A Valentine-ish Blog Hop: Entangled in Love

(Click here to check out what the other authors are giving away during the Entangled In Love blog hop!)

Michelle McLean, author of TO TRUST A THIEF (which I just reviewed today on Afterglow Book Reviews) is giving away a copy of her brand new book on her blog.

Enter to win here: Entangled in Love Blog Hop

Here's the trailer, as seen on usatoday.com:

Also, join the Entangled authors for a Twitter Party February 8th at 9pm EST.

The deets:
Date : February 8th, 2013.
Time : 9pm EST.
Hashtag : #EntangledInLove
What : We’ll be asking Valentine’s day related questions and each question has prizes to be won! Answer right for a chance to win some of the many awesome prizes!
Where : Follow the instructions below!
1. Go to http://tweetgrid.com/party2. Fill in the hash-tag as #EntangledInLove
3. Fill in the hosts
@entangledpub@totalbookaholic@babsbookbistro@anjanavasan
4. Enter your twitter handle, follow the tweets, answer the questions and you may just get lucky!
Don’t forget to mention the #EntangledInLove hashtag in your replies!
Good Luck!!

To Trust a Thief Cover Reveal and Release!

To Trust a Thief by Michelle McLean was released today!

I know, it's almost hard to keep track of all the awesome! But I'm very excited about Michelle's release, and not just because she's an Operation Awesome blogger. I've read this book and it is chill-inducing. The suspense and romantic tension are freaking delicious. 

I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I have. Here's the sexy cover:

Add it on goodreads

And the sexy/suspenseful blurb:

Minuette Sinclair's parents are in trouble and her fake fiancé is too. A legendary lost necklace might be their salvation, and Min is determined to find it and use it to buy her family and fiancé out of their misfortunes.

Master thief Bryant Westley is also looking for the fabled necklace. He knows Min’s got information he can use so he poses as her dance instructor and tries to seduce it from her. What he doesn’t count on are his feelings for her. He offers to partner up in the search – even though she is a distraction he can’t afford. 

Things become more complicated when Min realizes that her convenient engagement means more to her fake fiancé than her and that she’s fallen in love with Bryant. Bryant realizes that he can’t double cross the young lady he’s come to love. Can they find the necklace together and admit their love before it’s too late?

For release week, Michelle is hosting a real live treasure hunt, beginning on her blog today.

You could win this gorgeous Victorian bookmark: 

More prizes to follow in the coming week.

Want to know what treasures you will be hunting for?

Day 1 = a beautiful Victorian bookmark
Day 2 = a $25 gift card
Day 3 = a Shakespeare Insults clock (totally cute and hilarious)
Day 4 = a Minuette locket (a replica of the one in the book)
Day 5 = A NOOK COLOR!!!

Here are the Treasure Hunt blog stops:
Day 1 - Monday Jan 21st – Michelle's blog
Day 2 - Tuesday, January 22 -- Romance Junkies
Day 3 - Wednesday, January 23 -- Cocktails and Books
Day 4 - Thursday, January 24 -- Romance Book Junkies
Day 5 - Friday, January 25 -- Romance Reviews Today

So head on over to her blog and start hunting for treasure!




Buy it at Barnes and Noble 

Ooh, Scandalous! (Entangled's newest imprint: launched)

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USA Today posted interviews with Scandalous editors and authors yesterday in their piece:

It's a Scandalous Day: Entangled introduces its new imprint

There was a time when a mere glance at a handsome man, a seductive movement by a single woman or even a slight, knowing nod between couples would be cause for denunciation. Reputations were ruined; people were forced to flee to far-off lands to spare families from distasteful improprieties. Whatever became of these days of social morals and righteous standards? A time when men were men and women knew their place. Well, wonder no more. Welcome to the world of Scandalous, the newest imprint from Entangled Publishing.

Scandalous is historical, classical, sexy — romantic! Our tales are set between 900 and 1920s/1940s, anywhere from the lush hills of Ireland, Regency London, Renaissance Italy … or even the Viking age. These stories are bold, sexy and heartfelt, and can be funny, action-packed, mysterious or dramatic. They are full of romance, deception, love and, yes, honor between strong men and even stronger women. Wherever there's a masked ball, Scandalous will be there. Whenever there's a damsel in distress, Scandalous will be there. If there's a scoundrel to be had, Scandalous will have him.

Sounds great, right?

And great news for authors, Entangled's Scandalous line is looking for new authors! Check out their SUBMISSION GUIDELINES, which are deliciously detailed:

Specifically, we want:

• Quality, well-researched story-telling
• Authors who aren’t afraid to push creative boundaries
• Prolific authors who can write three to four books a year are a plus
• Time periods: 900–1950
• Heroines who are age 20+, confident, and can be unconventional (a scientist, for example). If absolutely necessary to story, heroine can be 18-19.
• Stories that feature an alpha male, whether he be the captain of a ship, royalty, or a warrior
• Realistic stories—no manipulation of history, or alternate history
• Although we are not a paranormal line, stories may contain light paranormal elements.
• Active, dialogue-rich stories, with a minimum of narrative and navel-gazing, but firmly ground the reader in the setting and culture
• Emotional depth depicted through strong conflict, theme, symbolism, and sub-text
• Stories focused on the heroine and hero falling in love
• Sensual stories, but the heat level should grow organically from the characters, their situations and emotions. We are not looking for erotica, but closed door is also fine on occasion.
• Manuscripts must be 60-70K words in length
• Revised backlist titles will be considered on a case-by-case basis
• We accept agented and un-agented submissions, although agented submissions will receive first priority in the slush pile 

This certainly describe's Michelle McLean's upcoming regency romance, Treasured Lies, which I am hotly anticipating. 



Check out her blog and anticipate with me.