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A couple weeks ago I posted about a very cool cover design contest put forth by Spencer Hill Press for Damsel Distressed, one of their 2014 releases. This contest was particularly exciting because the winner earned the design commission, meaning their finished design would grace the cover of the book itself. Cue dancing and flailing. Two of my designs made it to the top ten, and then one of them made it all the way to the final three.

And then that one actually won.

*dies of happiness and shock*

(cover not final)

The above design was chosen as the winner by Spencer Hill Press and author Kelsey Macke and I'm absurdly excited to get the chance to work with them on this project. This cover is not the final design mind you, we're going to make a few tweaks to it, but I can't wait to get to work and then share the final layout with all of you.

I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who voted for my entries in an effort to get me to the final three, and to all of you who left words of encouragement on the blog and Twitter, you guys have no idea how much it meant to me and I would hug each and every one of you if I could!

Audiobook Giveaway: All These Things I've Done

Thanks to the wonderful people at Macmillan Audio, I have one audiobook of Gabrielle Zevin's young adult novel All These Things I've Done to give away on the blog today! To enter, please just leave a comment with a valid email address so I can contact you if you win. This giveaway is open to US residents only and will run through midnight EST on September 2nd after which time a winner will be chosen and announced on the blog. A huge thank you to Macmillan Audio for providing the audiobook and good luck everyone!

ALL THESE THINGS I'VE DONE (from Goodreads):

In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the city's most notorious (and dead) crime boss, life is fairly routine. It consists of going to school, taking care of her siblings and her dying grandmother, trying to avoid falling in love with the new assistant D.A.'s son, and avoiding her loser ex-boyfriend. That is until her ex is accidentally poisoned by the chocolate her family manufactures and the police think she's to blame. Suddenly, Anya finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight--at school, in the news, and most importantly, within her mafia family.


Also, I'm a little late announcing the winner of my Beautiful Creatures and Beautiful Darkness giveaway, I apologize for that! Random.org chose the below winner and she has been emailed. Thanks to all of you who entered and to Big Honcho Media for organizing the giveaway!

Winner:

Maria

Shadowfever Winner!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered my Shadowfever giveaway, Random.org picked a number and the winner is:

CATHY

Congratulations Cathy, I hope you love this book as much as I did! Don't forget that each stop on this blog tour offers a new opportunity to win a copy of Shadowfever, so be sure and check out the other participating blogs so you can read their reviews and enter their giveaways as well!

Sapphique Winner

Thanks so much to everyone who entered the Sapphique giveaway! Random.org gave me a number and the winner of the ARC is:

Kristina from NewBorrowedUsed

Congratulations! I have another giveaway going on right now and it's international, so if you haven't had a chance to check it out yet, be sure and ENTER so you can win one of my favorite books of the year!

WINNER

We have a winner! There were 154 individual entries and 381 total entries after the extra points were added up, and Random.org generated lucky number 282:

SCOOT

Congratulations! And a huge thank you to everyone who entered!