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tgifbm! Bleeding Violet & Brightly Woven!

you WANT these two debut novels. trust me.
they are both wonderful and very different
fantasy novels.

bleedingviolet

Love can be a dangerous thing….

Hanna simply wants to be loved. With a head plagued by hallucinations, a medicine cabinet full of pills, and a closet stuffed with frilly, violet dresses, Hanna’s tired of being the outcast, the weird girl, the freak. So she runs away to Portero, Texas in search of a new home.

But Portero is a stranger town than Hanna expects. As she tries to make a place for herself, she discovers dark secrets that would terrify any normal soul. Good thing for Hanna, she’s far from normal. As this crazy girl meets an even crazier town, only two things are certain: Anything can happen and no one is safe.

brightlywoven

Sydelle Mirabil is living proof that, with a single drop of rain, a life can be changed forever. Tucked away in the farthest reaches of the kingdom, her dusty village has suffered under the weight of a strangely persistent drought. That is, of course, until a wizard wanders into town and brings the rain with him.

In return for this gift, Wayland North is offered any reward he desires—and no one is more surprised than Sydelle when, without any explanation, he chooses her. Taken from her home, Sydelle hardly needs encouragement to find reasons to dislike North. He drinks too much and bathes too little, and if that isn’t enough to drive her to madness, North rarely even uses the magic he takes such pride in possessing. Yet, it’s not long before she realizes there’s something strange about the wizard, who is as fiercely protective of her as he is secretive about a curse that turns his limbs a sinister shade of black and leaves him breathless with agony. Unfortunately, there is never a chance for her to seek answers.

Along with the strangely powerful quakes and storms that trace their path across the kingdom, other wizards begin to take an inexplicable interest in her as well, resulting in a series of deadly duels. Against a backdrop of war and uncertainty, Sydelle is faced with the growing awareness that these events aren’t as random as she had believed—that no curse, not even that of Wayland North, is quite as terrible as the one she herself may carry.

…

awesome, right?
win BOTH books when you tweet, fb status,
LJ or blog about contest and link to this
post! make sure you comment with your link
below. i’ll choose a winner some time next
wednesday, 6/30. this contest is open to all!
good luck!!

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33 Comments

  1. Mariska H
    Posted June 21, 2010 at 5:01 pm | Permalink

    I WANT THEM !! I haven’t read any of them.

    i tweeted : http://twitter.com/becunique/status/16734607864

  2. Brittany Landgrebe
    Posted June 21, 2010 at 5:08 pm | Permalink

    Awesome giveaway! Sooo excited to read both of them. Thank you!

    http://twitter.com/BLandgrebe/status/16735074450

  3. Haley
    Posted June 22, 2010 at 8:25 am | Permalink

    Two of the best books ever, and I still haven’t read them. Awesome contest! :)

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/EmoEclipse/status/16782171298

  4. Abby Ang
    Posted June 22, 2010 at 4:29 pm | Permalink

    This is such a coincidence. I not only have your book right now, but also Brightly Woven. And enjoying the latter immensely! I’d never heard about it before, but it seems right now I’m finding it EVERYWHERE. Wow.

    I saw your Chinese brush paintings – so beautiful!

  5. Abby Ang
    Posted June 22, 2010 at 4:30 pm | Permalink

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/toothpickmusic somewhere here. I’m not sure how to pinpoint individual tweets, sorry!

  6. stacy
    Posted June 22, 2010 at 6:55 pm | Permalink

    Very interested in Bleeding Violet. Tweeted & FBed here: http://twitter.com/stacylwhitman/status/16819053380 & on FB, which I can’t link.

  7. Abby Ang
    Posted June 22, 2010 at 7:39 pm | Permalink

    Aha, figured it out! http://twitter.com/toothpickmusic/status/16810096434

  8. Judy
    Posted June 22, 2010 at 8:13 pm | Permalink

    Would love these two books!

    On both blog and twitter:
    http://twitter.com/judyilin/statuses/16823714364

    http://www.gotawaywithwords.com/getaway/?p=90

  9. SarahO
    Posted June 22, 2010 at 9:22 pm | Permalink

    I do indeed want those books!

    http://twitter.com/srolutola/status/16827725793

  10. Llehn
    Posted June 23, 2010 at 2:12 am | Permalink

    Oooooooo … I love those two books!!

    Tweeted and FBed :D

  11. Lauren
    Posted June 23, 2010 at 2:20 am | Permalink

    Oooo. I would hug them and love them and call them George.

    Tweeted it: http://twitter.com/LaurenDeStefano/status/16840057995

  12. Kiirsi
    Posted June 23, 2010 at 3:09 am | Permalink

    Nice!! Thanks for doing this contest. My tweet: http://twitter.com/Kiirs/status/16842151902

  13. Natasha
    Posted June 23, 2010 at 9:13 am | Permalink

    Loving “Brightly Woven”. I have a feeling I will want to read this one over and over!

  14. Shy
    Posted June 24, 2010 at 12:04 pm | Permalink

    Am I allowed to beg you to pick me as the winner? *lol*

    Anyways, these books have been on my TBR for awhile and I heard both are awesome! Thanks so much for this giveaway. I’ve done these for the extra entries:

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/shy8629/status/16956611646

    Sidebar: http://bibliophiles-journal.blogspot.com/ (Don’t know if this counts)

    I also FB’ed but I don’t know how to link it. Really hope I’d get lucky this time. Thank you so much!

