Elizabeth is giving away 5 copies of THE DEATHLY PORTENT!

THE DEATHLY PORTENT: A violent murder has left the village of Witherley aghast. The locals are convinced that a witch doing the devil's work is to blame — a young woman who has second sight. The new vicar, Aidan, taking up the cudgels in her defence, fears the witch hunt is escalating out of his control. But help is at hand. The bright and perceptive Ottilia, once a lady's companion and now bride to Lord Francis Fanshawe, is drawn to Witherley by an insatiable curiosity. Ottilia rapidly uncovers a raft of suspects with grudges against the dead man, one of whom is determined to incriminate the "witch". And as foul play runs rampant, Ottilia must wade through the growing hysteria to unravel the tangle and point a finger at the one true menace...

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Janet is giving away a signed copy of DIRE THREADS!

DIRE THREADS - Threadville has everything - a fabric store, yarn shop, notions store, quilting boutique, and Willow Vanderling's shop, In Stitches, where she teaches embroidering with software and machines. But the village's zoning commissioner picks a fight with her. Willow's thoughtless threats lead to dire consequences when he turns up dead in her yard. She needs to find the real murderer, or face spending her life embroidering orange prison jumpsuits.

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Walter is giving away a copy of MAD SKILLS!

Equal parts science fiction thriller and coming-of-consciousness tale, this page-turner lays bare the inanity of modern-day existence in grand style. After 17-year-old Madeleine Maddy" Grant suffers a severe brain injury, an experimental neurological treatment from the enigmatic Braintree Institute not only restores her to her former self but also advances her intelligence exponentially. When she goes home, Maddy is appalled by shallow, "suffocating" everyday human lives and is eventually sent back to the institute for re-evaluation. Eventually, she begins to realize that the institute isn't purely benevolent, and their scientists' experiments have downright terrifying implications. Powered by an endearing heroine (whose ingenuity and resourcefulness make MacGyver look inept), pedal-to-the-metal pacing, and generous amounts of social commentary, this science fiction thrill ride is the literary equivalent of a syringe full of adrenaline." --Publisher's Weekly

Happy Valentine's Day! And remember: It's fun to read in bed!

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Linda O. is giving away a copy of THE MORE THE TERRIER!

When shelter manager Lauren Vancouver finds out that her old mentor, Mamie Spelling, is an animal hoarder, no one is more shocked, and she jumps in to help re-home the cramped critters. But Mamie's troubles don't end there. She's accused of murder when the CEO of a pet shelter network is found dead. And Lauren's dogged determination to clear her former friend of murder may put a killer on her tail.

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Dorothy is giving away a paperback copy of FLOWERBED OF STATE to 3 winners!

THE SCARLET PEPPER will be available April 3, 2012.
As the White House's organic gardener, Casey Calhoun is up to her elbows in dirt. But when someone starts tampering with the Presidential vegetable garden, embarrassing the First Lady-and a hard-nosed investigative reporter is found dead, Casey realizes that the next thing buried in the dirt might just be her...

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Kari Lee is giving away a signed copy and bookmark for either TEMPEST IN THE TEA LEAVES (book 1) or CORPSE IN THE CRYSTAL BALL (book 2) when it comes out in June (winner's choice)!

Kari Lee Townsend is the National Bestselling Author of the Fortune Teller Mysteries. TEMPEST IN THE TEA LEAVES is about Sunny Meadows, a psychic fortune teller who helps the police solve crimes in small town Divinity NY, when she's not sparring with hunky but cynical Detective Mitch Stone, or trying to figure out her mysterious cat Morty. Kari spends her days and nights trying to figure out whodunit. Funny how no one at home will confess any more than the characters in her books.

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