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Book Blast & $50 Giveaway: Baked Alaska by Josi S. Kilpack

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Book Blast & $50 Giveaway:

Baked Alaska by Josi S. Kilpack

 

Baked Alaska

Available February 2013

An Alaskan cruise is the setting for amateur detective Sadie Hoffmiller’s latest adventure. Sadie plans to spend time relaxing with her two grown children, Breanna and Shawn, and her boyfriend, Pete, while enjoying the luxury and cuisine of an elegant cruise ship and helping to plan her daughter’s upcoming wedding. But even as the crew prepares to leave port, Sadie has suspicions about the voyage ahead and the relationship between her normally easygoing son and a mysterious female passenger he obviously knows but refuses to discuss. When the woman’s dead body is discovered during the first night at sea, Sadie’s apprehension escalates. Over the last few years, Sadie has developed an extreme dislike for secrets—and it would seem her son is keeping one from her.

Praise for Baked Alaska
Josi Kilpack has done it again. You would think that all these events that occur in Sadie’s life wouldn’t be natural, but Josi Kilpack has a way of making you believe that it just “happens” and it is normal. I have grown to love Sadie’s character, even if she is a busybody, you can’t help but cheer for her as she attempts to solve a mystery or crime. One of my favorite series. 🙂
~Goodreads Reviewer Lacey McNeill

 

Josi S. Kilpack author Baked Alaska

Author Josi S. Kilpack

Josi S. Kilpack grew up hating to read until she was thirteen and her mother handed her a copy of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. From that day forward, she read everything she could get her hands on and credits her writing “education” to the many novels she has “studied” since then. She began her first novel in 1998 and hasn’t stopped since. Her seventh novel, Sheep’s Clothing, won the 2007 Whitney Award for Mystery/Suspense, and Lemon Tart, her ninth novel, was a 2009 Whitney Award Finalist. Blackberry Crumble is Josi’s thirteenth novel and the fifth book in the Sadie Hoffmiller Culinary Mystery series.

Josi currently lives in Willard, Utah, with her wonderful husband, four amazing children, one fat dog, and a varying number of very happy chickens.

 

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Book Blast Giveaway
$50 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash
Ends 3/17/13

Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader, Not A Writer https://something2offer.com//iamareader.com and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

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We are biting the bullet and trying MagicJack Plus

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We are biting the bullet and

trying Magic Jack Plus!

magicJack PLUS™ VoIP Phone Adapter

November 23-We have not had a house phone for quite a few years. We feel that it is time once again to have the convenience of a home phone for faxing. We helped set up our non-techie friends over a year ago with MagicJack Plus and they have had great success.

When I saw the Black Friday deals offered MagicJack Plus at Radio Shack for $20 off I figured it was as good a time as any. I read mixed reviews on Amazon and agreed with many that suggested buying from a store locally for better customer service.

Anxiously waiting for my husband to get off work and come home and hook us up with a phone! Kinda excited to be able to have a house phone again. One that will be able to be used by non-cell phone carrying relatives who come to watch our children. For our children to use to call there friends and not have to wait till the weekends. I know Princess will be glad to call her friend who no longer lives across the street every other day instead of once or twice a week.

I will be adding to this post a review after MagicJack Plus is installed and up and running. Will be calling locally and across the country just to check it out! If I’ve got your number, then I may be giving you a ring!

“So how do you like the Magic Jack plus?”

This got published BEFORE I could add our children’s comments! So far we have not had any major problems with Magic Jack. It is installed using our Brother All-in-One printer/copier/fax machine. We do not own any other working phones in the house that have caller ID or an answering machine. We will need to get a portable phone set with multiple hand sets to try and see if Magic Jack performs well across the house.

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Make March Amazing: Call for Guest Posts

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Make March Amazing: Call for Guest Posts

I have decided to dedicate March as Pregnancy, Maternity, Birth Story, and Newborn baby post month. Help Make March Amazing by submitting your guest post. Not a blogger that is okay! I am looking for a variety of articles to be posted on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays!

