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GIVEAWAY: The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig

December 2, 2010 by Darlene


For the first time in paperback, Lauren Willig’s 6th novel in the bestselling Pink Carnation series, The Betrayal of the Blood Lily, is due to be released January 4, 2011 from Penguin Group! Isn’t that just the most gorgeous cover; I’m just so excited to have a copy available for giveaway to my readers!

Here’s a bit about the book from Lauren Willig’s website:

Everyone warned Miss Penelope Deveraux that her unruly behavior would land her in disgrace someday. She never imagined she’d be whisked off to India to give the scandal of her hasty marriage time to die down. As Lady Frederick Staines, Penelope plunges into the treacherous waters of the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, where no one is quite what they seem—even her own husband. In a strange country where elaborate court dress masks even more elaborate intrigues and a spy called the Marigold leaves cobras as his calling card, there is only one person Penelope can trust….

Captain Alex Reid has better things to do than play nursemaid to a pair of aristocrats. He knows what their kind is like. Or so he thinks– until Lady Frederick Staines out-shoots, out-rides, and out-swims every man in the camp. She also has an uncanny ability to draw out the deadly plans of the Marigold and put herself in harm’s way. With danger looming from local warlords, treacherous court officials, and French spies, Alex realizes that an alliance with Lady Frederick just might be the only thing standing in the way of a plot designed to rock the very foundations of the British Empire.

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.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

I have 1 paperback copy of The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig available for giveaway to my readers. To enter…

  • For 1 entry leave a comment with a way to contact you.
  • For 2 entries follow my blog.
  • 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 winner on Wednesday, December 22, 2010. Good luck everyone!

Darlene

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  1. PoCoKat says

    December 2, 2010 at 10:10 pm

    Would love to win a copy!

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  2. PoCoKat says

    December 2, 2010 at 10:11 pm

    I follow on GFC.

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  3. Marie says

    December 2, 2010 at 10:46 pm

    This one looks great! I'd love to read it. Please enter me. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  4. Marie says

    December 2, 2010 at 10:47 pm

    I follow your blog via my Google Reader. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  5. Mystica says

    December 2, 2010 at 11:39 pm

    Why oh why are the most beautiful books with restrictions. Just delete this entry

  6. Pricilla says

    December 3, 2010 at 12:47 am

    Please enter me.
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  7. Pricilla says

    December 3, 2010 at 12:48 am

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  8. debbie says

    December 3, 2010 at 12:51 am

    This sounds really good, I would love to read it.
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  9. debbie says

    December 3, 2010 at 12:52 am

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  10. YzhaBella's BookShelf says

    December 3, 2010 at 1:28 am

    Please enter me!
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  11. chey says

    December 3, 2010 at 1:42 am

    This book sounds good!
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  12. Bethie says

    December 3, 2010 at 1:43 am

    Thanks for the giveaway.
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  14. Diane says

    December 3, 2010 at 2:13 am

    This sounds fascinating. Lots of great action!!! :O)

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    December 3, 2010 at 2:13 am

    I follow on Google friend connect.

  16. jacque says

    December 3, 2010 at 2:26 am

    Oooh….have to have this one! LOL

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  17. Scorpio M. says

    December 3, 2010 at 2:30 am

    I'd love to read this Pink Carnation book.

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  18. Scorpio M. says

    December 3, 2010 at 2:30 am

    I am a GFC follower.

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  19. missreneer says

    December 3, 2010 at 2:38 am

    This sounds like a great read. Thanks for the giveaway 🙂

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  20. missreneer says

    December 3, 2010 at 2:39 am

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  21. Carrie at In the Hammock Blog says

    December 3, 2010 at 3:54 am

    what a gorgeous cover!! i would love to read this, thanks for the chance to win!!

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  22. Carrie at In the Hammock Blog says

    December 3, 2010 at 3:54 am

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  23. Sherri says

    December 3, 2010 at 4:05 am

    Hi Dar, I love this author count me in for this giveaway!

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  24. Sherri says

    December 3, 2010 at 4:06 am

    I am a loyal follower of your blog!

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  25. ♥TanyaMarie♥ says

    December 3, 2010 at 8:32 am

    I want one!

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  26. ♥TanyaMarie♥ says

    December 3, 2010 at 8:32 am

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  27. Linda says

    December 3, 2010 at 2:38 pm

    I've been wanting to read this series, have the earlier books on my wish list. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  28. Linda says

    December 3, 2010 at 2:39 pm

    I am a follower through Google Reader. Thanks again for the giveaway.
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  29. naida says

    December 4, 2010 at 12:48 am

    What a pretty cover.
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  30. Brenda says

    December 4, 2010 at 2:13 am

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  31. Brenda says

    December 4, 2010 at 2:14 am

    I subscribe to your blog and follow through google.

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  32. Staci says

    December 4, 2010 at 2:18 am

    I read the first one in the series and loved it!!!

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  33. Little Tesoro says

    December 4, 2010 at 3:28 am

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  35. JenM says

    December 5, 2010 at 11:40 pm

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  36. Colleen Turner says

    December 6, 2010 at 8:33 pm

    I have wanted to get into this series! Please include me in the giveaway.
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  37. Colleen Turner says

    December 6, 2010 at 8:33 pm

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    December 9, 2010 at 3:04 pm

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    December 13, 2010 at 4:00 pm

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  43. Mishel (P.S. I Love Books) says

    December 15, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    I'd love a chance to win this =)

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  44. Zoë says

    December 18, 2010 at 10:17 pm

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  45. Zoë says

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  46. Moonlight Gleam says

    December 19, 2010 at 5:28 pm

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    December 19, 2010 at 10:18 pm

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  50. pixie13 says

    December 20, 2010 at 3:08 am

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  53. Anonymous says

    December 21, 2010 at 12:16 pm

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  54. The Giveaway Diva says

    December 24, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    would love to win! thanks so much!

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