Thursday, 31 January 2013

Ain't love grand?

FOOLS FOR LUV celebrates everything Valentine's Day with a spectacular event including this GIVEAWAY Hop, Guests, other giveaways and more. The event was conceived and launched by Readaholics Anonymous and Fangs, Wands & Fairy Dust Please join us for this linked giveaway hop beginning February 1 2013 and going through, you guessed it, Valentine's Day, February 14, 
2013. 

Annie's post...
Is there any day more significant to  writers and readers of romance than Valentine's Day? That is the one day of the year to truly celebrate romantic love and give Valentines to your loved one... whether they know they are or not!
Ooh... I feel the germ of an idea for another romance coming on.
So how did it begin? (From Wikipedia) 
 St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians. 
The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the high middle ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.

I would love to hear some  Valentine's day stories...who knows it may end up in my story! (with permission of course) Funny, sad, emotional... I would love to hear them all and share them with my blog visitors. Leave your story in a comment below.

The prize... two books...an e-copy of Holiday Affair... and of course my novella Blind Lust... for what would Valentine's Day be without a story which begins with Cupid's arrow?
To go in the draw simply like my Facebook page at 
http://www.facebook.com/AnnieSeatonAuthor

and leave me a comment below saying 'liked'  and your email address.
If you have previously liked it...say 'already liked' and leave your email address!

And  then don't forget to visit all the other wonderful blogs in this fabulous Valentine's Fools for Luv blog hop below. There is a giveaway at every stop.
The winner of my prize will be announced on 15 February.




1. Fangs, Wands & Fairy Dust (US 18+)  23. Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Reviews  45. Meredith Booke (INT 18+)  
2. RoxannesRealm (INT 18+)  24. Hot Listens (INT)  46. The Jeep Diva (INT 18+)  
3. Viviana, Enchantress of Books (US & INT)  25. Writer. Chef. Romantic. (INT)  47. Reading A Little Bit of Everything (Int)  
4. FOOLS FOR LUV GRAND PRIZES (US 18+)  26. Books Books and More Books (INT 18+)  48. A Redheads Shenanigans (Int) (18+)  
5. Bewitching Book Tours (INT)  27. Blackraven's Erotic Cafe (US, CAN, INT)  49. Rose Anderson  
6. The Book Tart (INT 13+)  28. Blackraven's Reviews (US, CAN, INT)  50. Love is a Many Flavored Thing - DC Juris (INT)18+  
7. Reginamayross (INT 18+)  29. AJ's Reading Nook (US, CAN, INT)  51. Dana Littlejohn (18+, US, CAN, INT)  
8. Under the Covers (INT)  30. The Readers Roundtable (US, CAN, INT)  52. Sara Trimble  
9. Laura Kaye (INT 18+)  31. Dark Divas Reviews (US, CAN, INT)  53. Cinsearae S.--Diary of a Vampire Stripper (18+ USA)  
10. Scorching Book Reviews (Int)  32. Close Encounters with the Night Kind  54. Annie Seaton (INT)  
11. Natasha Blackthorne ~ Erotic Romance (INT 18+)  33. Read Between The Lines  55. Simply Ali  
12. The Book Nympho (INT)  34. Erica Hayes (INT 18+)  56. HEA Romances With A Little Kick  
13. BDSM, LGBT, Dark PNR/UF - A. Sangrey Black  35. Lena Loneson (INT 18+)  57. Sarah Gilman (INT)  
14. Bloodthirsty Muses - H.A.Fowler  36. Happily Ever After - Reads (INT)  58. Deal Sharing Aunt USA  
15. Pimpin' Reads (18+)  37. Sidney Bristol (INT +18)  59. 3 Partners in Shopping USA  
16. Kat Halstead (US)  38. Romance At Random US  60. herding cats & burning soup (INT)  
17. Susan Frances, Romantic Adventures (INT)  39. Preternatura-Suzanne Johnson (INT)  61. Helena Harker (INT)  
18. My Devotional Thoughts (INT)  40. Waves of Fiction (INT 18+)  62. Romance Book Club (US)  
19. Stories By Mina Khan (US 18+)  41. Justus Roux (INT 18+)  63. Army Wife US/CAN 18+  
20. Nette's Bookshelf Reviews (US)  42. Ellen @ Always YA at Heart (US/CAN) Giveaway  64. Natalie-Nicole Bates  
21. Tami @ Thrift Shop Commando (US)  43. Susanne Bellamy  65. Normandie Alleman (INT 18+)  
22. Mad Hatter Reads (US/CAN)  44. Misa Buckley  66. Ana's Attic Book Blog  








14 comments:

  1. Love a Valentines giveaway Annie.
    Thanks.

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  2. Thanks for the giveaway! Liked ;)

    Mary

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  3. Thanks for the contest!
    forettarose@yahoo.com

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  4. Thanks for the giveaway! I liked your FB page!

    mestith@gmail.com

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  5. Liked you FB page- Jeannie Baker-Platt... Thank you for being part of the hop

    j.m.platt83@gmail.com

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  6. Already liked :-)
    Samemmawood@hotmail.com
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  7. Liked!
    Thanks for the great giveaway!

    thompsonem3 at aol dot com

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  8. "Liked"

    Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
    elizabeth @ bookattict . com
    Facebook: Elizabeth Kotkiewicz Hyatt

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  9. Liked Cynthia clubbs

    cc_clubbs [at] yahoo [dot] com

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  10. Liked- Krysta Banco

    Morganlafey86(at)aol(dot)com

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  11. i liked your page. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Antane A

    nayjf(At)yahoo(dot)com

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  12. Hi! Thanks for the awesome hop and giveaway! I liked ya facebook page: Shadow Kohler
    shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com

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  13. Hi :) Liked your facebook page (Sarah perry) Thanks for your giveaway! I haven't really done much to celebrate Valentine's day in the past...I've either been single or had to work lol so no funny V-Day stories here.
    oddball2003 at hotmail dot com

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