The folks at Romantic Times magazine are just super-nice. Right now, they’re holding a contest and giving away a copy of Spider’s Bite. To enter, go to this link and follow the directions. Good luck! 😉

I’m doing a big release party and giveaway over at Bitten by Books on Feb. 18-19. I’m giving away some books and Amazon gift cards. If you RSVP, you get 25 entries into the giveaway. Here’s the link to RSVP. Check it out! 😉

Thanks to everyone who left a comment about what they like most about the holiday season, and congrats to the winners:

Spider’s Bite ARC: Sara M.

The copy of Fragile by Shiloh Walker: Donna S.

Three copies of Hot Mama (one per winner): Shannon, Xid Trebor, and Wendy.

Winners, please e-mail your snail mail addresses to jennifer@jenniferestep.com so I can send your books to you.

And if anyone wants some free bookmarks for Spider’s Bite, just e-mail me too, and I’ll tell you how to get them. I’ll be doing some more contests after the first of the year to promote Spider’s Bite, so check the blog for those. And be sure to sign up for my e-newsletter. Every month, I give away free books (and sometimes other stuff) to subscribers.

I hope everyone has a great holiday season. Happy reading! 😉

In the midst of all my Christmas shopping last week, I went to one of my local chain bookstores and saw something kind of sad — several copies of the trade version of Hot Mama outside the front doors in the $1 super bargain bin. And not only did I see them, but a couple of ladies in my critique group spotted them too when they went shopping.

Yeah, I have to say that it hurt a little bit to see my book, something that I worked so hard on, outside in the cold (literally). It kind of made me feel like one of the misfit toys in the old Rudolph Christmas special.

But my loss is going to be your gain. Because I bought those $1 copies of Hot Mama. It’s been a while since I’ve done a contest here on the blog, and what better time than Christmas to do one? 😉

But wait, there’s more. Because I also have an ARC of Spider’s Bite to give away, the first book in my new Elemental Assassin series that’s coming out on Jan. 26.

But wait, there’s still more. Because I also have an autographed copy of Fragile by Shiloh Walker. Shiloh was nice enough to give me one of her books during the Berkley author signing at this year’s RWA conference in Washington, D.C. Thanks, Shiloh!

So here’s how the contest is going to work:

To win one of three copies of Hot Mama or the copy of Fragile by Shiloh Walker, all you have to is leave a comment here on the blog about what you like most about the holiday season.

To win the ARC of Spider’s Bite, you have to have a Facebook page, blog, etc., and you have to agree to read and post a review of Spider’s Bite by the release date (Jan. 26). You don’t have to like the book, but I would appreciate it if you’d post a review of it somewhere because the ARCs are expensive for my publisher to produce, and I only get a limited number of them to send out. So if you’d be interested in reading and reviewing the book, just leave a comment on this post telling me so.

The contest will run through Thursday, Dec. 10. I’ll announce the winners on Friday, Dec. 11. Also note: This is open to U.S. and Canada residents only due to postage reasons. Sorry, overseas folks.

What are you waiting for? Comment away! 😉