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| Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin |
All right folks guess what? Here's some words you wouldn't normally see on this blog I'm super excited for a Harlequin title! That's right, the (in)famous romance novel seller has hooked me. All it took was for them to cross over into one of my other favorite things to obsess over--Asia. So let's talk Butterfly Swords!
Synopsis:
Journey to the very edge of honor, loyalty . . . and love
During China’s infamous Tang Dynasty, a time awash with luxury, yet littered with deadly intrigues and fallen royalty, betrayed Princess Ai Li flees before her wedding.
Miles from home, with only her delicate butterfly swords for a defense, she enlists the reluctant protection of a blue-eyed warrior…
Battle-scarred, embittered Ryam has always held his own life at cheap value. Ai Li’s innocent trust in him and honorable, stubborn nature make him desperate to protect her – which means not seducing the first woman he has ever truly wanted….
Honestly speaking there is not a whole lot of Asian romance titles out there. And of the ones I can name, none are historically set. This makes me a sad sad girl. (and if you can prove me wrong on this, then please do so!) Almost as much as I love reading is my love of Asian historical dramas. So yes excitement all around for me!
Even better there will be a short story avail in September called The Taming of Mei Lin! Oh Harlequin you know the way to my heart.
The author, Jeannie Lin, is having a Launch Contest Supreme during her whirlwind September/October blog tour and we all can get in on it early. She's giving away books, swag and A SWORD. That's right, a SWORD.
Right now, for those of you who are part of NetGalley, you can request the book for download to review in fact. And if you review it, head over to the Dear Author page set up just for Butterfly Swords' Reviews! As if I needed another reason to love this site.
AND because I'm so excited I'm going to run my own contest to win the book and swag.
In October Jeannie will be at the NJ Romance Writer's Literary Festival, which I will be going to and trying not to fangirl all over her (I don't want to scare her!). As part of this contest I'll buy the Grand Prize Winner a brand spanking new copy of the book and have it autographed by Jeannie to them!
The Prizes:
--Grand Prize: An autographed copy of the book, Butterfly Swords, a mix CD of my favorite Asian artists, a book mark and postcard
--10 Runner Ups: Bookmarks and postcards
DA RULES:
- Open to anyone the Book Depository ships to
- Contest runs from today (August 18, 2010) to October 11, 2010
- Each entry must have your name and a way to contact you
- blog about Jeannie's Launch Contest +5
- tweet this contest (once daily) +1 (each tweet)
- Review Butterfly Swords or The Taming of Mei Lin +10 (for each)
- Become a follower/tell you are a follower +1
- If you are hosting Jeannie on your blog during her Tour, please let me know and it will nab you an additional +10 points
