Take Home Tuesday

UPDATE: The winner of signed copies of NIGHT RISING and MIDNIGHT REIGN by Chris Marie Green is Kirsten! Congrats!!! Please email your physical addy to contests(AT)knightagency.net.

Today, Chris Marie Green is stopping by to give away two signed mass market copies from her Vampire Babylon series! Read below for details on how to win!

Below the streets, the vampires gather. Erotic, beautiful, secretive…dangerous. Dawn Madison, an ex-stunt woman, takes up the hunt for these enthralling creatures, first in Hollywood, then in London. As the Undergrounds’ secrets spill into her own life, shaping it, illuminating her own muddled past, she must face these underground Vampire Babylons.

Or die trying.

The Vampire Babylon series uses trilogy arcs to tell one basic story, much like the way JK Rowling used seven books that didn’t solve every plot thread book-by-book to tell Harry Potter’s story. While each individual novel focuses on a central mystery that’s solved by the end, the three books together build character and mythology arcs/mysteries until everything culminates in the third book of the trilogies.

The first trilogy is known as the “Hollywood trilogy.” It contains these books:

NIGHT RISING
MIDNIGHT REIGN
BREAK OF DAWN

The second trilogy continues the adventures of Dawn Madison and the vampire hunting team, and this three-book arc is known as the “London trilogy.” It consists of:

A DROP OF RED
THE PATH OF RAZORS
DEEP IN THE WOODS (to be released March 2, 2010)

On January 26, BREAK OF DAWN, Book Three, is being reissued in mass market format. Of course, you’ll want to read the first two books in the series before that! To learn more, you can go a number of places—www.vampirebabylon.com, my blog, Facebook (at http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Marie-Green/1051327765 ) or Twitter (at http://twitter.com/ChrisMarieGreen ).

By commenting below, one person will win signed mass market copies of NIGHT RISING, Book One, and MIDNIGHT REIGN, Book Two.

Question of the day: What as-yet-unproduced paranormal series would you love to see on TV or the movies? Who would you cast in some main roles?

Have fun playing!


This contest will close tomorrow, January 27th, at 12pm ET.

Take Home Tuesday

UPDATE: The winner of THE IMMORTALITY OF INFLUENCE by Salome Thomas-El with Cecil Murphey is whateverfor! Congrats :)

Leave your name in the comment section to win THE IMMORTALITY OF INFLUENCE by Salome Thomas-El with Cecil Murphey. The winner will be announced tomorrow morning.

The 411: Influenced in no small part by the powerful mentors in his own youth, the award-winning educator and acclaimed author of I CHOOSE TO STAY offers a commonsense, inspiring road map to mentoring kids to thrive in today's challenging world--and creating a legacy of success for generations to come.

With over twenty years of experience helping hundreds of troubled children excel academically and personally, Salome Thomas-EL has an action plan that all of us--educators, businesspeople, volunteers, relatives, and everyday folks--can use to reach out to the young people in our lives.

By identifying the most important areas in which mentors can affect the lives of young people, Thomas-EL shows how you can be of influence in ways you may not expect. Whether you decide to provide a professional influence by exposing youth to the dynamics of the workplace, or a healthy influence by modeling participation in sports and showing how to make healthful food choices, or an influence in good character through interactions that demonstrate respect, friendship, and discipline, you'll find that the immortality of influence is achievable in every arena of life. Anything is possible when kids are given our time, taught to care for themselves and others, and led by our example--not only at home, but in the community at large. For any caring adult, this book is an essential guide to making a difference--not just for today, but forever.

Foreword by Will Smith.

Take Home Tuesday

UPDATE: The winner of KISMET by Monica Burns is Maureen! Please email your physical addy to contests(AT)knightagency.net. Congrats!

Leave your name in the comment section to win an autographed copy of KISMET by Monica Burns. The winner will be announced tomorrow morning.*

The 411: Raised in a brothel, Allegra Synnford quickly learned that survival meant taking charge of her destiny. Now, as a renowned courtesan skilled in the pleasures of the flesh, she vows she will never be vulnerable to any one man...

Sheikh Shaheen of the Amazigh has been hiding from his past for a long time, but not enough to forget how another courtesan made him abandon his life as the Viscount Newcastle. When Allegra ignites his desire, his need threatens to undermine his cover.

With old enemies circling, experience tells him he must resist her charms at all costs. But Allegra has her own game to play...with a man who can't afford to lose.

*SPECIAL NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: "Drawing is open to residents in US and other countries. Void where prohibited. Shipping/handling fees for shipment of book outside the US is responsibility of winner. International winners may pay the required postage via PayPal. To ensure as many readers as possible have a chance to win a copy of the book, Monica awards only one book per reader, per household."

Lucienne Diver Open Q&A on Barbara Vey's Beyond Her Book Blog

Today, TKA agent Lucienne Diver is the featured agent on Publisher's Weekly blogger Barbara Vey's blog! She's answering YOUR publishing questions in the comments, so make sure to stop by and drop her a line. Click here for Beyond Her Book.

Take Home Tuesday

UPDATE: The winner of A MERMAID'S RANSOM by Joey Hill is Cybercliper! Please email your physical addy to contests(AT)knightagency.net. Congrats!

Leave your name in the comment section to win a copy of A MERMAID'S RANSOM by Joey Hill. The winner will be announced tomorrow morning.

The 411: A story of two lovers who could not be more different.

Daughter to an angel and a mermaid, Alexis has grown up in peaceful waters. So when her nightmares begin, the mer-angel has little idea what to make of them. In her dream is the loneliest man Alexis has ever met-and she's strangely drawn to him. Until the night her dream comes true...

Born of a vampire and a Dark One, Dante only knows brutality. And although he's the leader of the underworld, he longs to escape it. How better than to hold for ransom the Prime Legion Commander's daughter? But there's one thing Dante never planned on-the way Alexis steals his heart.