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GIVEAWAY: The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig & Holiday Ornaments!

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The holidays are almost upon us everyone and I’m very excited to offer up a great giveaway to my readers – I have 2 copies of The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig, being released on October 28/10, and 2 uniquely designed Mischief of the Mistletoe holiday ornaments perfect for any Christmas tree up for grabs! I know a few of you are followers of Lauren Willig’s Pink Carnation series and have enticed me into wanting to read them as well. I have the first few books on my eReader ready to go and I hope to delve into them soon.

The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig sounds delightful. Here’s a bit about the book from Lauren Willig’s website:

Arabella Dempsey’s dear friend Jane Austen warned her against teaching. But Miss Climpson’s Select Seminary for Young Ladies seems the perfect place for Arabella to claim her independence while keeping an eye on her younger sisters nearby. Just before Christmas, she accepts a position at the quiet girls’ school in Bath, expecting to face nothing more exciting than conducting the annual Christmas recital. She hardly imagines coming face to face with French aristocrats and international spies…

Reginald “Turnip” Fitzhugh—often mistaken for the elusive spy known as the Pink Carnation—has blundered into danger before. But when he blunders into Miss Arabella Dempsey, it never occurs to him that she might be trouble. When Turnip and Arabella stumble upon a beautifully wrapped Christmas pudding with a cryptic message written in French, “Meet me at Farley Castle”, the unlikely vehicle for intrigue launches the pair on a Yuletide adventure that ranges from the Austens’ modest drawing room to the awe-inspiring estate of the Dukes of Dovedale, where the Dowager Duchess is hosting the most anticipated event of the year: an elaborate 12-day Christmas celebration. Will they find poinsettias or peril, dancing or danger? And is it possible that the fate of the British Empire rests in Arabella and Turnip’s hands, in the form of a festive Christmas pudding?

About the Author (from Lauren Willig’s website)

A native of New York City, Lauren Willig has been writing romances ever since she got her hands on her first romance novel at the age of six. Three years later, she sent her first novel off to a publishing house—all three hundred hand-written pages. They sent it back. Undaunted, Lauren has continued to generate large piles of paper and walk in front of taxis while thinking about plot ideas.

After thirteen years at an all girls school (explains the romance novels, doesn’t it?), Lauren set off for Yale and co-education, where she read lots of Shakespeare, wrote sonnet sequences when she was supposed to be doing her science requirement, and lived in a Gothic fortress complete with leaded windows and gargoyles. After college, she decided she really hadn’t had enough school yet, and headed off to that crimson place in Cambridge, Massachusetts for a degree in English history. Like her modern heroine, she spent a year doing dissertation research in London, tramping back and forth between the British Library and the Public Records Office, reading lots of British chick lit, and eating far too many Sainsbury’s frozen dinners.

By a strange quirk of fate, Lauren signed her first book contract during her first month of law school. She finished writing “Pink Carnation” during her 1L year, scribbled “Black Tulip” her 2L year, and struggled through “Emerald Ring” as a weary and jaded 3L. After three years of taking useful and practical classes like “Law in Ancient Athens” and “The Globalization of the Modern Legal Consciousness”, Lauren received her J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. For a year and a half, she practiced as a litigation associate at a large New York law firm. But having attained the lofty heights of second year associate, she decided that book deadlines and doc review didn’t mix and departed the law for a new adventure in full time writerdom.

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GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Two lucky winners will win one copy of The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren along with one of these beautiful ornaments (courtesy of Penguin Group USA)…


To enter:

  • For 1 entry leave me a comment with a way to contact you.
  • For 2 entries tell me what your favorite Christmas book is if you have one.
  • For 3 entries blog or tweet this giveaway to spread the word.

This giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents only (no PO boxes) and I will be drawing for the winners on November 6/10. Good luck everyone!

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  4. Oh, I love reading Christmas stories/novels all through December, and that ornament looks wonderful!
    Please count me in 🙂

    My e-mail is:
    estrella [dot] azul20 [at] gmail [dot] com

  5. I love a lot of Christmas related novels and stories, so forgive me if I cheat just a tad by saying my favorite is a collection:
    Dickens, The Christmas Books – A christmas carol, The chimes, The cricket on the hearth 🙂

  6. I am ready to say good-bye to vampires and things that go bump in the night. Thanks for offering this giveaway.
    jgoffice(at) cox (dot) net

  7. My favorite Chrismtas book has to be The Christmas Carol by Dickens.
    Every year our local theater puts on The Chrismas Carol – it wouldn't be Christmas without a visit from the ghosts of Christmas 🙂

  8. Count me in, I love Lauren's Pink Carnation series! The only Christmas Book I can think of off the top of my head that I liked is Lisa Kleypas' A Wallflower Christmas.

