Winner Tuesday Strikes Again

Are you all loving Tuesdays as much as I am? I can't wait to calculate comments and tally numbers and click on the random number generator button.

This week's winner is Tammy, who voted for many great characters, including the clothes. And, really, the clothes should count as their own character, they are so sublime. Congratulations, Tammy! Please send me your snail mail address so I can send you a signed copy of Edenbrooke and your Downton Abbey paperdolls.

And since we're loving on Downton Abbey, I thought I would share this fun video of the top 10 Maggie Smith quips.





Isn't she the best? I love her.

Now, on to this week's giveaway. I'm in a bit of a reading slump, so I would love some book recommendations. As always, you get extra points for sharing about the giveaway somewhere else. (Facebook, Twitter, your blog, a sign on your front lawn, etc.)

Ready, set, recommend! Oh, and the winner will receive a copy of Edenbrooke plus something else that I haven't thought of yet. But it will be awesome-sauce. Promise.

Another Winner! Another Giveaway!

I am happy to announce the winner of last week's favorite hero contest and giveaway. It's Stephanie, who voted for Peeta. Congratulations, Stephanie! You won an ARC of Edenbrooke and a Pride & Prejudice DVD. Please send me your snail mail address at donaldson(dot)julianne(at)gmail.com.

Now, there is nothing to be sad about if you haven't won yet! We still have five more giveaways!

My favorite review so far said of Edenbrooke: "It was like Downton Abbey, Georgette Heyer, and Jane Austen all had a baby and that baby is a literary gift to the romance world."   (You can read the full review for yourself here.)


So for this week's contest, just tell us if you're a Downton Abbey fan, and who your favorite character is. If you haven't been introduced to Downton Abbey yet, don't worry! You will not be disqualified. But get thee to Netflix! And watch it! Hurry!!!!


The lucky winner will receive some hilarious paper dolls of Downton Abbey which you can cut out and play with, (see the sample below)

as well as an Advanced Reading Copy of Edenbrooke. (You know what that looks like by now, right?)


The contest will be open starting now until next Monday, February 27, at midnight. As always, you will get extra points for telling me you follow my blog (and actually following it) and for sharing the news with your friends on Facebook or Twitter. (You have to tell me you've done this, because I can't track people down. Just mention it in the comment.) And new this week, thanks to Jenny Faires: a fourth point is possible if you ask your local library to order Edenbrooke. 


Isn't this exciting? Now let's talk Downton Abbey! Did you love the Christmas special? Wasn't the last scene beautiful? Does anyone feel sorry for Thomas? 

A Winner! And another Giveaway!

I loved reading all of the fantastic Jane Austen quotes this week! Thank you to everyone who participated in the Austen love-fest here.


Now, before I announce the winner, I will tell you how random and fair this process was. Everyone received one point for commenting, plus an extra point for following this blog and a third point if they posted something about this on Facebook or Twitter. I started at the top, assigned numbers in order, and also counted those who commented on Facebook and Goodreads. I then used the random number generator to generate a random number.


And the random number generator chose as the winner..."Finn and Tracey Family." Congratulations! Please email me your snail mail address at donaldson(dot)julianne(at)gmail.com. Enjoy your copy of Edenbrooke and Becoming Jane!

For the rest of you, this is only WEEK 2! You still have 6 more chances to win!! And just to make you even MORE impatient, I'll tell you a little secret. I'm going to England the week before my book is released. So the final giveaway will be a REAL copy of Edenbrooke (not an ARC) plus a a real, authentic souvenir from England. You'll definitely want to keep coming back.

This week, for the giveaway, all you have to do is name your favorite romantic hero and what book or movie he comes from. If you want to include a picture of him, you can. Let's really enjoy this. Same rules apply: comment here, and get extra points for following and sharing the news. 

To start it off, my favorite hero is my hero Philip, from Edenbrooke, for obvious reasons, which you will understand after you read it. And when I like to imagine him, I imagine Jake Gyllenhaal, again, for obvious reasons. (See picture below.)

Now, share your favorite heroes! And the winner of this week's giveaway will win an Advanced Reading Copy of Edenbrooke

 plus this romantic movie on DVD:

Ready, set, go!

Announcement! And a Giveaway!

Right now you may be thinking to yourself, "Did I read that title right? A giveaway? As in, something free? And wouldn't this be the first giveaway ever of this blog?"

Why, yes. You are absolutely correct. But before I explain the giveaway, I must make an announcement.

Edenbrooke will be released on March 27!

That is exactly 7 weeks from today. And because I feel like a child waiting for Christmas, I thought we could do something fun and special for the next 7 weeks to help us count down.

So, every Tuesday for the next 7 weeks I will be announcing a giveaway. The winner will receive an Advanced Reading Copy of Edenbrooke, signed by little ol' me, along with something else related to England or the Regency period. I have a stack of goodies I've prepared for this very thing.

Are you as excited as I am???? Because I'm squealing inside, I'm so excited.

So...it's a CONTEST, right? Meaning, you get to participate. But the winners will be chosen by a random number generator, so everything will be fair and square. To enter the contest this week, all you have to do is...

Tell us your favorite Jane Austen quote. It can be something she said herself, or a line from one of her books. Write it in the comments section, and then we can all read quotes from our favorite authoress. 

You will earn one point for commenting, and an extra point if you're a follower. (So if you follow this blog, just say so in your comment. If you don't follow yet, click the little follow button. It's that easy.) You'll get a third point if you share a link to this contest on Facebook or Twitter. Tell me about it, so I can give you that extra point, okay?

The contest will be open until Monday, February 13, at midnight. Then next Tuesday I'll announce the winner and next week's giveaway.

The winner of this week's giveaway will receive one Edenbrooke ARC...

AND a copy of the DVD Becoming Jane, with my favorite James McAvoy.

Now...go find your favorite Austen quote! I can't wait to read them!