Lynn Raye Harris

Thanks everyone for participating! I’ve decided to giveaway 3 copies since you were all so nice and enthusiastic about the contest.

Heather Brewer, Chris Roberts, and Janet. You were selected using my special scientific method (aka at random from all the names submitted). Please send me your contact information, and I’ll drop these in the mail.

Please keep checking back — more books to giveaway next week!!

That’s what deadlines do, apparently! They make you disappear while you figure out the intricacies of emotion, plot, and resolutions to all problems so you can have the HEA. I’m coming down to the wire (and The End) and working pretty steadily. I also have to make time for a little bit of a personal life. In fact, the hubby and I watched a program on the Travel Channel the other day about the best hot dogs in the US. Oh dear. I’m not much of a hot dog eater normally, but I’ve had such a craving the last few days. And my local grocery store sells Nathan’s hot dogs, which are Coney Island dogs and were featured on the show. We had them last night — and OMG, heavenly!

There is also, apparently, a seriously cool place in Atlanta called The Varsity which has been selling hot dogs for decades. Now I want to make a quick run to Atlanta for a hot dog. Is that crazy?

Aside from craving hot dogs, I’ve also found time to mail out books — so if you won a copy of SPANISH MAGNATE, RED-HOT REVENGE from me, it’s on the way!! I hope you’ll let me know what you think.

I did promise to pick a winner from last week’s giveaway! Without further ado, my scientifically approved method has drawn Mari from the comments.

Mari, please email me your contact info and I’ll get a signed copy in the mail to you!

Who likes hot dogs? What do you like on them? I’m a mustard and relish gal, but I’ve had a Chicago dog before and loved all that stuff they cram on top of the dog. My favorite kinds of hot dogs, btw, are all beef in casings (like Nathan’s). Not much of an Oscar Meyer/Ballpark/etc fan. What about you?

Nothing frosts me more than watching someone who looks perfectly healthy, and who does NOT have a handicapped sticker, pull into a reserved parking spot. I know that people can look fine and yet have a legitimate reason to use that parking — typically, they have a sticker or something to hang from their rearview mirror. I don’t automatically assume that someone who looks healthy is taking advantage. I know better because I’ve had family in that position.

But I still think it happens. And I think the lady who pulled into the handicapped spot at Starbucks the other day was doing just that. She had no sticker, no plate, and no placard.

She sat there for twenty minutes and talked on the phone the entire time. Not only did she talk on the phone, gesticulating and yelling, but she popped her visor down and proceeded to squeeze pimples on her face. No, I am not kidding. Unfortunately, my table was facing that spot, and each time I looked up, there she was, hollering into her phone and picking her face. It was awful.

And what did she do after she’d sat there for twenty minutes while other people had to drive around to find parking? She left and used the drive-thru. Never even came into Starbucks.

People like that give me ideas for characters, so I guess I shouldn’t complain too much. But I was angry for anyone who legitimately needed that spot while she hogged it (there is only one). And absolutely stunned that someone would sit in full view of a cafe in which they could see people sitting and pick their skin. Hell, I think at one point she pulled out some tweezers and plucked hair. I’m not certain, but I think so. All while talking on her phone. Amazing, huh?

And now for much more pleasant tidings! I’ve employed a scientific method (scrambling names and taking mine from the mix) to arrive at my two winners: Rachael Johns and Patricia!! Please email me at contact @ lynnrayeharris dot com with addresses and your choice of prize.

$10 gift card to bookstore (Amazon, BAM, B&N),
OR
Presents trio, selected by moi from my stash,
OR
My debut book when it comes out, signed, along with two other Presents novels (unfortunately, you will have to wait until mid-July or so, but I’m good with that if you are!)

Congratulations to the winners! Keep checking back, because I plan to have more giveaways, especially as we get closer to my new site launch!