Blog Tour: Welcome to Last Chance by Hope Ramsay March 10-21

Check my review and giveaway on March 17, 2011. Follow the blog tour listed below.

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Participating Blogs:

3/10/2011  http://foreveryoungadult.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway

3/10/2011  http://www.libslibrary.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway

3/10/2011  http://threeboysandanoldlady.blogspot.com Giveaway

3/10/2011  http://simplystacie.net Giveaway

3/10/2011  http://rannthisthat.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway

3/10/2011  http://paranormalromanticsuspensereviews.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway

3/10/2011  http://cuzinlogic.wordpress.com Giveaway

3/10/2011  http://bridget3420.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway

3/10/2011  http://justanothernewblog.blogspot.com Giveaway

3/11/2011  http://www.masoncanyon.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway, Q&A

3/12/2011  http://novelreaction.com/ Review, Q&A

3/14/2011  http://onebookshy.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway, Feature, Guest Post

3/14/2011  http://bodicerippernovels.blogspot.com Giveaway

3/14/2011  www.thebookgirl.net Review, Giveaway

3/14/2011  http://www.saveyspender.com Review, Giveaway

3/14/2011  http://theromancereviews.blogspot.com Giveaway, Feature

3/14/2011  http://myfoolishwisdom.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway, Q&A

3/16/2011  www.booksoulmates.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway

3/16/2011  www.booksoulmates.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway

3/16/2011  www.booksoulmates.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway

3/17/2011  http://www.urbangirlreader.com Review, Giveaway

3/17/2011 http://marthasbookshelf.blogspot.com/ Review, Giveaway

3/17/2011  http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway

3/18/2011  www.bookwormygirl.com Review, Giveaway

3/18/2011  my-book-views.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway

3/18/2011  http://teddyrose.blogspot.com/ Giveaway

3/19/2011  http://simplyali.blogspot.com Giveaway, Q&A

3/19/2011  http://j-rabbits-corner.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway

3/20/2011  http://thebooktree.blogspot.com Giveaway, Feature

3/21/2011  http://www.kballard87.blogspot.com Review, Giveaway

3/21/2011  www.kittycrochettwo.blogspot.com Review

3/21/2011  http://bookslikebreathing.blogspot.com Review

3/21/2011  http://iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.com Giveaway, Q&A

3/21/2011  http://www.renees-reads.blogspot.com/ Review, Giveaway

3/21/2011  http://asthepagesturn.blogspot.com/ Review, Giveaway, Guest Post

Winner of the ARC of Moonstruck Madness

CONGRATULATIONS

To the Winner of

 Moonstruck Madness 

by Laurie McBain

Thank you to all who entered.
My ARC copy goes to JHS.
Now  - it so happens that I have found an old copy of this book! So I selected a second name -
LadyVampire gets the older copy if she wants it.
I will email JHS and LadyVampire to get mailing information.

Two Winners Everyone Loves a Hero

CONGRATULATIONS

To the Winners of

Everyone Loves a Hero: ...and that's the problem by Marie Force

Thank you to all who entered.
I will email Maria and Donna for the mailing information to send to Sourcebooks.

Book Review: Last Harvest by Suzanne Barrett

This is an engaging romance with an interesting setting and plot.
Late Harvest by Suzanne Barrett

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 615 KB
• Page Numbers 220 pages
  
• Source ISBN: 1935817175
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Turquoise Morning Press (November 5, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004AYDC0M

     Genre: Contemporary Romance
     My Rating:  4.5

Product Description
Kurt von Daniken wants only one thing from Glenna Ryan: The key to making Eiswein - Ice Wine. Five years ago, while working at his family's California winery, she'd begun developing the method to simulate wine made from grapes gathered after a freeze. Now, when the winery desperately needs it, the only person who might be able to duplicate Glenna's process, Kurt's tyrannical Uncle Otto, lies paralyzed by a stroke and near death. Glenna wants only one thing from the von Danikens: To be left in peace to raise her son, Robbie, who suffers from a birth defect and needs an expensive surgery to repair it. When Kurt suddenly appears at her home, demanding she return to Cresthaven and complete the process, Glenna knows the money she'll earn by doing so will provide Robbie the treatment he needs. She also knows she'll risk having her heart broken, again, by Kurt, the only man she's ever loved. But, what if he discovers the real reason she left Cresthaven?

Review: This is a very smooth and enjoyable read.
Glenna was raised at Cresthaven vinery.  She wasn’t treated as a family member but as the orphan child she was after her mother’s death.  As a young girl she developed a crush on Kurt, the nephew and heir apparent of the tyrant head of the vinery, Otto.  During her teen years she has learned the business and helped Uncle Otto as they test for developing a late wine known as an Ice Wine After returning from college an incident shows Glenna that she has no future at the vinery and she runs away.  She has scrapped to make a small home for herself and her son but she continues to struggle to save enough money for her son’s surgery.
Now five years later her first love, Kurt von Daniken, shows up to coerce her to come back to the vinery to make the Ice Wine. She fears being around him and having him discover her secrets. However she will agree to work with the devil, and face the tyrant Otto even if he is ill, if it means she will be able to get the surgery for her son.

