Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Shards of Hope Signed Hardcover Giveaway


Giveaway now closed.

Shards of Hope is out in paperback on December 29th in the US/Cananda, and 31st December! To celebrate, I'm giving away a signed hardcover of the book.

If you already have the hardcover, I'll swap it out for another one of the books from my backlist, winner's choice (so long as I have a copy available).

To enter, leave a comment naming some of your favorite fictional heroes! International entries welcome.

Good luck!

Giveaway will close on 8am December 28th EST. Random winner will be chosen and posted here on or before December 31st (technology permitting), so please check back to see if you've won. Winner will have one week to claim the book. Void where prohibited.

79 comments :

Lisa said...

Roarke is my favorite and Hawke is a close second.

Shira said...

I think F'lar from Pern (Anne McCaffrey) is my all-time favorite.

I also love Lucas, Judd, Vasic, Raphael, Illium and pretty much all the major characters from your books, Dragos from Elder Races, Charles and Adam from Mercy Thompson, and Clayton from Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong).

stardust said...

It's very difficult to pick just one. So I'll pick the last great hero I read - Tack Allen from motorcycle man by Kristen Ashley

library addict said...

Lucas, Judd, Max, Nathan, Walker, Kaleb, Aden, Zach... Also Gabriel, David...Drew Miller, Colin Donovan, Jack Pallas, Josh Kowalski, Harry Stratton Trevelyan, Kevin Grove, Shawn Gallagher, Gabriel Jones, Erik Toleffson, Ellis Cutler, Sam Stark, Damon Wilder, Jonas Harrington, Ryland Miller, Ken Norton. Eek, I could go on, but too many and how can I take anyone away?

I already have a signed copy of Shards so no need to enter me in the contest. I just wanted to play along.

erin said...

Kate and Curran and Charley and Reyes :) thanks for the awesome giveaway and Happy Holidays!

Jill B said...

Adam and Mercy, Kate and Curran, Terrible and Chess, and Charley and Reyes, to name just some of my faves.

Thanks for the giveaway!

Unknown said...

I love noah, Judd and kaleb!

Angi said...

Jeez, it's impossible to pick just one. One of my favourites is Acheron from Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter World.

Nanik said...

Raphael and Elena, Illium, Judd, Kaleb. Kate & Currran, Nevada Baylor & Mad Rogan. Kaladin from "Stormlight Archive", Kelsier from "Mistborn". Ildiko and Brishen from "Radiance". Tiger from "Sword-Dancer". Ammar ibn Khairan from "The Lions of Al-Rassan".

Happy Holidays!

Anonymous said...

Kaleb, Lucas, Aden, Mercy, Max, Dev Santos :)

Happy Holidays!

Laura T. (dancing lady) said...

I am a big "Honor" fan and also Anne Elliot from Jane Austen's Persuasion.

For both of them....even though it has taken the long road around...life turns out pretty great in the end.

CYP @ A Bookalicious Story said...

Kaleb!!!!!! Haha and Hawke comes as a close second. And Raphael and Jason...and Dmitri...Illium haha and maybe Jericho Barrons ;)

Skyler said...

Only one? it's difficult, almost imposible but Hawke is specia and Raphael

ry said...

Dag & Fawn in Sharing Knife series by L M Bujold
Angus in Gretna Greene by Julia Quinn
Mathias in Her Secret Santa by Day Leclaire
Miera in To Call the Moons by Megan Sybil Baker
Charlie from A Dream Of Stone & Shadow by Marjorie M. Liu
Jason in To Kiss in the Shadows by Lynn Kurland
Vika in Last Kiss Goodnight by Gena Showalter
Ganth in The Girl In The Box by Janet Miller
Faith in The Irish Devil by Donna Fletcher
Haven from Tina St. John's Heart of Flame
Lara & Keir, Gils in Elizabeth Vaughan's Warprize
Pascal in No Sweeter Heaven by Katherine Kingsley
Conn in Boxing Day by Jill Barnett
Tiger in Tiger Magic by Jennifer Ashley
Pru & Rafe in The Perfect Rake by Anne Gracie
Beth & Garret from Dear Lady by Robin Lee Hatcher
Kinzel in The Naming Of Kinzel by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
Vaan & Miki, Tarik, Eran in Honor Bound by Michelle Howard
Anne & Cord in Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'Connell
Wulfric from the Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh
Raymond from Christina Dodd's Castles in the Air
Cymbra in Dream of Me by Josie Litton
Wes & Allie in To Kiss a Texan by Jodi Thomas
Arion & Jenna in Catherine Spangler's Shadow Fires
Merrick in All That Bleeds by Kimberly Frost
Kelly in Jean Johnson's Sons of Destiny series
Michael from Secret of the Wolf by Rebecca Flanders
Jacob & Bella, Siena & Elijah in Jacquelyn Frank's Nightwalker series
Atty & Yulen in Battle Lord series by Linda Mooney

