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: Dee Doanes and Terri Ragsdale

Welcome to the first of my Christmas giveaway posts. Here you can find out a little more about the books you could win as well as the authors. Today I'm featuring two lovely ladies, Dee Doanes and Terri Ragsdale.
If you want to be in with a chance of winning a copy of these books plus loads more, visit my Facebook page to enter  After you've done that, pop on over to Dee Doanes' Facebook page to gain an extra entry!

The Man With the Green Suitcase by Dee Doanes
What does...

A prostitute,
A corrupt businessman, and
A disfigured young woman
Have in common with a mysterious, old
homeless man who carries a green suitcase?

The old man comes into people’s lives because it is important for them to experience the visions that he is somehow able to show them—visions that even he doesn’t understand. But whoever he connects with will go through a transformation that will change the course of their life, for better or worse. The old man has no memory of who he is or even what the suitcase holds.

This story is magical realism, realistic with paranormal elements, a mystery that needs to be solved, and a man and woman who will finally realize that they were meant to come into each other’s lives and remain forever.

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Dee Doanes is the author of The Man With the Green Suitcase, her first fiction novel.

She has previously published short stories and poetry. She has a deep passion for writing and has been writing since the age of five.

Doanes has a background in copywriting, communications, and social media.

She’s active in several charities and conducts a youth poetry workshop for the Atlanta Writers Club Youth Writing Camp, and is the former co-chair of the Writing in the Schools Program for Georgia Writers.

Doanes lives in Atlanta, Georgia and enjoys spending time with her daughter and parents. Doanes’ mother encouraged her to read and to be creative while growing up. In her spare time she enjoys attending writing events and workshops, fitness training, collecting art, world travel, and gourmet cooking. The Man With the Green Suitcase is available to buy on Amazon and Barnes and Noble for 0.99 cents.

Author Blog
www.deedoanes.com

Book Website
http://www.themanwiththegreensuitcase.com

FaceBook Page
http://www.facebook.com/DeeDoanesAuthor  

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Roots of Indifference is like no other novel ever written. Its unusual epic saga: One of a kind. It's a fictional/ historical novel, true-based on murder-mysteries that were never solved during the 1910 era on the border dividing two countries: United States-Texas, and Mexico.  The novel "Roots of Indifference" is the winner of the 2011 Pinnacle Award in Literature History; and is a gripping, thought-provoking book and a page turner with sci-fi supernatural involvement and superstition having the reader wanting to read more. 

A passionate forbidden love full of lustful, explicit actions becomes a romantic explosion, involving Victoria and Juan; two unforgettable characters that go beyond the limits to be with each other—including murder. This is a novel that will stay and linger long after you read it. It's a story that needs to be told about the turbulent times during those dark years of indifference.  Check it out, you’ll be amazed!

Roots of Indifference is avialbe to purchase on Amazon and Barnes and Noble
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Terri Ragsdale, author of the family saga, Roots of Indifference and a children’s book A Legend of Grand Mesa.   Terri Ragsdale has worked at the State of Colorado for over 30 years. Retired from the Department of Revenue, and now enjoys writing historical and local stories.  She is a Spanish language interpreter for Federal, State, and Local agencies in Colorado; and she has been recognized with many merit awards in her achievements.

She is currently writing her third book the sequel — to the continuing saga story of the Hispanic-American family we first met in Roots of Indifference. 

Roots of Indifference won the Prestigious Pinnacle Achievement Award for 2011 in the history literature category.  Terri now lives, surrounded by her family, in Western Colorado.

Author Website
http://www.terriragsdale.com/site 

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.