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June 30, 2009 has been declared Brenda Jackson Day!
Romance readers get ready as New York Times Best-selling author, Brenda Jackson, turns up the heat this summer with her 66th book, Intimate Seduction (Kimani Romance; June 2009; Mass Market Paperback; $5.99 US)!

The official release date of this sexy new book, June 30, 2009, has been declared Brenda Jackson Day! Readers nationwide are invited to join the celebration by visiting their favorite book stores (online and offline) to purchase Intimate Seduction on June 30th which not only kicks off the sale of this new sexy summer read, but to help break sales record held by Brenda’s last Steele novel, Irresistible Forces! If you purchase a copy of Intimate Seduction on June 30th hold on to your receipt! And please consider buying a copy for a friend or family member because the more copies you buy, the better chances you have to win a spot on the 2011 Brenda Jackson Cruise to Puerto Rico!

Brenda Jackson Day Contest

Grand Prize winner will receive a booking on the 2011 Brenda Jackson Cruise to Puerto Rico as well as receive a Brenda Jackson cruise tote bag filled with books and exciting gifts! Included in tote will be a copy of Brenda’s August book titled One Night with a Wealthy Rancher!

In addition to the Grand Prize, there are 10 consolation prizes (tote bag filled with books, and a number of special treats) will also be awarded. Included in tote will be a copy of Brenda’s August book titled, One Night with a Wealthy Rancher!

HOW TO ENTER

1. To qualify for the GRAND PRIZE, at least five (5) copies of Intimate Seduction must be purchased by the same person on June 30, 2009. Those who qualify with the purchase of 5 copies of Intimate Seduction on June 30th will have their names entered in the contest according to the number of copies purchased. So if you buy five (5) copies, you have at least 5 chances to win. If you buy 7 copies, you have at least 7 chances to win. THE GRAND PRIZE CRUISE TO PUERTO RICO IS NON-TRANSFERABLE OR NON-EXCHANGEABLE.

2. To qualify for the 1 of the ten Brenda Jackson prize totes filled with books and gifts, 1 – 4 copies of Intimate Seduction must be purchased by the same person. Those who buy 1-4 copies will have their names entered in the contest according to the number of copies purchase. So if you buy two (2) copies, you have at least 2 chances to win, etc. BOOKS MUST BE PURCHASED ON JUNE 30TH.

3. Send your full name, address, telephone number, and email address along with your legitimate store receipt(s) reflecting the purchase of Intimate Seduction on June 30th to: Brenda Jackson Contest, PO BOX 28267, Jacksonville, FL 32226. All entries must be post marked by the U. S. Postal Service by midnight July 7, 2009. Judges will have the right to request additional information if further verification of store receipts is necessary. ALL RECEIPTS MUST BE LEGIBLE.

4. All winners will be announced on Brenda Jackson’s official website – www.brendajackson.net – July 22, 2009!

Visit Brenda Jackson’s official website for more information. View the Intimate Seduction Book Trailer online right now!


INTIMATE SEDUCTION
Brenda Jackson
Kimani Romance, June 30, 2009
$5.99 US; ISBN: 0373861206

Today's quick promotional message from "the girl reading in the south.com" is about some great social networks for career authors. So check it out at
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The GRITS Online Reading Club Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-04. Click the link above and check them out!

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PICKING COTTON is the unforgettable true story of an unlikely friendship forged between a woman and the man she misidentified as her attacker and sent to prison for eleven years. Click to view the book trailer!

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National Bestselling Author Francis Ray brings you a Grayson Friends novel - Nobody But You!

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Poet Elizabeth Alexander talks to CBS News about the significance of President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration and staying calm while preparing a poem to commemorate the day.

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From New York Times Bestselling Author comes . . . Tall, Dark ... Westmoreland!

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Is the Church Still the Saint’s Hospital or Has it Become a Cover Up? Stop by with your thoughts!

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The much talked about blog tour is at The GRITS Online Reading Club today -- So, stop by!

Enter a Kwanzaa Celebration and you will be greeted with, ""Habari gani?" which is Swahili, a Pan-African language for, "What news? Your response will be to give the name of the Kwanzaa princple being observed that day. There are 7 principles for 7 days of this celebration - Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia, Kuumba, and Imani!

