DABWAHA 2010

Having been away for a while, I only discovered this morning that Blue Gold was chosen to participate in DABWAHA 2010, run by Dear Author and Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.

Whatever happens, I'm delighted to be nominated in some very strong company. If you want to take part in the voting, here's the link.

Competition closed

My pre-Christmas Fictionwise competition for buyers of Flavia's Secret and Secret Treasure is now over and winners have been informed. Thank you for taking part!

Lindsay

Flavia's Secret competition winners (part two)

Congratulations to Cindy Waldon, who won the main prize for my competition, the Roman pendant! It will be on its way to you shortly, Cindy.

Red Roses for Authors have awarded Flavia's Secret 4.5 red roses and called it 'an exciting mystery. The romance between Flavia and Marcus is strong and passionate. Very enjoyable.' I couldn't agree more...

Flavia' s Secret competition winners (part one)

Well, we've just drawn the lucky winners of the bath stuff out of the old straw hat, and here are the winners:


Soaps go to Louise Lucchetti and Robyn Lee

Bath salts go to Crystal Broyles and Jane Beckenham


Happy bathing, folks! I'll mail the prizes when I have your addresses.

Remember, those of you who download a copy of Flavia's Secret still have a chance to win the reproduction Roman gold pendant. All you need to know is here, and I'll announce the winner on Tuesday.

'Flavia's Secret' Competition!

Today is release day for my Roman historical romance, Flavia's Secret, so here, as promised, is my competition! All the prizes come from the shop at the Roman Baths in Bath itself, where the book is set, and you can see them here.

I'll allow the soap and bath salts competitions to run for three days and the pendant competition to run for a week, to give you plenty of time to join in. There will be two winners each for the soap and the crystals.

OK, here are the questions. First for the soaps and bath crystals, with the winners announced on Friday. Both questions can be answered by reading the extract from Flavia's Secret posted at Bookstrand.


For the Roman Lavender Bath Crystals:

Q. What colour is Marcus' tunic in the opening of Flavia's Secret?


For the Roman Lavender Hand Soaps:

Q. The day before she dies, Flavia's former mistress Lady Valeria goes out alone to the baths. What does Flavia believe Lady Valeria bought from a healer/apothecary there?


For the gold-plated Flavian Pendant, I've chosen a question taken from the text of Flavia's Secret, and you'll have to buy a copy to answer this because the answer is not posted anywhere else. I'll announce the winner of this lovely pendant next Tuesday.

Q. Who is the red-headed toga girl who works in the baths?

Please send your answers to me at lindsaytownsend@yahoo.co.uk with your email address. My husband will draw the winning entries out of a hat and I'll be in touch for your snailmail address so I can mail on your prize.

Good luck and happy reading!

Flavia competition coming up...

My novel Flavia's Secret is being released by Bookstrand on Tuesday 29th July, and to celebrate I'm holding a competition! There are several prizes: Roman Hand Soaps and Roman Lavender Bath Crystals (two of each), plus a main prize of an authentic reproduction of a gold pendant of the Flavian period. This has been moulded and reproduced in gold-plated pewter (shown in the picture). All are from the Roman Bath shop at Bath, the historic city in the south-west of England where Flavia's Secret is set in 206 AD. To see the prizes in more detail, click here.

I will be giving all these prizes away on the release day of Flavia's Secret, but to win you will have to track down the answers to some questions and to have a chance to win the pendant you will have to buy the book to find the answer. More on launch day! Here again, meanwhile, is the blurb for Flavia's Secret:

'Spirited young scribe Flavia hopes for freedom. She and her fellow slaves in Aquae Sulis (modern Bath) have served the Lady Valeria for many years, but their mistress’ death brings a threat to Flavia’s dream: her new master Marcus Brucetus, a charismatic, widowed officer toughened in the forests of Germania. Flavia finds him overwhelmingly attractive but she is aware of the danger. To save her life and those of her ‘family’ she has forged a note from her mistress. If her deception is discovered, all the slaves may die. For his part, torn between attraction and respect, Marcus will not force himself on Flavia. Flavia by now knows of his grief over the deaths of his wife Drusilla and child. But how can she match up to the serene, flame-haired Drusilla?As the wild mid-winter festival of Saturnalia approaches, many lives will be changed forever.'

Genre: Historical Romance

Length: 83,000 words

Page count: 228

Cover Art by Jinger Heaston

ISBN: 1-60601-082-4

E-book $5.99

Published on July 29th 2008 by Bookstrand

www.bookstrand.com

Competition coming soon!

Flavia's Secret is coming out from Bookstrand on July 29, and I'll be offering some prizes - gifts from Roman Bath - to lucky readers who can answer a few questions based on my book. More on the 25th, when I'll post pictures of the prizes and on launch day, when I'll post the quiz.

In the meantime, here's some lavender - used a lot in Roman baths!

Flavia's Secret, due in July - first chapter here

Flavia's Secret, set in Roman Britain, is out to download from Bookstrand this July, and I'll be running a competition then, too!

To whet your appetite, here's chapter one... I hope you enjoy it.

Best, Lindsay

Lindsay Townsend