UPDATE: The winner is…Jana!
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It’s Saturday, so it’s time to play!

For a chance to win your choice of download from among my backlist of books, solve the puzzle then tell me a story about the woman in the picture. Is she a good person? Is she a criminal? Have fun!

Open Contests

1. August into September (Contest) — This one ends soon! Win an Amazon gift certificate!
2. Your Weekend Book Boyfriend… (Contest + Excerpt) — Win an Amazon gift certificate!
3. Saturday’s Puzzle-Contest! (And Open Contests!) — Win an Amazon gift certificate!
4. Happy Labor Day! (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift certificate!
5. Favorite Kisses Word Search! (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift certificate!
6. Gabbi Grey: Why I Chose a Polarizing Subject for my Story (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift certificate!

UPDATE: The winner is…Miki!
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Word nerds, are you ready for another word search? This week’s theme is favorite kinds of kisses. There are so many!!! I did my research! LOL! There are too many to make you find them all, so I chose my faves!

Solve the puzzle then tell me your favorite types of kisses for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card!

UPDATE: The winner is…Daun Ann Korty!
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I’m sure you can guess the subject of the puzzle this week, but the picture is spectacular. I had to share it anyway!

For a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card, tell me whether you’re decorating for fall, and what you consider “decorating”. My daughter goes all out with seasonal statuary, door art, etc. She has a storage shelf for all her displays and loves adding little things we find (usually from garage sales or flea markets, plus things she paints and decorates with her Cricut. I love how into it she is.

Open Contests

1. Michal Scott: Hiding in Plain Sight: Belle da Costa Greene (Contest) — Last chance to enter! Win an Amazon gift card!
2. Saturday Puzzle-Contest! — This ends soon! Win an Amazon gift card!
3. 10 things to do with your notebook stash! (Contest + Open Contests!) — This ends soon! Win an Amazon gift card!
4. Flashback: Her Next Breath (Contest — 2 Winners!) — Win a FREE book!
5. He’s not the groom! Tell me a story! (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
6. August into September (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
7. Your Weekend Book Boyfriend… (Contest + Excerpt) — Win an Amazon gift card!

UPDATE: The winner is…flchen1!
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Lovely picture, right? But what if he’s not the groom?

For a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card, tell me a story about these two!

UPDATE: The winner is…Carol G!
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I’m late posting today because a friend messaged my dd to tell us there was a garage sale we could not miss this morning! The woman was selling vintage Pyrex dishes, which my daughter collects. My SIL was game to drive us there and patiently waited while we picked through her junk to find hidden treasures! We came away with so many pieces of Pyrex my daughter doesn’t have room to display them! It’s a great problem for an addict to have. I worked my way down one end of the table, snagging items I knew she’d want, and when we met in the middle we were both thrilled at all our finds.

Then I went through the rest of the tables looking for strange and wonderful treasures, which are what I collect—not that most of my treasures are worth anything, but I’m always looking for the thing that makes me happy.

The item I came away with cost an entire dollar! You have to solve the puzzle to see the tarnished brass (tarnish just means it has been around a while, like me). We looked on eBay to see what similar things go for. The ones we found were promotional type items produced in the 50s. Mine was sold at Knott’s Berry Farm—Ghost Town, California—I have no idea when. The top part flips to change numbers. The screws on the sides change other settings. Now, you have to see what the little treasure is, right? It’s found its forever-home on my desk. 🙂

Puzzle-Contest

Share one garage sale/junk shop find that makes you smile for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card!

UPDATE: The winner is…Beverly!
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It’s another Play Date for all you “word nerds”!

Solve the puzzle then tell me your favorite types of romance book heroes for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card!

UPDATE: The winner is…K. Campos!
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Have fun finding some popular romance tropes!

Tell me your favorite romance trope (it doesn’t have to be one of these on the list!) for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card!