Anonymous said...

Raphael, Kaleb,Lucas,hawke,Riley,Drew,Aden,Jason,Illium,Galen,Venom,Aodhan,Janvier,Naasir,Nate,Dorian,Vaughn,Clay,Vasic,Max,....Kit,Rory.....
David and TRex and Noah .....

Darcy,Frederick Wentworth.

Sirius Black,James Potter and Harry Potter.

Edward......Twilight

Wrath the son of Wrath...,Zsadist...Rhage..Rehvenge

Vaughn,Jack and Nick from Julie James FBI series

The Bedwyns.Wulfric,Alleyne,Aidan,Rannulf.and Josh and Gervase by Mary Balogh
Hugo,Ralph and Flavian from The survivors by Mary Balogh

Drew and Josh from Shannon Stacey's Kowalski's

Sinclair from The Courtship Dance by Candace Camp

Lucan Thorne,Tegan,Dante,Rio and Niko by Lara Adrian

Lachlan,Lothaire,Bowen,Sebastian,Uilleam from IAD by Kresley Cole.

Robert from The Duchess War by Courtney Milan

These come to mind of the top of my mind.....


Anonymous said...

Want to add Dearest Judd and Walker to the above....
Judd is one of my favs from psy changeling...

Magpie said...

Constantine from Robin McKinley's Sunshine. And Avandar from Michelle West's series.

Always V said...

Vishous & Jane: Lover Unbound
Kaleb & Sahara: Heart of Obsidian
Razvan & Ivory: Dark Slayer
Curran & Kate: Kate Daniels
Dax Lahn & Circe: Golden Dynasty
Dominique & Jaime: Chocolate Touch
Rain & Ellysetta: Tairen Soul

I already have the hardcover. If I'm lucky enough to win,
a signed bookplate from Aden will be most appreciated :)

miki said...

too hard to be restricted to only one^^

i like bones from the night huntress series,Curran from the kate Daniels series and Jean Lafitte from The sentinels of new orleans ( by suzanne johnson series)

thank you a lot!

Happy Holidays to all

Unknown said...

My favourite character would have to be Kate Galaweigh from the Secret texts wouldgy by Holly Lisle. This is because not only is she the first romantic fantasy heroine I read, but also the series was cancelled before her story was ended which leaves without closure. Some people like to make up their own endings for favourite characters, but if I could do that why would I read books? I do love all your characters but the way you always end things makes me feel like I can put them to rest so to speak. I also am really enjoying Eileen Wilks' Lily Yu and Rule (also Toby).

powerse said...

Curran, reyes

powerse said...

Curran, reyes

Sarah said...

Kaleb Krychek, Lucas, Hawke, Raphael, Wynter from The Winter King by C.L. Wilson, and Cam from Wait For You by J. Lynn

Julie P. said...

Kate and Curran (Kate Daniels)
Hawke, Kaleb, Lucas (Psy-Changeling)
Raphael and Elena (Guild Hunter)
Adam and Mercy (Mercy Thompson)
Cyn and Raphael (Vampires in America)

Such great series, I can never get enough!

Unknown said...