March 15-30 will kickoff Pregnant Blogger Giveaway event with some really awesome MEGA Gift Bundles for the Pregnant Mommy as well as Mommy of Newborn! We have some great sponsors so far: Preggers, Bumble Bum Booster Seat, Daddy Scrubs, Milk Nursingwear, Family Bedrock, Isabella Grace Jewelry, Mod Mum, Momzelle, Natural Living Mamma, Paci-Catchers, Pink Blush Maternity, Snooze Shade USA, THinc. Baby Balm and a few more surprises along the way! If you stop by one of the Pregnant Blogger Sponsors please let them know Something2Offer from the Pregnant Bloggers Giveaway Event sent you! This shows them we are already promoting their wonderful products!

Articles Topics I need filled:

Birth Center Birth Story- how you decided? What you did to pack and prepare? What you would do differently next time? any complications?

Birth Story with Midwife or Doula- How did you decide to use a Midwife or Doula? What preparations were taken ahead of time? What advice do you give when selecting a birth support person?

Planned HOME Birth- how you decided? What you did to pack and prepare? What you would do differently next time? any complications?

Planned C-Section Story-how you decided? What you did to pack and prepare? What you would do differently next time? any complications?

Surprise Delivery- gotta be a birth story where you went into labor and possible gave birth to twins and did not know you were having twins or some other crazy birth story.

Emergency C-Section- When did you know you had to have one? How did you and hubby prepare? How was your patient care and after care? How was boding with your baby?

Encouragement to Breastfeed- ways you prepared, research you did, support you found or did not find. How long you breastfeed? Did you pump at all? etc.

Homemade Baby Items/Products- simple DIY post about things you made for your baby. Can include tutorial or links back to your site describing the details of how to make those items.

Homemade BabyFood- what you did to prepare? Did you grow your own food? What type of processor did you use? Did you freeze or can the food ahead?

DIY Maternity and Pregnancy items- anything you can think of that you can make instead of buy. How you decided to make what you did? How much you saved in DIY vs. bought? Where did you go to find your info?

If you feel you have a story to tell or a post to write please contact me via email thaleia.maher@something2offer.comgmail.com!

Help Something 2 Offer MAKE MARCH AMAZING!

Emily Castles Mystery Series Book Blast & $50 Giveaway

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 Emily Castles Mystery Series Book Blast

& $50 Giveaway

Showstoppers an Emily Castles Mystery by Helen Smith

Three Sisters and Showstoppers by Helen Smith

Three Sisters and Showstoppers are two novella-length stories in the Emily Castles mystery series. The first full-length novel, Invitation to Die, will be published by Thomas & Mercer in October 2013.

The Emily Castles mystery series is set in present-day London. It features twenty-six-year-old Londoner Emily Castles and her neighbor, eccentric philosophy professor Dr. Muriel Crowther. In Three Sisters, Emily goes to a party in a big house at the end of her street. She’s sure she witnesses a murder, but no one will believe her. She teams up with Dr. Muriel to investigate.

In Showstoppers, Emily helps out at a local stage school run by her neighbor, Victoria. Soon she’s mixed up in a blackmail plot and two deaths. Emily and Dr. Muriel team up to prevent further a massacre live on stage during the end of term show.

 

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What It Takes to be a Virtual Assistant: Giveaway!

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What It Takes to be a Virtual Assistant: Giveaway!

What it takes to be a Virtual Assistant Giveaway

 

You thought we were done last week with our series What It Takes to be a Virtual Assistant-SURPRISE! We are back for one more week with a super exciting giveaway! Rebecca and I have the awesome opportunity to offer one lucky winner a FULL YEAR MEMBERSHIP to VANetworking’s VA insider’s Club. This exciting offer is valued at $333!

Tawnya Sutherland from VANetworking has been a mentor, coach, and teacher for thousands of VA’s and her info and training is top notch. Her website is the “go-to” site for new VA’s to learn the ropes and for current VA’s to stay on top of their game.

Virtual Assistant VA Insider's Club Membership Giveaway

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