating Sites:

http://justanothernewblog.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 9 giveaway

http://booksoulmates.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 9 review, giveaway, and Q&A.

http://startingfresh-gaby317.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 9 review and guest post

http://fallingofftheshelf.blogspot.com – Sept. 10 review, giveaway, guest post

http://reesspace.blogspot.com – Sept. 10 review and giveaway

http://seductivemusings.blogspot.com/ – Q&A

http://ajourneyofbooks.blogspot.com – Sept. 11review, giveaway, and Q&A

http://www.mgpblog.com/ – Sept. 12 review

http://yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 14 review, giveaway, and Q&A

http://jmomfinds.amoores.com/ – Sept. 14 review and giveaway

http://www.bookwormygirl.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 15 giveaway

www.libslibrary.blogspot.com – Sept. 16 Guest blog and giveaway.

http://bookinwithbingo.blogspot.com – Sept. 17 review, giveaway, and Q&A

www.mybookaddictionandmore.wordpress.com – Sept. 17 review, giveaway, and Q&A

http://cherylsbooknook.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 17 review and giveaway

http://carolsnotebook.wordpress.com/ – Sept. 18 review, giveaway, guest post

http://booksandneedlepoint.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 18 review and giveaway

http://dreyslibrary.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 19 giveaway and guest post

http://annavivian.blogspot.com – Sept. 20 review and giveaway

http://nightdweller20.wordpress.com – Sept. 20 review and giveaway

http://patricias-vampire-notes.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 21 giveaway

http://aparkavenueprincess.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 21 giveaway

http://booknerdextraordinaire.blogspot.com – Sept. 22 giveaway and guest post

http://bridget3420.blogspot.com – review, giveaway, Q&A

CONTEST DETAILS

To enter, please comment on Susan’s guest post below.

Rules:

Please include your email address, so that I can contact you if you win. No email address, no entry. The contest is limited to US and Canada only. No P.O. boxes. The contest ends at 6 pm on September 30, 2009.

Blog Tour of Susan Kearney’s Lucan + giveaway

I’m excited to be part of Lucan Blog Tour! Please welcome Susan Kearney. A veteran romance writer, Susan Kearney has worked with the industry giants to publish over fifty novels within the romance genre. Her works spans historical romance, contemporary, romantic suspense, paranormal and science fiction. Lucan is the first in the Pendragon Series. Without further ado, let us welcome Susan Kearney!

oOo

Susan Kearney Guest Post on September 2009

I’ve always been a little strange, always had a vivid imagination. Getting into the future is easy for me. I just think about all the things I want. A starship would top my list. I’ve always wanted to travel in space – but not the way our astronauts do it. You see I want my creature comforts and I want to get there fast.

That’s why I invented a hyperspaceship for LUCAN. Once Lucan found a star map on Earth that would direct him across the galaxy to the Holy Grail, I didn’t want him to waste years in traveling. I wanted him to get there quickly so I could delve into the new world of Pendragon.

Creating a new planet is so much fun—especially one based on Arthurian legend. I got to think about religion, architecture, politics, economics, dragons, and love. The world-building in LUCAN was a first for me because this planet had to be both familiar and yet not too familiar. So I drew some parallels to Earth, but only a few. Mostly I let my imagination roam free.

The name Pendragon means master of dragons. So I knew I needed at least one very powerful, shapeshifting dragon. I decided that honor should go to a female, Cael– who is a special lady—The High Priestess of Avalon. I wanted her to yearn for love—but although her people revere her, she’s denied having a mate. According to tradition, she’s not allowed to touch or be touched.

But of course our sexy, hero doesn’t know the rules of her world.

To make things interesting, they’re both after the same treasure. And oh, what a treasure. The Holy Grail.

The really fun part is pushing my characters’ buttons in ways I could never do in the present. Because in the near future, Lucan comes from an Earth where humanity is dying. And in the end he has to choose between saving Earth or the woman he loves.

