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Great news - Southern Legacies #4: Redemption in Blood is now available at Fictionwise and is nominated for best novel - other at Preditors and Editors.  The link for the voting page is:   Preditors & Editors Poll

The Halls of Buchannan is also up for best novel - thriller at  Preditors & Editors Poll

Check them out and please vote for them before January 14th.

Happy 2009 and best always,
MCS

Season's Greetings

Enjoy a happy and safe holiday season and may 2009 be a good one!

Happy Thanksgiving
to everyone celebrating the holiday.

 

 

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SOUTHERN LEGACIES #4: REDEMPTION IN BLOOD

Remember to answer the questions below to enter this month's release giveaway of a beautiful necklace that could very well be the infamous Bloodstones.

To celebrate the October 15^th, 2008 release of Southern Legacies #4: Redemption in Blood, I am giving away a beautiful necklace and earrings set much like the ones at the root of all evil in the book.

 

To enter, send the answers to the questions (below) to mcs531@mcscout.net with Redemption in the subject line.  You must include name, mailing address and email address, as well.  Prize will be awarded October 24, 2008.  Good luck!

 

Question 1: On October 3^rd, 1863—President Abraham Lincoln declared what date as a national holiday?

Answer 1:

Question 2: Though he survived the Civil War and years after, Jefferson Davis’ private residence did not fare well against Hurricane Katrina.  Name it.

Answer 2:

Question 3:  The garnet is said to have several mystical powers—one stimulates sexual drive while it also offers protection to the traveler.  Name another thing it symbolizes.

Answer 3:

 

 

What’s happening with M C Scout…

 

          Summer 2008

 

The past several months have been extremely hectic, ergo I haven’t gotten out the newsletter.  My apologies to those who have been looking forward to updates.

 

News

 

I’m happy to say that the cover for THE HALLS OF BUCHANNAN is one of this month’s nominees for cover of the month at the rb_afterdark group.  Check it out and enter your vote today.  The choices are:

o Blame it on the Moon--Shara Lanel
o Every Night and All--Lark Westerly
o French Twist--Sloan Taylor
o A Master's Love--Marty Rayne
o My Life as a Concubine--Robin Glasser
o Quivering Thighs--Ashlyn Chase
o Smoldering Passion--Adriana Kraft
o The Halls of Buchannan--MC Scout

 

To vote, please go to:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rb_afterdark/surveys?id=2411721

 Releases

                                                               

August 15^th saw the release of THE HALLS OF BUCHANNAN – the story of two brothers and the woman caught between them.  From New Orleans to Ireland, it explores love and hate and what happens when someone perceives a wrong and it festers over time and what happens to those closest to. 

 

Dark vs. Light, Evil vs. Good – age old battles.

 

  

 

In October, the fourth book of the Southern Legacies series releases. 

What happens when a nation is torn apart and one piece of jewelry has the power to change history?  Jordan Winthrop owns the Bloodstones, a set of garnets and diamonds which could literally save one side or the other in the Civil War.  Russell Steele has orders to get her and the “prize” to safety but he has a high price on his head for his exploits as the Gray Hawk, one of Davis’ spies.  One man could stand in the way of his succeeding in his mission and their happiness.

 

Giveaways

 

To celebrate the release of her latest novel, one lucky winner will receive an Irish gift pack including a Celtic bookmark, a full-size house flag, and other surprises.  To enter for a chance to win this, send your name, mailing address and email address along with the answers to the following questions to mcs531@mcscout.net.  Put Halls in the subject line.  Winner will be chosen on August 28^th. (One entry per person, please.)

 

Question 1: John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara starred in what Academy Award winning movie set in Ireland (1952)?

Answer 1:

Question 2: In his first major screen role, Maureen O’Hara’s brother played Father Paul in the same movie.  Name him.

Answer 2:

Question 3: In 1982, Come on Eileen went to #1 in both the United States and the United Kingdom.  Name the group who performed it.

Answer 3:

 

Good luck to all who enter.

 

Here’s hoping you enjoy the last waning days of summer before all the hustle and bustle of Fall descends. 

 

My congratulations go out to the US Olympic team for an amazing job.  No one will ever better Michael Phelps or Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh.

 

My best always,

MC Scout

CONGRATULATIONS

to

Michael Phelps

8 for 8

WAY TO GO

AMAZING!!!!

The cover for THE HALLS OF BUCHANNAN is one of the August selections for cover of the month at:

Poll: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rb_afterdark/surveys?id=2411721

View Covers: http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/rb_afterdark/photos/browse/23bb

Check them out and please, vote for mine.

Thanks and Best Always,
MC SCOUT