E-Book Giveaway -- Congratulations To The Capathon Participants Who Won

Will the following people please contact me privately by email at kimberlyivey2@aol.com so I can send you your free e-book. Thank you for participating in CAP-athon.

Blanche

Toni V.S.



The winners were:

Blanche
Toni V.S.
Donna Maloy
Missy Jane
Karen Michelle Nutt

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The Gift of You....one of my favorite stories. Please read the blurb, the review, and the excerpt below. Enjoy!


The Gift of You
by Kimberly Ivey

Genre: Vintage Romance (1974)

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The Gift of You
Author(s): Kimberly Ivey


The heart-warming Christmas time tale of Liliana Brooks and Jake Delatorre. Abused in life after having a child out of wedlock in the 1970s, Liliana quits her job when her groping boss makes yet more unwanted and lewd advances. Jake Delatorre is her reluctant rescuer from the evils encountered by a single woman out alone. Will CHRISTMAS WISHES come true for Liliana and Jake?

Review:

"The Gift of You" captures the heart of the Christmas spirit. Liliana's devotion to her son, Nicky, shines through as a beacon of hope and provides a startling contrast to the negative attitude of others towards Liliana. This beautifully crafted tale of love against all odds is certain to charm readers during any season.

Excerpt:

Jake watched as Liliana cut a bite of the meatloaf. "A young man came into the diner a few days ago and asked for you."

"Oh? Who was it?"

He fished the note from his shirt pocket and placed it on the table before her. "It was Doug McMasters, Liliana. He wants you to call him."

She dropped her fork and it clattered onto her plate. With trembling fingers she took the slip of paper. "That's—"

"Nicky's father," he finished.

She stared at the note. "How did he find me?"

Jake leaned back in his chair and ran his fingers through his hair. "I didn't ask. I assume your parents told him you were living and working here."

Her eyes lifted to his. "Why would he come back now? He didn't want anything to do with Nicky—or me. I haven't heard from him in over two years."

Although he'd lost his appetite, Jake scooted forward and served his plate. He had a pretty good idea of why McMasters had come sniffing around. The no good shit probably wanted to patch things up with Liliana—thought he'd say those sweet seductive words he'd once used to get her into bed. What better time than Christmas to make amends—and take advantage of an innocent young woman a second time.

He stuffed a forkful of meatloaf into his mouth and chewed vigorously, not tasting it at all. The thought of Doug McMasters —of any man—touching Liliana made him want to punch something. McMasters didn't deserve her. He certainly didn't deserve little Nicky.

Liliana stared. "Wait. You said Doug gave you the note days ago? Why didn't you tell me then?"

Angry, Jake swallowed his food, almost choking on it. Sputtering, he reached for his napkin and wiped his mouth. He would have said he forgot, but that was a lie and he damned well knew it. He hadn'twanted to tell her. She and Nicky were doing well now. Besides, what right did some punk have to waltz back into her life and disrupt it?

In the few short weeks she'd lived in the spare apartment, he'd watch Liliana bloom. Gone was the shy young woman whose spirit had once been shattered. She laughed and told him of her dreams for the future—a future he secretly hoped one day might include him. At least he'd been counting on it when he picked out her ring.

WINNERS OF TODAY'S DRAWING! CONGRATULATIONS

I'd like to thank everyone who participated in this year's 1st Annual CAP-athon (yes, there will be more):

Diana Castillega
MJ Fredrick
Blanche
EM Muller
Toni V.S.
Zohra
Edna Curry
Karenna Colcroft
Donna Maloy
Willa (you wild woman, you!)
Missy Jane
Cheryl
Sandy Sullivan
Karen Michelle Nutt
Brenna Lyons
and Elizabeth Silver

Here's sending you a ton of heartfelt thanks for your participation and for your making it a success.

I hope you were inspired, that you wrote your hearts out, and that you will stay on your path. Writing is hard work. It's also a lonely profession. I know that I personally have been inspired by the stories, as well as the progress that several of you have made.

I also promised to enter everyone's names (those who participated by commenting at least once) into my contest. The prize: one free downloadable copy (ADOBE) of RIDE THE WILD WIND, my award-winning e-novel to ONE lucky winner.

Okay I lied. Well, I didn't really lie. I just said, "one winner."

Instead of ONE copy of RTWW to ONE winner, I've decided to select 5 winners names from the bowl.

So.....here it is.....

drum roll please.......

And the winners ARE.....

Blanche
Toni V.S.
Donna Maloy
Missy Jane
Karen Michelle Nutt

Congratulations ladies!

Within the next day or two I will be sending each of you an ADOBE copy of RIDE THE WILD WIND. Be on the lookout for it! Hey, I hope you have e-readers!

Again, thank you for participating. And please subscribe to my blog so you can follow my writing article posts, workshops, appearances, and write-a-thons!

There will be new blog posts almost daily.

A BIG THANK YOU FOR THE 1st ANNUAL CAP-athon PARTICIPANTS -- 2010 WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!

At the time of this post, it's two hours until the final 24 of CAP-athon....24 hours, that is! But it's almost bed time for me and I'm partying tomorrow so I needed to get this post up so I can get my booty sleep. Yeah, you read that right.

Interesting enough, the first and last week of CAP-athon were active. Lots of great plans to finish those projects. Lots of new contracts, new ideas, manuscripts finished, and dusty manuscripts unearthed.

I think we lost a few folks along the way, but we gained new ones as well.

All in all, I think CAP-athon was a huge success!!! I thank all of you who participated.

Finally, I have two questions:

Number one, did CAP-athon help you in any way, and if so how? If not, why not?

Second, would you like to see more writathons like CAP-athon every few months? Shorter? Longer? Themed? Your input is encouraged.