And yes, this is a romance so we have a happy ending even in space.

Sometimes I write far-out stories, but the people still have to cope just the way we do. They may have a spaceship, but the engines break. They may have dragon shapers, but being so strong creates powerful appetites. And falling in love when you are far from home holds its own consequences.

So I hope you’re in the mood to be swept away by romance, adventure, and danger and that you’ll give LUCAN a try. You can see a cool video and read excerpts at http://www.susankearney.com

oOo

About the Author, courtesy of her website:

Susan Kearney is known for her Rystani warrior books, The Challenge, The Dare, The Ultimatum, and The Quest, a series of paranormal romances set in the future. In September 2009 Kearney begins the Pendragon Series with Lucan, a futuristic romance. She follows up with Rion in December and Jordan in March 2010.

Kearney a native of New Jersey, writes full time and has sold books to the industry’s top publishing houses. As an award winning author, Kearney earned a business degree at University of Michicgan. Kearney’s knowledge and experiences spans throughout the romance genre, her fifty plus books include contemporary, romantic suspense, historical, futuristic, science fiction and paranormal novels. She resides in a suburb of Tampa with her husband, kids, and a Boston terrier. She is currently plotting through her 54th work of fiction. You can reach her through her website at http://www.susankearney.com/contact.html

Participating Sites:

http://justanothernewblog.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 9 giveaway

http://booksoulmates.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 9 review, giveaway, and Q&A.

http://startingfresh-gaby317.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 9 review and guest post

http://fallingofftheshelf.blogspot.com – Sept. 10 review, giveaway, guest post

http://reesspace.blogspot.com – Sept. 10 review and giveaway

http://seductivemusings.blogspot.com/ – Q&A

http://ajourneyofbooks.blogspot.com – Sept. 11review, giveaway, and Q&A

http://www.mgpblog.com/ – Sept. 12 review

http://yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 14 review, giveaway, and Q&A

http://jmomfinds.amoores.com/ – Sept. 14 review and giveaway

http://www.bookwormygirl.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 15 giveaway

www.libslibrary.blogspot.com – Sept. 16 Guest blog and giveaway.

http://bookinwithbingo.blogspot.com – Sept. 17 review, giveaway, and Q&A

www.mybookaddictionandmore.wordpress.com – Sept. 17 review, giveaway, and Q&A

http://cherylsbooknook.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 17 review and giveaway

http://carolsnotebook.wordpress.com/ – Sept. 18 review, giveaway, guest post

http://booksandneedlepoint.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 18 review and giveaway

http://dreyslibrary.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 19 giveaway and guest post

http://annavivian.blogspot.com – Sept. 20 review and giveaway

http://nightdweller20.wordpress.com – Sept. 20 review and giveaway

http://patricias-vampire-notes.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 21 giveaway

http://aparkavenueprincess.blogspot.com/ – Sept. 21 giveaway

http://booknerdextraordinaire.blogspot.com – Sept. 22 giveaway and guest post

http://bridget3420.blogspot.com – review, giveaway, Q&A

CONTEST DETAILS

To enter, please comment on Susan’s guest post below.

Rules:

Please include your email address, so that I can contact you if you win. No email address, no entry. The contest is limited to US and Canada only. No P.O. boxes. The contest ends at 6 pm on September 30, 2009.

Winners – Friends Like These by Danny Wallace

Friends Like These by Danny Wallance

I apologize for the delay in announcing the winners and thank you so much for sharing anecdotes of friendship. I wish that I could award each of the participants a copy of the book. I tried to balance out the winners, selecting based in part by the stories and trying to select people that haven’t won lately.

