Kieran Kramer

***Melinda J. won the contest! Congratulations, Melinda, and enjoy your $100 Borders gift card! I love these comments so much, I hope if you’re visiting here for the first time, you’ll read them and get inspired by all the gutsy women who wrote in!!***

Time for another big contest: the second book in my Impossible Bachelors series hits the shelves on Nov. 30th! In Dukes to the Left of Me, Princes to the Right, Spinsters with a capital S are women who’ll marry for love and nothing less.

Spinsters rock. I like to think we’re all around. As far as I’m concerned, you can be a Spinster whether you’re married, in a relationship, or single–as long as you love yourself and don’t settle.

Spinsters don’t make decisions based on fear. They don’t hide. Spinsters go after what they want!

You can win a $100 gift card to either Borders or Barnes and Noble simply by leaving a comment on this contest post about why you think you qualify to be a Spinster or a woman in your life does. Make your comment any length you wish. You can also enter just by writing “SPINSTERS RULE!”

And while you’ve got Spinsters on the brain, please check out my companion blog, The Spinsters Club.

FYI: The winner of the gift card will be chosen at random on December 15th and announced at 5 pm EST. Also, if you leave a comment and it doesn’t show up immediately, it’s only because I have to approve it. I promise I’ll be checking in several times a day!

I hope you have a great time reading Dukes to the Left of Me, Princes to the Right, and thank you for all your support!

Hugs,

Kieran :>)  P.S.

I’m bowled over by the fact that my absolutely favorite Regency author and major-mega writing idol, Julia Quinn, recommended When Harry Met Molly on her Facebook page!

One thing I’m discovering is that there are SO many kind, generous people in the romance writing world.

Why is that?

Well, I think it’s because if you write romance or are associated with it in any way behind the scenes, you must have a pretty optimistic outlook on life. You believe in the power of love. You believe in making connections. You believe in happy endings.

So thank you, Julia Quinn, RWA Hall of Famer and the Queen of Regency Romance! I am forever indebted to you. And I can’t wait for your next book, The Lady Most Likely, written with Connie Brockway and Eloisa James:

This week the next installment of the Harry Potter story is coming to a theater near you: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One.  (Mad clapping!)  In honor of everything Harry Potter-related, here’s the poignant and inspiring commencement speech J.K. Rowling delivered to graduates of Harvard on June 5, 2008. It gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. I hope you like it just as much: