Welcome to the Books You Can Win page of the Black Velvet Seductions Blog. This page is the page where new books you can win are added to those that are already up for grabs for lucky winners who win picks from my bookshelf by posting their questions, comments, insights and suggestions on the various posts on the blog. One comment anywhere on the blog gets you one chance to win. But since winners are picked by “landing on a cell” in my spreadsheet you have to keep posting comments to keep being entered. However, the same spreadsheet is used for picking other prizes that are given away on the blog from time to time.
I love hearing what books you’re eager to win. If there’s a type of book you’d be interested in seeing more of please let me know that too in the comments section on this page or on one of the posts for a new book up for grabs.
Cross your fingers! Good luck! Hope you win a book you’ll enjoy reading.
The Books You Can Win List As Of 5/28/2012
A Hero’s Welcome by Lauren Agony & Jan Springer
A Scent of Seduction by Colleen Collins
A Season Beyond A Kiss by Kathleen Woodwiss
A Taste of Paradise by Connie Mason
A Vow To Love By Sheryl Woods
A Wanton’s Thief by Titania Ladley
As Good As Dead by Beverly Barton
Beckett’s Convenient Bride by Dixie Browning
Beyond Eden By Catherine Coulter
Big Stone Gap byAdriana Trigiani
Birthright by Nora Roberts
Blackhawk’s Bond by Barbara McCauley
Blackmailed into Marriage by Lucy Monroe
Blindman’s Bluff by Faye Kellerman
Charlotte’s Homecoming by Janice Kay Johnson
Colorado Confidential by Jasmine Cresswell, Amanda Stevens, Debra Lee Brown
Come the Dawn by Christina Skye
Delighted by Bertrice Small, Susan Johnson, Nikki Donovan, Liz Madison
Desperado Dad by Linda Conrad
Divine Fantasy by Melanie Jackson
Eden’s Promise by Cassie Edwards
Everlastin’ by Mickee Madden
Fanta C By Sandra Brown
Final Scream by Lisa Jackson
First Impressions by Nora Roberts
Good Girl or Gold-Digger by Kate Hardy
Heart’s Desire by Ruth Ryan Langan
Home at Last by Katherine Stone
Into The Shadow by Christina Dodd
Jared by Sarah McCarty
Legacy by Jayne Ann Krentz
London Bridges by James Patterson
Love With A Scandalous Lord by Lorraine Heath
Mad, Bad and Blonde by Cathie Linz
Marry Me Again by Rebecca Winters, Jasmine Cresswell, Suzanne Simms
Montana Creeds – Dylan by Linda Lael Miller
Most Likely To Die by Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton, and Wendy Corsi Staub
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys By Lorraine Heath, Georgia Gentry, and Teresa Bodwell
Nauti Intentions by Lora Leigh
Night’s Master by Amanda Ashley
No Nest For The Wicket by Donna Andrews
On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah
Outlaw Lovers by Pat Warren
Queen of Dragons by Shana Abe
Red Moon Rising by Billie Sue Mosiman
Regency Christmas Wishes by Sandra Heath, Emma Jensen, Carla Kelly, Edith Layton, Barbara Metzger
Sam’s Creed by Sarah McCarty
Season’s Greetings by Margie Walker, Roberta Gayle, Courene Wright
Sense of Evil by Kay Hooper
Shades of Midnight by Linda Fallon
Shadow Prey by John Sandford
Shadow Whispers by Linda Conrad
Shotgun Bride by Linda Lael Miller
Smuggler’s Lady by Jane Feather
Stroke of Midnight by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley, L.A. Banks, Lori Handeland
The Conquest by Edith Layton
The Dark Lord by Patricia Simpson
The Doctor’s Bride by Patt Marr
The Eternal Highlander by Hannah Howell and Lynsay Sands
The Ghost of Carnal Cove by Evelyn Rogers
The Lover by Robin Schone
The Man From Nowhere by Rachel Lee
The Marriage Wish by Dee Henderson
The Missing by Shiloh Walker
The Protector by Madeline Hunter
The Ranger by Holly Harte
The Scarletti Curse by Christine Feehan
The Shunning by Beverly Lewis
The Trouble With Love by Jasmine Cresswell, Cristin Gabriel
The Vow by Rebecca Winters
To The Brink By Cindy Gerard
Tracker’s Sin by Sarah McCarty
Tucker’s Claim by Sarah McCarty
Unforgiven by Lindsay McKenna
What’s A Ghoul To Do? By Victoria Laurie
Where Truth Lies by Christiane Heggan
White Lies by Linda Howard
Wildcat Cowboy by Cathy Gillen Thacker
Witch In the House by Jenna McKnight
Wyoming Tough by Diana Palmer
DANG LAURIE! LOTS OF GOOD TITLES HERE TOO. I SENT MY MESSAGE TO CLAIM ONE FROM YOUR SHELF AND I HOPE YOU GOT IT!