The GRITS Online Reading Club with the help of the Hatchette Book Group USA is hosting a Kwanzaa Book Give-a-way Celebration starting Friday, December 26, 2008 through News Year's Day, January 1, 2009. We will celebrate one of the Nguzo Saba - the seven important principles of Kwanzaa -  each day with a featured book to be randomly given away to five avid readers and/or visitors who submit an entry (there will be 35 winners total).

A few of the titles we will be giving away this year are, Not Easily Broken by T. D. Jakes (this book-turned film will be coming to a theater near you January 9, 2009), The American Journey of Barack Obama by Life Books, Stand the Storm by Breena Clarke and others.So mark your calendar and plan to join us here at "In The Spotlight" each day for this "book-filled" online event!

To learn more about this celebration of family, community and culture, visit Dr. Maulana Karenga's official Kwanzaa website and please read his Annual Founder's Kwanzaa Message

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Where can you listen to and chat with award winning and bestselling romance writers this week? The Santa Baby 2008 Virtual Book Tour of course! Stop by – http://www.thegrits.com/virtualbooktour

The Santa Baby 2008 Virtual Book Tour is coming to a computer screen near YOU!

All The Buzz Reviews (www.allthebuzzreviews.com) and The GRITS COM Literary Service (www.thegrits.com) have teamed up to host the Santa Baby 2008 Virtual Book Tour headlining some of today's exciting African American romance writers, December 1-12, 2008! This exclusive ten-day virtual book tour will give avid romance readers, and new readers to the genre, a chance to hear from ten popular writers about their new and upcoming book releases just in time for the holidays!

This virtual book tour is inspired by the sultry sex-kitten, Eartha Kitt. Her Christmas song, "Santa Baby," topped the charts in 1953 making her one of the most popular entertainers in the world. So we're very excited to have her perform her chart-topping song just for you below (an animation produced by F. C. Snow) in celebration of this virtual book tour!

The same sensuous mix that Eartha Kitt brought to this Christmas song many years ago, is the same sensuous mix - Gwyneth Bolton, Niobia Bryant, Dyanne Davis, Gwynne Forster, Bettye Griffin, Donna Hill, Andrea Jackson, Deborah Fletcher Mello, Farrah Rochon, and Stefanie Worth -bring to their work and to this tour!

Romance novels made an astonishing $1.4 billion last year, making the genre one of the top sellers in the publishing industry. Though some complain that the formulaic plot and "happily-ever-after" endings in romances aren't always indicative of real life; the staggering number of romances sold each year is testament to its popularity and staying power!

The Santa Baby 2008 Virtual Book Tour begins at www.thegrits.com/virtualbooktour - Monday, December 1, 2008. So get ready!

This film is an excerpt and recreation from the wildly popularly book Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.

The story is a mystery about a young girl who chooses to leave cassette tapes to the people who had a hand in her fateful decision, her decision to take her own life. It's a story of choices and the everyday dramas that make up the life of American teens and how, in this case, these dramas led to a devastating choice. This riveting award-winning tale leaves us with a hopeful message as it comes to an end; it helps us all recognize what we can do to help the ones around us.

High school – love it, hate it or just endure it!

Teens receive a lot of stick about their general behaviour but adolescent life has never been easy, especially in today's society. Rumors and reputations often run rife in school, and it can all become too much to handle when there are already so many other fundamental issues to deal with, like sexual identity and development, romance, ethical pressures, and peer pressure – that's just mentioning a few!

Sometimes, it can all add up to a pretty traumatic experience and, the sad reality is, that some girls (and guys) buckle under all that physiological pressure and end up taking their own life.

Jay Asher's debut novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, relates well to these contemporary pressures and it will tug at your heartstrings. The story is of Hannah, a girl who takes her own life, and is told in dual narratives, through Hannah herself and her classmate, and admirer, Clay. Hannah leaves a bunch of tapes on which she's recorded her reasons why she chose to commit suicide. Some of those tapes can be heard here http://...com/hannahbaker.

The story is both intricate and compelling and reminds us that there's always so much more to a person that just what's on the surface.