Contest & Monthly Giveaway Results!

I am back! Normal viewing will commence! And to start off I have some long awaited Monthly Giveaway results to share with you and a contest winner to announce. So off we go!

First up lets see who won the Monthly Giveaway!

There were, as always, five books to vote for and one lucky newsletter subscriber will win a copy of the book that got the most votes. So which book won?

Last place goes to Dead is a Battlefield by Marlene Perez With only 3.17% of the vote this book didn't stand a chance against the other four on offer!


And fourth place didn't do much better! With only 7.94% of the votes Scent to her Grave by India Ink (Yasmine Galenorn) just couldn't compete with the top three!


Definitely a must read but only third place was Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates 26.98% of the vote was a good try but not enough to win!


Second place goes to Blue-Blooded Vamp by Jaye Wells. With 30.16% of the vote this book only just missed winning first place.


With 31.75% , just a little over one percent more votes, Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones wins this months giveaway!

So who has won a copy of Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones?

The newsletter subscriber with the email address beginning with :


Topsail246


Congrats! Keep reading to find out how to claim your prize!

Didn't win this time? Keep trying! The next Monthly Giveaway will be coming along really soon! July is nearly over!

Make sure you check out all the books that were on offer this month. They were really good reads!

Now it is time to announce the winner of the Margay Leah Justice Contest!

Margay was here on the blog telling us about her latest book Sloane Wolf and was also giving away a copy.

So congrats to :



Clenna!!



Keep reading to find out how to claim your prize! Thanks to everyone who entered! Try again next time!



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How to claim your prize!

Please contact me via email - Amberkatzes_book_blog at gmx dot eu within the next 7 days to claim your prize. Your claim will go quicker if you send me your address. If you won a contest where you can choose your prize, then please make sure you state in your email which book you would like. This will help things go alot quicker! If you won an e-book please make sure you send me the email address you would like the book sent to!

If you email me and don't get a reply within 48 hours please post on the blog letting me know. Some email gets eaten by my spam filter. However please don't send me more than one email unless you really don't get an answer within 3 days. I am not online 24/7 ;) Sometimes it takes a little longer to reply.

If a prize isn't claimed after 7 days I will, if the author agrees, pick another winner.

Please also note that I can not be held responsible for prizes that come direct from authors. I will check with them for you if you haven't received your prize but I can not hunt down your mail! Any prizes that come from myself could come from a 3rd party eg. Amazon or Bookdepository. If I am sending a prize myself please be aware that it could take a few weeks to reach you as it is coming from Europe.

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June Monthly Giveaway!

The June Monthly Giveaway has started!!!

June wasn't a good month for reading. I got some books read but they weren't extremely amazing ones but the five I liked the most are now up for grabs!

Would you like to win one of the books I read in June? Well you can! just keep reading and enter the Monthly Giveaway!

You have the chance to vote for which book you want to win from my five favourite reads from last month!

What is the Monthly Giveaway?

I pick five of my favourite reads from the last month (sorry no ARCs are included unless they have already been released!) then you guys go to the poll and vote for the book you want to win or the one you think deserves to win! Remember! You may not actually win the book you voted for.

Here is a little info about each book on offer this month. Just click on the book title and author to see my review -



Blue-Blooded Vamp by Jaye Wells

Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones


Dead is a Battlefield by Marlene Perez


Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates


Scent to her Grave by India Ink (Yasmine Galenorn)

How does the monthly giveaway work?

Well in the sidebar ---> there is this poll. You vote for the book you would most like to win. I pick a name from the subscibers list and that person wins the book with the most votes. So you may not even win the book you voted for!

To subscribe to Amberkatze's Book Blog all you have to do is use the box in the sidebar ---> or at the bottom of this post. Everyone who is already subscribed will be entered in the contest as well as new subscribers. If you have not confirmed your email address then you will not be added to the draw!!! The poll will stay open for votes until Sunday 22nd of July 2012 4pm (all times are in Central European Time). The winner will be announced within days of the contest closing.

