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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Winners: January 2015 Through April 11, 2015

I am so sorry - I didn't realize I hadn't posted Winners in the Winners Announcements for three months!
The Winners can always be found listed on the Giveaway page and they are shown in the sidebar for a week or so after announced.
Some of these are tour wins so winners canl check the rafflecopter announcements on those giveaway posts.

***ALL WINNERS at MBS: Please fill in the Winner's Acceptance Form AND if you want you can email me at mesreads AT gmail.com to confirm the win and I will arrange the mailing or notify the publishers. I am now asking for mailing info in the giveaway forms so I can mail the books even if I don't hear from the winner.
[I ask that all winner's fill in the form as it helps me keep track of when I have completed the mail outs or notice to the publishers rather than tracking individual emails. But of course -- feel free to email me too! :-)]

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!

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Giveaway Ended April 11, 2015



Giveaway: A Kiss to Build a Dream On (A White Pine Novel) by Kim Amos;
Rafflecopter ended - check for winners.
Print copy through Hachette - WINNER: BETH C




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Giveaway Ended April 10


Giveaways: Scandalously Yours by Cara Elliott
Rafflecopter - 10 Copies ended 4/5/15 - check rafflecopter
One Print Copy through Hachette - WINNER: SUE F




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Giveaway Ended March 31, 2015

Print Giveaway: Interlude In Death: In Death, Book 12.5 by J. D. Robb
My giveaway
WINNER: CINDI C



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Giveaway Ended March 1 and 2, 2015

Giveaways: What a Devilish Duke Desires by Vicky Dreiling
Rafflecopter - 3 Sets Sinful Scoundrel Series WINNERS: check rafflecopter
One Print Copy through Hachette - WINNER: VICKI W




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Giveaway Ended February 15, 2015


Giveaway: Saving Hope: The Men of the Texas Rangers - Book 1 by Margaret Daley; 
My giveaway
WINNER: LAURIE B



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Giveaway Ended February 14, 2015


Romance is in the Air $250 Cash Giveaway
Multiple Bloggers Giveaway
WINNER: Amy H.



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Giveaway Ended January 26, 2015

Dreaming of Books Giveaway Hop 2015!
My giveaway as part of Hop
WINNER: RENATA S.




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Giveaway Ended January 18, 2015



GiveawayAmish White Christmas Pie& by Wanda E. Brunstetter
My giveaway
WINNER: MICHELLE T

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Book Review and Giveaways: A Kiss to Build a Dream On (A White Pine Novel) by Kim Amos

This 'second chance' romance is a fast, light read.
by Kim Amos

  • File Size: 796 KB
  • Print Length: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Forever (March 31, 2015)
  • ASIN: B00LLIIZAC
  • Genre: Contemporary Romance
  • My Rating: 3.5 of 5.0


Book Description
Publication Date: March 31, 2015
TROUBLE IN HIGH HEELS . . . 
If pride goes before a fall, Willa Masterson's trip back to White Pine, Minnesota, should be one heck of a tumble The girl who left her hometown-and her first love, Burk Olmstead-in the rearview twelve years ago was spoiled and headstrong. But the woman who returns is determined to rebuild: first her family house; then her relationships with everyone in town . . . starting with a certain tall, dark, and sexy contractor.
MEETS HER MATCH
Burk has no reason to believe Willa has changed, and every reason to discourage her from converting the Masterson house into a B&B. He has plans of his own for that house, and they certainly don't include a no-vacancy sign. But Burk didn't count on how distracting Willa's bright green eyes or her all-too-familiar touch would feel-or how impossible she will be to resist . . .


Review:
Willa was a spoiled heiress who left her small-town high school sweetheart without so much as a goodbye kiss to flee to New York. There she lived a high society life-style with shopping as her main occupation while her investor boyfriend controlled her accounts. Willa was shocked when her boyfriend was arrested for fraud and theft, including having wiped out Willa’s accounts. Fortunately Willa had two assets left when it was all over - one old trust account and her home estate in White Pine.

Willa returns home with the plan to turn the old family house into a Bed & Breakfast. The problem is her high school sweetheart, Burk, is the local contractor and he had other plans for the home. He has cared for the property for the past twelve years since Willa left, continuing even after her absent mother died and no one was paying him. Burk isn’t thrilled to have the girl who broke his heart back in town but he is happy to have the job to keep his crew employed.

Willa realizes that she has hurt a lot of people and she must apologize and make amends if she wants to succeed with her B&B. She volunteers to help the high school girl’s track team and is invited to a recipes exchange group. Even though Willa has no clue how to cook she joins the group of women and begins to make real friends for the first time in her life.

Burk and Willa find it tense to work together as both hide their past feelings and hurts. Willa doesn’t want to reveal the extent of her money problems, although she can't hide how ill-prepared she is for many normal life tasks. Burk figures Willa will leave town soon and he wants to convince her to sell the house to him. He surely doesn’t want to fall prey to Willa again.

I liked the small town features, the secondary characters and the second chance romance. The setting descriptions are crisp, several emotional portrayals are worded really well and the message of forgiveness is nicely presented.  I was able to get beyond Willa being a mean person in high school, a foolish young woman not caring for her own money,  to suddenly being a nice girl... after all, people can mature. The story reads quickly but I was bothered by the constant thread of visual sexuality and then the basic sex scenes. When they weren’t ‘secretly’ ogling each other’s chests, their chests were aching from loss and longing. The focus on sexual attraction took up way too much of the book for my likes. Although this made the reading tedious for me, some readers will no doubt like this aspect.

I received this title through NetGalley for an honest review for Forever Romance blog tour. This qualifies for my NetGalley Challenge. 



About Kim Amos
A Midwesterner whose roots run deep, Kim Amos is a writer living in Michigan with her husband and three furry animals. 

Excerpt available at author website.
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