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Book Spotlight: How I Came to Sparkle Again by Kaya McLaren & Giveaway(US/Canada)

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Today’s spotlight is for a book that sounds great and I really love the cover as well not to mention it’s been praised by Erica Bauermeister and Sarah Pekkanen – two of my favorite authors.  It’s called How I Came to Sparkle Again by Kaya McLaren and I hope to get a chance to read it at some point but my reading is suffering right now but that doesn’t mean I can’t share it with all of you instead.  So let’s see what the book is about, learn a bit about the author, and of course check out the giveaway at the end of the post!

 

About How I Came to Sparkle Again

Three people at the crossroads of heartbreak and healing. Three lives that will be changed one winter in Sparkle. One tender, funny, tear-jerking novel you won’t soon forget.

Jill Anthony spent her young adulthood in the ski town of Sparkle, Colorado. But more than a decade has passed since she left when, only weeks after a very late miscarriage, she finds her husband in bed with another woman, she flees Austin, Texas for the town she knows: Sparkle.

Lisa Carlucci wakes up one morning after another night of meaningless sex, looks in the mirror and realizes that she no longer wants to treat her body like a Holiday Inn. She’s going to hold out for love. The only problem is, love might come in the form of her ski bum best friend, who lives next door with his ski bum friends in a trailer known as “the Kennel.”

Cassie Jones, at age ten, has lost her mother to cancer and no longer believes in anything anymore. She knows her father is desperately worried about her, and she constantly looks for messages from her deceased mother through the heart-shaped rocks they once collected in the streams and hills of Sparkle.

Buy at: Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, B&N, and IndieBound

 

 

About Kaya McLaren

Kaya McLaren is also author of Church of the Dog. She lives and teaches on the east slope of Snoqualmie Pass in Washington State.

When Kaya’s not working, she likes to telemark ski, sit in hot springs, moonlight hike, and play in lakes with her dog, Big Cedar.

Kaya’s website
Kaya on Facebook

 

 

 

 

GIVEAWAY DETAILS (US/Canada)

I have one copy of How I Came to Sparkle Again by Kaya McLaren to share with my readers.  To enter…

  • For 1 entry leave me a comment entering the giveaway.
  • For 2 entries, follow my blog.  If you do, let me know, and I’ll pass the extra entry on to you as well.
  • For 3 entries, blog or tweet this giveaway.

This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents (no PO boxes) and I will draw for the winner on Saturday, October 27/12.  Good luck!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  2. Oh my goodness, this books sounds so good. And I absolutely LOVE the cover! Kind of reminds me of “Whistlin Dixie in a Nor’easter” with the gloved hand and snow.

    Please enter me!
    I am a follower.
    I posted it on my sidebar.

  6. Oh, this one sounds so good, and so real, if you know what I mean! I would love the chance to read it, so please do consider me for your giveaway, Dar!

    zibilee(at)figearo(dot)net

    I hope you are well. Going to check in this week!

  9. What a terrific sounding novel with not one but three plots knitted together. I’ve been hearing great things about it and am certainly looking forward to reading it.

    Thanks for sharing!

    conniecape@aol.com

    Follow you by e-mail.

  18. I have to admit, I saw the title and I immediately thought of Edward Cullen from Twilight. You know … cuz he sparkles in the sun!

  22. This sounds really good. Would love to win a copy.

    I do follow the blog and am going to also tweet!

  23. This one sounds goods and I am swayed by two of my favorite author’s blurbs too. Keeping your dad in my prayers for his upcoming surgery.

    I am a follower.

  24. Beautiful cover; and I love the three tiered storylines; thanks for the giveaway ^_^
    I am a follower (GFC and email)

  38. Hi Dar. This sounds like a really good book to curl up with. I’m definately puttin it on my TBR list no matter how long it’s getting. At least if I get snowed in this winter I’ll have plenty to read. lol Thanks for the chance to win it. I’m a follower & I tweeted. https://twitter.com/Dyniy/status/256733663184707585
    I hope your Dad is doing well.

  40. Sounds like a fun and interestin book. I just love the cover. Thanks for having this giveaway.

    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

  43. This sounds like the kind of book that I live.

    Am following via Twitter. @greenurlifenow

    Have tweeted the contest.

  44. This book looks incredible. I’ve seen many positive reviews for it already and I’m anxious to read it for myself. Thank you for the opportunity!

    jaidahsmommy(at)comcast(dot)net