Amanda said, “My best friend from high school and I lost touch when he went to Iraq. I couldn’t find his email address forever, but one day I logged into an old email account, started to type in another email address–and his popped up. It was saved somehow. I found out that he was okay, heading off to afghanistan, and married.”

nfmgirl said:

“I met my best friend Sami in the second grade at the bus stop. Sami was the new girl at the bus stop with her little sister Amy, and at one point Sami *kicked* Amy! I was infuriated and yelled at her for it, and she told me she could do it if she wanted! Well, we had a rocky start, but that was the beginning of a 30-year on again/off again relationship. In my twenties, I found myself living in WA state. Sami and I hadn’t communicated in probably about 8-10 years, since soon after the birth of her daughter. I was about 27 and had recently gotten my first computer. I was learning all about websites like 411 that would allow you to look up and locate people. I started searching for some people that I’d lost contact with over the years, and lo and behold I found Sami again, living in some unexpected place like Alabama or South Dakota. We got back in touch and caught up. Both of us had moved several times since we had last spoken, and she’d had a second child, and her husband had joined the Army. Throughout the years, life has periodically separated us, but when we find one another again we fall right back into our friendship. Last that I saw or spoke with her was about 6 years ago, and she was preparing to move to Germany. I found on the web that they either have moved back to the US or are preparing to move back. So I’ve had plans of trying to locate her once again. She is the one friend that I hope to keep in my life to some degree until the end.”

Cabadov said:

“Yes, there’s something about getting older and trying to recapture your routes. There are a lot of old friends I’ve reconnected with, thanks to the Internet. When expecting my third child I wrote an online blog/journal covering the journey for my distant family to read. An old high school friend did a search and found. She then got my number and left me a message. When listening to it and rewinding it to hear her phone number, my son deleted the message. It took some online research but I finally found a few numbers and just called them until I found her. Now we keep in touch through e-mail and it’s like no time at all has passed. Funny.”

Andie.v107 said, “Last summer, my best friend unexpectedly moved out of the country without even telling me; I found out she had left while on the phone with another friend of ours. I didn’t hear from her for months which was so odd since we used to talk almost everyday before she left. Then on my birthday, out of the blue she calls me while I was in class to wish me well; that phone call made my day it was so great to have her back in my life. Since then, we have been able to be much better about keeping in touch, we email regularly and skype at least once a week. ”

Pam said:

“My roommate from university and I lost contact after graduation – she’d moved out west and I moved around a bit. I often wondered where she was and what she was up to and tried looking her up on facebook a couple of times but never had any luck. Then last fall, my mom (a retired teacher) went to some luncheon for retired teachers and ended up sitting beside Heather’s mom. Heather’s mom recognized my mom’s name and asked her if she was in fact my mother. They started talking about us and it turned out that Heather and her family had recently moved back to the area. My mom gave her mom my e-mail address and shortly thereafter Heather sent me an e-mail. Since then, we’ve gotten together a few times for lunch, coffee, etc. and it’s been great reconnecting. Our sons are fairly close in age so we want to get together as families this summer too.”

Congratulations! Please send me your mailing address by 6 pm on Thursday. Thanks so much for participating!

Thanks so much to Anna and Hatchette Books Group for sponsoring this giveaway!

Winners – Friends Like These by Danny Wallace

Friends Like These by Danny Wallance

I apologize for the delay in announcing the winners and thank you so much for sharing anecdotes of friendship. I wish that I could award each of the participants a copy of the book. I tried to balance out the winners, selecting based in part by the stories and trying to select people that haven’t won lately.

Amanda said, “My best friend from high school and I lost touch when he went to Iraq. I couldn’t find his email address forever, but one day I logged into an old email account, started to type in another email address–and his popped up. It was saved somehow. I found out that he was okay, heading off to afghanistan, and married.”

nfmgirl said:

