Contest Time!!!!

Finally, FINALLY, I have the opportunity to host my own frickin' contest.

Yes, it's related to my YA debut, BUTTERFLIES DON'T LIE, and yes, the free swag is fabulous.

From Nimbus Publishing, September 2014...

Sometimes the best matches are the ones you least expect.

Sixteen year old, magazine quiz junkie, Kelsey Sinclair wants to make this summer unforgettable by (hopefully) seducing her secret crush, Blaine Mulder. Armed with romance advice articles, Kelsey tackles true love with scientific precision, including getting a job at the seaside restaurant that overlooks the yacht club where Blaine teaches sailing.

However, visions of rendezvous on the beach are clouded when the new kitchen guy's laid back attitude and smouldering stare quickly get under her skin. With his renegade demeanour and unpredictable stunts, Luke is the opposite to Blaine's golden boy reputation.

Determined to follow through with her original goal, Kelsey ignores her growing attraction to Luke, certain he's not the guy for her. But when she finally manages to get Blaine's attention, Kelsey worries the magazines are all wrong, and that sometimes the best matches are the ones you least expect.

 

Originally featured on Wattpad, it received over 2.5 million reads in three months!

For character pictures, quotes, a playlist and various other interesting folly, check out the inspiration board on Pinterest here.

BUTTERFLIES DON'T LIE, is loosely based on my own summer job experiences (except the romantic bits, unfortunately) working as a busgirl at The Captain's House restaurant in my beautiful hometown of Chester, Nova Scotia.

Psst ... Kelsey's mix ups and blunders at work were inspired by my own debacles as a busgirl, but one particularly embarrassing episode that didn't make it into the book was the time I got stuck in the dumbwaiter — I guess it was a slow day. 

 

And now for the moment you've all been waiting for, stuff you can win ...*drum roll*

 

 

2 autographed copies of BUTTERFLIES DON'T LIE

 

1 Alex and Ani butterfly charm bangle

PLUS ... a mystery prize that is guaranteed to make your friends jealous.

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/ddae8d431/

 

 

 

 

Top Ten Things Outlander and Downton Abbey Have In Common

While I wait to learn the fate of Edith's baby, if Mary gets married again, or if Daisy and Alfred fall in love for real in the next season of Downton Abbey, Outlander is providing a lovely distraction. Oh sure, there's more fighting and cursing in Gaelic, but the two period serials in fact have a lot in common.

Top Ten Things Outlander and Downton Abbey Have In Common


#1. Life in the past was TOUGH. Especially for a woman, even the rich ones didn't have a lot of choices. Here's my advice, if you ever come across a time machine, run the other way.

#2. Every village needs a castle.

#3. The kitchen staff know ALL of your business.

Mrs. Fitzgibbons
worldwidemedia.com

Mrs. Patmore
Wikipedia.com

#4. Chamber pots are inevitable.

#5. Taking a stroll over sweeping landscape provides for good conversation.

Claire and Jaime
outlander.sparkz.com



Matthew and Mary
downtonabbey.bbc.com

#6. Sex can happen at the most inappropriate times.

#7. Horses come in very handy.

#8. Mud happens...a lot.

Claire and Jamie mud caked and outrunning the British
blogsindiewire.com

Mary tends to the pigs
tvline.com

#9. Nothing says celebration like a long table full of wine and food.

#10. The working farm boy is always sexier than the British gentleman.

Tom the Irish chauffeur
pbs.org



Jamie MacHottie
starz.com

Bonus! Run out of dialogue or the plot stalls? Add a war.

Hey! Look At This!

Hey! It's my official book flap!

The folks at Nimbus Publishing even put me on the back in colour and everything. *high fives all around*

I particularly love the quiz on the back.

Sometimes the best matches are the ones you least expect.

Sixteen year old, magazine quiz junkie, Kelsey Sinclair wants to make this summer unforgettable by (hopefully) seducing her secret crush, Blaine Mulder. Armed with romance advice articles, Kelsey tackles true love with scientific precision, including getting a job at the seaside restaurant that overlooks the yacht club where Blaine teaches sailing.

However, visions of rendezvous on the beach are clouded when the new kitchen guy's laid back attitude and smouldering stare quickly get under her skin. With his renegade demeanour and unpredictable stunts, Luke is the opposite to Blaine's golden boy reputation.

Determined to follow through with her original goal, Kelsey ignores her growing attraction to Luke, certain he's not the guy for her. But when she finally manages to get Blaine's attention, Kelsey worries the magazines are all wrong, and that sometimes the best matches are the ones you least expect.


The launch day is September 15th, but you can pre-order it here or here if you're afraid of crowds.

I'll be having a few contests very soon so come back later for more eye candy and a chance to win your very own copy to hold and cuddle.

Here's the Butterflies Don't Lie Pinterest board with pictures of the characters and other neat stuff to tempt you. And if that doesn't do it, check out the official playlist on YouTube.

Bonus Trivia: Butterflies Don't Lie is loosely based on my summer job experiences as a busgirl at The Captain's House restaurant in my hometown of Chester, Nova Scotia (except the romantic stuff, unfortunately). However, a lot of Kelsey's embarrassing moments at work actually happened to me. But there's one particular mishap of mine that didn't make it into the book. I'll share that little tidbit of humiliation next time.