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Looky what I got in the mail! Don't forget to enter The Paris Secret Ring Giveaway!

The Paris Secret Ring Giveaway

In celebration of the release of the print version of The Paris Secret, I’m giving away a replica of the beautiful, sterling silver, French poesy ring featured in the book and pictured above.

  

From inside her shirt she pulled a thin silver chain from which hung a silver band ring. She unfastened the chain to retrieve the ring and handed it to me. The ring was slightly domed and etched with a chain of interlocking figure eights circling its circumference.

 “What is this?” I asked.

“It’s a posy ring. They were quite popular with couples from about 1400 through the seventeenth century. The silver ones were used as engagement rings and were replaced with a gold one upon marriage. Posy comes from the term poesy. It refers to the secret messages of love that were engraved inside each one.” 

I held the ring up and turned it so I could read the message. It read: de m'amour soiez sure. 

“Of my love be sure,” translated Dr. Hewitt.

Click here for more information about the "Of My Love Be Sure" French Poesy Ring ring from Heavenly Treasures.

So how do you enter for your chance to win? Easy. Just purchase a print copy of The Paris Secret from the Harlequin website and email a copy of your receipt to: angelar.henry (at) gmail.com with the words The Paris Secret Ring Giveaway in the subject line (include your contact info in the body of the email) by December 31, 2011.  I’ll draw one random winner from all entries on January 2, 2012.

Click here to purchase your copy of The Paris Secret in print!

NOTE: The giveaway is for the sterling silver version of the ring valued at $49.00 - $56.00. The contest is open to residents of the US only.

The Paris Secret Prize Pack Winner!

I had a wonderful time touring with Kismet Book Touring this month. My tour came to an end last week. Congratulations to all the winners of an ecopy of The Paris Secret! But there could only be one winner of The Paris Secret Prize Pack. The winner is...

SASKIA!

Congratulations, Saskia! I'll be putting your prize in the mail this weekend! I hope you enjoy it! And a big thank you to all of my tour hosts and the readers who entered the giveaway.

Angela ; )

The Paris Secret Blog Tour!

Don't forget to stop by my tour stops for your chance to win a cool Paris secret Prize Pack!

Monday  July, 4th – Julie, That’s Swell / Guest Post, Maya’s Map of Paris
Tuesday, July, 5th – Tishia, Paranormal Opinion
Wednesday, July, 6th -  Heather, Bewitched Bookworms
Thursday, July, 7th – Jules, The Great, The Good and The Bad / Guest Post, Visitor Tips for Paris
Friday, July, 8th – Mysterious Books / Interview with Angela

Monday  July, 11th – Deea, Deea’s Book Journal / Guest Post, The Paris Secret Playlist
Tuesday,  July, 12th – Sarah, Workaday Reads
Wednesday, July, 13th – Lisa, Baffled Books / Guest Post, What’s In Maya’s Bag
Thursday, July, 14th -Yiota, Splash of our Worlds
Friday, July, 15th – Lori, Romancing the Darkside

Monday July, 18th – Penelope, The Reading Fever / Guest Post, A Day in the Life
Tuesday, July, 19th- Mandy, The Well Read Wife
Wednesday, July, 20th- Divya, Bookish Delight

Thursday, July, 21th- Missie, The Unread Reader / Guest Post, When I’m Not Writing

Friday, July, 21th – Crystal, Elegantly Bound Books / Interview with Angela

 

 

The Paris Secret Scavenger Hunt-Win a NOOK!

To celebrate the release of The Paris Secret, I'm launching a QR Code Scavenger Hunt. Details and entry form are below. Good Luck! And if you don't know what a QR code is, I'll let Lindsay from CSI: New York explain. 

ATTENTION: You do not need a smartphone to participate.  Click here for a list of online QR code readers. If your smartphone does not have a QR code reader, there are a number of free barcode reader apps that can be downloaded from the iTunes or Android app stores.

The QR codes needed to answer the questions above can be found somewhere on the following websites/blogs. Some codes will be obvious, while others you'll need to hunt for.  Some codes will lead to other codes, or nowhere at all, while other sites may have more than one code. Scan them and you will be taken to information about The Paris Secret. You must answer at least one question to be entered. But you can earn up to five entries.

Joely Sue Burkhardt
Publishers Marketplace

Shirin Dubbin
Lilly Cain 

Goodreads
MystNoir
Elyse Mady
Not Your Usual Suspects

Rae Renzi
The Crime Sistahs

PJ Schnyder

Paris Secret Blog (You're already here. Just look!)

Paris Secret Facebook Page

Animoto

Polyvore

Carina Press Facebook

She Writes 
Amazon
ITW: International Thriller Writers

All entries must be received by 11pm January 31, 2011

Winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries and awarded a Nook.

GOOD LUCK!

Watch This Space for Your Chance to Win a Nook!

Next Monday, January 17th, is the official launch day for The Paris Secret. Since the book has a few similarities to The Da Vinci Code, I will be launching an online scavenger hunt. If you're wondering what that strange orange thingy is above. It's a QR code and I think they're pretty cool!  You can read up on them here and see them in action here and here. QR codes can be scanned like a barcode with any smart phone and will take you to linked info embedded within the code. Go ahead and scan it! I will be hiding these codes on various sites and blogs. And some of my fellow Carina Press authors will also be hiding codes on their sites as well. The codes will lead you to info about The Paris Secret so that you can answer questions and be entered to win a Nook. Check back next Monday for more details!

Angela ; )

Six Sentence Sunday

Six Sentences from The Paris Secret, which will be released January 17th from Carina Press!

He took off running, pulling me behind him. I tried my best to keep up but the pain in my side slowed me down. A bullet whizzed past my head and another hit the fencepost near me. Tattoo Man was firing a gun as he staggered behind us.

“He’s got a gun!” I screamed at my rescuer. 

“No shit! Shut up and keep running!”

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The Paris Secret Book Trailer!

Are you listening?

I got the news yesterday that The Paris Secret will be released as an audio book download from Audible! I don't have a release date yet, but based on other Carina Press books released by Audible, I'm guessing sometime in the next couple of months! I am so excited! I only started listening to audio books myself in the last four years or so and always wondered what it would be like to hear my books narrated.  I have some friends and relatives who've yet to embrace ebooks and really want to read TPS. But they have mp3 players and would listen to an audio version in a heartbeat! So I'm happy they will be accommodated. And in case you're wondering if I will be the one narrating the answer is: hell to the no! Trust me you wouldn't want to listen to anything narrated by me with my flat, boring monotone. I just hope whoever the narrator is they can do a mean French accent!

Teaser Tuesday!

Starting today I'm going to post brief excerpts from The Paris Secret. Enjoy!

With me shaking so badly, it was a miracle I managed to get the two of us downstairs to the lobby. Meryl sat sobbing on the bottom step while I pounded on the bell for the desk clerk.

“Oui, madame,” he said smiling.

“There’s been a murder,” I told him.  

Within fifteen minutes the hotel was swarming with police.

        

Cover Love & Release Date

I can finally share the cover for The Paris Secret! I love this cover! The model looks exactly the way I envisioned my heroine Maya Sinclair would look. The illuminated Eiffel Tower and the  alchemy pentagram in the background really make the cover pop and glow! The Paris Secret is a romantic suspense/thriller, with a heaping helping of paranormal and historical elements.  I think this cover does a great job of reflecting that. Revisions and edits are finished and it's been sent off to the Carina Press production team. On January 17, 2011, three years after I finished writing it, it will finally be released! Hopefully, I'll be able to post the official cover copy soon.

Thank you, Monika of Spinstudio for my fabulous cover!

Later,
Angela ; )