Glynis Smy - Author of Historical Romance/Suspense: Want To Win A Signed Copy? Book Giveaway.

Want To Win A Signed Copy? Book Giveaway.

Today I celebrate 33 years of marriage to my best friend. We will eat out at our favourite fish restaurant, and sit by a harbour watching the world go by this evening.

How can I share my joy with others?

I am going to give away a signed copy of Ripper, My Love...that's how.

Your name will be pulled out of my sunhat in a few days.

Not sure you know about my book or would want to own a copy? Read the reviews I have received so far, they are amazing!

What do you have to do to win? If you think they are OK, please click agree with my book reviews and tags on the page over at Amazon (helps get the book noticed in the search groups apparently). Amazon Then pop back and leave us a little message for our day, that's all, that's it.

This is an international contest, so go click! Don't forget to leave some form of contact details so I can get in touch with you should you win!

17 comments:

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...: Hi Glynis .. Congratulations to you both .. that's amazing - you've both achieved so much ... your chemists shops, now your writing and books, and DH his aviary and garden in Cyprus .. joy ... and I'd love to join you by that harbour eating fishing and having the odd sip - but I guess you don't want a gooseberry bush around?!

Happy day and evening and many more .. cheers Hilary; 2/6/12
Glynis said...: Yes Hilary, on reflection we have led full, independent lives since the age of 18, and achieved quite a bit.
We will enjoy and you guessed correctly. ;) Thanks for dropping by. x; 2/6/12
Gina Dickerson said...: Hi Glynis,
I hopped on over to Amazon.co.uk and hit the like button etc. I already have your book on my kindle in my TBR list but would love to win a signed copy!
Congratulations on your 33 years of marriage, wishing you and your husband a wonderful anniversary!; 2/6/12
Glynis said...: Thanks, Gina!; 2/6/12
Talli Roland said...: Yay lovely G! Great giveaway. :); 2/6/12
Rebecca Bradley said...: Congratulations on your anniversary Glynis. Wishing you many more happy years.

And congratulations on the great reviews!; 2/6/12
Deniz Bevan said...: Those are some great reviews, Glynis! Congratulations :-); 2/6/12
Glynis said...: Yes, Talli. I thought this was a great way to celebrate our day.

Rebecca, thank you so much!

Deniz, I am thrilled. Thanks!

Thank you all for taking time out for me. x; 3/6/12
Sharkbytes said...: A very happy A-day! I'm off to check your tags.; 4/6/12
Glynis said...: Joan, thanks!; 4/6/12
William Kendall said...: A belated Happy Anniversary, Glynis!

Checked and clicked over at Amazon, and the book is getting great reactions there! Good for you!; 4/6/12
Glynis said...: Thanks William! I know, I am astounded!; 4/6/12
Lynda R Young said...: Happy anniversary, Glynis. 33 years is wonderful! And congrats again on your great reviews!!!; 7/6/12
Glynis said...: Thanks, Lynda!; 7/6/12
Charmaine Clancy said...: Congratulations Glynis, he's a lucky fellow. So sweet that you celebrate, in all the years hubby and I have been married we've NEVER remembered our anniversary until a week later. It's probably just lucky we're both the same or one of us would have our nose out of joint :)
Have a wonderful time, and I agree with your comment to me about finding more balance with time and blogging.; 7/6/12
Charmaine Clancy said...: PS - Happily tagged and liked and tweeted, but I now have my own copy and look forward to the read (so pull me out of the hat hun). Will add a review when I get a chance to read :); 7/6/12
Glynis said...: Charmaine, I am more likely to forget his birthday as it is three weeks after Christmas! Fortunately, I do not. :)

Thank you so very much!; 7/6/12

Maggie's Child

When farmer’s wife Maggie Sawbury gives birth to her fifth child, the only one that has lived and the result of an extra-marital affair, she is heartbroken and desperate. Maggie knows her joyless life with a bully of a husband is not one a child should endure, and she leaves the baby at the roadside to be found by passers-by.

Her money-driven husband announces he has found her another job in the village of Redgrave, aside from the many tasks she has on Windtop farm. He is totally unaware the position comes with a secret. One that frightens and yet brings joy to Maggie. She is to become wet-nurse to her abandoned child.

Love, and the possibility of incest, threaten to open old wounds, and Maggie has several decisions to make. However, will they be the right ones? If she tells all she knows, it will bring about the destruction of three families. Equally, her silence could be just as destructive. She shares her secret with another, the result changes her life, and a death brings with it more secrets. Will Maggie stay or will she walk away and find the love she craves?

Review

K.M. Weiland, Author of Historical and Speculative Fiction "Helping Writers Become Authors"

This review is from: Maggie's Child (Kindle Edition)

Glynis Smy has created a historical world that puts me in mind of the classic works of George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell. Her hard-working, put-upon heroine carries herself with a quiet grace through the tragedies of her hard-fought life. Not a cheerful story in many respects (there are moments in which it is quite dark), but the author plumbs the depths of human darkness and comes up in the end with a bucket full of light and hope.

Ripper, My Love >The Blurb

Growing up in late nineteenth century East London, Kitty Harper’s life is filled with danger and death – from her mother, her beloved neighbour and the working women of the streets. With her ever-watchful father and living surrogate family though, Kitty feels protected from harm. In fact, she feels so safe that while Whitechapel cowers under the cloud of a fearsome murderer, she strikes out on her own, moving into new premises to accommodate her sewing business.

But danger is closer than she thinks. In truth, it has burrowed itself right into her heart in the form of a handsome yet troubled bachelor, threatening everything she holds dear. Will Kitty fall prey to lust – and death – herself, or can she find the strength inside to fight for her business, sanity and her future? And who is the man terrifying the streets of East London?

Amazon Reader UK

It is difficult to pigeonhole this marvellous debut by Glynis Smy into the standard historical/romance genre but in my opinion, the book is such a tour de force of dramatic and evocative storytelling that it doesn't matter at all.
The writing gives a very strong sense of the era in which it is set, Jack the Ripper's Victorian London; you can almost smell and see the fog. The author also presents us with a very strong courageous and sympathetic heroine in Kitty with two enigmatic suitors, Arthur and James. To say anymore would spoil the plot which pulls no punches and is full of interesting twists.
Not for the faint hearted, it will keep you on the edge of your seat; I could not put it down and read in one session. It has it all tragedy, murder, romance.. what's not to like?
An outstanding debut I look forward to Ms Smy's next work.