“I met my best friend Sami in the second grade at the bus stop. Sami was the new girl at the bus stop with her little sister Amy, and at one point Sami *kicked* Amy! I was infuriated and yelled at her for it, and she told me she could do it if she wanted! Well, we had a rocky start, but that was the beginning of a 30-year on again/off again relationship. In my twenties, I found myself living in WA state. Sami and I hadn’t communicated in probably about 8-10 years, since soon after the birth of her daughter. I was about 27 and had recently gotten my first computer. I was learning all about websites like 411 that would allow you to look up and locate people. I started searching for some people that I’d lost contact with over the years, and lo and behold I found Sami again, living in some unexpected place like Alabama or South Dakota. We got back in touch and caught up. Both of us had moved several times since we had last spoken, and she’d had a second child, and her husband had joined the Army. Throughout the years, life has periodically separated us, but when we find one another again we fall right back into our friendship. Last that I saw or spoke with her was about 6 years ago, and she was preparing to move to Germany. I found on the web that they either have moved back to the US or are preparing to move back. So I’ve had plans of trying to locate her once again. She is the one friend that I hope to keep in my life to some degree until the end.”

Cabadov said:

“Yes, there’s something about getting older and trying to recapture your routes. There are a lot of old friends I’ve reconnected with, thanks to the Internet. When expecting my third child I wrote an online blog/journal covering the journey for my distant family to read. An old high school friend did a search and found. She then got my number and left me a message. When listening to it and rewinding it to hear her phone number, my son deleted the message. It took some online research but I finally found a few numbers and just called them until I found her. Now we keep in touch through e-mail and it’s like no time at all has passed. Funny.”

Andie.v107 said, “Last summer, my best friend unexpectedly moved out of the country without even telling me; I found out she had left while on the phone with another friend of ours. I didn’t hear from her for months which was so odd since we used to talk almost everyday before she left. Then on my birthday, out of the blue she calls me while I was in class to wish me well; that phone call made my day it was so great to have her back in my life. Since then, we have been able to be much better about keeping in touch, we email regularly and skype at least once a week. ”

Pam said:

“My roommate from university and I lost contact after graduation – she’d moved out west and I moved around a bit. I often wondered where she was and what she was up to and tried looking her up on facebook a couple of times but never had any luck. Then last fall, my mom (a retired teacher) went to some luncheon for retired teachers and ended up sitting beside Heather’s mom. Heather’s mom recognized my mom’s name and asked her if she was in fact my mother. They started talking about us and it turned out that Heather and her family had recently moved back to the area. My mom gave her mom my e-mail address and shortly thereafter Heather sent me an e-mail. Since then, we’ve gotten together a few times for lunch, coffee, etc. and it’s been great reconnecting. Our sons are fairly close in age so we want to get together as families this summer too.”

Congratulations! Please send me your mailing address by 6 pm on Thursday. Thanks so much for participating!

Thanks so much to Anna and Hatchette Books Group for sponsoring this giveaway!

Winners of So Into You by Sandra Hill

Winners of So Into You by Sandra Hill

castings – confirmed
kirar59 – confirmed
gcwhiskas – confirmed
ayancey – confirmed
victoriah40

Congratulations! Please send me your mailing addresses by 6 pm on Friday. Thanks for participating!

Thanks so much to Anna and Hatchette Books Group for sponsoring another generous giveaway!

Winners of The Ravens by George Dawes Green

Winners of The Ravens by George Dawes Green (audio)

Luvdaylilies

catss99 – confirmed

BethsBookReviewBlog – confirmed

Congratulations! Please send me your mailing addresses by 6 pm on Friday. Thanks for participating.

Thanks so much, Anna and Hatchette Books Group for sponsoring this giveaway!

Winners of Daniel X by James Patterson (audio)

Winners of Daniel X by James Patterson

lag110

weloveourdogs – confirmed

lizzi0915 – confirmed

Congratulations! Please send me your mailing address by 6 pm on Friday. Thanks so much!

Thanks so much to Anna and Hatchette Books Group for sponsoring this giveaway!

Winners of So Into You by Sandra Hill

Winners of So Into You by Sandra Hill

castings – confirmed
kirar59 – confirmed
gcwhiskas – confirmed
ayancey – confirmed
victoriah40

Congratulations! Please send me your mailing addresses by 6 pm on Friday. Thanks for participating!

Thanks so much to Anna and Hatchette Books Group for sponsoring another generous giveaway!