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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Love an Author Christmas Giveaway!

Now that my chocolate cinnamon roll induced coma has worn off...

It's Small Business Saturday!!!

Authors are small businesses too (except for the likes of J.K. Rowling and Stephen King, who are more like heads of empires), so I'm spreading the book love today with a giveaway to highlight some of my favorite books and authors!

Eight lucky readers will receive one of these books to curl up with in front of a fire (or to put under the Christmas tree):

The Serpent & the Pearl  by Kate Quinn 
(You guys know I love everything Kate Quinn writes, and her Borgia sequel comes out January 7th!!!)


Daughters of the Nile by Stephanie Dray 

(Releases December 3 and it's FABULOUS!)  


Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter

(I loved this look at the life of Cleopatra's daughter!)


The Turncoat by Donna Thorland
(A hot and...ahem...steamy story of the American Revolution!)
The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall
  (One of my all-time favorite historical fiction books!)
Forged by Fate by Amalia Dillin
(A vivid tapestry of Biblical stories and world myths...)
And because I still have a few copies left, I'll also be sending out two copies of The Secret History!
 
To enter, leave a comment here or on my Facebook page. The giveaway is open for addresses in the U.S. and Canada, and I'll draw the winners Monday night!
Good luck and happy reading!

Monday, November 11, 2013

Daughter of the Gods Cover Reveal!

About five years ago, I started writing my first book, a novel about Hatshepsut. (Read: A novel about Egypt's kick-ass female pharaoh who I absolutely idolize and would totally stalk if she were still alive.

It took me two years to finish writing the book and another year to revise it. Then I spent a year in the query trenches. For a long time I wondered if this book, my absolute baby, would ever see the light of day. 

Then I found an agent and an editor who loved not only Theodora's story, but also Hatshepsut's. It's taken me a long time to wrap my mind around the fact that this baby of mine is going to be published and that people will be able to read about Hatshepsut's amazing life. 

And now, without further ado...

Here's the stunning cover of DAUGHTER OF THE GODS!

 (I love EVERYTHING about it, including the colors, the felucca, and the Valley of the Kings in the background!)

And from the back cover:


Egypt, 1400s BC. The pharaoh’s pampered second daughter, lively, intelligent Hatshepsut, delights in racing her chariot through the marketplace and testing her archery skills in the Nile’s marshlands. But the death of her elder sister, Neferubity, in a gruesome accident arising from Hatshepsut’s games forces her to confront her guilt...and sets her on a profoundly changed course.

Hatshepsut enters a loveless marriage with her half brother, Thut, to secure his claim to the Isis Throne and produce a male heir. But it is another of Thut’s wives, the commoner Aset, who bears him a son, while Hatshepsut develops a searing attraction for his brilliant adviser Senenmut. And when Thut suddenly dies, Hatshepsut becomes de facto ruler, as regent to her two-year-old nephew.

Once, Hatshepsut anticipated being free to live and love as she chose. Now she must put Egypt first. Ever daring, she will lead a vast army and build great temples, but always she will be torn between the demands of leadership and the desires of her heart. And even as she makes her boldest move of all, her enemies will plot her downfall....
Once again, Stephanie Thornton brings to life a remarkable woman from the distant past whose willingness to defy tradition changed the course of history.


YAY!