Pick ONE?! Soooo hard! But if I have to pick one, I've got to go with Vasic. I re-read or re-listen to Shield of Winter every 2 months or so. Come to think of it, that may be why he is the winner in my "pick one"; I'm listening to the audiobook right now! :D

Holly said...

Right now it's Arcadia Bell from Jenn Bennett's series. Really enjoy her books.

Crissa said...

Kaleb, Judd, Aden and Vasic (Psy-Changeling series) and Raphael Dmitri, and Naasir (Guild Hunter series) by Nalini Singh
Dragos (Elder Races series by Thea Harrison)
Rune, Thronos, Trehan, and Lothaire (Immortals After Dark series by Kresley Cole)
Bo Novikov and Lou Crushek (Pride series by Shelly Laurenston)
Daemon Sadi (Black Jewels Trilogy) and Simon Wolfgard (Others series) by Anne Bishop
Darling Cruel (The League series by Sherrilyn Kenyon)
Reaver (Lords of Deliverance series by Larissa Ione)
Jake Bannaconni (Leopards series by Christine Feehan)

I'm just absolutely in love with ALL of them :D

bn100 said...

Hawke

Unknown said...

Right now I'm obsessed with Kulti from Kulti by Mariana Zapata!

lynneve said...

My favorite heroes of fiction are Sam, Frodo, Merry and Pippin. Because without those four hobbits, Middle Earth would not have been saved.

And it always reminded me that even though I may be small and not the first people will think of for help, I can still play a part in something bigger.

Sandra said...

Aodhan, because you just have to love that angel
And Peter Grant (from Ben Aaronovitch) So funny!

Unknown said...

Roarke is still my first favorite. Raphael second, and Vasic third :D

Eva said...

Some of your heroes: Hawke,Venom and Naasir ...
Durzo Blind (The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks).
Gabriel (The Fourth Realm Trilogy by John Twelve Hawks).
Maloner (Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins).
Miles (The Wrong Woman by Kimberly Truesdale).
Thorne (Claimed by a Demon King by Felicity Heaton).
....

Kathi said...

that's really not easy, because there are so many! I think at the moment my favorites are Lucivan from the Black Jewels books by Anne Bishop and Kaleb

Osmary said...

Judd!!! With Kaleb and Raphael as close seconds :)

Rhage (Black Dagger Brotherhood)
Acheron (Dark Hunters)
Torin (Lords of the Underwold, sadly I didn't love his book)

Tanika said...

There are so many favorites at this moment!

So I'm going to mention the first heroes I loved. It's a 3 way tie between Harry Potter and the two Hardy Boys.
I always thought Frank Hardy was so much better for Nancy Drew than Ned. :)

Katy said...

Some of my favorite fictional heroes are Kaleb, Hawke, Drew and Judd (Psy-Changeling series) :)

Unknown said...

Hawke and Kaled would have to be my favourites. Although I loved Emmett in Whisper on Sin.

Outside of your books
I loved Trent in ten tiny breaths
Simon in wallbanger
Four in divergent
Ethan in between the lives
Kiro in kiro's emily
Patch in hush hush
Gabriel in wither
Macon in the selection
Rush in fallen too far

Then finale
Annie in a wanted man
The only female hero
She saved a girl only barely a teenager from her marriage to a jailed felon and her uncaring family and gave her a new life and new hope.

Unknown said...

Roarke from JD Robb's in death series is one of my all time favourites!

FlameoftheMiko said...

Well this is a hard one to answer, so I'll go with the books that I love to re-read. Sebastian Angelstone from Dangerous by Amanda Quick, Clay Bennett from Mine to Possess, and Rand T'Ash from Heartmate.

Arissa S. said...

My favorite of all times is Kaleb and than Hawke, Judd (Psy-Changeling).
Also Zsadist Vishous and Rhage (BDB).

Anonymous said...

Hard to narrow down,

Theses strong one come to mind first.

Elena & Sasha, darling

Eve Dallas & Anita Blake

Elenariel said...

Daemon Sadi!
(It was when I was looking for news about the Black jewels that I found you!)
Akatsuki Kain form the manga series Vampire Knight.
And, obviously, two of your wolves (both in love with my favourites redheads!), and a certain Psy-wolf!
Each one of them, I confess I dream to marry each time they're on scene!

