Weekly Contest Winner Announced!

Congratulations to our winner from Saturday's contest. The winner of the e-book copy of A Little Slice of Heaven by our guest blogger, Gina Ardito.

This weeks winner is...Staci.

Congratulations Staci! We hope you enjoy your free book.

To receive your book, please email us at thedeadlyvixens@yahoo.com with your e-mail address.

Thanks for participating in our blog and congratulations again! Don't forget to check back each Saturday for a new contest!

Please note: New winners will be chosen from the remaining entries if prizes are not claimed within one (1) week from today's drawing.

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Weekly Contest!

Sorry, I'm a little late entering the contest this week. Since we didn't have any entries for our contest last Saturday, I've decided to offer it one more time for our contest. Please be sure to enter. This sounds like a really great read!

Welcome to our weekly contest on The Deadly Vixens blog! The winner will receive a free e-book copy of A Little Slice of Heaven by Gina Ardito. Thanks again to Gina, our guest blogger this week.

Here’s the question that needs to be answered: Name one thing other people enjoy, but Gina doesn't. (The answer can be found in Gina's guest blog from Thursday June 26th)

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, July 8, 2008. Be sure to check back and see if you have won. If your name is drawn as the winner, you will need to email us at thedeadlyvixens@yahoo.com to claim your prize. Include your email address within the email when you claim the prize to ensure delivery.

New winners will be chosen from the remaining entries if prizes are not claimed within one week of drawing.

Best of luck!

The Deadly Vixens

*WARNING* Some books may contain explicit material and are for persons 18 years of age or older. If you are not at least 18, please do not enter the contest, as we have no way of knowing your actual age. By entering this contest, you are accepting these terms and agree that you are at least 18 years of age. Thank you.

Weekly Contest!

Welcome to our weekly contest on The Deadly Vixens blog! The winner will receive a free e-book copy of A Little Slice of Heaven by Gina Ardito. Thanks again to Gina, our guest blogger this week.

Here’s the question that needs to be answered: Name one thing other people enjoy, but Gina doesn't. (The answer can be found in Gina's guest blog from Thursday June 26th)

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Be sure to check back and see if you have won. If your name is drawn as the winner, you will need to email us at thedeadlyvixens@yahoo.com to claim your prize. Include your email address within the email when you claim the prize to ensure delivery.

New winners will be chosen from the remaining entries if prizes are not claimed within one week of drawing.

Best of luck!

The Deadly Vixens

*WARNING* Some books may contain explicit material and are for persons 18 years of age or older. If you are not at least 18, please do not enter the contest, as we have no way of knowing your actual age. By entering this contest, you are accepting these terms and agree that you are at least 18 years of age. Thank you.

Please welcome author...Gina Ardito

What the World Needs Now Is Love, Sweet Love

A couple of decades ago, The Police had a hit song with When the World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around. I don't know about everyone else, but with all that's going on these days: soaring gas prices, global warming, endless war, I sometimes feel the world is running down. So how do I make the best of what's still around?

I reach for a romance novel. Now, contrary to popular belief, I don't read romance because I'm some desperate housewife who believes that someday her white knight will pop off the Ajax bottle and whisk me away to a land of endless sex, wine, and chocolate. Though the idea does hold some appeal...

...Where was I? Oh, yeah, right. Romance novels amid the world's turmoil.

I've never understood the derision the genre creates in non-readers. There are plenty of things I don't enjoy that others do. The Three Stooges come to mind. But I don't automatically consider Stooge fans so out of touch with reality, they believe it's perfectly acceptable behavior to smack their friends on the heads with a ball-peen hammer.

Some of the greatest stories and legends in the world have a romance at the core. Ditto the most popular movies, theatrical productions, and songs. Yet the snark level is much lower in those versions of media. So why is romance acceptable in every other forum except printed on pages?

Is the cover art to blame? Then how do you explain advertisers using clinches and bare skin to sell everything from cars to cologne to sports drinks? We still buy the products, don't we?

Maybe it's the love scenes. After all, no one makes love, right? Okay, scratch that.

What could the naysayers know the rest of us don't?

Is it so totally unbelievable that two people might meet, overcome an obstacle or two, and become a united couple after the experience? God, I hope not. Because I think I've just described how most of us came into existence.

Reality check: In real life, I've never seen men who fight crime dressed as bats or spiders. Last I heard, no planes have gone down on a deserted island, stranding dozens of passengers (or just one passenger who likes to talk to a volleyball.) There has never been a dragon, an alien invasion, or a zombie. Except in our imaginations. And the advertisements on the back of comic books do not accurately depict the sea people you can buy and grow in your own sea-quarium.

But love? Love is what makes us people rather than humans. Love is what binds us one to another. Love is our creation, our ultimate gift, our hope, our future. Nowhere is love depicted better than in the wide spectrum of romance novels. And when the world starts running down, it's the best of what's still around.

Naysayers, take notice.

Fall in love...with your laugh! www.ginaardito.com
THE BONDS OF MATRI-MONEY available now!
A LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN available 6/27/08

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Disclaimer (because we don't have a choice): The views expressed by the guest blogger do not necessarily reflect those of The Deadly Vixens.

Day Four of our Contests!

Here's your chance to win a free copy of Jennifer Shirk's ebook The Role of a Lifetime! This is the fourth of over a full week of contests, so be sure to check back to see if you're a winner. We will be giving away one free ebook everyday from now until Tuesday July 1st.

For your chance to win, just read the blog by Gina Ardito, our guest author today, and leave a comment to her post.

Winners will be announced one week from the date of the contest. So Mondays winner will be announced the next Monday, and so on.

Be sure to check back and see if you have won. If your name is drawn as the winner, you will need to email us at thedeadlyvixens@yahoo.com to claim your prize. Include your email address within the email when you claim the prize to ensure delivery.

New winners will be chosen from the remaining entries if prizes are not claimed within one week of drawing.

Best of luck!

The Deadly Vixens

P.S. Don't forget our weekly contests on Saturdays! Every week we give away a new prize so check back often for your chance to win!

*WARNING* Some books may contain explicit material and are for persons 18 years of age or older. If you are not at least 18, please do not enter the contest, as we have no way of knowing your actual age. By entering this contest, you are accepting these terms and agree that you are at least 18 years of age. Thank you.