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Newsletter subscriber giveaway ~ especially for you

August 3, 2026 by Patricia Sands

 

Bonjour tout le monde … hey everyone!I hope your summer is going well. I’m still basking in my memories of May in France and thought I would share some with you. Are you ready for a fun giveaway from France?
Every year when I am there, I return home with goodies to share with readers. I realized I still had quite a few special items in my treasure box and decided to celebrate my birthday by giving a gift box to someone else.
Here is what you will find when you open it:
Signed print copies of The French Effect and the four books of the Villa des Violettes series
A cozy shawl from Arles with van Gogh’s sunflowers as the pattern
A Provence tea towel (my favourite gift to bring home)
Soap, lavender sachets
A coin purse and a book bag from NiceNotebooks/ journals from Paris
Herbes de Provence from the Antibes market
This giveaway is only being offered to my Newsletter subscribers as a thank you for your loyalty.
I love hearing from so many of you after I send my letter and I know how you enjoy entering the giveaways from my author friends every month. This is just a little extra love between me and you. 
Entry is free, but you get bonus entry points if you email me a receipt of purchase for any format of The French Effect. 
Remember that you can gift Kindle copies to reader friends! 
If you do not yet subscribe to my newsletter, click on this link – you still have time! Then you can enter this giveaway.
I only send one letter a month and ALWAYS have giveaways from author friends.

Due to shipping costs, entries from the US & Canada only please. Sorry!
Giveaway ends at midnight EST on August 9.
I hope the winner feels like they have received the flavour of France in the gift box.
Bonne chance! Good luck!

You received this email because you signed up on our website or made a purchase from us.

P.S. Here’s a reminder that tomorrow, August 4th, is the annual Readers Coffeehouse Great Big Book Giveaway. Just go to their facebook page and start chatting with authors you know and wonderful new ones to you. The giveaways are fabulous! Please stop by my post and say hello.

Filed Under: Author Promotion, Blog, Contests, France, GIVEAWAY, News, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: France, giveaway, newsletter, Patricia Sands

Facebook/IG giveaway + Goodreads giveaway – it’s all happening!

April 17, 2025 by Patricia Sands

Hey everyone ~ To enter this giveaway, pop over to Facebook and/or Instagram! It’s easy to do.

Susan Walter and I are at it again, giving away SIGNED PRINT COPIES of two books to one lucky winner!
The theme of this giveaway is … SECRETS! “Letters from Strangers” by Susan Walter Author releases on May 27, and begins with the discovery of a bundle of secret love letters … And “The Secrets We Hide” by me is a mystical exploration of the secrets we hold the closest.
TO ENTER, go to Blue Sky Book Chat on Facebook or my account on IG or Susan’s account on IG and tag the person who you trust with all your secrets in the comments below. AND GOOD LUCK! Contest ends Saturday 4/19. US only.

And then there is this! My giveaway for the US and Canada good until April 25.

Click here to enter!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! WHO DOESN’T LOVE TO WIN A FREE BOOK?

Filed Under: Blog, Contests, GIVEAWAY, GOODREADS GIVEAWAY, News, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: giveaway, GOODREADS GIVRAWAY, Patricia Sands, SUSAN WALTER

October giveaway!

October 18, 2024 by Patricia Sands

Let’s get spooky! Click here to get in on this great giveaway!

https://bit.ly/ReadInPeace

Enter to win EIGHT author-signed books plus a Read in Peace metal bookmark! Easy entry with NO newsletter signups – just follow the authors on Amazon and/or BookBub. The more authors you follow, the more likely you are to win – plus you might just discover some new-to-you authors whose books you will love!

Winner will receive:

Read in Peace metal bookmark

Signed copy of A HEART LIKE HOME by Christine Nolfi

Signed copy of THE SECRETS WE HIDE by Patricia Sands

Signed copy of THE APOLOGY by Jimin Han

Signed copy of CRAZY TO LEAVE YOU by Marilyn Simon Rothstein

Signed copy of ECHOES OF US by Joy Jordan-Lake

Signed copy of THE FORGOTTEN ITALIAN RESTAURANT by Barbara Josselsohn

Signed copy of LET’S PRETEND THIS WILL WORK by Maddie Dawson

Signed copy of THE ECHO OF OLD BOOKS by Barbara Davis

https://bit.ly/ReadInPeace

US ONLY PLEASE. MUST BE 18 TO ENTER

Contest ends October 30th. Good luck everyone!

If you happen to be in Collingwood, Ontario on Saturday, October 19th, I hope you will drop by our first major literary event at the Collingwood Library from 10 to 4!

COLLINGWORD ~ a day-long festival of the stories authors tell. Celebrating the written word ~ author readings, panel discussions, presentations, book sales. Featured speaker is screenwriter Jesse T. Cook.

Refreshments available through the library’s community services collaboration with the wonderful Happy Day Café!

Bon weekend, everyone!

Filed Under: Blog, Contests, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: book contest, book event, Collingwood Public Library, CollingWord, giveaway, October, Patricia Sands, read in peace giveaway, South Georgian Bay Writers Collective

August 20! Don’t Miss It!

August 19, 2024 by Patricia Sands

A great day for book lovers everywhere! The READERS COFFEEHOUSE GREAT BIG BOOK GIVEAWAY is an annual book giveaway extravaganza. It’s a fabulous opportunity to chat with authors you love or ones who are new to you. Take a chance and enter to win free books ~ please remember to write reviews after you read them!

Click on this link after midnight Eastern tonight and check in all through the day to see what new giveaways have been added. See you there!

Good luck everyone! Have fun!

Filed Under: Author Promotion, Blog, Contests, Writing Tagged With: authors, books, giveaway, Patricia Sands, readers, Readers Coffeehouse, Readers Coffeehouse Great Big Book Giveaway

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