Jericho - JZB -Barrons, Atreyu (from The neverending Story), Aragorn (LOTR), Andrè Grandier (Versailles no bara), Hatori and Hatsuharu Sohma (Fruits basket).

Aja said...

Judd, Riaz, and Naasir & Andi.
Roran Lynch, Gansey III, and Blue Sargent - The Raven Boys.
Quintana and Froi - Chronicles of Lumatere.
Vin & Kelsier - Mistborn.
Kaladin - Stormlight Archives.
Darrow - Red Rising.

We'll leave it there, methinks :)

Veanna said...

Tavi, from Jim Butcher's Calderon series

Katrina said...

Our favorite archangel Raphael is one of my favorites. Also Dragos from Thea Harrison's novels.

KuÅŸburnu said...

Elena is definitely my favourite!!
And of course Indigo and Drew from Psy-Changeling Series.
Then I have to say Miles Archer from Ugly Love and Mercy Thompson from Mercy Thompson Series.
Thanks for the giveaway!

Ange of Tampa said...

My favorite is Jackson Santori i believe.

steph29 said...

Hawke takes 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for me. I also like Roarke, Bones, Judd, Kaleb, Drew, Eve Dallas, Reseph/Pestilence, Reaver & Harvester, Gideon, Max Gray, Wolfe.

Nemo said...

Recently I founded myself fall in love with Naasir, because he is so cute and the way he think and look at world is so sweet naive ♡ but, like every addicted to books, I have plenty of beloved characters and heroes from many different books so... :)

ladyreadsalot66 said...

Like many I find it hard to choose one. I noticed a lot of people only thought of male heroes. I thought of both females and males. My top choice is Eve Dallas. Even after 30 plus books I still want to know what is going to happen next. She gets the job done and know she is not perfect doing it. Her character has grown wiser and stronger.
If we have to keep it to just males then top coice is Hawke. His strength, protective instinct and capacity for caring resonate for me.
Thank you to everyone who gave lists. I now have lots of new reading possibilities to check out.
Whatever you are celebrating this time of year may it be a joyful and stress free time!!

Noureen said...

Zaira, Kate Daniels, Rey from Star Wars...I think bad ass should describe a fictional hero especially a female one.

tamara (NL) said...

Just one ?
Vasic, that book really made me laugh with the teleport thing during intimacy.

Pamk said...

Kate Daniels and cullen, Brianna and char, all of Nalini's character

Kat said...

I really like Clay. The amount of passion hidden away is quite lovely.

Sera H. said...

Adria will always be my favorite heroine. She is strong both mentally and physically. I have nothing but respect for a woman who has been emotionally damaged yet was able to put herself back together. Sahara is my second favorite heroine. She is strong in her own way and I have deep respect for her strong will.

Isha said...

Too many to pick from...but off the top of my head right now: Illium (I can't wait for his turn in the series!), Raphael, Kaleb, Aden, and Roarke from J.D. Robb's (Nora Roberts') "In Death" series which I'm reading now!

Unknown said...

So many to pick but I do love Lucas and Kaleb from your Psy-Changeling.
Rhage and V from Wards Black Dagger Brotherhood.
Riley and Quinn from Keri Arthurs Guardian series.
Percy Jackson
And most of Cassandra Clares characters.

Anonymous said...

OK here are just a few:
Roarke (In Death, J D Robb)
Raphael (Guild Hunters, Nalini Singh)
Gideon (Crossfire, Sylvia Day)
Dragos (Elder Races, Thea Harrison)
Hawke (Psy-Changeling, Nalini Singh)
Rehvenge (Black Dagger Brotherhood, J R Ward)
Kaleb (Psy-Changeling, Nalini Singh)
Acheron (Dark-Hunter, Sherrilyn Kenyon)
Lucas (Psy-Changeling, Nalini Singh)
Rain (Tairen Soul, C L Wilson)

Katharina said...

My all time favorites Judd and Brenna :)

Hannah B said...

