Please note: the contest is now closed. Winner will be announced shortly.

It’s almost here.  My upcoming book, A Lot Like Love, releases on March 1st. So to celebrate, it’s time to share the “Love”.

I’m giving away a grand prize of a $100 gift card to Amazon or Barnes & Noble (at the winner’s choosing).  I’m also giving away second and third prizes of a signed copy of A Lot Like Love.  What do you have to do to enter, you ask?  It’s simple: spread the word about A Lot Like Love. Here are the details:

1.  Post somewhere letting people know about the upcoming release of A Lot Like Love.  Anywhere.  (I’m not fussy.)  You can talk about the book on your blog, your website, on Facebook, Twitter (my Twitter name is @juljames, for those of you who want to get extra-super bonus points for including that).  Don’t have a blog? Don’t tweet?  No problem–you can post a comment on somebody else’s website or blog, or even on a message board.

2.  Then, come back here and comment below with a link to wherever you’ve posted your qualifying blog/post/comment. This is important, as your comment below is your entry in the giveaway.

3.  Please make sure your link works!  If I can’t confirm you that you’ve posted/commented/blogged/whatever-ed about the book, you won’t be entered in the giveaway.

4.  To qualify, your blog/comment must be new (meaning it must be posted starting February 16th).

5.  For those of you who want to include details about A Lot Like Love in your post, the back cover copy can be found here and there’s an excerpt here.

6.  While I would love for each of you to spread the word about the release of A Lot Like Love far and wide with numerous posts, blogs, etc., in order to give everyone who promotes my book in some way an equal chance to win, I am limiting the giveaway to one entry per person.

7.  The contest is open until 10pm CST on February 27, 2011.  Everyone who correctly enters will be in the running for the $100 gift card and the second and third prizes of a signed book. Authors are eligible to win as well.  Winners will be chosen at random from among eligible entries.  The drawing will occur on February 28th.

Thanks, everyone, for helping me share the love for A Lot Like Love!

Hey everyone!

In case you hadn’t seen it, I’m running a new giveaway this month on my Contest page.  The February giveaway is a $50 gift card to the book store of the winner’s choosing, plus a copy of my upcoming release A Lot Like Love.  Please note: you must enter through the Contest page– posting here at the blog won’t count as an entry.

The current plan is to change the contest every month, so if you don’t win this one, come back again in March!

Speaking of A Lot Like Love. . . a couple reviews have come in, and so far I’m hearing good things. . .

“Julie James writes what I like to call “light romantic suspense” exceptionally well, and A LOT LIKE LOVE delivers. I love these stories with just the right balance of charm, love, action, and touches of humor and suspense. Once I started reading, I couldn’t put this book down.” —Fresh Fiction

“Julie James has quickly jumped onto my auto-buy list with her quick-witted, sexy characters and her deft ability of telling tales full of a delightfully fresh quality. If you’ve not yet sampled her books, I highly suggest putting her on your radar. In A LOT LIKE LIVE Ms. James has crafted a fabulously funny story with two great characters that are a perfect match for each other.” —Night Owl Reviews (Reviewer Top Pick)

**Please note: the giveaway offered through Writerspace is closed.

Want to win an ARC of A Lot Like Love? One person who leaves a comment AT THE WRITERSPACE BLOG will get one!  Click here to enter. And don’t forget my post below, for a second giveaway of an ARC and a $50 Macy’s gift card.

Good luck!

ETA: Oh geez, I screwed up.  By “here” in the original post I meant that you needed to click on the link and enter at the Writerspace blog.  Sorry for the confusion!