Kitty Blog Tour and Giveaway

I am pleased to be a part of a blog tour today, hosted by Hachette Book Group.  This tour is a little different from others we've done.  Hachette recently released two new titles in the Kitty Norville series: KITTY AND THE DEAD MAN'S HAND and KITTY RAISES HELL. These are fun, clean books about a secret werewolf/radio advice DJ.

About the Books:

Already the alpha pair of Denver's werewolf pack, Kitty and Ben now plan to tie the knot human-style by eloping to Vegas. Kitty is looking forward to sipping fru-fru drinks by the pool and doing her popular radio show on live TV, but her hotel is stocked with werewolf-hating bounty hunters. Elsewhere on the Strip an old-school magician might be wielding the real thing; the vampire community is harboring a dark secret; and the irresistible star of a suspicious animal act is determined to seduce Kitty. Sin City has never been so wild, and this werewolf has never had to fight harder to save not only her wedding, but her very life.

Sometimes what happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas.

Kitty and Ben flee The City That Never Sleeps, thinking they were finished with the dangers there, but the sadistic cult of lycanthropes and their vampire priestess have laid a curse on Kitty in revenge for her disrupting their rituals. Starting at the next full moon, danger and destruction the form of fire strikes Kitty and the pack of werewolves she's sworn to protect.

She enlists the help of a group of TV paranormal investigators - one of whom has real psychic abilities - to help her get to the bottom of the curse that's been laid on her. Rick, the Master vampire of Denver, believes a deeper plot lies behind the curse, and he and Kitty argue about whether or not to accept the help of a professional demon hunter - and vampire - named Roman, who arrives a little too conveniently in the nick of time.

Unable to rely on Rick, and unwilling to accept Roman's offer of help for a price, Kitty and her band of allies, including Vegas magician Odysseus Grant and Kitty's own radio audience, mount a trap for the supernatural being behind the curse, a destructive force summoned by the vengeful cult, a supernatural being that none of them ever thought to face.

My intention was to review these for you today, but I was unable to finish them due to life getting in the way of reading, and I don't want to do the books a disservice by reviewing them when I didn't finish reading.  So, I decided to share some other things with you.  You will read reviews on the other sites that are on the tour, listed at the end of this post.  I hope you will visit them and share in the tour love.

Let's meet the author, Carrie Vaughn

Carrie Vaughn had the nomadic childhood of the typical Air Force brat, with stops in California, Florida, North Dakota, Maryland, and Colorado. She holds a Masters in English Literature and collects hobbies-fencing and sewing are currently high on the list. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

She has written a couple of articles that are interesting reads.  See what she has to say about Books as Friends and KAFA, an Air Force Academy where she has many memories.  Want to hear her speak live?  Here are three archived audios for your listening pleasure:  Author/Editor interview, "Midnight Hour" radio show, and her Blog Talk Radio interview that took place recently.

These two books, recently released, are books 5 & 6 in the series.  I was lucky enough to receive the whole series, which makes these two easier to understand, although you don't have to read them in order, it just helps for background.  Fortunately one of you is going to be able to not only catch up on the series, but have each title to read at your convenience.  That's right, Miriam at Hachette has graciously offered the entire series to one of my readers.  Please leave me a comment as to why you just have to have this series and you will be entered to win.  Comments will be accepted until Sunday, March 29 at midnight.  Winner will be drawn randomly on Monday, March 30th.  Please make sure you leave your email, in code, so that I can get in touch with you should you win.  This contest is open to US and Canadian addresses only, no PO boxes.

As always, you can earn extra entries by:

Following in Blogger or a reader - 1 entry

Tweeting this contest and putting the link in comments - 2 entries

Blogging about this and linking back - 3 entries

It's easier to count your entries if you leave a separate comment for each thing that you do.

Other Blogs on the Tour:

http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/

http://booksamyreads.blogspot.com/

http://cafeofdreams.blogspot.com/

http://cherylsbooknook.blogspot.com/
http://acircleofbooks.blogspot.com/
http://amateurdelivre.wordpress.com/
http://cindysloveofbooks.blogspot.com/
http://confessionsofaromancebookaddict.wordpress.com/
http://dreyslibrary.blogspot.com/
http://stephaniesbooks.blogspot.com/
http://www.bookthoughtsbylisa.blogspot.com/
http://www.bananas4books.blogspot.com/
http://www.chikune.com/blog
http://www.foreigncircuslibrary.blogspot.com/
http://www.jennsbookshelf.blogspot.com/
http://www.msbookish.com/
http://www.myfriendamysblog.com/
http://www.amberstults.com/
http://literaryfeline.blogspot.com/
http://confessionsofaromancebookaddict.wordpress.com/
http://www.wrightysreads.blogspot.com/
http://bookzombie.blogspot.com/
http://fictiontofruition.blogspot.com/
http://wendisbookcorner.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/darbyscloset
http://inbedwithbooks.blogspot.com/
http://thisbookforfree.com/
http://thetometraveller.blogspot.com/
http://www.grammasreads.blogspot.com/
http://samsbookblog.blogspot.com/
http://bookseriesreviews.blogspot.com/
http://www.booksbytjbaff.blogspot.com/