cindy pon
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time travel, fairy tales and immortals, oh my!

hello dear readers! congrats to jay eckert
on winning the monster comic con giveaway.
thanks to all who entered. and today, is another
Thank Goodness It’s Free Books Monday day!

i’m giving away three great young adult reads,
including two arcs from my own publisher,
greenwillow books. i enjoyed all of them and i
know you will too!

everlasting

Sailing aboard her father’s trade ship is all seventeen-year-old Camille Rowen has ever wanted. But as a girl of society in 1855 San Francisco, her future is set: marry a man she doesn’t love, or condemn herself and her father to poverty.

On her final voyage before the wedding, the stormy arms of the Tasman Sea claim her father, and a terrible family secret is revealed. A secret intertwined with a fabled map, the mother Camille has long believed dead, and an ancient stone that wields a dangerous—and alluring—magic.

The only person Camille can depend on is Oscar, a handsome young sailor whom she is undeniably drawn to. Torn between trusting her instincts and keeping her promises to her father, Camille embarks on a perilous quest into the Australian wilderness to find the enchanted stone. As she and Oscar elude murderous bushrangers and unravel Camille’s father’s lies, they come closer to making the ultimate decision of who—and what—matters most.

Beautifully written and feverishly paced, Everlasting is an unforgettable journey of passion, secrecy, and adventure.

wildwing

Addy knows there’s so much more to life than what she has. She must be destined for more than being a maid to an eccentric elderly man. And so when she finds a mysterious contraption in the gentleman’s study, of course she steps inside. Of course she bumps into the wrong button. Suddenly Addy is in medieval England, mistaken for the young woman betrothed to the lord of the nearby manor. It’s destiny. But is it home? And will she ever find her way back to her own time? Will she want to, once she’s met the shy, handsome falconer’s apprentice?

entwined

Azalea and her younger sisters dance in the mysterious silver forest every night, escaping from the sadness of the palace and their father’s grief. What they don’t understand—although as time passes they begin to get an inkling of the danger they are in—is that the mysterious and dashing Keeper is tightening his snare with deadly purpose. Luckily, Azalea is brave and steadfast. Luckily, a handsome young army captain also has his eye on Azalea. . . . Lush, romantic, and compelling, this debut novel by Heather Dixon will thrill fans of Shannon Hale, Robin McKinley, and Edith Pattou.

don’t they all sound fantastic?
well they are all great reads. so in order
to win the hardcover of Everlasting and the
ARCs for Wildwing and Entwined, please tweet,
fb, lj, blog and link to this contest! make sure
you share the link in this post!

contest is open until monday, 9/20, when i’ll
choose a winner at random. my regrets that this
contest is open to US addresses only, once again,
as sending three books can be quite costly international.

good luck!!

This entry was written by cindy pon, posted on September 6, 2010 at 4:24 pm, filed under books, contest. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

42 Comments

  1. John
    Posted September 6, 2010 at 4:37 pm | Permalink

    I LOVED LOVED LOVED Everlasting, and Entwined and Wildwing look wonderful. You and I also have similar tastes…so I trust that these will be tres excellent reads.

    http://twitter.com/DreamingReviews/status/23190881797

    :) Thanks for having a giveaway of such epic proportions!

  2. Chloe
    Posted September 6, 2010 at 5:08 pm | Permalink

    Awesome choices, as always! Thanks for the giveaway :D

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/chloeeesays/statuses/23193200926

  3. Dani Samson
    Posted September 6, 2010 at 5:22 pm | Permalink

    These look soooooooo good! :)

    http://twitter.com/Danidlion/status/23194193583

  4. Barrie Summy
    Posted September 6, 2010 at 7:02 pm | Permalink

    Wouldn’t it be wild if I won a book here? You could deliver it to me over lunch!!

  5. cindy pon
    Posted September 6, 2010 at 7:04 pm | Permalink

    barrie, it would be wild! like we are! hee!!