    Thanks for the drawing!

    ktleyed at g mail dot com

  10. I'd love to read this one, sounds so sweet.

    Favorite "Christmas" story is Laura Ingalls Wilder's, Little House In The Big Woods. The family celebrates Christmas in the most loving way.

    jenma76 at hotmail dot com

  13. I can't think of a specific Christmas book, but I do like the anthologies that come out every year.

    Margay1122(at)aol(dot)com

  14. I would love to win this one, so please do include me in your giveaway! Thanks for hosting it!

    zibilee(at)figearo(dot)net

  15. What a great giveaway! The book sounds wonderful, and I love pretty ornaments.

    Second entry: Favorite Christmas book is The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell. Such a sweet story with a wonderful lesson on giving from the heart.

    lcbrower40(at)gmail(dot)com

  16. Great giveaway. I love the Pink Carnation series. The ornaments are lovely. Please enter me. Thanks.

    mparke[at]mts[dot]net

  17. I really like the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas". Oh and "The Christmas Carol" by Dickens.

    Thanks again for the giveaway.

    mparke[at]mts[dot]net

  18. This looks like a cute piece for the holidays! I work in retail and any way to stay in the holiday mood is welcomed! Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  19. One of my longtime faves is the classic, The Night Before Christmas. Another yearly read is A Cup of Christmas Tea by Tom Hegg.
    JHolden955(at)gmial(dot)com

  25. My favorite Christmas book was the pop up and candy book that my Uncle Louie gave me when I was ten. It had converyor belts for the toys being made by the elves, peppermint candies, you name it. I don't know what it was named because I wore it out!

    CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

  34. Two of my favorite things – books and Christmas ornaments. Please enter me! milou2ster(at)gmail.com

  38. I absolutely love novels set during the Christmas season. Thank you for the chance to win a copy of The Mischief of the Mistletoe.

    Smiles,
    Cindy W.

    countrybear52[at]yahoo[dot]com

  39. I guess one of my favorite Christmas books will always be How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Ya just gotta love it.

    Blessings,
    Cindy W.

    countrybear52[at]yahoo[dot]com

  42. What a fantastic giveaway. I love this series and hope you get to it soon!

    nisethusfarATyahooDOTcom

  46. I loved an Irish Country Village Christmas…that series is great
    rlawrence110(at)yahoo(dot)com

  48. Hi and Happy Friday! 🙂 I so can't wait for this one; I love her books, and this one, well, it has a cameo with Jane Austen! How much better can one get! 🙂

    Lois
    OV_099@yahoo.com

  49. And a favorite that I have is one of my first Christmas romances that I happened on when I started reading romances — Tis the Season by Vicki Lewis Thompson. Always bring it out every Christmas to reread. 🙂

    Lois
    OV_099@yahoo.com

  50. Love Lauren's series. Gift of the Magi is a favorite classic.

    pambook@ alternate pamreads @mail.com

  52. Well, I haven't read it for a long time, but perhaps I could mention 'Little Women' which seems a bit Chrismas spirited in the timing of the opening chapters and the sentiments learned by the characters. Thanks!

    jemima-p AT hotmail dot com

  53. I love Christmas stories. I shelve all these books in a separate section of my library.

    Please enter my name in the giveaway for the book. Thanks!

    pboylecharley AT hotmail DOT com

  58. I love Christmas books and anything with Jane Austen in it, so would love to win this book. And I collect as many different ornaments as I can for my tree, ones that will have a meaning.

    I'm so sorry to hear about your Buddy. I lost a wonderful kitty last year after 16 years of love in the same manner. Peace.

    pamhastings1 at gmail dot com

  59. I would love to win this book and the ornaments! Thanks for hosting this, Darlene.

    I've posted this in my blog's sidebar.

    I really enjoy A Christmas Carol, and many other Christmas books and stories.

    suko95(at)gmail(dot)com

  62. I just love Christmas! I love the decorating, the smells of the holiday, the cooks…just everything! This book sounds so good and I love that it incorporates one of my favorite holidays.
    Thanks,
    candc320@gmail.com

  64. This would be a great book to read this time of year. I think I would enjoy it very much. Please enter me. Thanks!

    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

  66. I love to read holiday books – it gets me in the mood. Thanks for the giveaway!
    megalon22 at yahoo dot com

  70. My favorite Christmas book is A Christmas Carol. I also like the Christmas Shoes.

    nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net
    #1

  71. My favorite Christmas book is A Christmas Carol. I also like the Christmas Shoes.

    nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net
    #2