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Vijaya Schartz
 
Guns, Swords, Romance With a Kick

Past contests
  -  Previous winners

ENTER  MY  NEW  CONTEST  BY  EMAILING  ME  YOUR  NAME  AND WHERE  YOU  ARE  FROM   -   JUST  CLICK  HERE

Deadline to enter: July 31, 2009, midnight Pacific Time

You could be the lucky winner of my August 1, 2009 eBook release:

White  Tiger
Chronicles of Kassouk - Book One

"...an exceptional tale that belongs in a place of honor on keeper shelves everywhere."  Johnna Flores - Coffee Time Romance - 5-cups rating

In a winter world where blood and loyalty are everything, and people keep large felines as pets, how can Tora avenge her father’s death, when a handsome Mutant challenges her bloodline, and his offer to help can get them both killed...

More on this novel, pictures, blurb, reviews, excerpt, HERE

This book doesn't have a cover yet but very soon.
It is an e-book you can read on your computer or laptop,  download into your ebook reading device, including a Kindle.  You can even print pages if you wish.

Learn more about eBooks HERE

Official release August 1, 2009 from DESERT BREEZE PUBLISHING
Find WHITE TIGER  on the publisher's page HERE

 


PAST  CONTEST  WINNERS

Catherine Lemanski, Sprinfield (MA) - June 2009 - Archangel Crusader
JoAnne Hudy (Canada) - March 2009 - A DESPERADO FOR CHRISTMAS
Jackie Wisherd - La Mesa, CA (Jan. 2009) Ashes for the Elephant God
Mina Gerhart - Hamburg, PA (Jan. 2009) - Anaz-voohri
Caitlin Hoy - Westville, NJ (Jan. 2009) - Anaz-voohri

Marilyn Lewis, from Atlanta, GA (November 2008) - A Desperado For Christmas
Jody Faltys, from Lincoln NE (September 10, 2008) - Anaz-voohri (paperback
Sherry Haut, from Judsonia, AR (June 10, 2008) -  Anaz-voohri(paperback)
Jean Morrison, from Lavallette, NJ (March 10, 2008) -  RELICS (paperback)
Teresa Ryan  (December 16, 2007) -  Archangel Crusader (paperback)
Kathy Sholes (September 25, 2007) - Archanger Crusader (paperback)
Shane Davenport (July 15, 2007) - White Tiger (Triskelion old version)
Crystal Gwynn (May 2007) - Ashes for the Elephant God (paperback)
Joan Woods (February 10, 2007) - Ashes for the Elephant God (paperback)
Linda Bass (November 20, 2006) - PDF version of THIS MAGIC MOMENT
Pam Pellini (September 6, 2006) - PDF  Anaz-voohri
Jodi Shadden (July 1, 2006) - PDF White Tiger (Triskelion old version)
Christie Hawkes (May 2006) - Audio MP3 of Archangel Crusader

 

PAST CONTEST ended June 14, 2009

TELL ME WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT MY BOOKS OR WHY YOU WANT TO READ THEM, AND WHICH ONE YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ NEXT,
AND YOU MAY VERY WELL HAVE YOUR WISH.

Just send me an email by clicking on this animated logo and tell me which book of mine you'd like to win.

Several of my titles are out of print or not available anymore
Although you might still find used copies at online booksellers
Here are the books available to win: one e-book, paperbacks, and one MP3 download:

Click on the covers for more details about each story

If you have questions on the order of the books for the Sci-Fi series,
 
visit this special page

 

January 10, 2009 deadline contest:

Answer three easy questions about A DESPERADO FOR CHRISTMAS,
and win my paperback of your choice, guaranteed!
You can download A DESPERADO FOR CHRISTMAS
 for $3.50 from Sapphire Blue Publishing
HERE

Or from Amazon Kindle HERE

The participants had to answer three easy questions about the story
Here are the correct answers in yellow

Who is the ruthless drug dealer and smuggler?
Miguel?  Ramon?  Jose?

What is the name of the girl giving birth?
Rosa?  Maria?  Carlita?

Who is Kaitlin's treacherous partner?
Bill?  Josh?  Miguel?

Read more about  this novella HERE

November 2006

The contestants had to solve the riddle on the left
by answering the questions on the right (the answers are in yellow)


Hero Without a Cause

 May you be blessed, O ye who endured in Hades
To become the fiercest in all Aries armies
Ye with faith and courage, and who never despaired
Even under the yoke of the mighty Baldric.

Ye who thirst for justice, tired of infamy,
Seeking a noble cause, find refuge in Mythos.
Quiet triumph awaits in the dark underworld,
Among unsung heroes of the antiquity

For purpose and fortune shall reward the worthy
Who offers at sunset a single bloody rose
Before the tall altar of Vulcan’s western forge,
Welcomed by Apollo, Prometheus and Zeus.

And may death come swiftly to foreign barbarians
Who would dare to trespass on the Elysian Fields
 

The answers were contained in:


QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 

1 - What is the mighty baldric?

The CEM
ORION
Hell

2 - What is Mythos?

A terrorist organization
A European militia
A secret group of watchers

3 - What is Vulcan's western forge?

An alien pyramid
A sacrificial temple
A glass tower

4 - Who are the foreign barbarians?

The Anaz-voohri
The Anasazi
ORION

5 - Who is Zeus?

Kin Raidon
Lawson Archer
Zack Duncan

 

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