Glenna works hard in the vinery to help produce the Ice Wine. Although she tries to be stand offish with Kurt, he is still drawn to her and he is enamored by her young son. Conditions have changed at Cresthaven since she was last there. Kurt is a hard worker too and it appears that he cares for the workers and people of the vinery in a much more personal way than his Uncle.  At very least Robbie will get the surgery he needs but is it possible that Glenna could find a place at Cresthaven after all?

The chemistry and the sensual tension between Glenna and Kurt is very rich.  There is plenty of emotional conflict with misunderstandings and secrets from the past to be uncovered.  The details of the vinery are presented with interesting detail so that you understand the difficulties that the must be faced in the day to day workings. The writing is clear and moves at a good pace with the engaging plot.  I had some problem understanding Glenna’s stubborn resistance but other than that I enjoyed everything about this story.
I enjoy this author’s writing and look forward to reading more in the future.

Thank you to the author, Suzanne Barrett, who provided this ebook for a fair and impartial review.

Enquiring Minds - Meme Week 28 PLUS Comment Giveaway + Winner

Thanks for sharing last week about cookbooks, appliances and take out food. The microwave got the most entries for most used appliances. Llehn uses the blender and that made me remember the days when DH would make us wonderful fruit smoothies!! Yum.  A couple of people eat take out about 3 times a week but the rest of us are less than that so most of us seem to eat more home cooked, or at least cooked at home, meals.

The Winner from Enquiring Minds Week #27 is: Dollycas! Dollycas please pick a book from the Love Books List for Giveaway or remainging Christmas Giveaway Books and let me know your choice, your address and a choice of bookmarks if desired. Or let me know what credit you want or book you want from Book Depository if international.

This meme is hosted by Dollycas Thoughts for Thursdays - which are hard for me to make.  The goal is to get to know our fellow bloggers and visitors better. Each week Dolly asks some questions for us to answer and then link up. I am late doing the post but I am trying to to participate as I would like to learn more about blogger and follower friends.

WEEK 28 QUESTIONS

1. Author Jessica Park commented this week on Facebook that "Naming characters takes me almost as long as it does to write the book." which led me to start thinking about names. Is there a story behind your first name?

My first name is Martha -  I have always known it meant "Lady  or mistress" but I do not have a story behind it.

I found this additional information which is interesting.

Additional info:
Martha is a name of Aramaic origin, meaning "lady, mistress".

She was a figure in the New Testament. According to the gospel of John, she was the sister of Lazarus and Mary, and she witnessed her brother's resurrection.
The image of the Biblical Martha is that of a hard-working housewife, and she became the patron saint of house-bound wives.  (Well that part sure does not fit me!!)

Having been out of vogue for several decades, in 2006 Martha broke into the top 100 names in the UK (number 99). Martha is the name of the Doctor's companion in the third series of the resurrected British sci-fi series Doctor Who, and as such may be poised for a revival in the UK. However, in 2005 Martha was rated at a much lower 509 in the US.

2. Do you think parents today give more thought to the names they give their children than our parents did?
I think parents today do think seriously and pull names from more than Biblical or historical names. We picked our son's name because of it's meaning: Matthew means "gift of God" and his middle name is my husband's favorite movie character, "Shane."  Our daughter we named after a flower, Heather, and after a beloved great Aunt (Rae) and her paternal grandfather (Ray) so that became her middle name spelled Raye. I think many parents are more creative and make up names.

3. What is the most unusual child's name you have noticed recently?

Actually I think my Granddaughter's name is pretty unusual: Jozalyn Bailey. I have no idea where my daughter got those names.
They have selected a couple of boy and girl names for the baby due in early May. They chose not to find out the sex of the baby.

(This isn't my Heather but sure could be!!)

Your turn to share - Is there a story behind your name? Do you think parents put more thought into naming their children? What is the most unusual child's name you have known recently?  

I did not find too many March or Irish books - I was going to add them but have made them part of the March Giveaway Hop packages instead. 

Meanwhile Enquire Comment Winners can choose a selection from  Valentine and "Love" books or the remaining Christmas Giveaway Books. 
Rules: a) Must be a follower; b) Share a comment on any (or all) of the three questions above.
Open internationally and an international winner may get a smaller book or a $5.00 GC if I decide the mailing is too much.
I will pick a Comment winner from all comments made by Friday, March 18 at 10PM central.