Daemon Sadi, Surreal, meg and Simon (courtyard).

Styx rather than archeron, though both had terrible childhoods to overcome.

Lothaire, nix (would absolutely love her story).

Priya said...

OOHHHH too many to count, but here are the highlights:
Mr. Darcy (first book boyfriend),
Elena and Raphael and Ashwini and Janvier and Illium and Nassir (Guild Hunter)
Dorian, Ashaya and Riley, Mercy (Changeling)
David (Rock Courtship)
Bones (Night Huntress)
Caroline and Simon (Wallbanger)
Nicola and Cash (Garrison's Creed)
David (Lick)
Tristan and and Danika (Bad Things)
Cade (The Chocolate Thief)
Sophie and Ian (Vain)
Joss and Braden (Dublin Street)
Caeleana (Throne of Glass)
Max Stella (Beautiful Stranger)
Nastya (The Sea of Tranquility)
Jessie (Lost and Found)
Elisa (The Girl of Fire and Thorns)
Trent (Ten Tiny Breaths)
.....that was a lot more than a few.....too hard to pick my fav :)

♡♥♬ Carolsue ♡♥♬ said...

Marie Laure from "All the Light We Cannot See." Or Ora Lee Beckworth from "The Pecan Man."
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Anonymous said...

Judd and Brenna, Lucas and Sasha, Aden and Zaira, Eve and Roarke all make my list; which could expand forever. Thank you for some of my favorite books. Alice

Anonymous said...

I'll go with my favorites, Devraj/Katya and Dmitri/Honor, by Nalini.
And Peter/Genevieve, from 'Cold as Ice' by Anne Stuart.
And any couple by Jo Goodman. And many others.
Guess I tend to think in couples.

erin said...

Raphael from the Guild Hunter series! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

mell61 said...

Rhage, Lukas, Mr darcy, Park (from Eleanor and Park), Judd, Adam from Mercy Thompson and Charles from Alpha and Omega

SAnn C. said...

Mine would be...

Seth (Ghost) Warren / Cherrie Lynn Leave Me Breathless

Roan Sullivan / A Place to Call Home Deborah Smith

Raphel / Angel's Blood Nalini Singh

Rydstrom / Kiss of A Demon King Kresley Cole

Reaver / Demonica Series Larissa Ione


Top 5!

Melanie S. said...

Some of my favorite heroes are Kip (from Christmas With You by Tracey Alvarez), Simon (from The Others by Anne Bishop), Charles (from Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs) and Gabriel "T-Rex" Bishop from your Rock Kiss Series :)

Anonymous said...

My favorite hero is which ever one of yours I am reading at the time. And Roarke, of course. But it all started with Tarzan and John Carter which I still re-read.
Thank you for the contest. You are an awesome author.
Lois H.

Anonymous said...

Judd, Kaleb, Roarke, Zsadist.

Wendy W.

Unknown said...

Sooo many to name...but my favorites from your books are Hawke, Rafael, Naasir and Dmitri to name a few!

Anonymous said...

Hmmm...just one? It would have to be Sahara Kyriakus. Why? No matter what happened to Sahara, she is stubborn, strong, and smart to take on Kaleb (just like Sienna would be my second choice---got to be stubborn, strong, and smart to take on Hawke). That charm bracelet of hers tells the whole story between her and Kaleb.

Patricia S

Showanda said...

There are so many, but if I had to pick a few it would be:
Roarke-J.D. Robb
Judd
Simon-Anne Bishop
Dimitri

Unknown said...

One of my Favorites is Charles from Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs and I really like Naasir from yours.

Janhvi said...

Hawke is my favourite fictional hero! :)

Morgan R. said...

Kaleb..Hawke..Lucas. Sigh.

Kaz said...

Maxine Kiss from the Hunter Kiss series by Marjorie M. Liu.

Elena from your Guild Hunter series.

Anonymous said...

Zsadist from the black dagger brotherhood, Bones and Cat from the night huntress series, Cinder from the Lunar Chronicles, Cath from Fangirl, and of course Kaleb and Sahara from the psy-changeling series.