Day 22 of the Magical Christmas with Julie Tetel Andresen + Full Series Giveaway

We are going to celebrate day 22 of the Magical Christmas with Julie Tetel Andreson.  Don't miss the previous giveaways!

Day 1 with Amalie Howard + Paperback Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 2 with Karla J. Nellenbach + 10 Books Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 3 with February Grace + 10 Books Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 4 with CJ Lyons + Print copy Giveaway (US/Canada)
Day 5 with A.J. Aalto + 20 Books Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 6 with Anne Perry + Hardcover Giveaway (US/Canada)
Day 7 with Natalie Damschroder + $5 Gift Card & short story Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 8 with Holly Webb + Paperback Giveaway (US/Canada)
Day 9 with Helen Docherty and Bill Cotter + 2 Print Copies Giveaway (US/Canada)
Day 10 with Jessica Shervington + Print Copy Giveaaway (US/Canada)
Day 11 with Ophelia London + Swag Pack Giveaway (US only)
Day 12 with Mark D Evan + 5 Books Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 13 with Callie Hutton + $25 Gift Card Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 14 with Miranda Kenneally + Print copy Giveaway (US/Canada)
Day 15 with Vivi Barnes + 3 Print Copies & 1 ecopy Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 16 with Vivi Barnes + 3 Print & 1 ecopy Giveaway (Print - US/Canada, ecopy - INTERNATIONAL)
Day 17 with Eric Pierpoint + Print Copy Giveaway (US/Canada)
Day 18 with Inara Scott + 2 Books in the series Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 19 with Natalie Richards + Print Copy Giveaway (US/Canada)
Day 20 with D.E.L. Connor + 5 Copies Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 21 with Elisabeth Wolf + Print Copy Giveaway (US/Canada)

And JKS Communications is giving away a copy of the entire TIMESLIP series for the winner of today's giveaway.  The giveaway will run till December 31st, 2013 and the winners will be announced on January 1st, 2014!  But, before that, don't forget to read Julie post about the Christmas and books!

Original Title: The Blue Hour
Series: Timeslip #1
Author: Julie Tetel Andresen

Publisher: Madeira Books

Release Date: September 28th, 1998

Genre: Thriller

This tale winds like a double helix around molecular biology, reincarnation, impressionism, and the corporate intrigue of a French pharmaceutical company.

Original Title: The Crimson Hour
Series: Timeslip #2
Author: Julie Tetel Andresen

Publisher: Madeira Books

Release Date: January 25th, 2012

Genre: Adventure, Mystery

Eloise Popescu has one last entry to make in her screw-up-alog, and it's a doozy: she has just walked into the cross-fire of warring Chinese mafia families and into the path of Hanes Reynolds whose career has just been ruined by those same families. As Eloise and Hanes reluctantly unite forces to escape the clans, they must learn to trust one another … or repeat the fatal mistakes they made the last time they were together in 19th-century Hong Kong.

Original Title: The Emerald Hour
Series: Timeslip #3
Author: Julie Tetel Andresen

Publisher: Madeira Books

Release Date: January 25th, 2012

Genre: Adventure, Mystery

Londoner Theodor West can't quite believe how, much less explain why, the beautiful and free-spirited American botanist, Jordan Charles, is bedeviling him and his high-tech career. But it's clear that if he wants his career back and that if she wants to avert the destruction of the world's rubber forests, they must repair what happened the last time they were together – one hundred years ago in London and Rio.

Christmas and Books

- Guest Post by Julie Tetel Andresen

Although I grew up in Chicago and fully appreciate a white Christmas, I have to say that celebrating Christmas in Florida is a pleasure I have been enjoying for almost ten years now. No snow, no problem! I love to see a palm tree wrapped in Christmas lights, and the traditional reds and greens of the northern color scheme translate well into pinks and aquas in the tropics. Plastic garden flamingos with Santa hats are fine with me.

When it comes to my preferred reading material at Christmas time, I always go for the stories set in snow. Relaxing on a shady veranda, breathing in warm moist air, and sipping a piña colada, goes well with reading about people slogging through the white stuff, braving the elements to get to a blazing hearth, and dying to get their hands on a hot toddy or two. I read widely in the sprawling category known as romance. However, my default genre seems to be the Regency. I recently got off a BDSM-binge and thought, “What next?” The next thing I knew, I was on Amazon, browsing the Regencies, where I came upon Carla Kelly whom I hadn’t read in a while. I started back in on her work, and I’ve been happily reading one Carla Kelly classic Regency after the next and loving them all. I’ve now downloaded one of her Christmas anthologies on my kindle app, and soon I’ll be immersed in wintry England, family, fun, and love.

Now that I think about it, I realize that I don’t tend to set my stories in wintertime. Of course I have set stories in England and Scotland and places that get cold, but the seasons in which the stories are set are usually spring, summer, and fall. One of my Americana books, Unexpected Company is set in 19^th-century Maryland in winter, as is Suspicious Hearts, which is set in 17^th-century London. The story time-lines for both my 20^th-century Drawn to Love and my medieval My Lord Roland take place over the course of a year, and so winter and Christmas, with its celebrations, come around. However, for the most part, I like the warm months and even the tropics, which is the setting for Swept Away.

 If you’re wanting a quick hot read with a chilly setting, try my short story The Wedding Night which I have put up for free at my website: http://julietetelandresen.com It’s an erotic, gothic mystery set in a creaking old house on a crisp November night. Snuggle up! 

GIVEAWAY

Thanks for the great post, Julie!

JKS Communications will be giving away a digital copy of the entire Timeslip series for the winner of the below Rafflecopter widget.

The giveaway is open for INTERNATIONAL residents.

Come back tomorrow for more giveaways!  And did you enter the previous giveaways?

Day 1 with Amalie Howard + Paperback Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 2 with Karla J. Nellenbach + 10 Books Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 3 with February Grace + 10 Books Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 4 with CJ Lyons + Print copy Giveaway (US/Canada)
Day 5 with A.J. Aalto + 20 Books Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 6 with Anne Perry + Hardcover Giveaway (US/Canada)
Day 7 with Natalie Damschroder + $5 Gift Card & short story Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 8 with Holly Webb + Paperback Giveaway (US/Canada)
Day 9 with Helen Docherty and Bill Cotter + 2 Print Copies Giveaway (US/Canada)
Day 10 with Jessica Shervington + Print Copy Giveaaway (US/Canada)
Day 11 with Ophelia London + Swag Pack Giveaway
Day 12 with Mark D Evan + 5 Books Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 13 with Callie Hutton + $25 Gift Card Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 14 with Miranda Kenneally + Print copy Giveaway (US/Canada)
Day 15 with Vivi Barnes + 3 Print Copies & 1 ecopy Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 16 with Vivi Barnes + 3 Print & 1 ecopy Giveaway (Print - US/Canada, ecopy - INTERNATIONAL)
Day 17 with Eric Pierpoint + Print Copy Giveaway (US/Canada)
Day 18 with Inara Scott + 2 Books in the series Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 19 with Natalie Richards + Print Copy Giveaway (US/Canada)

Day 20 with D.E.L. Connor + 5 Copies Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)
Day 21 with Elisabeth Wolf + Print Copy Giveaway (US/Canada)

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