    For the last time: Pick me, Pick me, Pick me! Haha, OK, I’m done begging. Thanks again!

  15. Darlyn
    Posted June 25, 2010 at 3:29 am | Permalink

    First of all, thanks so much for the generosity for holding the giveaway. The books surely sounds great!

    Blog sidebar: http://darlynandbooks.blogspot.com

    Tweeted here: http://twitter.com/darlyn5/status/17005874161

    Post on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/editprofile.php#!/w.noorazlinda?v=wall&story_fbid=132718686758220&ref=mf

    thanks so much!

  16. Natalie Whipple
    Posted June 25, 2010 at 7:35 am | Permalink

    Okay, so I want these. Very much. I blogged about your contest: http://betweenfactandfiction.blogspot.com/2010/06/friday-sketch-stuff.html

  17. deb
    Posted June 25, 2010 at 11:34 am | Permalink

    I twittered, fb’d and now am commenting and wish with every fibre of every pore of every bit of my being that my name comes out of the hat, lol.

    Here is the twitter link:

    http://twitter.com/WriterDebM/status/17038452356

    Thanks so much for this, Cindy!

  18. Spav
    Posted June 25, 2010 at 6:11 pm | Permalink

    I’ve been dying to read those books.
    Pick me, please!!!!

    Tweet: http://twitter.com/Sparima/status/17060058546

  19. Natalie
    Posted June 25, 2010 at 6:24 pm | Permalink

    Ooo….you’re my new favorite person! Lol. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Tweeted it here

    ~Natalie

  20. Lisa B.
    Posted June 25, 2010 at 6:37 pm | Permalink

    Both these books have been on the top of my wish list since they came out. I’ve got my fingers crossed!

    I tweeted. http://twitter.com/LisaMBasso/status/17061176426

  21. Sara (The Hiding Spot)
    Posted June 25, 2010 at 6:39 pm | Permalink

    I feel like, since I won your contest once, I’ll never win again. But I’m trying anyway! :)

    TEAM NATE. :P

    Tweet: http://twitter.com/thehidingspot/status/17061721019

  22. Cassandra C
    Posted June 25, 2010 at 6:48 pm | Permalink

    I’ve tweet would make an awesome bday present

    http://twitter.com/CassayC

  23. Bianca
    Posted June 25, 2010 at 6:51 pm | Permalink

    http://twitter.com/Bianca1946/status/17062434030
    There’s my link!!

    Thank you so much!

  24. Cassandra
    Posted June 25, 2010 at 7:43 pm | Permalink

    I’m not sure which one I’m anticipating more. They’re both at the same level, I think. I’d love to win them!

    I (re)tweeted: http://twitter.com/cc9309/status/17065513248

    :)

  25. Alison
    Posted June 26, 2010 at 9:07 am | Permalink

    Ooooh, thanks for the awesome giveaway !
    I tweeted:

    http://twitter.com/DreamBelieve3/status/17104969508

  26. Okapi
    Posted June 26, 2010 at 6:11 pm | Permalink

    Thanks these books are awesome!

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/faellie_lupe/status/17132806336

    xicecreamsjx@aol.com

  27. Travis
    Posted June 27, 2010 at 9:32 am | Permalink

    Awesome!
    http://twitter.com/Travis_Pearson/status/17181730255

  28. Jeremy West
    Posted June 27, 2010 at 9:57 am | Permalink

    Awesome giveaway! I’ve been wanting to read these! http://twitter.com/JeremyWest/status/17183002295

  29. Anja K.
    Posted June 27, 2010 at 10:41 am | Permalink

    Great contest! Thank so much! :)

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/AnyaKapllani/status/17185630150

  30. Adam R. Stephens
    Posted June 27, 2010 at 10:46 am | Permalink

    These are great giveaway books! Thanks for doing the contest! http://twitter.com/adam_r_stephens/status/17185847671

  31. Gaby @ Starting Fresh
    Posted June 27, 2010 at 11:31 am | Permalink

    These look so good! Thanks so much for holding the contest.

    Just tweeted:

    http://twitter.com/startingfreshny

  32. bookaholic
    Posted June 28, 2010 at 10:59 am | Permalink

    I WANT THEM!! please…
    I Tweeted- http://twitter.com/Debasmitadhar/status/17271825558
    Facebook link- http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000126953872&v=wall&story_fbid=128359853868180
    Sidebar link- http://bookaholicsoye.blogspot.com/ (under ‘Contests’ in the right sidebar)
    Live Journal post-http://bookaholic-d.livejournal.com/3356.html

    Thank you so much!

  33. Ruth (Book Focus)
    Posted June 29, 2010 at 3:10 am | Permalink

    Ooh cool! I really want BRIGHTLY WOVEN, haven’t heard as much about BLEEDING VIOLET but it looks pretty cool in a very different way! :)

    I tweeted about this: http://twitter.com/phyntosia/status/17324449817

    Thanks so much for the giveaway!

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