2013 Mid-Winter's Eve Blog Hop Just in time for Christmas!

It's that time of year again - time to celebrate Christmas and the coming of a new year by giving away some great books! 

Cookie's Book Club is linking up with I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & Bookhounds to bring you even more chances to win books. Be sure to check out the list of participating bloggers at the end of this post.

Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway! 

This is an amazing giveaway with loads of books, book bundles and even a couple of gift cards! Check out the list below, click on the links to read more about each offering and complete the entry form below. Leave a comment with your preferences and we will do our best to accomodate them. Have fun!

Prize Package #1

COLD WAR, HOT PASSIONS 
OMNIBUS ONE
by Andre Jute 
Publisher: Coolmain Press
(3 e-books)

the epic saga of ten intertwined Russian and American families

who live and die by their love of liberty

and the searing passions their fight for freedom arouses

in war and peace.

“Wild but exciting. A grand job with plenty of irony.” ~ New York Times 

“Jute has clearly conducted a great deal of research into everything he describes, investing the novel with an air of prophecy. His moral concerns are important.”  ~ Times Literary Supplement 

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Prize Package #2

RUTHLESS TO WIN 

OMNIBUS ONE 

comprising

TROUBLESHOOTER 

LE MANS 

RACING JUSTICE 

by Dakota Franklin 

Publisher: Coolmain Press
(3 e-books)

• Dakota Franklin WINS Best Action/Adventure at Best Independent EBook Awards

• Dakota Franklin's series RUTHLESS TO WIN has already won awards and enthusiastic reviews for fascinating characters and rivetting action. The six volumes already published in the series — LE MANS a novel, REQUIEM AT MONZA, TROUBLESHOOTER, NASCAR FIRST, QUEEN OF INDY and RACING JUSTICE — have all been international Amazon bestsellers.

“I thought the characters were great. I was swept along...a cracking good read.” ~ Joo's Book Reviews 

“I thoroughly enjoyed this book — in fact, I started reading it again straight after I'd finished it.” ~ L. Rumbold on Amazon 

“A wonderful story full of action and remarkable detail.” ~ Boyd S Drew on Amazon


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Prize Package #3

Storm in Tormay &
The Fury Clock
by Christopher Bunn
(4 books - 2 hardcopy bundles - x 2)

The Storm in Tormay:

The Epic Adventure Begins...

In the land of Tormay, a young thief named Jute robs the house of a wizard one night. Soon, he finds himself running for his life as he seeks to understand what he stole and why so many people suddenly want him dead. 

Ancient secrets and curses come alive around Jute as he journeys to freedom in the north, accompanied by a talking hawk, a guilt-ridden assassin, and a forgetful ghost. But, as they seek to save themselves, the little company realizes that much more is at stake than their own lives.

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Prize Package #4

The Jakarta Pandemic and The Parseid Collapse

by Steve Konkoly
(4 e-book bundles and 1 signed hardcopy bundle)

In the late fall of 2013, a lethal pandemic virus emerges from the Islamic Republic of Indonesia and rages unchecked across every continent. When the Jakarta Flu threatens his picture perfect Maine neighborhood, Alex Fletcher, Iraq War veteran, is ready to do whatever it takes to keep his family safe. As a seasoned sales representative for Biosphere Pharmaceuticals, makers of a leading flu virus treatment, Alex understands what a deadly pandemic means for all of them. He particularly knows that strict isolation is the only guaranteed way to protect his family from the new disease.

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Prize Package #5

RECLAIM MY HEART
THE MERRY-GO-ROUND & 
HER FAKE ROMANCE

by Donna Fasano
(3 e-books)

Reclaim my Heart:

Sixteen years ago, Tyne Whitlock cut all ties to her past and left town under the shameful shadow of a teenage pregnancy. Now her fifteen-year-old son is in trouble with the law, and she is desperate for help. But reaching out to high-powered attorney Lucas Silver Hawk will tear open the heart-wrenching past in ways Tyne never imagined.

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Prize Package #6

THE SINGLE DADDY CLUB BOXED SET

by Donna Fasano
(3 e-books)

"The Single Daddy Club Collection is a must read for fans of romance: read them separately, or devour them all in a quiet afternoon ~ you will not regret it." ~Gaele, an Amazon Top 1000 Reviewer

About the books:

Three bachelor dads are about to be single no more! 

