CONTEST: Meet Sharla Lovelace + The Reason is You!
Please help me welcome my guest, Sharla Lovelace, and comment to be entered into her contest (described below), as well as my contest for a second winner of a $25.00 gift card for Barnes and Noble or Amazon — winner’s choice!
(If you’re outside the US and win, I’ll come up with a comparable prize such as books that can be mailed to you instead of the gift card.)
I received THE REASON IS YOU for free through Goodreads First Reads and reviewed it here on my blog because I loved it so much. Nothing better than winning a book that becomes an all time favorite, other than giving other readers a chance to get to know the author too…
What do you do to be entered to win? Answer Sharla’s questions below, or let her know what you enjoyed most when you visited her site or read one of her books. Then, check back here next week to see if you won! GOOD LUCK!
(There is spam control on my blog so apologies in advance if you have to wait for your message to be approved the first time)
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It’s a crazy day for me, being release day for the mass market paperback of THE REASON IS YOU. It debuted last year in trade paperback, and as much as I loved that cover, I love this one even more. Soooo much fun, and I’m tickled to death that Bojangles the Rottweiler made the cover. 🙂
Now, I have an important question for you? Or maybe a few.
Do you like to eat? Do you like to cook? Do you like to bake?
I love food. Like—way too much. Like—I plan my day around what we’re going to eat that night. Now, that being said, that does not mean I like to cook.
No.
Cooking, no. Baking? Yes. 🙂
I don’t do it as often as I’d like, which is probably a good thing, but I love the smell of things baking and bubbling and filling the house with yum. I love that look my dog gets when it’s all just too much and she’s about to go postal on me from the sheer drool-worthy aromas.
So, when I was writing THE REASON IS YOU, and Dani and her daughter Riley go into this boardwalk restaurant, Ella’s, I had to go there. And I had to go with dessert. Here’s a little snippet…
Just inside heavy double-oak doors was a giant framed chalkboard that looked to weigh a thousand pounds and sported several specials in different colored chalk. The floor appeared to be the original planking, and stainless steel buckets lined the wall, filled with napkins and wrapped silverware. A waitress snagged a bucket and nodded for us to follow her.
“We’re just getting something to go,” I said, pointing at the menus under her arm. “Could we just—?”
The perky little blue-eyed blonde glared at me as she handed us the menus.
“Thanks.”
I opened one and we perused with our heads together. Bread pudding. Key lime pie—yum, but already had pie. Already had lots of things, but somehow still ended up with my nose in the dessert section. Giant brownie volcano. Sopapilla cheesecake.
“Oh, now that has possibilities.” I pointed at what was likely death by butter.
“I recommend the banana pudding.”
The voice came from behind and over my head, and I spun around to see Jason walk past us and up to the counter.
Riley’s eyebrows shot up. “Who’s that?”
“Satan.”
“He’s hot.”
“Like I said.”
In the last year, I cannot tell you how many book club events I attended that made both of these dishes! It so inspired me, that I got recipe cards made up for the sopapilla cheesecake. 🙂 Are these cute or what?
They are 3×5 and will fit beautifully in your recipe box. And I’ll give one away today with a bookmark, some other fun swag, and the choice of one of my books.
Have you ever had sopapilla cheesecake? I make it for every holiday, every event I have to bring a dish to, and every event my husband has to bring a dish to.
Dani says it’s death by butter, and she’s right. It’s not good for you. But it’s reallllllllyyyyyy good. 🙂
xoxo
~ Sharla
May 7, 2013 at 9:18 am
Thank you so much for hosting me, and I’ll pop by again later. Hope you all are drooling for the cheesecake! 🙂
May 7, 2013 at 10:57 am
Thrilled to have you here, Sharla, and I have cheesecake envy. LOL Thanks for being my guest 🙂
May 7, 2013 at 10:58 am
Hi Sharla…your book has been making the rounds of some of the blogs I like to visit… And as I am new to your books, I will be putting this one of my New to me author list to read.
I love to eat, I like to cook and bake. Although I may not be the best cook and baker, so far no one has kicked the bucket from eating my cooking..
Good luck with your book.
May 7, 2013 at 2:33 pm
Thanks Kathleen!! I hope you enjoy the book and the recipe! 🙂
May 7, 2013 at 11:05 pm
Love to eat and bake. Cooking meh not so much. Good thing hubby is a good cook. Will have to try your cheesecakes and your book. Both sound excellent.
May 8, 2013 at 6:19 am
Thanks Pam! I hope you enjoy them both. 🙂 Or together…now there’s an idea. LOL
May 11, 2013 at 7:48 am
Hi Sharla, You are a new-to-me author and I look forward to getting a copy of your book…love that cover too!
I have sort of a love-hate relationship with cooking and baking. I prefer cooking over baking. I bake at Christmastime to take cookies (usually 3-4 kinds) to my daughter’s house to share with my kids. As far as cooking goes, I don’t go into big meals anymore because I live alone and my kids are several states away. That said, when I do visit my children twice a year, my daughter is the one who puts up the gourmet spread for us.
May 11, 2013 at 8:36 am
Congrats to pamk! You are the winner of the swag pack and signed copy of THE REASON IS YOU, as well as Dorine’s extra gift! Please contact Dorine or myself at sharlals @ yahoo . com with your mailing address! 🙂
May 13, 2013 at 2:42 pm
Congratulations to pamk! Please email me with your physical mailing address. You can find my email address on the contact page of my site: http://www.tbrmountainrange.com/tbr-contact/
Thanks so much, Sharla, for playing here with us, and for offering a contest.
Thanks to Kathleen and Karen for visiting and commenting.
Keep checking back at my site for more contests monthly! I’ll be posting news of another one this month.
Happy Reading!
May 31, 2013 at 9:32 am
wow thanks for the win. I’ve contacted Dorine and you lol.