Dakota Franklin Guest Post PLUS a giveaway

Today, Dakota Franklin returns to Cookie's Book Club with a special guest post and a giveaway!

Following Dakota's post, enter to win one of five prize packs featuring Ruthless to Win, Omnibus One, a three book set, and Triple Threat Thrill, also of the Ruthless to Win series.

Plus, enter to win more books in the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, on now!

“I married my husband for his money. 

I have been very happy with my husband’s money.”

Dakota Franklin

2014 Mid-Winter's Eve Blog Hop Huge Multi-Blogger Book Giveaway

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 and 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.

Check out the list, 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. 

*** Remember to tweet daily to 

earn up to 10 extra entries! ***

Plus check the sidebar for more giveaways happening at Cookie's Book Club now!

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Festival by André Jute

The following title is available to be won during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, December 21st to 31st, 2014.

FESTIVAL 
the classic thriller of the performing arts
by André Jute
"Lovers and enemies alike have their price."

FESTIVAL 
the classic thriller of the performing arts
by André Jute

When the formidable Iron Curtain conductor Vlaklos decides to defect to the West at the Adelaide Festival of Arts, consequent events electrify an elite group related through their loves, their hatreds, their secrets and their ambitions. Lovers and enemies alike have their price.

Triple Threat Thrill by Dakota Franklin

The following title is available to be won during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, December 21st to 31st, 2014.

Cookie's Chronicles is excited to present,

the Ninth Volume in Dakota Franlin's Grand Series
RUTHLESS TO WIN 

"A wonderful story full of action and remarkable detail"

Boyd S Drew

"The Queen of Racing Scribes"
John Houlton

TRIPLE THREAT THRILL
by Dakota Franklin

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On her thirty-third birthday she is broken in body from 15 years of racing on the ragged edge, and in spirit from bad luck and bad decisions in choosing her men. For her family she gave up Drew the ‘fortune hunter’, her beloved Hiroshi died headless in her arms, and Erich wanted only to use her to further his own ambition. Still, even if after a two-year absence from driving to be a ‘good wife’ to the treacherous pervert Erich she will never be grand prix champion, she is Jack Armitage’s all-time favorite driver, engineer and racing executive: ‘Triple Threat’ Thrill Morgan, the Parachute Queen Jack sends to salvage impossible situations in his auto racing empire. 

IDITAROD: A Novel of the Greatest Race on Earth by André Jute

The following title is available to be won during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, December 21st to 31st, 2014.

The 20th anniversary fully revised 2nd edition of
André Jute's grand Alaskan adventure
Iditarod
a novel of The Greatest Race on Earth  
with an exciting new map
a novel for all the family from 14 to 94 years young

IDITAROD
a novel of
The Greatest Race on Earth
by André Jute

Marchez! — A race for survival

When Rhodes Delaney challenged James Alderston Whitbury III to a grudge match she chose the most grueling of all tests — the Iditarod: a lethal dogsled race across the perilous wastelands of barren Alaska.

Ruthless to Win, Omnibus One by Dakota Franklin

The following title is available to be won during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, December 21st to 31st, 2014.

RUTHLESS TO WIN 

OMNIBUS ONE 

comprising

TROUBLESHOOTER 

LE MANS 

RACING JUSTICE 

by Dakota Franklin 

Publisher: Coolmain Press
goes straight to the
bestseller lists! 

• 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.

Cold War, Hot Passions Omnibus One by André Jute

The following title is available to be won during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, December 21st to 31st, 2014.

COLD WAR, HOT PASSIONS 

OMNIBUS ONE 

by André Jute

Publisher: Coolmain Press

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.

Books by Libby Hellmann

The following title is available to be won during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, December 21st to 31st, 2014.

