Secrets Don’t Make Survivors + BIG PRINT BOOK GIVEAWAY

Hey butterflies! It’s that time again – release day! Secrets Don’t Make Survivors is available today!

Here are the buy links: Kindle | Nook | iBooks | Kobo | Google Play | Paperback (Amazon)
Add to Goodreads: Secrets Don’t Make Survivors

SDMSFinalTo celebrate the releases of both Secrets Don’t Make Survivors and Center Stage on March 15th, New York Times Bestselling Author Denise Grover Swank and I are joining forces and giving away a whole load of SIGNED PRINT BOOKS throughout the day.

You’ll have the chance to win signed books from authors like Debra Holland, Jana DeLeon, Deanna Chase, Lee Strauss, Melissa F. Miller, Melissa Olson, Melinda Leigh, H.Y. Hanna, Kendra Elliot, Jenna Bennett, Nic Saint, ReGina Welling, LJ Charles, and Diane Capri.

In addition, Denise is contributing a FULL SIGNED SET of Rose Gardner Mysteries and I’m offering the same with the Lowcountry Mysteries!

All you have to do is check our pages throughout the day tomorrow, or come back to this post and click the links every hour to like, comment and enter!

Details: The posts will be open until midnight CDT on Tuesday, March 15th. We will announce the winners on Wednesday, March 16th and get the prizes in the mail as soon as possible after that.

9:00 AM: Denise Grover Swank (Center Stage AND Secrets Don’t Make Survivors)

10:00 AM: Lyla Payne (FULL SET of the SIGNED Rose Gardner Mysteries)

11:00 AM: Denise Grover Swank (FULL set of the Lowcountry Mysteries)

12:00 PM: Lyla Payne (A Cutthroat Business by Jenna Bennett, Louisiana Longshot by Jana DeLeon, Cat Killed a Rat by ReGina Welling, A Scone to Die For by H.Y. Hanna, Not Quite Dead by Lyla Payne, and Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank) – http://on.fb.me/22fh9Z8

1:00 PM: Denise Grover Swank (A Clash of Spooks by Nic Saint, Trouble in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon, Rings on Her Fingers by ReGina Welling, Spirits, Stilettos, and a Silver Bustier by Deanna Chase, and Not Quite Dead by Lyla Payne)

2:00 PM: Lyla Payne (A Touch of Ice, Burned, and Two Hearts by LJ Charles, Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank, Not Quite Dead by Lyla Payne and Spirits, Stilettos, and a Silver Bustier by Deanna Chase) – http://on.fb.me/1Mj5yvm

3:00 PM: Denise Grover Swank (Secrets Don’t Make Friends and Secrets Don’t Make Survivors by Lyla Payne)

4:00 PM: Lyla Payne (Due Justice by Diane Capri, Center Stage by Denise Grover Swank, Gingerbread Man by Lee Strauss, Secrets Don’t Make Friends by Lyla Payne) – http://on.fb.me/1YSPTKC

5:00 PM: Denise Grover Swank (Rosemary’s Gravy by Melissa F. Miller, The Big Keep by Melissa Olson, Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank, Not Quite Dead by Lyla Payne)

6:00 PM: Lyla Payne (Secrets Don’t Make Friends and Not Quite Dead by Lyla Payne, Center Stage and Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank) – http://on.fb.me/1Xr9ss1

7:00 PM: Denise Grover Swank (Known by Kendra Elliott, Center Stage by Denise Grover Swank, Secrets Don’t Make Survivors by Lyla Payne, She Can Kill by Melinda Leigh)

Hop on over to our Facebook pages (Lyla Payne and Denise Grover Swank – Author) to enter during the day. Here’s the link to the initial post with all of the details!

Happy reading!

You Scratch My Back…

I’ll Scratch Yours! That’s how the saying goes, right (and it’s a good saying, because I mean, who doesn’t love a good back rub now and again)?

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If you’re friends with authors, or follow authors on social media, or are (un)fortunate enough to have an author in your family, you probably know that we’re crazy for reviews. And it’s not just because we’re masochists who enjoy weeping into our wine glasses while we read what people think about our little darlings (good or bad), either – reviews matter for a whole host of reasons, not the least of which that the more we have, the more appealing the books are when we submit them for advertising and promotion.

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All of that little insight into the terrifying author mind was to tell you this – I recently bundled the first three books plus a novella in my Lowcountry Mystery series (a series about a young woman who returns to the small, South Carolina town where she spent her summers growing up in the hopes that it will provide some shelter in the storm of her life, but instead finds that things are not what they were – and that even the ghosts won’t leave her be) into a boxed set.

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It’s for sale on all platforms for $7.99 currently (which is $2 cheaper than buying them all separately), so it’s a good deal as is if you haven’t checked out the series!

I know that many of you have read Gracie’s adventures (thank you thank you thank you!), so of course you wouldn’t need to purchase the bundle, but that doesn’t mean you can’t help me out (or enter the giveaway)!

