The holiday of love shall be rightly celebrated with a basket-full-of-love awarded to one lucky reader.  Leanna will be giving away a treasure-trove of Historical / Fantasy / Paranormal Romance novels from some of her fellow Dorchester authors and from many more!  Many of them signed copies!

This Contest runs until Feb. 14th when the jaws of Persebunny will draw the random winner out of a hat. (Curious? See photos below).

THE RULES:

In honour of Valentine's day, name your favourite romance novel, poem, love story, movie, music, etc, via the CONTACT FORM.  If you would like a signed bookmark if you do not win, please include your mailing address (addresses will be used for no other reason than a bookmark).

(This contest will be for US residents only, apologies to Leanna's overseas friends)

Connect with Leanna on Twitter and on Facebook for up-to-the-minute exciting details about The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker, contests, giveaways, blog tour, etc!

This Contest ends Feb. 14th

Beginning Relese Day, April 27 and running until May 27th, it will be time to brush up your Shakespeare again and join in the Darkly Luminous contest!

Similarly to the first Strangely Beautiful contest, Leanna will be giving away an item critical to the plot of The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker as well as a $25 dollar gift certificate to Barnes & Noble!

On April 27th, 2 pop quiz questions will be revealed, in regards to the Shakespeare references in The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker, with chances for extra credit!

Winner will receive this lovely Victorian-styled locket, exactly what the character of Beatrice Tipton wears in The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker, a talisman of great import and power.

Stay tuned for the pop quiz questions and your chance to enter to win!

The Jaws of Persebunny pick the winner...

UPDATE: 12/21/09 CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.  Congratulations to Bella, our winner!

The bestselling start to the Strangely Beautiful series, The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker has gone into AUDIO BOOK!  Audio formats are a new venture for Dorchester Publishing and the STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL series is thrilled to be a part of it! 

And you could win a copy!

Winner ALSO receives:

An 8 oz bag of Leanna's favourite coffee:  Mt. Meru Coffee - responsibly grown and ethically traded, this Tanzanian coffee is the real deal and "Doing Justice Never Tasted So Good!" (Bookmark the website above and make this your coffee of choice too, it's so good and good for the farmers who grow it; everyone wins!)

Total Value for Audio CD and Coffee: $45.00

The Rules:

As this is an AUDIO contest, think with your ears this December!  All you have to do is STATE YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY SONG via the CONTACT FORM from now until the contest closes on December 20th!

Like Audio Books?  Know someone that does?  Consider The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker in Audio format this holiday season!  (CD and MP3 CD formats currently available)

Blessings, Happy Holidays, and Good Luck!

(Pictured here: random bunny-teeth selection, after which Leanna rushes over to read selected name before consumption - paper being one of her favourite treats)

UPDATE 12/4/09

"DARK NEST" - CONTEST UPDATE (Contest Closed December 1st) :

We have a winner!  Persebunny the bunny picked Sharla's name to chomp on  - Congratulatons Sharla! 

Thanks to everyone who entered!  Check back for the next holiday contest: - A STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL AUDIO BOOK CONTEST!

In honour of her 2009 Prism Award winning futuristic fantasy novella Dark Nest, Leanna has created a contest while she's working on the sequel novella, Dark Nest : Reckoning (Release TBA).

From Captain Temesia Elysse of the Dark Nest:

"Our ship and my people are under attack.  It is a time to meditate on those you've loved and lost.  It's a time to ruminate on your future.  Hold your sacred items close.  I offer you gifts from the sacred Dark Nest Reliquary to help you find peace."

How to enter:

The setting of the Dark Nest is really crucial to the atmosphere and attitude of the ship.  It's built to look like a Gothic cathedral in space, utilizes cathedral terminology more often than ship terminology and remains the mother ship throughout both Dark Nest novellas.  The rules are easy. All you have to do is name any word from Gothic architecture like those used in Dark Nest !

Winner will receive:

A selection of sacred items from the Reliquary of the Dark Nest as well as books by bestselling futuristic / sci-fi romance authors!

Submit your answers to the CONTACT FORM by December 1st and good luck!

Blessings!

Persebunny picks two winners...

UPDATE (10/4/09): We have winners!  By random selection from the jaws of Persebunny, Rachel is our winner and Gail O. our runner-up!  Thanks to everyone who entered, Leanna will have signed bookmarks and pins sent to all entrants.

STAY TUNED in April 2010 for the next STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL contest!

In the meantime, keep up with all Leanna's Strangely Beautiful news via the Strangely Beautiful Facebook Page, on Twitter and Leanna's Blog.

Pendant by Dragon Weave Jewelry

Brush up your Shakespeare!  A Percy Parker Pop Quiz!

From 8/25/09 to 10/1/09 entrants will use the “Contact Leanna” form to submit answers to 3 Shakespeare related references that occur in the first half of The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker.  If the answers are correct, you’ll be entered to become one of two winners.  All entrants will receive a bookmark and a Strangely Beautiful pin if mailing address is provided (your address will not be used for future promotion).

Winner receives either a beautiful silver, mother-of-pearl and gold-tipped Phoenix pendant (pictured above)-- a pendant just like a featured item and plot point in the novel-- or a $40.00 gift certificate to the bookstore of your choice!  The first name drawn will decide between the two prizes and the second name drawn will receive the other.

Ready? Brush up your Shakespeare!

THE QUESTIONS:

1. What line and / or what Shakespearean play is being referenced by the actions and dialogue that occurs in the scene on page 23 that first introduces our ‘villain’ characters?  The action the woman does with her thumbs and a line that follows later completes this reference. (Hint: The line is a title of a wonderful Ray Bradbury novel!)

2. In an early conversation with her friend Marianna, what’s the only Shakespearean role Percy thinks she could ever be fit to play on a stage? (Page 38)

3. Which of Shakespeare’s plays is being quoted on page 141 in the banner announcing the Academy Ball?

Got your answers?  Use the Contact form and write your answers, along with your mailing address (US Residents only, please) and hit send! - Contest ends 10/1/09

Blessings and good luck!