Book 1: Nobody’s Child

A bloodstained note left for PI Georgia Davis reveals the shocking existence of a half-sister she never knew about. Her sister, Savannah, is pregnant and begging for Georgia’s help. Determined to track her down, Georgia finds herself heading deep into the secretive and dangerous underworld of Chicago’s illegal sex trafficking business. She soon discovers that trafficking is just a small part of the horrifying and deadly situation in which her new sister is caught up. Even worse, as Georgia tries to extricate Savannah, she comes up against an old enemy determined to make sure neither woman will escape alive. In the fourth Georgia Davis novel, Georgia faces her toughest challenge yet—and one she might not survive.

Books by Donna Fasano

The following title is available to be won during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, December 21st to 31st, 2014.

An Almost Perfect Christmas

by Donna Fasano

(e-book)

About the book:

When 8-year-old Izzie asks her dad for the perfect family Christmas, Aaron Chase feels at a loss about how to make his little girl’s dream come true. Pediatric Nurse Christy Cooper has dedicated her life to caring for children and agrees to be Izzie’s stand-in mom. Maybe this selfless act will somehow alleviate her secret regrets and failures of the past.

Seriously Good Books by Melanie McDonald and J.S. Dunn

The following title is available to be won during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, December 21st to 31st, 2014.

Eromenos
by Melanie McDonald

Publisher: Seriously Good Books

Format: Kindle (electronic)

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.

December 29 Supplemental Giveaway Ruthless to Win Omnibus One by Dakota Franklin

As a supplement to the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, Cookie's Book Club is pleased to bring you another opportunity to win this popular prize package!

RUTHLESS TO WIN 

OMNIBUS ONE 

comprising

TROUBLESHOOTER 

LE MANS 

RACING JUSTICE 

by Dakota Franklin 

Publisher: Coolmain Press

• 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.

December 27 Supplemental Giveaway Cold War, Hot Passions Omnibus One by André Jute

As a supplement to the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, Cookie's Book Club is pleased to bring you another opportunity to win this popular prize package!

COLD WAR, HOT PASSIONS 

OMNIBUS ONE 

by André Jute

Publisher: Coolmain Press

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.

December 25 Supplemental Giveaway Ruthless to Win Omnibus One by Dakota Franklin

As a supplement to the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, Cookie's Book Club is pleased to bring you another opportunity to win this popular prize package!

RUTHLESS TO WIN 

OMNIBUS ONE 

comprising

TROUBLESHOOTER 

LE MANS 

RACING JUSTICE 

by Dakota Franklin 

Publisher: Coolmain Press

• 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.

December 23 Supplemental Giveaway Cold War, Hot Passions Omnibus One by André Jute

As a supplement to the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, Cookie's Book Club is pleased to bring you another opportunity to win this popular prize package!

COLD WAR, HOT PASSIONS 

OMNIBUS ONE 

by André Jute

Publisher: Coolmain Press

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.

Books by Christopher Bunn

The following books are available to win during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, beginning Saturday, December 21.

The Storm in Tormay

by Christopher Bunn

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.

Books by Kristie Leigh Maguire

The following books are available to win during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, beginning Saturday, December 21.

Emails from the Edge: When Friendship Spans the Distance

by Kristie Leigh Maguire

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.

Books by LeAnn Neil Reilly

The following books are available to win during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, beginning Saturday, December 21.

Book 1: The Mermaid's Pendant

Genre: Contemporary Fantasy/Fairy Tales

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.

Books by Holly Bush

The following books are available to win during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, beginning Saturday, December 21.

Romancing Olive

by Holly Bush

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.

Seriously Good Books by Melanie McDonald and J.S. Dunn

The following books are available to win during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, beginning Saturday, December 21.

Eromenos
by Melanie McDonald

Publisher: Seriously Good Books

Format: Kindle (electronic)

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.

Books By Steve Konkoly

The following books are available to win during the Cookie's Book Club Annual Christmas Giveaway, beginning Saturday, December 21.

The Jakarta Pandemic

by Steve Konkoly

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.