Posted by Mandy M. Roth on May 9, 2012 in
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Most Wanted Authors Contest
No rest for the wicked…
It’s a well known fact when authors Yasmine Galenorn, Michelle M. Pillow and Mandy M. Roth get together, bad, bad things are going to happen. Threats of tequila and tattoos, scorpions and nipple clamps have flown across Twitter. Musings involving riding flying monkeys and Thor have also been rampant among this trio, as well as the delightful imagery of Michelle as an ethereal bunny riding cloud maiden. But next year when they get together at RT? We’re sure that hell is going to break loose.
This is where you come in. Tell us what you think will happen. What alleged “crimes” will they have committed? Who will end up in another country with no memory of how they got there? Who will have the photo evidence of the night? Who will need bail money? The Hangover has nothing on these ladies.
Use your imagination to dream up what trouble these three gals will get themselves into. You have three different places to enter this contest. Each author will be selecting her own winner(s) and have their own rules as per entering. Be sure to visit each author’s site for information on how to enter! Most importantly, have fun with this!
RULES for entering here at Mandy M. Roth’s Blog: You must write your ideas/suggestions/”for sure facts” of what crimes you think will take place in the comment section of my blog. They don’t have to be long or drawn out. Simple things like “this will involve a goat, a ransom note and a group of Italian males” works. I’m not picky. Short works. I just want you to have fun. Contest runs May 8- May 22, 2012 .
Prize: What you’re being entered for a chance to win… (taken from the lovely and talented Yasmine Galenorn herself) You Get What You Get! aka… if you’re selected you might win ebook(s), a print book, a gift cert to Amazon.com, cool promo or swag. If you’re a winner you get whatever I decide to give so get those comments coming!
Yasmine Galenorn
http://www.galenorn.com/index.php?body=contest.htm
Michelle M. Pillow
http://www.michellepillow.com/blog/
Mandy M. Roth
http://mandyroth.com/blog/ (You are here)
Have fun and be creative !
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Posted by Mandy M. Roth on May 4, 2012 in
Contests I’m refusing to let this series die to lack of sales & high piracy. That means, I’m enlisting your help–my awesome readers! Please help me spread the word about the Project Exorcism Series. I LOVE LOVE LOVE writing these. They are so much fun!
You might be wondering how you can help?
You can tweet about it, linking to the series page, you can facebook about it, blog about it, whatever social networking site you use, write a review (good or bad–I’m not shitting you) for one of the books in the series, hire a plane to write it in the sky (hey, not like I’d look down my nose at this one or anything), and last but not least, you can pick up a copy of one of the books in the series to see if you enjoy them as much as I have. Every sale counts!
I’ve built my career one reader at a time. I know the power each of you holds! I know how fiercely loyal you all are, how incredibly awesome you all are and how much you f-ing rawk! Thank you for this!
FYI: You all helped with a “small” series I had way back when I started–Immortal Ops. It’s sales were low to start and the word just wasn’t reaching other people. I enlisted your help and well… yeah… not only did you save the series, you made it one of my top grossing/most popular! That is the POWER you as readers have! Never doubt that!
Project Exorcism in order of release:
Paranormal Payload
Project Exorcism 1
Futuristic Sci-Fi Paranormal Shifter Romance
Project Exorcism, Book 1
Long ago, the Commission thought it had succeeded in ridding Earth of all supernatural beings. They were dead wrong. The supernaturals have not only survived the cold reaches of space, they have thrived. And grown more powerful.
Commission Captain Sevan Vasil has enough problems without the strange, erotic dreams that seem to be his mind’s version of a cruel joke. No woman could be that perfect a lover…except perhaps a mate. That’s the joke—no woman alive would dare answer a lion-shifter’s call. Until sassy, raven-haired Lorelei Janelle appears on his communication screen. The familiar face and angelic voice are straight out of his dreams.
Lorelei’s gut tells her not to let Sevan’s damaged vessel anywhere near her uncharted planet, but her hormones overrule her head. The all-too-cocky, all-too-sexy captain is all she ever wanted—and everything it’s not safe to have. Getting him and his crew safely off the planet before the planet’s ruling vampire sorcerer awakes will be nip and tuck.
