Night Owl Reviews event - Amazon gift cards #giveaway

It's time for the Find Your Next Great Read Scavenger Hunt at Night Owl Reviews.

100 Amazon gift cards are up for grabs, and the grand prize is a $250 Amazon gift card!

Enter now at: https://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Blog/Articles/Find-Your-Next-Great-Read-Scavenger-Hunt-June-2015

Or you can enter the Rafflecopter right here:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

GOOD LUCK!

Barbara 

SIZZLING SUMMER READS PARTY -- today my Q&A is up! #Giveaway

Busy week... Today is the day my Q&A is up at the Sizzling Summer Reads Party from The Romance Reviews. I'm giving away a copy of Lady of the Flames, but that's only one of many, many prizes offered. There are over 350 authors and publishers participating in the month of June, and the Grand Prize is $100 gift certificate.

Here's where to go to find my Q&A and other ways to enter:

http://www.theromancereviews.com/event.php

GOOD LUCK!

(Coming soon: info re my new book, To Kiss a Rake, which is already up for pre-order at Amazon.com)

Barbara

Blitz and #Giveaway for LADY OF THE FLAMES!

Today's the day -- Thanks to Bewitching Book Tours, I'm on a bunch of blogs with a Rafflecopter giveaway of a $25 gift card for either Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Here's the list of blogs -- guest spots and interviews -- if you'd like to visit some of them:

Guest blog

Roxanne’s Realm

www.roxannerhoads.com

Spotlight

Fang-tastic Books

www.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com

Interview

The Creatively Green Write at Home Mom

www.creativelygreen.blogspot.com

Guest Blog

Books N Pearls 

http://booksnpearls.com/blog

Spotlight

Lisa’s World of Books

www.lisasworldofbooks.net

Spotlight

Deal Sharing Aunt

www.dealsharingaunt.blogspot.com 

Spotlight

3 Partners in Shopping; Nana, Mommy, and Sissy too!

http://3partnersinshopping.blogspot.com/

Review

Paranormal Romance and Authors That Rock

www.pratr.wordpress.com

Spotlight

Share My Destiny

http://sharemydestiny.blogspot.com

Spotlight

Kristy Centeno

http://booksbycenteno.com

Spotlight

Semi Short Chic    

www.semishort.blogspot.com

Spotlight 

Mythical Books

http://www.mythicalbooks.blogspot.ro/

Spotlight

Jodie Pierce's Ink Slinger's Blog

http://jodiepierceauthor.blogspot.com/

Interview and review

Deanna's World  

http://deannasworld1.blogspot.com.au/

Spotlight

Mommabears Book Blog

http://www.mommabearsbookblog.blogspot.com

Guest blog

Jeri's Book Attic

http://jeri-ryan.wix.com/jerisbookattic

Spotlight

Dena Garson - Real... Hot... Romance

http://denagarson.net

Spotlight

CBY Book Club

http://cbybookclub.blogspot.co.uk

Guest Blog

A Writer's Mind

www.skypuringtonwrites.blogspot.com

Spotlight

All I Want and More Books  

https://alliwantandmorebooks.wordpress.com/

Spotlight

Dark Side of Romance 

www.darksideofromance.com

Guest blog

Paranormal Cravings

http://www.paranormalcravings.com/

Spotlight

happy tails and tales

 http://happytailsandtales.blogspot.com

And...guess what? My new release, To Kiss a Rake, is up for pre-order! More about that very soon. :)

Barbara

#WhyIReadHistoricals #WhyIWriteHistoricals

Today is Historical Romance Day all over the Internet. Those who love historical romance, both readers and writers, are posting memes. We're using the hashtags #whyIwritehistoricals and #whyIreadhistoricals.


(It's so hard to type those without putting spaces between the words!)

Anyway, go on Twitter or Facebook or Tumbler or wherever you hang out and get involved! Too many people haven't sampled the joy that is historicals, poor dears, so it's our job to encourage them.

(It's hard to believe, but when I was young, I thought sexiness started in the 20th century. Before that, everyone was pure. Um, no.)

Here are some #whyIreadhistoricals memes:

You'll find plenty more where readers and writers of historicals hang out. Have a happy historical day!

Barbara

Fave historical novels + a #giveaway of Lady of the Flames

I love recommending books! So that's what I'm doing today -- talking about some of my favorite historical novels over at Embracing Romance.

http://www.embracingromance.com/historical-novels-i-loved-and-a-giveaway/

(Completely unrelated pic -- Heidelberg Castle by day)


I'm hoping for some book recommendations in return (pretty please; there can never be enough awesome books to read).

(Also unrelated -- the same castle at night)

And just because, I'm offering an e-copy of Lady of the Flames to one person who comments. Hope to see you over there!

(Last unrelated pic -- the River Neckar, again at Heidelberg, by night. Heidelberg is a lovely old university town, and we had some great food and company there last September.)

Barbara

My post at Teatime Tattler, a #giveaway, and coming soon: TRR's summer party

Today I'm the guest of the Bluestocking Belles at their Teatime Tattler. They ask for a piece of original writing, so I had fun doing this one!! It's related to Lady of the Flames, but the character who's speaking is Dunstan Tull, the compiler of an encyclopedia of not-so-mythical beings. Some of his definitions are found at the beginning of my Bayou Gavotte books, which take place 200 years later. I wonder if Dunstan is a time traveler... I'm pretty sure he has visited the house below.

The Old Hall, John Anster Fitzgerald, 1875

 
http://bluestockingbelles.com/2015/05/dunstan-tull-misses-an-exclusive/


Thinking ahead: I will be participating in The Romance Reviews' June party, Sizzling Summer Reads. Lots of prizes!

 

Caricatures, #Giveaway, and a New #Regency #Romance

As usual, I've been very remiss about keeping up with this blog. It's really just an announcement board, but I don't seem to be able to manage even that. Mea culpa...

Today, April 28th, one of my old guest posts was featured on the Quizzing Glass blog. It's about the caricaturists of the Regency era, a topic which fascinates me.

http://main.thebeaumonde.com/archives/8615

On Thursday, April 30th, I'll be a guest at Collette Cameron's blog, and there will be a giveaway.

http://collettecameron.com/2015/04/barbara-monajem-lady-of-the-flames/

And on May 6th, I'm the guest at the Bluestocking Belles' Teatime Tattler with a piece of original writing (just for fun) and another giveaway.

Last but not least, I have a Regency romance coming out soon with Soul Mate Publishing. To Kiss a Rake will be released July 29th.

(The above picture has nothing to do with these announcements. It's a photo of Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness in Scotland, taken last September.)

Until next time,

Barbara