Winner of Return to Paradise ARC!!

Really quickly I'd like to thank all of you for entering!! We had a total of 355 entries into the contest! Some of you are new followers, but most of you are returning, and some of you are my personal friends. I know contests are fun to enter and fun to win, but they're also fun for the host. And *this host* totally appreciates all of you for every single entry!

Out of 355 total entries, the winner is

CARIE SOTO

with 20/355 entries!!!!!!!

Carie, please send me an email to ljb (at) ljboldyrev (dot) com with your mailing address!! Congrats! If you do not contact me by Sunday, I'll have to chose a new winner, so please make sure you email me.

If you didn't win this time, there will be more contests, including a chance to win REBEL MOON signed by me. Thanks again, guys!

Beautiful Creatures Winner!!

This really surprised me! First I want to thank everyone who entered, whether you had 1 entry or 10. We had 72 people enter with a total of 292 entries! And now, on to the results!

NICKIE T!!!!

BuzzMyBlog Contest Winner Picker

Random Entry Selected:	33
Odds of Winning:	1 in 292
Entry Data:	1, Nickie

Thanks again! Nickie, I'll drop you an email for your shipping info. If I do not hear back within 48 hours, I will be picking a new winner.

I'll be doing more contests in the future, so keep a look out! In the meantime hop over to my critique group blog for a chance to win a signed RADIANT SHADOWS by Melissa Marr!

Winner of Lisa Schroeder's IHY,YHM

And the winner of Lisa Schroeder's I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME (my personal copy! And the first book I have EVER parted with) is...

RAILA!!!!!!

Random Entry Selected:	9
Odds of Winning:	5 in 133
Entry Data:	5, Raila

I attended a live chat with Lisa on MundieMoms blog last night, some of you may also have attended, and when asked if she had any advice for aspiring authors, Lisa said this:

"My advice is to read a lot, and then write as much as you can. And when you are writing a story, don't worry about what others think. Write the story for YOU and write to see what will happen because YOU want to know. I get so many letters from teens trying to write and worried if it's "good enough" and a first draft is never good enough. It's about getting the story down and telling it to yourself, you know?"

Oh, we know. Thanks, Lisa! And thanks to all who entered my contest! *hugs*

Girl meets boy.

Girl loses boy.

Girl gets boy back...

...sort of.

Ava can't see him or touch him, unless she's dreaming. She can't hear hisvoice, except for the faint whispers in her mind. Most would think she'scrazy, but she knows he's here.

Jackson. The boy Ava thought she'd spend the rest of her life with. He's back from the dead, as proof that love truly knows no bounds.