This Week on PVN (May 30, 2010)

Master Vampire Esteban and his lovely assistant Lyla will be visiting PVN on Tuesday June 1. They have both graciously agreed to an interview. Please welcome them!

[There will also be a special contest]

Last Sunday May 28, Lana Griffin, author of the vampire novel Dusk, interviewed me on her blog site. Many thanks, Lana.  Go here to read the interview

The contest for a copy of Dark Lady's Chosen (Chronicles of the Necromancer) by Gail Marin ends at midnight (your time) Monday, May 31. There is still time to enter.  Go here

The winner of the contest for Dunbar's Curse by Faith V. Smith is Stella (Ex Libris)!
Congratulations, Stella!

The winner of the contest for Sonya Bateman's Master of None is Lady_Graeye! 
Congratulations! 

This Week on PVN (March 28, 2010) [updated]

On Monday March 29 PVN welcomes Michele Hauf author of Her Vampire Husband
Michele is offering a copy  THE HIGHWAYMAN and MOON KISSED to one US commenter.

Friday April 2 Jessica Lee author of Dark Desires at Midnight, March 30, Loose ID
visits PVN and will offer a $10 Amazon e-gift card and a copy of Dark Desires to one commenter. Contest is international.



This Tuesday March 30 the contest will end for an ebook copy of Magic University Book Two: The Tower and the Tears or Magic University Book One: The Siren and the Sword (winners choice) by Cecilia Tan  Read her post and find contest details here.


The contest for And Falling Fly by Skyler White has ended. The US/Canada winner is angel28140; the international winner is Aik

The contest for Vintage Soul by David Niall Wilson has ended. The winner is BookFreak. Two other winners Anther_Daydreamer and dsandyboy have each won a copy of the ebook This Is My Blood.

Winners of Jordan by Susan Kearney

Congratulations to SiNn; Lisa R; Kathleen; Cybercliper; and Reena Jacobs!

You have each won a copy of Jordan by Susan Kearney. Please send your mailing address to me at patriciaaltner@gmail.com I will forward the information to the publisher Forever Romance.

Everyone was asked to name their favorite character from the legends of King Arthur, and it was interesting to do a tally and see the ranking.

        Merlin turns out to be the favorite with 12 mentions

King Arthur himself comes next with 10

Lancelot was named 8 times

Guinevere 4

Gwain 2

Tristan 1

Lady of the Lake 1

And last but not least Morgan le Fey with 1 mention

I have to agree with Lisa who mentioned Morgan le Fey. Although Morgaine is usually depicted as a villain, I have not been able to think of her in that way since reading The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. She tells the Arthurian legend from the point of view of the women. Morgan served the Goddess, and she was Arthur's older sister. See the entry in Wikipedia

Recent PVN Winners

 Spider's Bite: An Elemental Assassin Book
 by Jennifer Estep
 Pocket (January 26, 2010)



There are 2 winners for this book 1 US and 1 international.

Congratulations to:

US winner: KMichelleC87

International winner: EVA SB

Please send your mailing address to patriciaaltner(at)gmail(dot)com   

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The February email subscriber winner is Shayla who may choose one book from the following titles:

Dark Hunger (Demonborn) by Rita Herron
The Outlaw Demon Wails (The Hollows, Book 6) by Kim Harrison
The Harlequin (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 15) by Laurell K. Hamilton


Congratulations!

Please contact me at  patriciaaltner(at)gmail(dot)com   
  

Winners of Samhain Books

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Q and A with Laurie Rauch, Executive Editor of Samhain Publishing. Terrific questions were asked and answered.

As promised Laurie randomly selected the names of 2 participant for a Samhain ebook.

The winners are:  Susan J. Blexrud and Laura Kamoie 


Congratulations!!


Here is what to do next: Go to the Samhain website and pick
the book you want, then email Laurie and let her know what it is. She will
send it to you.

Bloody Awful and Bloody Right

Using Random.org two winners for Bloody Awful have been selected. They are LadyVampire2u and Sable. Congratulations!

Mark your calendars for August 4 when Georgia Evans (aka Rosemary Laurey) returns for a Q and A. Get your questions ready! There will also be a contest for Bloody Right, the final book in the trilogy.

From the publisher: It will take all of Brytewood's Others to save their village from destruction in the climax of a Georgia Evans' supernatural trilogy...Gryffyth Pendragon has done his bit for the war effort when he comes back to sleepy Brytewood from the battlefront at Trondheim. It cost him a leg, and his chance to use his dragon's strength against the Nazis - or so he thinks. Until he finds out that his little village is facing a plague of vampire spies set on delivering it to the Third Reich. They've come up with a plan that, if they can pull it off, might break all of Britain's will to fight...But there are more allies for Gryffyth in Brytewood than he'd ever imagined, and while a doctor, a nurse, a schoolteacher, and a couple of sexagenarians doesn't sound like much of a battle force to him, there's more to his cohorts than meets the eye. Against ancient and impossibly powerful agents of evil, they will need every man, woman, and dragon-shifter they can get...

Georgia has made the following offer:

If anyone would like a book mark and/or signed book plate. Please send a SASE to

Brytewood Book Mark/ Book Plate
Po Box 6548
Columbus, OH 43206

3 Contest Winners

Recently two authors each - Alex Bledsoe (Blood Groove) and K. Celeste Bryan (Where The Rain Is Made) - offered commenters a chance to win a signed copy of their books.

Alex Bledsoe - Blood Groove - winner is Jessica Kennedy

K. Celeste Bryan - Where The Rain Is Made - winner is Violetcrush

The March winner of For a Few Demons More (The Hollows, Book 5) by Kim Harrison has not responded so I have drawn a new winner screamingicecube

Congratulations to everyone!!

Winners Monthly Contest - October

Three winners this month!

Stephmartin71 wins Staked
by J F Lewis


lone_hammy wind wins Fangland
by John Marks







Because the September winner did not respond jkconley wins Acheron (Dark-Hunter, Book 12) by Sherrilyn Kenyon.






Winners please contact me at paltner@verizon.net with your postal address.

Congratulations!

WINNERS - Scary Book Contest!!

Here is the list of WINNERS for the SCARY BOOK CONTEST!!

Winners! Please send your mailing address to me at paltner@verizon.net





rb - Definitely Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 6)
by Charlaine Harris

Raonaid Luckwell - Danse Macabre (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 14)
by Laurell K. Hamilton

Tezmiller - Child of the Night: Power of the Blood World (Power of the Blood)
by Nancy Kilpatrick

bbricke - Renfield: Slave of Dracula
by Barbara Hambly

robin titan - Dracula (Norton Critical Editions)
by Bram Stoker

LadyVampire2u - A Whisper of Blood : A Collection of Modern Vampire Stories
edited by Ellen Dallow

Tanya - THE HISTORIAN A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova
by Elizabeth Kostova

Caitlin Hoy - Women of the Night
edited by Martin H. Greenberg


Hachette Book Group Winners
see list of titles here

(Reminder: winners must have a US or Canadian address. No PO Box addresses)

ARkieRN

80slady

Jeanette J

bison61

Wanda Maynard


My thanks to everyone who participated in this contest. It's been a lot of fun!