Greetings, good evening, and welcome to my giveaway to celebrate the release for A Cut Above the Rest! I’m incredibly proud of this story and so happy to share it with all of you.
Alex always had it easy growing up, indulged by loving, but busy parents as he flitted from one interest to another without settling. Then he discovered the world of fine dining and became determined to be a chef capable of producing such magnificent meals. Despite the doubts of a father who limited his funds, and the difficulties of leaving Germany to live in the United States, Alex stuck to his new goal and graduated the Culinary Institute of America.
Fresh out of school, he is eager to begin work at the restaurant owned by a good friend of his father’s, a restaurant well known for the beautiful, innovative meals its chefs create. He is primed to join the ranks of those masterful chefsβuntil the day he starts, and learns that he is nothing more than kitchen lackey, lower in rank than even the dishwashers.
Worse, his boss is none other than Nik, the beautiful, infuriating, highly talented classmate that Alex could never bestβor resist.
A Cut Above the Rest is available for pre-order for a couple days more at Less Than Three Press here. You can read an excerpt of the story, too.
The Appetite series is near and dear to my heart, not only for all the amazing food but because presiding over the journey that Chef Alex and Chef Nik take over the course of the story is tremendously frustrating, certainly difficult, but ultimately satisfying.
The Giveaway:
I am offering THREE copies of A Cut Above the Rest to three lucky winners, chosen by random numbers selected by random.org from the comments of this entry. This is the e-book version, and I will send a copy in your preferred format; epub, HTML, mobi, PDF.
To enter, drop a comment (you MUST include an email or means of contact or I CANNOT count your entry). Comment between now and next Sunday, March 17th. Winners will be chosen Monday morning.
To win additional chances to enter, you may do the following:
– Promote/share my Facebook post promoting Appetite’s release.
– Post a comment on my/your Facebook about the novel.
– Promote/share my Tumblr post promoting Appetite’s release.
– Like my Tumblr post regarding the release.
– Retweet my author tweet on Twitter regarding the release.
– Become a fan on Goodreads.
– Leave a comment or make a post promoting the novel on your own social venue (any and all – WordPress, LJ, DW, blogspot, just link me so I can verify)
Basically, spread the word in any possible fashion and you can get an additional chance to win your own ebook copy of A Cut Above the Rest!
Many thanks, I appreciate your stopping by, and good luck with the giveaway.
We’ve also got a fun promotional tour this week, so stay tuned for daily updates on where it’s at!
okay, so i retweeted on amandaironic, reblogged, liked, and I’m a fan on goodreads. and my email is ginandironic@gmail.com. :>
Good work, five entries for Gin! May the odds be in your favor~
Hi! So excited for this novel! I retweeted on jumbie_22, liked on tumblr (libertefreheitfreedom) and I’m a fan on goodreads (jumbie22). Thanks for another awesome giveaway! =)
Email is jumbie_22@yahoo.ca
I’m excited too! :3 Four entries for Isabelle, thank you and good luck!
I have tweeted it on my twitter via hexenhasel_th and retweeted your author tweet there as well. https://twitter.com/hexenhasel_th/status/310904154862276609. On tumblr I have liked and reposted via lilacwitchtea.tumblr.com. I follow you on facebook and have shared your post there: https://www.facebook.com/hexen.hasel/posts/344519432335703 I am also a fan of yours on goodreads.com (via hexenhasel), and here is my own DW post promoting you: http://hexenhasel.dreamwidth.org/79963.html
AND my email is hexen(dot)hasel(at)yahoo(dot)ca π
My goodness that’s a lot of promotion! The Hexen is determined! π Thank you, my dear. I’ve got you down for eight entries, and good luck!
Hi!
I’ve retweeted on twitter (em_rose483), reblogged/liked on tumblr (emilyrosecowan), fanned on goodreads and blogged on LJ (http://em-rose483.livejournal.com/111543.html) π thanks so much for this offer, it’s so exciting!
my email is: emilycowanxxx@hotmail.co.uk
Whee, thanks for all the promotes! I appreciate it. π I’ve got you down for six entries, my dear, and good luck with the giveaway!
Hi!
I’ve made a post on my LJ/DW: http://lauand.livejournal.com/109814.html
Congratulations for the release!
(If the automated way of including the email doesn’t count, please, let me know.)
Hooray, thank you! Yes, your email is available to me in the post details but it’s not public. Good luck with the giveaway. π
This is another very interesting book you’ve got coming out. Congratulations!
Please enter me in the giveaway. mell88@nycap.rr.com
I’m still your fan on goodreads!
Thank you, Mell! I’m so excited about this release. π We all have books that are especially dear to us, and this is one of those for me.
I’ve got you down for two entries, and good luck!
Hi, Talya *waves*
Your new book looks wonderful! Congrats for the release. Please count me in, as well.
