Monday, January 26, 2015

Another contest!


By Book or By Crook comes out next Tuesday!  So I'm having one more (for now) contest for some lovely Outer Banks swag.  When I've visited the Outer Banks doing research for the Lighthouse Library series, I've come home with an enormous amount of touristy stuff. I'd love to give some of it away to people interested in learning about the background and the real setting of the new series.

The contest is open to anyone who "Likes" the FB page https://www.facebook.com/evagatesauthor or Vicki Delany's page https://www.facebook.com/Vicki.Delany

If you are not on Facebook, and don't want to be, that's okay, because you can send an email to to evagatesauthor@gmail.com.

Today's question is: What was the best book you read in 2014? To be fair, (because I really do want to know) don't mention a book by me.

Here's a pic of today's swag. Contest closes Friday evening.




Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Contest Time!

When I've visited the Outer Banks doing research for the Lighthouse Library series, I've come home with an enormous amount of touristy stuff. I'd love to give some of it away to people interested in learning about the background and the real setting of the new series.

The second contest is now underway.  The contest is open to anyone who "Likes" the FB page https://www.facebook.com/evagatesauthor or Vicki Delany's page https://www.facebook.com/Vicki.Delany

If you are not on Facebook, and don't want to be, that's okay, because you can send an email to to evagatesauthor@gmail.com.

Today's question is: What place have you never been but would love to vacation one day.  There is no wrong answer!

Here's a pic of today's swag. Contest closes tomorrow evening, but there will be more.


Thursday, January 1, 2015

A New Year's Gift


Wow!  I couldn't' have started the new year out in a better way.

I opened my computer to find that Library Journal had given By Book or By Crook by Eva Gates a starred review!

Here's what they had to say:

redstarGates, Eva. By Book or by Crook: A Lighthouse Library Mystery. Obsidian: NAL. Feb. 2015. 352p. ISBN 9780451470935. pap. $7.99; ebk. ISBN 9780698165885. M
bybookorbycrook123114Reference librarian Lucy Richardson has decided to leave Boston behind, along with her Harvard University job, almost fiancĂ©, and unending social circles, to stay with her aunt on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Then she lands a delightful position at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library, although Lucy is one of the few who are pleased. When the chair of the library board is killed at a reception honoring the installation of a collection of first edition Jane Austen novels, and then one of the Austen novels is stolen, Lucy suddenly realizes that reading mysteries has definitely not prepared her for a real-life one. VERDICT This charming, entertaining, and smart series launch by Gates, who also writes under the Vicki Delany pen name, features an unusual (and real) setting and colorful cast of characters that set it apart from other bookish cozies.



The book will be released on Feb 3rd, and is now available for pre-order in paper and ebook formats.