Contests and Blog Tour: Perilous

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Did you catch the s on the end of contest? That's right. We're celebrating Tamara Hart Heiner's book release for Perilous with contests (one of which includes a Kindle, so keep reading). 


Book Blurb:


Jaci Rivera has plans for her sophomore year: Go to regionals with the track team, make the honor roll, and eat too much pizza with her best friends, Callie and Sara. Her biggest concern is Amanda, the pushy girl who moved in a few months ago.

What Jaci doesn't plan for is catching a robber red-handed or being kidnapped. The desperate thief drags the friends 2,000 miles away from home, across the Canadian border. Can this group of friends survive a harrowing international escape? And if they can, will home even be safe?

My Take

 
After reading the story I wanted more. And that's always a good thing. Thankfully, Tamara will be writing a sequel to the story, so I get exactly what I wanted. The most striking thing about Perilous is that actions have consequences. Too often, YA books take a scary situation and turn it into an event without major consequences. Sure, the characters change, but the plot is one big adventure that could almost seem a vacation. Tamara doesn't shy away from making consequences as ghastly as the situations leading up to them.

Book Information


The book is out! Hooray. 


Buy the e-book at Amazon.


Get the paperback from Amazon.


Shop at Tamara's website.






And Now for the Contests


Tamara is running two contests during her book tour. (Keep in mind these are hosted by the author, so you'll want to follow her blog.) Here are the details from Tamara.

• Book giveaway: The winner of this contest will be randomly chosen. Every person who comments on any post during the blog tour will be entered into a random drawing for a book. Which I can autograph, if they want. The contest begins on Nov. 16 and ends on Dec. 15.

• Kindle giveaway: This contest is point-based and begins Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 15. Whoever has the most points wins the Kindle. There will only be one Kindle given away. Here are the points:
• 1 point: blog comment (can comment on all the blogs, multiple times, onthe tour)
• 1 point: follow my blog (http://tamarahartheiner.blogspot.com)1 point: retweet
• 2 points: blog about the blog tour
• 5 points: purchase the book (ebook or paperback, must email me the confirmation email) if they actually buy the book in the store they can mail me a copy of the receipt.
• Add up your points, as well as proof (links, etc) and email it to me at the end of the blog tour (tamara at tamarahartheiner dot com).
• People can earn an infinite number of points! 

But wait. There's more! Remember how I told you the other day about the power of a crowd? Well here's your chance to experience the fun. I'm giving away 25-page critiques. That's right. I've edited for e-publishers and national organizations. As a writer, my work has appeared at USAToday.com, LIVESTRONG, Work.com, and scores of other print and online sources. Here's how it's going to work: The more comments this gets, the more critiques there will be. (Winners must be followers of my blog to win this contest.) 

• 1 - 5 comments = 1 critique
• 5 - 7 comments = 2 critiques
• 7 - 9 comments = 3 critiques
• 9 - 11 comments = 4 critiques
• And so on. 

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I did get a free copy of Perilous. I am an endorser, not a reviewer. Critique winners will have three months to redeem their critiques. Winners may transfer their critiques, provided I am notified of the transfer. The three-month deadline begins the day this contest ends. All comments count, so if you want to stalk me, enter more than once go ahead. 


All right. That's it. Now come on and post a comment and help us celebrate Tamara.