Last week, I launched a giveaway for you to be in with a chance of winning a signed paperback of Blood Instinct. All entries were allocated a number and the winners were chosen using a random number generator.
I am thrilled to announce that the winners are:
HUGE congratulations to Kelly, Natasha and Suzanne! Please email me or message me via Facebook with your home or work address, and I’ll get your signed paperback in the post to you as soon as possible.
Thank you so much to everyone who joined in! The quality and number of entries, as always, was fantastic. I loved reading them. <3
I’ll be disappearing for a little while now as I plough into my Blood Bound revisions, but I’ll keep you updated as and when I can. All I’ll say for now is look out for news coming soon. 😉
Due to all the recent excitement with Vampire Book Club’s Alpha Showdown, this giveaway is a little overdue. But it’s finally here… your chance to win a signed paperback of Blood Instinct!
A BLOOD BOUND UPDATE FIRST!
Before I plough into our giveaway, I’m thrilled to be able to tell you that the first draft of Blood Bound (Blackthorn’s penultimate book) is written! I’m now in the midst of revisions. I’ll have lots more news for you over the forthcoming weeks. Still no release date yet, but I’ll keep you informed!
THE GIVEAWAY
I have two signed books available – and anyone can enter to win one.
HOW TO ENTER
As many of you have already worked hard enough this past week to get our Kane through to the final, I’m going to keep this quick and simple. To remain with our Alpha Showdown theme, all you have to do to enter is answer the following question:
IF WE WERE RUNNING A ‘BLACKTHORN ALPHA SHOWDOWN’, WHO WOULD YOU VOTE FOR:
KANE, CALEB, JASK or EDEN?
That’s all you have to do! But if you tell me why you’ve chosen them, your name will be entered twice.
LEFT A REVIEW FOR BLOOD INSTINCT? YOU CAN ENTER THE BONUS ROUND!
I also have a third signed paperback put aside for an exclusive bonus round as an extra thank you to anyone who has left a review for Blood Instinct. Whether it be on Goodreads or on a retail site such as Amazon, just add where you’ve left your review at the end of your answer. Once the two winners of the giveaway have been drawn, your name will go back in for another chance to win.
The giveaway is open now and will close on Monday 20th June at midnight (UK time).
Only one entry per person.
All entries will be allocated a number and winners will be selected using a random number generator. Two winners will be chosen from the main giveaway. After the first draw, numbers from the bonus round will go back in for a second chance to win.
All three winners will be announced here and on my Facebook page on Tuesday 21st June.
Winners must claim their prize within seven days of the winner announcement.
As with all Blackthorn giveaways, prizes will be posted anywhere. Proof of sending will be retained and prizes cannot be replaced if lost in transit.
And as with all giveaways, I will avoid commenting on entries.
He was deemed the underdog from the outset, but Team Blackthorn was relentless. I’m thrilled to be able to tell you that our very own Kane Malloy has won Vampire Book Club’s Alpha Showdown 2016!! And he claimed the title with over 4,000 votes!!
In the words of Chelsea, owner of VBC:
“We haven’t had a surprise like this year’s Alpha Showdown in years. It’s official, a first-time contender has taken the title.
Congratulations to Kane Malloy from Lindsay J. Pryor’s Blackthorn series, your 2016 Alpha Showdown Champion!
It’s been a minute since a vampire held the title, and we’re so happy to welcome all the Blackthorn fans who came out in force for this master vampire. He beat former Alpha Showdown champion Barrons. BARRONS, y’all. And then won a second fierce battle against Kate Daniels. It’s impressive. He’s impressive.”
Thank you so much to everyone who came out to vote and show your support for Kane. To all my readers here, as well as across all my other social media; to my brilliant publisher who backed Blackthorn all the way; and to my exceptional street team who didn’t take their foot off the pedal from the second this showdown started – I can’t thank you enough. <3
Winning aside, events like these are all about having fun and finding fantastic new books to read in the PNR and UF genres – whether well-known global names such as the New York Times Bestsellers that Kane was up against, or relative newbies like Blackthorn and me. I’m loving all the recommendations being banded around across various social media as a result of this competition. So here’s a HUGE thank you too to Vampire Book Club for hosting the showdown.
