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September 2009

Win a Copy of SERENA by Ron Rash for Your Group

Ecco is launching a special contest to celebrate the upcoming paperback release of Ron Rash's acclaimed Serena, a riveting novel of timber barons in Depression-era North Carolina which, at its core, tells of love both honored and betrayed. Twenty-five readers will have the opportunity to each win one copy of the hardcover edition of Serena to consider adopting for their book clubs in paperback, which will be available on September 29th wherever books are sold.

More about Serena:
Serena and George Pemberton arrive in North Carolina in 1929 to build a timber empire for themselves. What follows is an astonishing and gothic tale of greed, power, and the shocking intersection of both violence and beauty. Serena is a fantastic book club pick because, like the best historical fiction, it asks us to draw essential parallels between the events of the past and those that characterize the way we live now.

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Win a Copy of A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS by R.J. Ellory for Your Group

We are celebrating the American release of A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory --- a beautiful yet haunting novel that blends literary style into a compelling crime story --- with a special contest. 100 readers will have the opportunity to each win one finished copy of A Quiet Belief in Angels, which is now available in stores, for their group.

More about A Quiet Belief in Angels:
Growing up in rural Georgia during the 1940s, Joseph Vaughan finds himself at the center of a series of mutilations and killings of young girls. The killers are never caught, and Joseph, an aspiring writer, continues to be haunted by the murders. Years later he sets out to forge a new life in New York. But even there the past won’t leave him alone --- for it seems that the murderer still lives and is killing again, and that the secret to his identity lies in Joseph’s own history.

A Quiet Belief in Angels offers readers a thrilling --- and often chilling --- tale that not only evokes strong emotions but asks important questions about our own morality.

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August 2009

Win a signed copy of THE VIRGIN’S DAUGHTERS by Jeane Westin and a bottle of Queen Elizabeth I’s perfume for your reading group!

We are celebrating the release of The Virgin’s Daughters: In the Court of Elizabeth I by Jeane Westin with a special contest. One Grand Prize winner will have the opportunity to receive a signed copy of The Virgin’s Daughters as well as a bottle of Queen Elizabeth I’s perfume that was recreated from the monarch’s garden. Fifty additional readers will have the opportunity to each win one finished copy of The Virgin’s Daughters, which is now available in stores, for their group.

More about The Virgin's Daughters:
In a court filled with repressed sexual longing, scandal and intrigue, Lady Katherine Grey is Elizabeth’s most faithful servant. When the young queen is smitten by the dashing Robert Dudley, Katherine must choose between duty and desire --- as her secret passion for a handsome earl threatens to turn Elizabeth against her. Once the queen becomes a bitter and capricious monarch, another lady-in-waiting, Mistress Mary Rogers, offers the queen comfort. But even Mary cannot remain impervious to the court’s sexual tension --- and as Elizabeth gives her doomed heart to the mercurial Earl of Essex, Mary is drawn to the queen’s rakish godson...

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July 2009

Win a Copy of IMPOSSIBLE by Nancy Werlin for Your Group --- And Send Us Your Thoughts!

This month we are running a special contest for Impossible by Nancy Werlin, a riveting novel that combines suspense, fantasy and romance for an intensely page-turning and masterfully original tale. We have 25 finished copies to give away to readers who would like to read the book and comment about it. Impossible will be available in stores on August 11th.

Once the prize copies have been shipped, we will contact our winners and ask them to respond with their thoughts about the book.

More about Impossible:
To break the curse that has plagued the women of her family for generations, Lucy Scarborough must complete the impossible tasks set forth in an old ballad. But can Lucy finish before the curse takes hold of her and she is lost forever?

Nancy Werlin’s Impossible is a haunting, thrilling, romantic puzzle with unexpected twists and turns that make it a perfect book club pick.

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