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For the Blog Giveaway Carnival, I gave away an extra copy of Vigilante Witch Hunter by Gary Turcotte. The response for that one copy was wonderful– it was quite in demand! Because of that, author Gary Turcotte has given me the amazing opportunity to give out 3 AUTOGRAPHED copies of Memoirs of A Fortune Teller.

Mary Ann was a carnival fortune Teller. She kept a journal of some of the most frightening and personal readings that she witnessed. She was often times entertained by some reading as well as disgusted or frightened. Mary Ann’s entire life became consumed with reading fortunes and this book is a colorful look at her last years as the life of the fortune teller. Mary Ann shares the pain that being a fortune teller can bear on a caring person.

So now… GIVEAWAY!

Would you like the chance to win one of three autographed copies of Memoirs of a Fortune Teller by Gary Turcotte? This is your lucky night. There are a number of ways you can win this book, each good for one entry each. For each entry, leave me a separate comment. Also, make sure that you leave me a way to contact you if you win.

1.) Leave a comment below telling me that you’d like to win.
2.) Blog about this contest and leave a comment with the links.
3.) Add me on twitter (@morbidromantic) and Tweet this contest then comment with a link to the Tweet or your username.
4.) Stumble this giveaway or my main site and comment with your StumbleUpon username.
5.) Add my RSS reader here and leave me a comment telling me that you subscribe to my feed.
6.) Comment on any of my previous blog posts and leave me a comment telling me that you have.
7.) Answer this question: have you ever been to a fortune teller/tarot card reader? If not, would you like to?

If you do all of the above, you will get seven entries. That’s seven chances to win.

Winners will be selected on 11:59pm EST on May 2nd. I will be using Random.org to select the winner. When you win, I will send you an email asking for your physically mailing address, which you have 3 days to respond to before new winners are selected. No PO Boxes. This contest is open internationally.

I have been given the amazing opportunity to give out five copies of The Turnaround by George Pelecanos.

One summer day in 1972, three teenage white boys—Alex Pappas and his friends Billy Cachoris and Pete Whitten—drive into a poor Washington, D.C., neighborhood, high on booze and weed, looking for trouble. They confront three young black men, Billy winds up dead and Alex badly beaten. In 2007, Alex runs the family coffee shop, as did his father, and grieves for his son, recently killed in Iraq. Then, one of the black survivors of the incident contacts Alex, opening a door that may finally put the trauma of the past to rest. At the same time, another survivor, the man who beat Alex, has gotten out of prison and has extortion on his mind. The result is a beautifully written and thought-provoking novel of crime, friendship, aging and redemption.

So now… GIVEAWAY!

Would you like the chance to win a copy of The Turnaround by George Pelecanos? This is your lucky night. There are a number of ways you can win this book, each good for one entry each. For each entry, leave me a separate comment. Also, make sure that you leave me a way to contact you if you win.

1.) Leave a comment below telling me that you’d like to win.
2.) Blog about this contest and leave a comment with the links.
3.) Add me on twitter (@morbidromantic) and Tweet this contest then comment with a link to the Tweet or your username.
4.) Stumble this giveaway or my main site and comment with your StumbleUpon username.
5.) Add my RSS reader here and leave me a comment telling me that you subscribe to my feed.
6.) Comment on any of my previous blog posts and leave me a comment telling me that you have.

If you do all of the above, you will get six entries. That’s six chances to win.

Winners will be selected on 11:59pm EST on May 2nd. I will be using Random.org to select the winner. When you win, I will send you an email asking for your physically mailing address, which you have 3 days to respond to before new winners are selected. No PO Boxes. This contest is open to the US and Canada.

Okay, we have winners for the contest to win one of five copies of Is it Just Me or is Everything Shit? by Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur, with Brendan Hay…

The winning numbers are:
6, 7, 10, 16, 21

Winners:
NotNessie
LuAnn Morgan
Anne
Kelly B
Debbie

I am going to email all of you now and request your addresses. Remember, no PO Boxes and no one from any country but the US and Canada. If you do not get my email and you are a winner, leave me a comment here or send me an email at morbidromantic[@]gmail.com. Please send me your address in 3 days or else I will have to choose a new winner in your place.

Okay, we have winners for the contest to win one of five copies of How To Profit From the Coming Rapture by Steve and Evie Levy…

The winning numbers are:
1, 2, 4, 10, 12

Winners:
Rachel W.
NotNessie
Anne
Dina
Belinda McNabb

I am going to email all of you now and request your addresses. Remember, no PO Boxes and no one from any country but the US and Canada. If you do not get my email and you are a winner, leave me a comment here or send me an email at morbidromantic[@]gmail.com. Please send me your address in 3 days or else I will have to choose a new winner in your place.

Royal Blood by Rona Sharon
In the Tudor Court of 1518, your friends and enemies can be one and the same…During the annual celebration of the Order of the Garter, Sir Michael Devereaux arrives in King Henry VIII’s court on a mission for his benefactor. The celebration’s endless feats and sumptuous women delight the charismatic newcomer, who becomes captivated by the enigmatic Princess Renee of France. But evil, it seems, has followed Michael to the court. Shortly after his arrival, an unknown killer claims several victims, including the Queen’s lady-in-waiting, and the powerful Cardinal Wolsey asks Michael to help with the investigation. As he searches for the killer, Michael is haunted by disturbing images of the victims – flashes of violence that lead him to doubt his own sanity. Michael soon realizes that the key to solving the crime is connected to both the Pope’s Imperial vault in Rome and a mystery from Michael’s own past – revealing a secret that is so damning, it could forever alter the future of mankind.

Memoirs of a Fortune Teller by Gary Turcotte
Mary Ann was a carnival fortune Teller. She kept a journal of some of the most frightening and personal readings that she witnessed. She was often times entertained by some reading as well as disgusted or frightened. Mary Ann’s entire life became consumed with reading fortunes and this book is a colorful look at her last years as the life of the fortune teller. Mary Ann shares the pain that being a fortune teller can bear on a caring person.