Getting Sevan out of her heart…impossible.
Rating: Contains hot, hot, hot sex, an alpha male shifter, a delicious devi, adult language, and violence.
Force of Attraction
Project Exorcism, Book 2
With a Commission uniform on her back and an engagement ring from the ship commander on her finger, a normal life is finally within Dr. Marisa Langston’s reach. If she can just learn to love her fiancé, everything will be perfect. Except for the perfectly arrogant Lieutenant Commander Bradi Janelle. He not only gets on her last nerve, he makes her body burn with a hunger only he can satisfy. Distraction is dangerous for a woman who has something to hide…especially when the ship is sabotaged.
Bradi isn’t looking for a mate. Hell, he goes out of his way to avoid the prospect altogether—until the sexy little number in the infirmary makes a mockery of his ladies’ man façade. Now, trapped with her in an escape pod, she’s way too close for comfort. Too close to deny himself the heaven of her body. And her semi-conscious ramblings reveal way too much information—secrets that are dangerous for them both.
Their out-of-control hormones are the least of their problems. The pod is careening toward his home planet. Once there, Marisa won’t be the only one with nothing left to hide…
This book has been previously published and has been revised from its original release.
Warning: Contains steaming hot baby-making in close quarters, sexy shifters in a galaxy far, far away, and a giant eel. Don’t worry, it’s friendly. Most of the time.
Point of No Return
Project Exorcism, Book 3
As head of the Sargaidia guards, Nina Janelle is accustomed to getting what she wants out of her men—in battle and in bed. These days, she’s in a losing battle with her panther-shifter heat cycle, each round requiring more and more men to quell her burning need. Until she meets Commission Officer Jordan Vasil. Suddenly, only one man can satisfy her—too bad the cocky pilot grates on her very last nerve.
Nina’s is the only face floating in his mind when Jordan lies alone at night, suffering from unrequited lust. It seems she’d rather slit his throat than bed him—until he finds her in debilitating pain from her efforts to subdue her urges. Ignoring her attempts to push him away, he gives her what she needs. His touch. His body.
Nina’s not quite ready to concede defeat, but she needs Jordan’s piloting skills to find her missing brother. Alone with him in close quarters promises to be more than distracting. Losing control could cost more than her kick-ass reputation. It could cost their lives.
Warning: Contains a hotheaded female who doesn’t like having to rely on any one let alone a man. And an equally stubborn alpha shifter male who’s is more than willing to go toe to toe with her before rocking her world.
Civil Twilight
Stegian is a man held prisoner in his own body by a demon. A demon hell bent on ridding the planet of all Janelles. He rules by fear and he rules well. But, when a mysterious, gorgeous woman arrives late one night, tempting him, claiming to want to save him from himself, everything changes. He longs for her and wants to believe her words are true—that she can separate him from the vampire he carries within. Dare he hope? Dare he believe?
Jacquelyn Janelle is no longer held to the same rules that apply to her people. She’s ascended and gained valuable insight into the universe and its plans for one thought lost to evil. More than that, she’s fully aware who he is to her—her true mate. She’ll stop at nothing to assure she saves him, even if it’s from himself.
Warning: This novella contains explicit sex and violence. It is a story about redemption against all hope and about how love can transcend time and space. Plus, it has hot sex scenes for those unconcerned with the frilly stuff
CONTEST: Because I dig contests and because I MORE than dig your help. Comment below, letting me know where you’ve helped spread the word, or if you’d read them and what you thought of them, basically, whatever you want to comment below that might be seen as helping me spread the word I’ll accept as an entry for a chance to win TWO (that is right TWO) Mandy M Roth Raven Book Ebook Titles of YOUR CHOICE! The more you do, the more you’ll be entered for a chance to win!
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About Last Night by Ruthie Knox
Sure, opposites attract, but in this sexy, smart, eBook original romance from Ruthie Knox, they positively combust! When a buttoned-up banker falls for a bad girl, “about last night” is just the beginning.
Cath Talarico knows a mistake when she makes it, and God knows she’s made her share. So many, in fact, that this Chicago girl knows London is her last, best shot at starting over. But bad habits are hard to break, and soon Cath finds herself back where she has vowed never to go . . . in the bed of a man who is all kinds of wrong: too rich, too classy, too uptight for a free-spirited troublemaker like her.
