A friend of mine from high school has been a huge supporter and fan of my work. He told me on numerous occasions how he and his wife would go into their local Chapters/Indigo bookstores and pull up my books on the kiosk computers--then leave them there for other customers to see. I thought this was so kind, and a bit funny.

Well, I guess this has now become a family affair.

Check out one of my youngest fans, Duncan, at a Chapters store in Ontario.

THANK YOU, DUNCAN!!

Duncan's pic has inspired me, so here's a fun contest:

Go to any bookstore that has a computer for customers and pull up my books by searching for 'Cheryl Kaye Tardif'. Take a picture of you pointing to the screen. Then leave the screen up for the next customer. :-)

Send me your pics and I'll post them here during the month of May.

In June, I'll draw a name and one lucky winner will win an entire collection of my paperbacks.

Rules:

Open to Canadian and US residents only, 18 years and older or a child with parent's permission. By entering the contest, you're giving me permission to post your pics on my blog and mention your first name.

Email photos with your name, where the photo was taken (bookstore and city) and your email address.

Only the winner will be notified when the contest is over. Good luck all!

Prize consists of 8 trade paperbacks.

Rules: Anyone can enter. No purchase necessary. 1 prize per person during this contest. Existing followers will be entered into daily draws, as well as new followers who follow by October 10th. Names will be drawn at random times daily and prizes will be awarded as winners are selected.

Winners will be notified via Twitter and will have until December 31st, 2010 to claim their prize. Unclaimed prizes will be forfeited, so be sure to contact me via Twitter or email to ensure you receive your prize.

August is my birthday month and anyone who knows me knows I love giving away books around my birthday. So for the month of August, I have a fun giveaway that rewards my favorite people--my readers.

I appreciate honest reviews, so even if you don't think my work deserves 5 stars, if you follow the rules of this giveaway, I'll still give you your prize. Here's how the giveaways will work...

• Read any of my novels, whether print or ebook (the text is the same). I have 5 titles available for you to buy and review: Whale Song, The River, Divine Intervention, Remote Control, and Skeletons in the Closet & Other Creepy Stories. The last 2 are not on every review site listed below.
• Write a short, honest review. It doesn't have to give a detailed account of the story plot. I really want to know what YOU thought and felt, what made you read it. I want to know why you'd recommend my book to your friends--or not.
• Post your review to any or all of the following sites: Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, BarnesandNoble.com, Chapters.ca, Smashwords.com, Goodreads.com, Shelfari.com, and LibraryThing.com to gain points.
• Send me the links to your reviews once they've been published and by August 31st, 2010.
• You'll get 1 point for every review you post. Please note: you get 1 point per book title so though Amazon will post your review to multiple editions, you will only get the 1 point.

• 33-40 points - will receive an ebook of my upcoming new release Lancelot's Lady, plus your name as a character in one of my next novels (or a name of your choosing), plus an ebook of that book once it's published.
• 24-32 points - will receive 2 ebooks of your choosing from my current list, plus a special thank you on the Acknowledgement page of one of my new novels.
• 17-24 points - will receive 2 ebooks of your choice from my current list.
• 6-16 points - will receive 1 ebook of your choice from my current list, plus a special thank you on the Acknowledgement page of one of my new novels.
• 1-5 points - will receive 1 ebook of your choice from my current list.

Important notice: You can start reading and reviewing now--I'll give you a head start! Any existing reviews on the above review sites that you've already done will count towards this contest, but you must write and post at least one review in August 2010.

Everyone must email me with those links to reviews to qualify. Prizes will be awarded in the first 2 weeks of September.

READ & REVIEW = REWARDS! :-)

Every Friday I'll give a FREE eBOOK to 1 lucky winner. Enter at by subscribing to Divine News.

This contest may end without warning.

Subscribe now.

While playing cards with my good friends Bobbi and Rus, Rus noticed that I always led with hearts. He mentioned this and someone replied, "She always leads with her heart." Rus jokingly bet me that I couldn't use that line as the opening sentence of a novel and have it make sense. Not only did I use it, I made it important to the story. What novel was it?

The River. "She always leads with her heart," a voice croaked.

Opening line contest details:

In the spirit of fun and because I love a good challenge, I invite you to submit a single sentence as an opening line to a thriller I plan to write in 2010. I won't tell you anything about the story.

By leaving a sentence here, you are giving me permission to use it in this novel if you are selected as the winner. I will credit you, so please leave your name and email address too. I won't be judging this contest for a while, so feel free to enter as often as you like.

The winner will receive a credit or acknowledgement in my novel and a free signed copy of the book once it's published (a few years from now).

Only entries left here in the comments will qualify.

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING.

If you haven't signed up on Goodreads, I recommend you do. This site is an excellent place to chat with other readers and authors, and you can compile your own "library" collection of books you've read, plus write reviews.

Once you've signed up at Goodreads.com, please send me a friend invitation.

You can view my page at:

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/306733.Cheryl_Kaye_Tardif 

All you have to do is Friend-me to be entered in my Goodreads Giveaway. :-)

Good luck!

~Cheryl

These prizes are non-returnable and have no cash value. If you win a printed book you already have, you may use your prize as a gift for someone. 

To enter, fill in the form to the right--name and email address. This subscribes you to my newsletter, which I send out occasionally when I have news.

Good luck!

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Please note: e-books are copyrighted and are intended for one user only. Any e-book files I send you may not be shared, transfered to anyone else, printed, copied, sold or rented. Any infraction of this copyright could result in a lawsuit. Please respect writers by not sharing e-books.

Textnovel winners: Katatonia (grand prize), Deidre, Christiana Cameron, Chaney, FloP and Planet_Pandora. Congratulations to you all!

This contest is now CLOSED.

THIS MY LAST MONTHLY GIVEAWAY OF THE YEAR! ENTER NOW!

Make sure you follow ALL the rules or you'll be disqualified.

My debut romantic suspense Lancelot's Lady has been entered in the Dorchester/Textnovel "Next Best Celler" contest, and I need more votes and subscribers to have a chance at winning.

I'm willing to give you 2 things in return for your support--a great free read and the chance to win one of my other novels or the grand prize, a $75 Starbucks gift card.

FIVE lucky winners will win a signed copy of one of my novels (The River, Divine Intervention and Whale Song), plus some extra goodies (any country).

One Grand Prize winner will win a $75 Starbucks gift card (Canadian or US winner only).

Rules:

1. You must sign up as a member of Textnovel.com (free, easy & no spam).
2. You must vote for Lancelot's Lady by clicking on the thumbs up icon at the top of my novel's page: http://www.textnovel.com/stories_list_detail.php?story_id=928
3. You must subscribe to receive a notice about future chapters by clicking on the cell phone icon.
4. And leave me a review comment on any chapter page at: http://www.textnovel.com/stories_list_detail.php?story_id=928
5. Contest ends at midnight (MT) on November 30th, 2009.

Prizes will be awarded in early December. No cash value, no exchanges. Please note: you MUST vote, subscribe and comment.

If you have already voted for Lancelot's Lady, please take a second to make sure you've also subscribed (blue circles will be gray if you have) and leave at least one comment. If you did so, you were entered in the preceding monthly giveaways. If you did not win, you're name will be entered again automatically.

One giveaway prize per person. No purchase necessary.

Thank you so much for your support. I truly appreciate it. :-)

 ~Cheryl