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87) Glossed and Found by India Ink

The Blurb :

One bath-and-body spa employee knows that murder isn't pretty.

When police suspect that Venus Envy's new makeup artist has drowned, Persia Vanderbilt knows there's more to it than meets the eye.

My Thoughts :

This third and unfortunately last book in the Bath & Body Mysteries was like the previous books, brilliant! I already knew before I started the series that there were only three books in this cozy collection but I have to say I was disappointed to see it end. The plot was great, the characters friendly and the style was just perfect. Everything I have come to expect from Yasmine Galenorn who wrote these books under the name India Ink.

Things are really taking off at Venus Envy and Persia's ex also takes off in another, not so nice way. This book was full of cleaning up loose ends while making sure there was a great mystery to solve. I loved it. However one mystery is still open. Where did Persia get all her money from?

I am so glad that I finally got around to reading this series but a little upset that there are no more. I really got to like Persia, her aunt and all the other quirky interesting characters. Although the author managed to clear up everything I still felt there were more stories there and I really would have liked to see what happened to Persia next.

A definite must read for lovers of cozy mysteries and a serious must try for any Galenorn fans!

86) A Blush with Death by India Ink (Yasmine Galenorn)

The Blurb :

When a pushy saleswoman at a rival boutique winds up dead, Persia Vanderbilt of Venus Envy steps out from behind the counter to find the killer.

My Thoughts :

When I picked up the first book in this cozy series I didn't think I would be reading the second part straight after. I am not a huge fan of reading a whole series one after another but the activities of Gull Harbor and Persia Vanderbilt had me hooked. I couldn't wait to see what she got up to next and picked up this sequel straight away.

This time around I was even more impressed by the plot, characters and style. Just to remind you, India Ink is actually Yasmine Galenorn and I really love her books. So it isn't really a surprise to find that this series is just as good. Yes it doesn't have any paranormal aspects to it but it is a super read.

The plot this time around incorporated a little more action but it fit perfectly to the story. Also Persia's relationships with her friends and family became very solid while her ex turned up and made things extremely interesting. Any followers of Galenorn's Otherworld series will be amused to see that Deliah was always destined to be a cat. Persia and her aunt have quite a few animals hanging around and I loved this little touch.

The Bath & Body Mysteries are so good I couldn't stop myself from picking up the third and last book as my next read. I have so many other books and even some cool new releases and ARC's waiting for me but I couldn't get away from Gull Harbor! Yasmine always tells a good story!

85) Scent to her Grave by India Ink (Yasmine Galenorn)

The Blurb :

From custom blended oils to relaxing spa services, the store Venus Envy takes care of all the beauty needs of Gull Harbor, Washington. Behind the counter is Persia Vanderbilt, a woman with a nose for mixing scents--and a mind for solving murder.

My Thoughts :

I love a good cozy and while I was taking part in a read-a-thon over the weekend I decided to tackle a few dusty paperbacks that have been sitting on my bookshelf for a very long time! So when I saw the Bath & Body Mysteries still sitting there waiting for my attention I decided it was high time I at least read the first one. After all these books are actually written by Yasmine Galenorn!

Yasmine is well known for her Sisters of the Moon series but not everyone knows that she also writes an amazing cozy mystery! I have already read and thoroughly enjoyed her Chintz 'n China Mysteries and I went to a lot of trouble to get copies of this other series. Why I hadn't gotten to them before now is not a huge puzzle. Too many books - Not enough time!

Anyway back to the books! This introduction into the series was absolutely superb. Well written and it had everything I have come to expect from this amazing author. The plot was good the characters even more so. There is also a slight paranormal hint to the book with the mention of a ghost living in Persia's house and friends of the family having abilities.

The setting of a spa is very relaxing and it was interesting to read about Persia's job and how she mixed up different oils for different people and why. The mystery kept me guessing till the end and by the time I was halfway through the book I knew I was going to read the next installment straight after. I was caught up in Gull Harbor and all the goings on.

Well worth reading if you like cozy mysteries and a definite must read if you enjoy Yasmine's other work.