Best of 2016 Giveaway Hop

January 18, 2017 by Shaila Patel

Hey all! Welcome to The Best of 2016 Giveaway Hop

hosted by Bookhounds!

What is a Giveaway Hop, you ask? Well, it works like this: each participating blog hosts a giveaway on their site, and we all link together so that you can "hop" from one giveaway to another! All the links to the participants are listed down below.

This year to celebrate the release of my debut book Soulmated (out Jan 24th!), I'm picking EJ Mellow's Book 3, The Destined, as my Best of 2016 giveaway prize--but wait! Why would I give away Book 3 when you may not have read Books 1 & 2? You're right! So I'll give away all three paperbacks instead! (U.S. only)

The Best of 2016 Giveaway Hop starts Jan 19th and ends Jan 31st. Enter the Rafflecopter for your chance to win EJ Mellow's award-winning trilogy, then hop over to the other blogs to see what other goodies you can enter for a chance to win!

so Here's what I have for one lucky winner!

**Click on the picture to be taken to EJ Mellow's Amazon page where you can learn about these books!**

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Rules:

Ends 1/31/17 at 11:59pm EST. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law. You must be 13 years old to enter. The winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter on 2/1/17 and announced here as well as by email. You will have 24 hours to respond, or a new winner will be chosen. All decisions are final. Odds of winning will vary based on the number of eligible entries received. Prize will be mailed Priority Mail by USPS. If a mailed prize is returned for whatever reason, another winner will be chosen. You can use the Contact page of this website if you have any questions. This giveaway is not affiliated with any social media accounts associated with Shaila Patel, Author, or any other entity unless specified. The Best of 2016 Giveaway Hop was organized by BookHounds, and the prize above sponsored by Shaila Patel, Author.

Are you ready to HOP?!

Check out the other blogs below hosting their own giveaways! While you're there, check out their sites.
You might just find some great new book reviewers or authors! Have fun and Good Luck!

Soulmated Pre-Order Giveaway!

January 16, 2017 by Shaila Patel

Preorder my debut novel Soulmated and get signed swag by me!

7 Must-Read Holiday Blogs - Day 7

December 22, 2016 by Shaila Patel

This holiday season, I've teamed up with six other authors to share our holiday memories--and this is the final segment! We hope you enjoy the stories as much as we do. Feel free to share your own memories in the comments below!

Happy Holidays!

The Real Magic

by Bob Atkinson

When invited to contribute to the 7 Blogs series, I considered memories, humorous anecdotes, and any number of other ideas. What came to me instead was a passage from the novel I’m currently writing. As Christmas Eve is nearly upon us, it seems especially apropos. I hope it touches you.

"He reached down to the bottom of the bed and felt around in the darkness until he encountered the filled stocking he knew his father had left there. Then he reached over to his brother's side of the bed and located his stocking, reassuring himself that one was no bigger than the other.

He knew what was in there. The sole bulged with the inevitable apple and orange. In the heel he could make out the unmistakable shape of a pink sugar mouse, that little jaw breaker which only seemed to appear in the shops at this time of year. There would be a handkerchief, or something equally useless, then something that felt like a pencil case, or perhaps one of the packets of Edinburgh rock his mother had brought with her on her last trip home from the hospital. At the top of the stocking would be the usual chocolate hollow Santa Claus.

Individually there wasn't a lot there on which to base the special magic of Christmas Eve…