I’ll be back tomorrow with some Blood Bound news as well as that giveaway I’ve been promising. I think it’s more fitting than ever now we have a little something extra to celebrate with!
I was absolutely blown away by the support that came in for him during the 48 hours that the semi-finals were open. I put calls out here, on my Facebook page and all my other social media and, wow, did you step up to the mark! Votes came in from the UK, Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand and Europe (tell me if I’ve missed anywhere). In the end we got through with OVER 6000 votes!!!
A MASSIVE thank you to everyone who voted, commented and helped spread the word. <3
THE FINAL IS LIVE!
And now Kane needs you one more time. The final round of Vampire Book Club’s Alpha Showdown is LIVE – and it’s time for you to choose your champion for 2016!
He was deemed the underdog from the outset, but Team Blackthorn fought hard and relentlessly through three rounds to get our Kane Malloy to the final. Kane is now up against the mega-force that is Kate Daniels (created by #1 New York Times Bestseller Ilona Andrews) for the crown. It’s another tough one! Can he go all the way?
Please do leave a comment too, if you can, to show your support.
At the time of posting this, there are only 33 hours left – so please don’t delay!
And if you haven’t yet checked out all the fantastic characters and authors that were put forward for this competition, it’s well worth a look. I hope you find loads of great new books to read. The more, the merrier! Have fun! xxx
Whilst I’ve been working away on Blood Bound, there’s been a rather exciting event happening in the background. I know a lot of my blog followers might already know about this but, in case you don’t, our Kane needs your help.
For the first time ever, Blackthorn (namely our very own Kane Malloy) was entered for Vampire Book Club’s Alpha Showdown. This is a major event with some of the biggest names in PNR and Urban Fantasy pitched against each other for reader votes. There are lots of great prizes for readers too!
Please can you spare a few seconds to support our Kane?
WE SURVIVED ROUND ONE
I was thrilled enough just to have Blackthorn nominated, but then it got really exciting! After being deemed the underdog, Kane was the shock victor in his first round when he won against the uber-popular Jane Yellowrock (created by Faith Hunter). Not only was Jane the showdown’s number one favourite, our Kane made it through with over 1,000 votes!
THEN WE GOT THROUGH ROUND TWO
When Kane was pitched against Mercy Thompson (created by fantastic National Bestselling Author Patricia Briggs) in the second round, we knew it was going to be tough to pull it off again. So there was even more shock when Kane came out the winner for a second time – this time with almost 3,000 votes!
As you can tell, Team Blackthorn are really getting into this! I am so grateful to everyone who has pulled out the stops to get him this far.
NOW WE’RE IN THE SEMI-FINALS!
Now Kane is in the semi-finals – and this time he’s up against the almighty Barrons (created by incredible New York Times Bestseller Karen Marie Moning)! Cue palpitations and butterflies…
KANE NEEDS YOU!
The semi-finals are open now. Please can you take a few seconds to vote for our Kane?
HOW TO VOTE
It’s quick and it’s easy. You don’t have to give any details or sign up for anything. Vampire Book Club have made it as simple as possible for everyone to join in.
Scroll through and look for the vote box (it comes after the two nominations)
Vote for our Kane
It closes tomorrow, so please don’t delay!
We’re currently just about in the lead, but everything can change at any point. It’s already a mighty battle up against Ms Moning’s phenomenal fan base. We’ve come this far though so, as Team Blackthorn keep telling me, we’re not going down without a respectable fight! (And having a lot of fun with it along the way. 😀 )
Thank you to everyone who takes the time to vote to support Kane, Blackthorn and, of course, me too. <3 And an extra special thank you to Tracey Rogers who wrote Kane’s pitch for him. You did us proud, Tracey!
I’ll be back next week with a Blood Bound update as well as a giveaway! I think it’s about time we had another one. 😀 Have a wonderful weekend if you don’t hear from me before. xxx