Nev Chamberlain feels trapped and miserable in his family’s banking empire. But beneath his pinstripes is an artist and bohemian struggling to break free and lose control. Mary Catherine—even her name turns him on—with her tattoos, her secrets, and her gamine, sex-starved body, unleashes all kinds of fantasies.
When blue blood mixes with bad blood, can a couple that is definitely wrong for each other ever be perfectly right? And with a little luck and a lot of love, can they make last night last a lifetime?
My Two Cents:
Let me start off by saying. Sue Grimshaw made her twitter profile pic Ruthie’s About Last Night book cover and I think we can all agree–HOT. So there it was, taunting me, teasing me, just out of reach. I didn’t know Ruthie (still technically have never met her in person) and had not as of yet read anything by her. Fast forward, Ruthie and I began showing up on tweets together–twitter folks know how this can happen, you answer someone else, they respond to more than one of you at a time, and so on.
So, I start following Ruthie.
The more I follow her, the funnier I see she is. This is a biggie to me. I love authors with good senses of humor. It got me wondering if this translated over to Ruthie’s books. You all know I tend to shy away from reading Contemporary Romances. There have been very few that I devour. But, that damn sexy cover and Ruthie’s sense of humor just keep pulling at me. Fast forward some more…
I was lucky enough to get an ARC (advance reader copy) of About Last Night by Ruthie Knox. It did NOT disappoint. It had me laughing out loud more than once. I fell in love with Cath’s outlook on life, her desire to truly be a reformed bad girl but no matter what, she falls into old habits. And Nev, oh Nev… (excuse me, I need some alone time now) is written in a way that he just leaps off the page at you.
Ruthie has a witty way of writing and she pens a hot hero. I never wanted a banker more in my life.
Disclaimer (that makes me look like a douchebag): I went into this book assuming the sex scenes would be more suggested than actual or at the very least glossed over. I stand corrected. Wow. Penned beautifully AND sexy! If you’re looking for a great, funny, sexy, contemporary romance read, Ruthie’s About Last Night is it!
I just bought her other book Ride With Me and can’t wait to dig into it.
CONTEST: I will GIFT one lucky person with a Kindle copy of Ride With Me by Ruthie Knox . Winner will be selected from those who comment here on the blog post. You must have an amazon account. Sorry, only gifting a kindle copy.
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Posted by Mandy M. Roth on Jan 26, 2012 in
Contests Raven’s Recession Gift Card Giveaway!
We know times are tight. We’re feeling the pinch too. We also know that the first things to be cut from most household budgets are the luxuries like book buying. Often we have contests that features free downloads or paperbacks (yes, we’re including those in this too) but we thought it would be nice to do more—to help ease the pinch as best we could. Our solution, a massive gift card giveaway contest. We’re giving away thousands of dollars worth of prizes! (We’ve given away thousands and are STILL doing it!)
How does it work?
Glad you asked! Once a month we’ll randomly select winners from those who have entered. They’ll be notified via email.
What are you entering to win?
You’re full of awesome questions! We have lots and lots and lots (can’t really stress this enough) of gift cards to nationwide retailers to give away, plus free book downloads, free paperbacks, and pretty much whatever else we can think to toss at folks come winner selection days. Examples of just some of the ones we’ll be giving away—Wal-mart, Meijer food, Gordon Foods, Kroger, Visa pre-paid cards, Borders, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Outback, Chilis, Red Lobster, Old Navy, Macy’s, Sears, Hot Topic, JcPenny, prepaid gas cards, starbucks, and many, many more. Also, we’ll be tossing in free downloads of our books and paperbacks as they’re available to us to giveaway. UPDATE to prizes: DSI Lites, kindle ereaders, video games, moives, tv box sets and much, much more!
How often are we selecting winners?
Monthly! Again winners will be notified by email and if it’s a gift card (rather than an e-gift card) that you won, we’ll need your snail mail addy to send it to you. Don’t worry, we’ll ask you for it if you’re a winner.
Can I pick which gift cards or prizes I get?
No, sorry. We’re randomly selecting winners and pairing them equally as random with prizes.
