Lavender Morning by Jude Deveraux... Jocelyn Minton is a woman torn between two worlds. Her mother grew up attending private schools and afternoon teas, but she married the local handyman. After her mother died when Joce was only five years old, her father remarried into his own class, and Joce became an outsider -- until she met Edilean Harcourt. Although she was sixty years Joce's senior, Miss Edi was a kindred soul who understood her like no one else ever had.
When Miss Edi passes away, she leaves Joce all her worldly possessions, including an eighteenth-century house and a letter with clues to a mystery that began in 1941. In the letter, Miss Edi also mentions that she has found the perfect man for Joce -- a handsome young lawyer. Joce is shocked to learn that the mystery, the house, and the future love of her life are all in Edilean, a small town in Virginia that Miss Edi never told her about. You can read more about Jude Deveraux and Lavender Morning at Simon & Schuster. You can also listen to an excerpt from the audiobook there!
The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet by Colleen McCullough... Everyone knows the story of Elizabeth and Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. But what about their sister Mary? At the conclusion of Jane Austen's classic novel, Mary, bookish, awkward, and by all accounts, unmarriageable, is sentenced to a dull, provincial existence in the backwaters of Britain. Now, master storyteller Colleen McCullough rescues Mary from her dreary fate with The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet, a page-turning sequel set twenty years after Austen's novel closes. The story begins as the neglected Bennet sister is released from the stultifying duty of caring for her insufferable mother. Though many would call a woman of Mary's age a spinster, she has blossomed into a beauty to rival that of her famed sisters. Her violet eyes and perfect figure bewitch the eligible men in the neighborhood, but though her family urges her to marry, romance and frippery hold no attraction. Instead, she is determined to set off on an adventure of her own. Fired with zeal by the newspaper letters of the mysterious Argus, she resolves to publish a book about the plight of England's poor. Plunging from one predicament into another, Mary finds herself stumbling closer to long-buried secrets, unanticipated dangers, and unlooked-for romance. Read more about The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet at Simon & Schuster. And while you're there you can browse through the book too!
Bound by Your Touch by Meredith Duran... Silver-tongued Viscount Sanburne is London's favorite scapegrace. Alas, Lydia Boyce has no interest in being charmed. When his latest escapade exposes a plot to ruin her family, she vows to handle it herself, as she always has done. Certainly she requires no help from a too-handsome dilettante whose main achievement is being scandalous. But Sanburne's golden charisma masks a sharper mind and darker history than she realizes. He shocks Lydia by breaking past her prim facade to the woman beneath...and the hidden fire no man has ever recognized. But as she follows him into a world of intrigue, she will learn that the greatest danger lies within -- in the shadowy, secret motives of his heart. You can learn more about Meredith Duran AND read an excerpt of Bound by Your Touch at Meredith Duran's website!
One lucky person will win one paperback copy of each of the above romances! A Big Thank You to Sarah of Pocket Books and Simon & Schuster for joining in on the festivities! So, here's how to enter...
*First, You MUST be a Follower to enter this particular giveaway! Not a follower yet? No problem, sign up by clicking on the 'followers" button on the sidebar to the left! Just let me know you became a new follower! And everyone who was following Chick with Books prior to today, will get an extra entry!
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This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents only (No PO boxes). The books will be shipped to the winners directly from the publisher. Contest ends 11:59pm EST on Feb. 28th. I will randomly pick the winner the next day and email them! (please check your emails!) Good Luck! And have fun!!
Next sunday, the Sunday Salon will be back with Books with Buzz...
54 comments:
What a great giveaway! I like the sound of all 5 books. In face two of them are already on my wish list! Thanks for this chance!
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What a collection! Thanks for the chance..already a follower.
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What wonderful books! I love Jude Devereaux, but haven't read Lavendar Morning!
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Excellent set of books for a prize, put me down for a chance. I am a follower from before today
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Happy Blogoversary! Nice collection of romance novels.:-)
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No need to enter me, doll, despite the raging temptation. I'm dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this posted at Win a Book for you.
What a great giveaway! I'd love to be entered. Thanks!
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Already following Chick with Books with Google Friend Connect [Cheryl F. {The Lucky Ladybug}] -- I'd love to read these :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!
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Great giveaway!! I am an old Follower via Google Friend Connect.
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I need a little romance in my non-romantic life right now. :)
The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet sounds really interesting.
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