Lucky in Love Blog Hop

Welcome to the Lucky in Love St. Patrick’s Day Blog Hop!

I have been incredibly lucky in love.  I met my husband at the pre-opening gala of a friend’s new restaurant.  I had an invite, he crashed the party.  Everyone else at the shindig seemed to be either married or gay, and as the only single, straight people there, we ended up talking near the bar.  He claims he was immediately attracted to me, but what else is he going to say, “You looked like you were alone and I’d struck out with all the other women I hit on?”  In any case, aside from the single and straight connection, we actually had a lot in common — we were both graduate students, loved college basketball and had strange senses of humor.  A love match!  And had he not been there, I probably never would have met him.  We’ve been married almost 23 years and I thank my friend every time I see her for having the party.  For me, that date is more important than our actual wedding anniversary.  The wedding  was planned, but the night we met was fate.

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Here’s the scoop on the fabulous hop — over 300 bloggers have individual giveaways and posts about the men we love.  Just leave a comment and your email in the comments section of each blog and have a chance to win a prize. 

That alone would be fantastic enough.  But there are also 2 grand prizes.  Each time you comment and leave your email, you are entered to win not only the individual blog’s giveaway, but also a

$100 Amazon or Barnes and Noble gift card

or a

Giant Swag Pack

Full of bookmarks, paperbacks, eBooks and more!

(Swag pack available only to entrants from the U.S.)

 Click Here for a List of the Other 317 Bloggers

I’m giving away another hand-crafted pair of lampwork-glass bead earrings designed and made by me especially for this blog hop! 

And the winner of the earrings is...Lysette, from California!

You’ll get one entry for the gift card and swag pack when you leave your comment and email here (or on the other hop sites), but for my giveaway you can have extra entries by using the rafflecopter entries below.  (If you live anywhere other than the US and you win my giveaway, you will receive a $10 Amazon gift card instead of the earrings unless you would like to foot the bill for shipping.)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Heartbreaker Blog Hop!!

Heart breakers come in two main categories:  Those who devastate you and don’t care and those who reduce you to a deflated shadow of your former self but feel really bad about it.  The former deserves to rot in a vat of toxic effluvium throughout eternity.   The latter probably should also be cursed with the same fate, but for some reason we always want him to realize the error of his ways and come on back for a happily-ever-after.   That can happen in books because as fictional characters, those bad boys usually have some altruistic reason for dumping you on your ass.  Like preventing the world from being destroyed by an evil demoness who desires him above all else.  In real life, the dude would leave you for a buxom bimbo he met waiting in line to pay the 27 parking tickets he owes (she had 32, they have so much in common), but every once in a while think that it would have been better to break up with you before you walked in on them doing the lust and thrust in your bed.

You have probably figured out that I don’t like heart breakers much.  My heroes are faithful and devoted.  Sort of like a dog, but a lot less hairy.  And they almost never lick their own butts.

Anyway, as long as you are here, check out Special Offers and Special Rewards, the first two books of the Coursodon Dimension Series. 

The series follows Hailey, a woman who is possessed by a supernatural being from another dimension who was previously trapped in her Kindle.  It’s fantasy, paranormal and sci-fi with a bit of romance and a lot of humor.

Now, onto the Heartbreaker Blog Hop.

Over 300 bloggers have giveaways and posts about those men we love (or love to hate)!

But that's not all....

We have THREE grand prizes. You can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 300 times!

Now what are those prizes?

1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet

2nd Grand Prize: A $100 Amazon or B&N Gift Card

3rd Grand Prize (available only to US residents): A Swag Pack that contains paperbacks, ebooks, 50+ bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more! 

You’re thinking, could this get any better?  Of course!  Each blogger also has their own giveaway.  By leaving a comment and your email, you are also entered to win individual prizes!!

My giveaway is an awesome pair of Smokey Topaz, freshwater pearl and silver beaded earrings designed and created by me! 

(Note:  The extra entries provided in my Rafflecopter contest below apply only to the earrings.  Each time you leave a comment and your email on a blog, you get one entry for the grand prizes.  Also, the earrings can only be mailed to a US winner.  If you are from outside the US and are the chosen winner, you will receive a $20 Amazon or Barnes and Noble gift card instead.)

And the winner is...

*****Shannon Bereza*****

Now go to 

Heartbreaker Blog Hop 

to find links to the other 
302 bloggers participating in this hop.