A picture of the "I LOVE ME SOME HISTORICALS" Basket!

Just wanted to remind you that our final guest host on IMHO, Stacey Kayne, will be up on March 25, 2009. Keep leaving comments for all of March's guests, and here's a picture of what you're playing for: The "I LOVE ME SOME HISTORICALS" Basket in all it's glory. All this, and a $20 gift card from Amazon.com, too! And the lucky winner will get a sneak peak at Kim Lenox's So Still the Night. Yep, you'll get an uncorrected proof and a chance to read the book before it hits the streets, warts and all. These often turn out to be collector's items, folks.

And just confirmed: I'm thrilled to announce that one of my absolute favorite historical romance authors, Madeline Hunter, will be a guest host for April's giveaway contest. Madeline's wonderful BY DESIGN series actually inspired me to start writing historical romance. Still confirming my other guests, but I'll announce them as I get them signed up. We'll have a good mix of historical and contemporary, and an interesting theme: "The scene/story/book you almost didn't read." (Every writer has that story that sometimes proves difficult to write, or has a bumpy road to publication).

See you Wednesday!

TJB

Announcing a new contest for MARCH!

Okay, I promised you all details as soon as I had them. Well, I have them! My new contest in March is for those of you who love historical romance. Even if you've never read it before, here is your chance to do so for free and become acquainted with a whole new world (well, several, actually)! The authors will be discussing "The Story Behind the Story" of the novels they wrote. That should prove interesting, eh?

I'll be giving away another basket of autographed books, and this time the basket will include a $20 gift certificate for Amazon.com (so you can collect the other books by our authors once you get hooked on their writing). I'll also give away a signed copy of my critically acclaimed historical romance, THE LEGACY.

So if you didn't win the BIG BASKET OF LOOOVE, come back for my "I LOVE ME SOME HISTORICALS" BASKET. Details of how to win will be up on my contest page soon.

So, who are the authors, you might ask?

Here's the schedule:

March 4, Kim Lenox, author of paranormal historical romance and Romantic Times Magazine nominee for Best First Historical Romance.
March 11, Lisa Marie Wilkinson, award-winning Medallion Press debut author of historical adventure romance.
March 18, Victoria Dahl, former Golden Heart nominee (and my current favorite read) and prolific author of both historical and contemporary romance.
March 25, Stacey Kayne, equally prolific author of historical and contemporary westerns, Best Western book nominee, and former Golden Heart nominee.

This is another great lineup, and we'll stuff that basket with five fabulous autographed books for one lucky winner. Tell your friends, tell your friends' friends, and be there! You won't want to miss this.

TJB