  6. Eve
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 2:27 am | Permalink

    Thank you for doing this :)
    twitter: http://twitter.com/eve15
    journal: http://yifu.dreamwidth.org/55123.html

  7. Michelle McLean
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 6:17 am | Permalink

    Ooo I’d buy all of those books for the covers alone – gorgeous! And the stories sound awesome as well :)

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/michellemclean/statuses/23240353214

    Facebooked: http://www.facebook.com/#!/michelle.m.mclean

  8. Jacqueline Kirk
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 6:45 am | Permalink

    Love the cover for Entwined! Shame I live in Scotland! : )

  9. K. Marie Criddle
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 8:41 am | Permalink

    I’ve heard so much about all three, but I’ve been dying to get my hands on Entwined! Fab contest, Cindy…and I’m so excited to have stumbled upon your work!

  10. Natasha M. Heck
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 8:56 am | Permalink

    RT’d @natashamheck These books are on my to read list. Thanks for another great contest!

    -N

  11. K. Marie Criddle
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 9:05 am | Permalink

    Oh yes, and I RT’d. Yay!

  12. Abby
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 11:07 am | Permalink

    Tweeted! Looking forward to reading these books, whether I win or not. Yay!

    http://twitter.com/toothpickmusic/status/23263098456

  13. Erica
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 12:49 pm | Permalink

    Wildwing and Entwined look absolutely fantastic! I adore the covers for both and both books sound brilliant!

    I tweeted: http://twitter.com/thebookcellarx/status/23269530758

  14. Emily H.
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 12:50 pm | Permalink

    I tweeted:

    http://twitter.com/eheinlen/statuses/23269636382

  15. Jessica Secret
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 12:52 pm | Permalink

    I tweeted: http://twitter.com/Pinkhair/status/23269699680

    Thanks for the contest!

  16. Jenny
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 1:01 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for the contest! These books look so great!

    tweet: http://twitter.com/mimosastimulus/status/23270178326

  17. Christine D
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 1:23 pm | Permalink

    Entwined is on my TBR list! It looks amazing! As does Everlasting. :)

    I tweeted: http://twitter.com/geekcdunbar/status/23271726948

  18. Andye
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 5:15 pm | Permalink

    I’ve been wanting to get my hands on ALL of these! Fantastic contest, thanks so much!

    http://twitter.com/ReadingTeen/status/23869969520

  19. Kailia Sage
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 5:17 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for this great contest!
    I tweeted:
    http://twitter.com/KailiaSage/status/23870283776

  20. Monica @ The Ramblings of a Book Addict
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 5:25 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for the great contest! All of these books sound so good!

    Tweet: http://twitter.com/RamblingBA/status/23870875937

  21. April X.
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 5:41 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for the contest :D
    http://twitter.com/ramen_addict/status/23872051061

  22. Kai
    Posted September 7, 2010 at 6:12 pm | Permalink

    Oh wow, just when I added Entwined to my TBR list! Thanks for such an awesome contest!

    I tweeted: http://twitter.com/amaterasureads/status/23874564277

  23. Dara
    Posted September 8, 2010 at 6:31 am | Permalink

    The last one sounds a bit like the Twelve Dancing Princesses–I love that fairy tale! And I’ve read Emily Whitman’s last book Radiant Darkness–the one about Persephone and Hades–and LOVED it!

    Here’s my tweet:
    http://twitter.com/dmarie84/status/23918688512

  24. Laura Hartness
    Posted September 8, 2010 at 9:03 am | Permalink

    Fantastic giveaway! Thanks so much! Here are my entries:

    **Tweet:
    http://twitter.com/lhartness/status/23929223175

    **Facebook:
    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/posted.php?id=285333505029&share_id=140162392693333&comments=1#s140162392693333

    **Goodreads status update:
    http://www.goodreads.com/user_status/show/3582324

    **Goodreads Group Post:
    http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/401143-giveaway-entwined-everlasting-and-wildwing#comment_20749626

    **My Blog Sidebar:
    http://CalicoCritic.blogspot.com

    **Blog Post:
    http://calicocritic.blogspot.com/2010/09/wednesday-contest-report-september-8th.html

    Thanks for sharing!

