Getting to know you...competition announcement!

On my Facebook page this week, I'm running an 'Ask me anything' week. It will give you the chance to ask my questions and pick my brains about absolutely anything. Seriously, I'm up for all sorts whether weird or wacky! I will use my discretion if your question is too shocking, however!

And I want to get to know you guys too, so stop by, ask me a question and have a chat.

I'm also giving away a signed paperback copy of The Angel's Assassin to one commenter and an ecopy of any one of my books to another.

So stop on by and say hello! I hope to see you there.

Christmas Giveaway Authors: Johnny Walker and David H. Young

We're a few days into the Christmas giveaway now. Have you entered on my Facebook page? Don't miss your chance to win a HUGE bundle of Kindle books plus some fab runners-up prizes. Also drop by author, Johnny Walker's Facebook page to gain an extra entry.

Time to meet two more authors who are giving away a copy of their books in the bundle.

EKKO is a series based on live music, touring, and dynamic stage shows, seen from the sound mans’ perspective. But this roadie goes a bit beyond the norm’. CJ has a secret craving for the unknown and his hunger has taken the stage visuals to a whole new level. He’s able to keep his ghostly pursuits under lock and key, but as the tour continues, rumors escalate, and the unwanted attention is getting in the way. Even if CJ wanted to stop the paranormal activity, he couldn’t, because he’s established a reputation in the spirit world as well, and it seems there are some dues to pay. He’s become the Indiana Jones of the audiovisual world... and the word is out.

Filled with musical references and dynamic semblances, EKKO takes a walk to some unearthly places, while keeping things hauntingly human. 

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Johnny Walker is a musician turned soundman turned author. He has received two Billboard Songwriting Citations and written songs for himself and others for over twenty-five years. After spending his youth on the road, he settled down in New York City where he became submersed in the live music and theater community. While still performing on stage, he became deeply involved in sound design and began working for Ralph Lauren Media Services, Miramax Films, and Lifetime...to name a few. Johnny currently writes music reviews for an overseas newspaper and short stories for various book projects. He continues to pen the EKKO series from his home in New York.

White Limousine is available to purchase on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Follow Johnny on Facebook

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Owen Tremaine is in more trouble than he ever imagined. 28 years old, the founder of a software company in Corpus Christi, Texas, he thought work-related burnout was a major crisis. After walking away from his company, he's spent a year trying to reinvent himself as a private investigator, living on a houseboat. Which he realizes is a fantasy that's not really working out, but he doesn't want to admit that to anybody...yet. Maybe a few more months will turn the tide. 

But then, on a lazy summer afternoon, a good friend gets killed on Owen's houseboat, and Owen finds his body. The police think Owen's girlfriend may be involved. She's missing, and so is Owen's former business partner. Who, judging from the blood left on his floor, may also be dead. Then there's the kidnapping of a local child. And...it turns out that not everybody involved is, strictly speaking, human. Which Owen also never saw coming. Magic? Really?

Owen's new skills get a workout. Now he's dealing with what used to be his own cutting-edge software development company, a police detective who takes a personal interest, some downsides of recent anti-terror legislation, and...a surprising discovery about local Native American history. You know, the magic thing. Turns out extinction is more complicated than it first appears.

But hey. Owen's still got friends. Too bad he doesn't know as much about them as he thinks he does....

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David Haywood Young started writing books for his younger brother and sister when he was about six years old. Without any industry contacts, he was forced to self-publish. Distribution, too, fell on his young shoulders. Since then he's alternated between being a software developer and a professional poker player. On the software side, he has his own company. On the poker side, he might enjoy yours. He and his family are semi-nomadic, but they do own a home in Alaska. Just lately he's returned to his first love: writing and publishing fiction.

Shiver on the Sky is available to purchase on Amazon.

Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/DavidHaywoodYoung

Blog link: http://davidhyoung.net

Author Giveaway: Margaret of The North

E Journey is giving away  5 copies of her sequel to North & South, Margaret of the North

To be in with a chance of winning one of five e-copies, you can enter by any of three ways. Each way counts as an entry so that's three chances to win!

• Comment below with your email address.
• Enter via my Facebook page
• Enter at http://www.samanthaholt.org.uk/competition.php

Good luck!
Closing date: 22/10/12
Terms and conditions viewable on website.

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Check out the Margaret of the North blog, for a detailed insight into the book.

Margaret of the North takes off from a retelling of Gaskell's novel on the BBC series. Margaret is a young Victorian woman contending with the press of modernity and industrialization and struggling with the age-old complexities of human relationships. After marrying John Thornton, she faces challenges and influences those around her in her passage into maturity and modern womanhood.

This novel returns the focus on Margaret and how she--intelligent, independent-minded, passionate about her own concerns--curbs a niche and an identity for herself within the constraints of Victorian society. It is an homage to Ms. Gaskell, a return to themes that underscore her concerns about being a woman of her time and that had been her original intent before Charles Dickens urged her to change her title from "Margaret Hale" to "North and South."

The story includes a few illustrations by the author and unabashedly serves up a romance--both Victorian and modern--that just might hit that spot for guilty pleasures.

Guest author giveaway: The Flight of the Griffin

This month I've teamed up with author of Shadowland, C.M. Gray to offer a giveaway of his latest book, The Flight of the Griffin.

To be in with a chance of winning one of five e-copies, you can enter by any of three ways.

• Comment below then email contact@samanthaholt.org.uk with your email address. 
• Enter via my Facebook page
• Enter at www.samanthaholt.org.uk/giveaways

Good luck!
Closing date: 14/10/12
Terms and conditions viewable on website.

Living in their old boat ‘The Griffin’, five young characters become the unlikely heroes at the end of time when a burglary sets them on the path to finish the ‘Last great Spell’ - a spell to stop the balance of the
World tipping into Chaos...

They become the Magician, Thief, Priest and Fighter when a magical book guides them upon a quest that pits them against magic, demons and ‘The Hawk,’ an evil hunter of men.

Join a race against time to find three crystal skulls that must be brought together, while all the forces of Chaos try everything to stop them!