Saturday, March 31, 2012

Weekend Book Giveaway

We're giving away one hardcover copy of The Overnight Socialite by Bridie Clark and one hardcover copy of Remind Me Again Why I Need A Man by Claudia Carroll. To be entered to win, leave a comment telling us what you're reading now. Be sure to include your email address, website, or social networking account (Twitter, Facebook, etc.), so you can be reached if you win.

We'll choose the winners at random tomorrow night, April 1st. Good luck!

Lucy Ellis moved to the Big Apple to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a fashion designer, but the native Midwesterner has just about had it with the city. A mousy, self-conscious girl trapped in a job at a designer sweatshop, Lucy has been mistreated, road-blocked, and otherwise insulted since her arrival. Overwhelmed by city life, Lucy is about to pack it all in and return home to Minnesota. Then she meets Wyatt. After being publicly dissed by the glamour girl he’d been dating, man-about-town (and bored Ph.D. anthropologist) Wyatt Hayes wants to prove he’s still at the top of his game and boasts to his best friend that he can transform any girl—even wallflower Lucy Ellis—into this year’s “It” girl. If he can fool the upper crust of New York society into thinking an impostor like Lucy is the real thing, he can rip the chiffon veil off the whole Park Avenue social scene. Lucy’s an unlikely candidate to become a red-carpet butterfly, but she considers it her last resort and jumps at the opportunity to “become somebody” in New York. Wyatt begins to rigorously train Lucy in the style, sounds, and sensibilities of socialites born with entire sets of silver spoons in their mouths. Three months of preparation culminate in Lucy’s appearance at the ultra-exclusive Fashion Forum Gala, where Lucy and Wyatt finally confront New York’s aristocracy—and their feelings for each other. Set against the glittering backdrop of contemporary Manhattan, The Overnight Socialite puts a 21st-century sheen on a timeless story of transformation and unlikely love.


Amelia Lockwood doesn't mean to sound greedy. She's got a fabulous career in television, a posh apartment, and four fiercely loyal and wickedly funny friends. The only thing she's missing is a husband. So she swallows her pride, signs up for dating boot camp, and enlists the help of a professional—an acidic New Yorker with a black belt in "tongue fu"—who'll help Amelia apply proven business-marketing principles to finding her dream man. Amelia's first assignment is to track down all the lovers she's ever lost—from the guy who dumped her during Live Aid to her most painfully recent ex, he-whose-name-shall-forever-remain-unspoken—because her future happiness depends on her tackling lesson number one: If you can't learn from your past, how will you ever move forward? 

13 comments:

  1. Thanks for the awesome giveaway! Right now I am reading Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews ~ loving it!

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  2. Currently reading The Lazarus Child by Richard Mawson and would some good chick lit to read when I finish it! My email address is jillstratton88 at aol.com

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  3. Currently reading "Home Front" by Kristin Hannah, loving it!

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  4. Right now I'm reading Point, Click, Love by Molly Shapiro (I'm really liking it!)

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  5. I'm reading The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings and it's really good so far. The Overnight Socialite sounds great.

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    Bonnie

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  6. I'm currently reading A Different Kind of Forever by Dee Ernst. I'm going to give a little plug for the book and author here because it is actually not out until another month or so but when it is I encourage you to read it. (I know lucky me) I'm about 3 chapters in and enjoying it!

    Margaret
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  7. I'm reading Babies in Waiting by Rosie Fiore ~ my first chick lit in ages! :-)

    s.harris27@ntlworld.com

    Sophie Bristow Harris (Facebook name)

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  8. louise-hunny@hotmail.co.uk......right now im reading Sophie Kinsella..I GOT YOUR NUMBER ..Great read onto Jenny Colgan ..Sweetshop of Dreams ..next ...........louise marshall

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  9. Getting ready to start The Bungalow, by Sarah Jio, and really excited for it!

    kly(dot)327(at)gmail.com

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  10. I am currently reading why i love single hood followed by These Girls.

    Brn2shop9@gmail dot com

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  11. I am about to begin reading "Losing Clementine" by Ashley Ream.

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    Marepasky@verizon dot net

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  12. Thank you to everyone who entered! The winner of The Overnight Socialite is Dolly and the winner of Remind Me Again Why I Need a Man is Jill Stratton. Congratulations!

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