Awesome, thanks for the chance to win!
Any book would be fabulous. Nora Roberts, Lisabet Sarai are my favorites!
What a great list. I’d be happy with any book, I love to read Nora Roberts.
Hi.
I’m an avid reader. I’d love to win some of the books above, except the short stories- they are cool too but i much prefer books that are above 50, 000 words.
if there are any available (in PDF) please pass them my way
Like reading a lot. Wether it’s on my KOBO or hardback or paperback or using the kindle app. Working on getting one.
Wouldn’t mind winning,
The Eternal Highlander by Hannah Howell and Lynsay Sands or
The Ghost of Carnal Cove by Evelyn Rogers
That is, if the contest is still open. Nice site by the way.
I see you have added a few new books containing several shorter stories… I love these for when I’m reading to the seniors… I can finish one section in a two-day weekend session (before they’ve forgotten what was in the first part I read to them). : )
I know. I specifically keep my eye out where I buy books for anthologies. I know you and several other readers enjoy anthologies. I like them myself. They present a good opportunity to try an author in a short format.
Love to read. Have a kindle best thing I ever got. I read everything I can get my hands on.Love it all. My daughter told me about your site. Going to thank her.
EXCELLENT! All of our books are available on Kindle…most of the guest authors we have here have books that are available in Kindle format.
I agree with you. I love my Kindle too. Love reading on the Android phone using the Kindle app as well. It means I always have my book with me…even where I might not take the Kindle or when I might not expect to have time to read.
The Android also has the Audible app so I have my audio books along as well.
Gotta love technology!
I love books by Nora Roberts.
Single mom limited budget for books. Love to read romance. Would love to win a book. Your strategy is a very good one:) Love the blog
Hi Di,
Glad you enjoy the blog. Readers win quite a few books around here. Generally the way it works is one comment equals an entry into our drawing(s). Entries stay in the pot until they win something…so keep checking back. Comment often…the more comments the more entries.
Hi Laurie
I’m a sucker for a good book too and would love to win one. And as I know authors really appreciate reviews I’ll always do one if I can award a 3 or higher rating. I prefer not to put negative comments out there and just because I don’t like a book doesn’t mean that others will feel the same way.
I like the layout of the blog by the way. I visit some that take literally minutes to load and I’ll often just click out of them.
I’ve just registered and signed up for your newsletters to. Look forward to receiving them.
Regards
Alana Woods
I love to read and have way too many books but I keep wanting and getting more. I’d really enjoy winning this contest.
I’m with you Mary. I have shelves and a Kindle and an audio library full of books. I still find more I want and buy more.
I’m not sure there is such a thing as too many books.
I am a magpie when it comes to books.
I read and love way too many. 
love mysteries and paranornal
Love the list of books. Who doesn’t love a chance to win a free book. It’s a way to find new authors or even read a book from a favorite author. Thank you for the great giveaways! Happy Holidays.
You’re welcome Lynn. Hope you’ll win a book one of these days.
Beatrice Small is one of the authors I want to read .
Keep your eyes out. I think I have more Beatrice Small books on my shelves to work their way onto the Books You Can Win List.
Wow- that is a nice list of books. I love to read and when I get a free book in the mail it makes the book even better some how. I enjoy reading new authors too. Thanks for having a great website.
Thanks Christine. It’s my pleasure to offer up the books and other goodies here. I think the chance to win something is something most of us enjoy. It isn’t really a matter of NEEDING the prize. It’s more that the SURPRISE of getting something we weren’t expecting is nice. I wish you luck. Hope you win something fun here soon.