Save big by buying the whole series in a boxed set!

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Prize #7

Two $10 Gift Cards

(Amazon or Barnes and Noble)

courtesy of Donna Fasano

Prize Package #8

A Woman of Proper Accomplishments,

Mind Crafter &

The Emerald City

by J.A. Beard

(3 e-books) 

"Helena Preston, the eldest daughter of a Bedfordshire gentleman, would rather risk spinsterhood than marry a man unwilling to accept her for who she is, much to the consternation of her mother and sister. She feels marrying an ugly or poor husband would be a mere inconvenience; marrying an irritable fool would be a genuine tragedy. Intrigued more with books and scholarship than finding a husband, the young woman has yet to attract any interest from eligible bachelors.

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Prize Package #9

Emails from the Edge: When Friendship Spans the Distance & 

Desert Heat: What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas

by Kristie Leigh Macguire  

(2 e-books - Kindle format)

Emails from the Edge defies today's world of political correctness where every word is carefully censored so as not to offend anyone. Kristie Leigh Maguire is open, honest, and sometimes over-the-top funny in her email correspondence with her friend back in the States with whom she shares  her thoughts and feelings while living overseas as an expatriate wife during the decade of the 90s.  Emails from the Edge, gives the reader the feeling of being a voyeur, pulling back the curtain of friendship, and finding out they are not just talking about milk and cookies. 

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Prize package #10

Romancing Olive &

Train Station Bride

by Holly Bush

(2 e-books)

In 1891, spinster librarian, Olive Wilkins, is shocked to learn of her brother’s violent death at a saloon gaming table and her sister-in-law’s subsequent murder, traveling far from her staid life to rescue her niece and nephew, now orphans. She arrives to find the circumstances of her brother’s life deplorable and her long held beliefs of family and tradition, shaken.

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Prize package #11

Bending The Boyne

by J.S. Dunn

& Eromenos

by Melanie McDonald

Publisher: Seriously Good Books 
(2 e-books)

A glorious youth, an untimely death, and an imperial love affair that gives rise to the last pagan god of antiquity. In this coming-of-age novel set in the second century AD, Antinous of Bithynia, a Greek youth from Asia Minor, recounts his seven-year affair with Hadrian, fourteenth emperor of Rome. In a partnership more intimate than Hadrian’s sanctioned political marriage to Sabina, Antinous captivates the most powerful ruler on earth both in life and after death.

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Prize package #12

Deadly Memories, 

Deadly Fun, 

The Necromancer, 

The Living Image & 

Midnight Reflections

by P.M. Richter

(5 e-books)

Julia's midnight reflections actually happened at four in the morning. Tragedy had struck her family.  She was far from home, lonely, watching a handsome man sleeping in her bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel.  Robin, the handsome sleeping man had put himself in terrible danger so she could solve a mystery.  Now she was feeling guilty as well as heart broken.

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Prize package #13

Little Ghostie & 

Christmas with Uncle Nick and The Sugarplum Fairies

by P.M. Richter

(2 children's e-books)

When a tiny ghost is caught on Halloween by the dreaded Ghost Buster Hunters he is placed in a Haunted House with other magical creatures. Cindy and Bobby, two children who can actually see ghosts, attempt to free the tiny ghost from his trap in the spooky house. (This is a book for children with lots of pictures for their enjoyment. Also included is a recipe for Triple Dipped Smores Candy Apples.)

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Prize package #14

The Mermaid's Pendant, 

Saint Sebastian's Head & 

The Last Stratiote

by LeAnn Neal Reilly

(3 e-books)

THE MERMAID’S PENDANT includes two volumes, An Ordinary Drowning and Grounding Magic (these are also sold as standalone books). Together, they tell a modern fairy tale based upon The Little Mermaid and imagine the reality of the happy-ever-after that awaits the young couple once they settle down to marriage, parenthood, and life in the suburbs of Boston.

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Prize package #15

Rain on a Distant Roof: 

A Personal Journey Through 

Lyme Disease in Canada 

by Vanessa Farnsworth
(1 e-book and 1 hardcopy)

By 2020, it’s estimated that more than 80 percent of the population of eastern Canada will be living in regions that are endemic for Lyme disease and the numbers of infections are expected to soar. Yet what remains unknown about this debilitating illness continues to trump what is known, placing the health of Canadians increasingly at risk.

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