    Laura Hartness
    The CalicoCritic
    CalicoCritic at gmail dot com

  25. Shaylin G
    Posted September 8, 2010 at 2:17 pm | Permalink

    Wow! 3 books!? And they all look incredible!

    http://www.facebook.com/cindy.pon?ref=name#!/shay.la.11?v=wall&story_fbid=151190654903957

    http://twitter.com/shay_la11/status/23952044511

    http://shayla-addiction.blogspot.com/2010/09/time-travel-fairy-tales-and-immortals.html

  26. Audra
    Posted September 8, 2010 at 6:01 pm | Permalink

    just tweeted, and will do a post tomorrow when my brain is less sticky! Thanks for the lovely giveaway!

  27. Kimberly B.
    Posted September 8, 2010 at 7:18 pm | Permalink

    Wow, these sound great! I tweeted about the giveaway here:
    http://twitter.com/KimBea/status/23974561695

    Thanks for the great giveaway!

  28. Heather Gardner
    Posted September 9, 2010 at 6:48 am | Permalink

    LOVED Everlasting and the other two look just divine!

  29. Amanda
    Posted September 9, 2010 at 3:12 pm | Permalink

    http://twitter.com/strawbettie_jay/status/24051464588

    http://thesugarcanegrind.tumblr.com/post/1093985680/ombga-oh-my-book-give-away

  30. Kelsey
    Posted September 9, 2010 at 3:42 pm | Permalink

    Fab Contest!! I’m dying for Entwined and Wildwing :)

    Tweeted:
    http://twitter.com/xthebookscoutx/status/24054015604

    Thanks!

  31. Crystal Meyer
    Posted September 9, 2010 at 4:25 pm | Permalink

    Absolutely retweeted! http://twitter.com/cindypon/status/24051136292

    Those all look so good- especially Entwined! I can’t wait for that one! :D

  32. Sylvia
    Posted September 9, 2010 at 4:49 pm | Permalink

    Thanks so much for this contest! I can’t wait to read all three books!

    http://twitter.com/sylveeya/status/24059379652

  33. Yan
    Posted September 10, 2010 at 11:40 am | Permalink

    Opps, jump the gun with that comment. Thanks for the contest Cindy! :D

  34. Alison
    Posted September 10, 2010 at 12:44 pm | Permalink

    Ooooh, these books sounds fantastic! Thank you a ton for giving them away :)

    Tweet:
    http://twitter.com/DreamBelieve3/status/24136085486

  35. Margo West
    Posted September 10, 2010 at 12:51 pm | Permalink

    These books sound incredible! Thanks for having this :)

    Tweet: http://twitter.com/MargoWest/status/24136463106

  36. Erica O.
    Posted September 11, 2010 at 7:25 am | Permalink

    I would love to win these books, but i don’t have twitter or a facebook. :(

  37. Heather Z.
    Posted September 13, 2010 at 5:51 pm | Permalink

    I tweeted it, but I have no idea how to do a direct link to it. But I @replied you, so I hope that counts.

  38. Violet
    Posted September 14, 2010 at 9:17 am | Permalink

    Thank you for giving away so many fun books! :)

    Blog post: http://theeagerreaders.blogspot.com/2010/09/flower-friday-hollyhock-fridays-fab.html

  39. Lynsey Newton
    Posted September 16, 2010 at 9:47 am | Permalink

    Thank you for the contest! I have a US mailing address and I tweeted…

    http://twitter.com/lynseynewton/status/24684265172

  40. Briana (The Book Pixie)
    Posted September 17, 2010 at 12:36 am | Permalink

    Ok, so all three of those are on my wishlist! AH-MAZING giveaway! Thanks so much for the chance!

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/thebookpixie/statuses/24741248831

    ~Briana :D

  41. Allison
    Posted September 19, 2010 at 11:55 am | Permalink

    http://twitter.com/inconceivably/statuses/24962243495

    great contest, thanks so much for having it! :)

  42. Melissa (Books and Things)
    Posted September 19, 2010 at 12:28 pm | Permalink

    Oh, this group looks great. *drool* LOL

    http://melissawatercolor.blogspot.com/p/contestsgiveaways.html

    ~Melissa