Here are the links:

Amazon : iBooks : B&N : Google Play : Kobo

***GIVEAWAY***

Here’s the long and short of it: It’s my hope to use this boxed set in a promotional capacity going forward (putting it on sale to get readers hooked for future books) but in order for sites like BookBub and BookGorilla, etc to consider advertising, the boxed set needs it’s OWN reviews. If you’ve read the stories separately, you’re all set – just type up a little review of your thoughts on these 3.5 installments and post!

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If you haven’t read the series, now’s your chance!

Once you’ve written and posted a review (any retail site is fine, but Amazon is best!), just come back here and post a link in the comments.

***PRIZES***

EVERYONE WHO LEAVES A REVIEW FOR THE BOXED SET WILL RECEIVE A SURPRISE SWAG PACK IN THE MAIL and be entered to win a grand prize.

THREE people who leave review will have the opportunity to NAME A CHARACTER in the series going forward!

ONE person will win a $25 GIFT CARD to the bookstore of your choice.

***RULES***

The review must be posted by September 15th, 2015.

The giveaway IS open internationally.

Enjoy!

Need a Little Christmas in Your July?

***Heather Markowski is the winner of my ARC! Thank you everyone for entering AND for sharing your stories – I’m almost in the holiday mood, now!!***

 

So, I don’t know how the weather is where YOU live, but here in the middle of the USA it is swelteringly, meltingly, humidly, BOILINGLY HOT. Now, I’m not much of a winter person, myself, but even those of us who hate bundling up on those cold winter days might be dreaming of a little frost, cocoa, crackling fires, and dinners with family about now.

What better time to give away one of my paperback ARCs of Mistletoe & Mr. Right (Two Stories of Holiday Romance)?? 

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That’s right – there are TWO novellas combined in this hard copy version, and guess what else – Kirkus says “These fluffy yet sexy romances will wrap readers in warm blankets.” (Romance. 16-20)

HOW COOL IS THAT? SUPER COOL.

Okay. In order to enter to win the paperback ARC, tell me the Christmas/Holiday tradition that you look forward to the most – especially when you’re sweating in the summer heat! I’ll choose one winner at midnight on July 26th so make sure and enter before then!

I’d also appreciate some shares if you have the time! Happy Christmas in July!

Get Your Official (EXCLUSIVE) Whitman University Rape Whistle!

If you order Living the Dream before the release date (November 25th, 2014) and fill out the form you’ll automatically receive an official WU rape whistle in the mail within a week of release!

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They’re also flashlights and keychains PLUS you get Living the Dream for $1 less than the suckers who wait until after release, so there’s no reason not to pre-order from Amazon or iBooks and then come back with your confirmation number.

Oh, and also – if you’re wondering whether you qualify if you’ve already pre-ordered, the answer is YES. Just fill out the form!

In other news, NOT QUITE DEAD (which doesn’t just have ghosts, y’all, there’s plenty of mystery and romance and southernisms and vodka) is on sale this month for just $.99 on all platforms. Join me on my Facebook page for tons of fun and prizes during #HauntedOctober!

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An EPIC GIVEAWAY in Celebration of NOT QUITE DEAD!!

***SALE ALERT*** The Whitman University Boxed Set, which contains all four of the existing titles, is on sale for a limited time – grab it while it’s just $.99 on Amazon, B&N, Kobo, or iBooks!! ***SALE ALERT***

I’m so excited to have Not Quite Dead out in the world, and in an effort to help it finds its way into the hands of more readers (who I hope will love it!), I’ve put together an EPIC giveaway!! I know you’re going to love love love some or all of the prizes!!

HOW TO ENTER:

There are 3 ways to get earn entries to the contest, and the first two are required:

1. Read Not Quite Dead and leave a review on Amazon, iBooks, or Barnes and Noble (REQUIRED). You’ll need to link to your review in the comments. If you’ve already read and reviewed, YES, you can use that as your entry.

2. Sign up for my newsletter (REQUIRED). If you’re already signed up for the newsletter, you qualify. Just leave that information in the comments and if you’re a winner, I’ll verify then.

3. Tweet or Facebook about the contest. This is going to be on the honor system, but know if you win, I’ll be checking up on your feeds!

ALL of this information should be in a comment on THIS POST.

I’ll choose SIX random winners and go top to bottom, letting them choose the prize of their choice.

THE PRIZES:

1. An iPad Mini!

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2. A signed, annotated (that means I go through it and leave comments in the margins–anything that comes to mind, which could be thoughts about characters, stories about what inspired a scene, etc) paperback of one of my books (winner’s choice)!

3. An advanced copy of Thirty-Two and a Half Complications by Denise Grover Swank OR signed paperbacks of the first FOUR Rose Gardner books plus the novella.

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4-6. One of THREE gift baskets inspired by Graciela and Not Quite Dead. This includes a Southern cookbook, one of my favorite books of Charleston ghost stories, a bottle of Gracie’s favorite vodka, an oogle to ward off evil spirits lurking in the night, a voodoo doll, signed copies of ALL my Lyla Payne titles, swag and anything else I feel like tossing in at the last minute.

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Okay, so I hope you’re excited!! You can email me at lylapayneauthor at gmail dot com if you have any questions, or leave them in the comments below.

Contest ends April 30th!!

Buy Not Quite Dead!

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