I don’t have facebook or twitter, but I liked and reblogged your post on tumblr (cutethingsandsexymen is my username – that’s a mouthful, I know), became fan on Goodreads and wrote about it in my blog post (though I have very few followers, for now) – http://shaylamist.blogspot.com/2013/03/updates-and-new-blog-segments.html
Hey Shayla! Thanks so much. :3 I am really excited about this release. I’ve got you down for five entries! Thanks for the promo, and good luck with the giveaway.
So excited for this one! I retweeted your author tweet via tastelikedoubt and ophelia_seven.
My email address is creativitysend [at] hotmail [dot] com
Great, Chelsi, I have you down for three entries! Good luck. π
Hiya
I have reblogged & liked on Tumblr (amourfuturiste)/retweeted (amourfuturiste). Also shared on Facebook and became a fan on goodreads π
My email: denisewitmore@hotmail.com
My goodness, thank you for your promotion! π That’s six entries for Denise, and good luck!
I have re-tweeted via zorely-rose(twitter), liked and reblogged on zorely-rose (tumblr), liked and shared on FB(Zorely Rose and I just tagged you so that you could have the link to it), already am a fan on Goodreads. Posted it on both my LJ: http://liebeundvertra.livejournal.com/104952.html and http://thywillbedone.livejournal.com/436439.html
My email is thywillbedone23@gmail.com
That’s seven entries for Rose! π Thank you. And good luck with the giveaway.
I love cooking and backing, I hope there are some recepice in the book, for the readers to try out ???
emiliana25 at web dot de
Me too! There are no recipes in the book itself, I’m sorry – it’s not a cookbook but it will make you hungry, and may give you an idea of some things to look up and try at home?
I’ve got you down for an entry, emiliana, thank you!
Sounds amazing–please count me in!
vitajex(at)aol(dot)com
You are counted! π
Thank you! I’ve read to love it!
schan26.wisc@gmail.com
Great! Good luck with the giveaway. π
Sounds yummy! Thanks for a chance to win.
Urb
brendurbanist @ gmail . com
You are most welcome! π Good luck with the giveaway.
It’s looks like a cute story! Thanks !
moon.s.hadow@hotmail.fr
Thank you, I sure think so. π Good luck with the giveaway!
Count me in on this tasty story. I fanned you on goodreads.
Thank you! That’s two entries, good luck with the giveaway. π
Sounds great, please count me in!
lyra.lucky7(at)gmail(dot)com
You are counted, Lyra! Good luck! π
Sounds like a good story. Please count me in.
Thanks, Karl, you are counted! Good luck with the giveaway. π
Thank you so much for the giveaway!!! Please count me in!!
Judi
arella3173_loveless@yahoo(dot)com
ReTweet: (@Arella3173)
ReBlog: http://loveless3173.tumblr.com/post/45321845593/talya-andor-check-out-a-cut-above-the-rest
And liked on Goodreads. π
Thank you, Arella, I’ve got you down for four entries in the giveaway! I appreciate the promotion, and good luck. π
I would love a chance to win! Please count me in.
Thank You.
leeleelet@yahoo.com
You are counted, thank you Leelee! Good luck. π
This sounds like a hot story, count me in! Its true, a way to one’s heart is through the stomach β€
It definitely is! You are counted. π Good luck with the giveaway!
Please count me in. This sounds different from most MM books and I like that.
Thank you! You’re counted, and good luck with the giveaway. π
Retweeted, and looking forward to the novel π
jean_b@ofir.dk
Thanks for the retweet! π Good luck with the giveaway.
Please count me in, I’d love to read this one!
jibriel.o at web dot de
Thanks! I’ve got you counted, good luck with the giveaway. π
Omg:-D this sound great
Count me in please:-)
maiali69@yahoo.com
Thanks, I hope so! You are counted, good luck with the giveaway. π
Please count me in! Sounds like a good read!
klparrishokc@yahoo.com
You are counted! π Good luck with the giveaway.
Sounds like a good read. Thanks for the chance to win.
valpelissero@yahoo.com
Thank you! I’ve got you entered in the giveaway, good luck. π
This sounds like a good read! Please count me in! (I also became a fan on Goodreads.)
Thanks, Marie! You are counted twice, I appreciate it. Good luck with the giveaway!
I think this book could keep my attention and I love it. I like the plot and the characters sound like real people. Hope I win:)
xxjsc929xx@yahoo.com
Thanks, Jay! They’re definitely real to me and I think that comes across in the story. π You are entered in the giveaway, and good luck!
Sounds yummy π count me in please!
freetofall00 at gmail dot com
Thanks, Lydia! You are counted. π Good luck!
Sounds like my kind of book. Please count me in for a chance to win. I became a fan on Goodreads (bazinga ~Lisa)
lcochs16@gmail.com
thanks!! lisa
Thanks, Lisa! You’re entered in the giveaway for two entries, good luck!
Id like to enter too. Email: amina.sadaf@gmail.com
You are entered! Thanks and good luck with the giveaway.