How do I enter for a chance to win?
We’ll be drawing out winners from a few different places this time around. From our Raven Books newsletter mailing list members, from Raven Books Twitter Followers and from Raven Books’ owners Michelle Pillow & Mandy Roth’s personal mailing lists, facebook followers and twitter followers. If you’re already on all the mailing lists and follow each twitter/facebook, yay, you’re already entered to win! If not, here are the direct links for each.
The Raven Books Email Newsletter
The Raven Books Twitter
Mandy M Roth Email Newsletter
Michelle M Pillow Email Newsletter
Mandy M Roth Twitter
Michelle M Pillow Twitter
Mandy M Roth Facebook
Michelle M Pillow Facebook
Why aren’t you posting winners name publicly?
We got dinged for doing this and are taking a small break. Apparently, not all people who enter contests want their name out that they entered and won. (Frankly, I find this odd but that’s me… Ouch, Michelle just slapped me for saying that publicly. I feel someone had to.)
When should I start?
Now! The sooner the better. We’ll repost this contest page in its entirety at the start of each month of the contest as a refresher for any who might have missed it and a reminder to any who might want to enter more than once.
Can I get a bonus entry if I also promote this contest in addition to promoting Raven Books?
You sure can! Just be sure you’re promoting Raven Books first and foremost. Then, if you spread the word about the contest too, you’ll be entered multiple times.
Any stipulations?
Yes, you must be 18yrs old or older to enter. Contest is void where prohibited. No, we will not send you cash equivalent and all the other normal disclaimer stuff inserted here_____. Yadda yada yadda yada….
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Posted by Mandy M. Roth on Feb 1, 2011 in
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BooksonBoard and The Raven Books have teamed up to offer you a fantastic Febuary! We’ve got select Raven titles for 50% for the month there and we’re having a joint contest/online scavanger hunt with BoB! Want details about the hunt, click here. Want to see what’s on sale from The Raven at BoB, click here.
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Posted by Mandy M. Roth on Oct 30, 2010 in
Contests That’s right, they let me in the door. Go figure. Silly, silly folks. *snort* Please stop past and say hi so I don’t feel lonely and so I look more important than I am *grin*. Also, I’ll be giving away a $25 GC to Border.com today to one lucky winner!
http://bordersblog.com/trueromance/2010/10/30/guest-author-mandy-roth-giveaway/
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Posted by Mandy M. Roth on Oct 19, 2010 in
Contests I’m in a bunch of really fun contests this month so I’m doing a quick reminder post for all you to make it easier for you to find them.
Raven Halloween Hunt (this one of course is listed first because its for the Raven and I’m part owner of the Raven 
)
Click here to be taken to Raven Hunt page
Over 50 prizes, books, ebooks, misc!
Next Up….
Night Owl Reviews Hunt CLICK HERE to be taken to it
And then…
Samhain Publishing’s Author Hunt CLICK HERE
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Posted by Mandy M. Roth on Sep 10, 2010 in
Contests Drum roll please…
A while back, I posted about the RomCom Badges I designed for Samhain Publishing for the RomCom convention 2010. They were a huge hit and the fabulous Tina Trevaskis from Samhain sent me a batch of them to giveaway as collector’s items on my blog.
A lovely reader was kind enough to point out that I had yet to draw winners (I suck, I know) so here they are….
Gayle O
Renee’
iokijo
Lanae T.
Audrey M.
Mina Gerhart
Kimberley Coover
Winners please contact me OFF BLOG at mandy (AT) mandyroth (DOT) com with your snail mail addy so I can get these out to you. CONGRATS!!!! And thanks everyone for playing!
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Posted by Mandy M. Roth on Sep 5, 2010 in
Contests Today is my day to host us and guess what… I forgot to set the darn post. LOL Go figure.
Anyhoo, since I’m behind on it (okay, I suck) I thought it might be fun for Michelle and I to open today up to questions from all of you. If you have a question for us, ask us in the comments section. Don’t forget, commenting here gets you entered in our contest
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Posted by Mandy M. Roth on Aug 22, 2010 in
Contests Oh yeah, we’re doing a blog tour! I feel like singing Bad Reputation. Why is that? Teehee. Here is the direct contest link.
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