I agree with Mara. I think it’s such a wonderful way to meet Authors and find their books. I also love the layout of the blog and think it’s such a blessing that it’s also so easy to navigate. And I thank you for that as well as the chance to win Free books.
Carol L
Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com
Thank you Carol.
I’ve tweaked on the layout for a while. It does take some fine-tuning to get everything into a logical place. I’m glad you like the layout and navigation. Hope you win something fun soon. 
I’ve just been introduced to Cara Bristol’s book – Unexpected Consequences which led me to this website. I loved her book. I hope to find more in a similar vein. I hope to be entered in free book contest too. I see many of the books you have up for grabs are ones that I read and enjoy!
Cara Bristol also wrote two of the stories in the Spanked! anthology…which you can see linked in the sidebar to the right. Clicking on the image will take you to the page on our website where you can read more about it. Spanked! like all of our titles are for sale through All Romance Ebooks, Fictionwise, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.
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If you like domestic discipline stories you might also like Starla Kaye’s book Her Cowboy’s Way. If you like a bit of BDSM with your domestic discipline you might enjoy Alyssa Aaron’s His Perfect Submissive.
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Whether you buy any of our books or not, this is a good place to hang out and learn about books in a vein similar to Cara Bristol’s books. We have the Million Pages Challenge. Most days that we do not have a guest author I post lists of books that people have read for the challenge — along with their opinions of them. You might be particularly interested in the books that Gabrielle is reading.
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Some of my favorite erotic authors outside BVS are Cherise Sinclair and Sarah McCarty. I also like Joley Sue Burkhart.
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Hang out here, I’m sure we’ll put you onto some good books. Both those we publish and those published by other publishers.
I love to win a book! It’s an unexpected gift introduces me to new authors.
That’s sort of the idea of the Books You Can Win list. I am not familiar with all of the authors on the list…haven’t read all the books on the list but it is nice to read comments from other people who have either read the book or who want to. I think it’s a fun way to encourage reading and to find new authors.
Free books are as good as ones you buy! I’d love to win any of them. Something new to read!! *smile*
Have my fingers crossed you’ll win something soon. I just announced new winners and announced some new contests as well as new prizes that will be up for grabs.
Who am I to say no to a free book? I’ve won a couple of books over the years, and each one has made me a fan of the author (usually someone I’ve never read before). What a great incentive to poke around the website and see what other kind of fun stuff is here!
There is a lot of stuff here on the blog…hope you have fun poking.
I have my fingers crossed you’ll win a cool prize soon.
hi im nineteen my name is antiana im trying to open a bookstore and im trying to get some free books so donations are appreciated..
Are you planning a new bookstore or a used bookstore Antiana?
I’m definitely a sucker for a free book & yes I’ve discovered authors that I now have on my auto buy list from books I’ve won. I love historical romance & fantasy romance & now starting to dabble in PNR. I’d love any book in those 3 genres.
I try to include books from a variety of genres. Some genres are easier to find in paper than others. But I do keep my eye out for books wherever I go and I add to the shelves. I post quite a bit of historical romance and quite a bit of paranormal. Fantasy is a little harder to find in paper, but I’ll see what i can do.
Hello.
I just noticed I haven’t been back to this blog since June. Where has the time gone? Is there an newsletter for readers that I can sign up for?
I signed up for the writers’ newsletter (I hope one day to return to writing!)
Pleae let me know.
Thanks!
Mara
Hi Mara,
Yes, there is a reader’s newsletter you can sign up for. The button for signing up is toward the top in the right sidebar.
The newsletter goes out pretty infrequently. Unfortunately. That remains one of the things I need to do better with…
That’s great. Will be excited to see what books are added.
There is no better way to be introduced to a new author than through a free book. I’ve expanded my book collection more that way than any other. I have really grown to the love the free reads so many ebook publishers offer and almost always end up buying at least one other book by the author. I also am a serious series reader, so if an author can tease me into a series with a FREE read, it usually gets me to buy the entire series. I’m pretty sure a few authors have breathed new life into an old series by writting a FREE prequal.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if a few authors hadn’t breathed new life into an old series by writing a free sequel…or perhaps veering off into a different branch of the family tree with a freebie. Ebooks make it easy to offer freebies because there isn’t the cost of producing the individual book — or shipping it with ebooks. We give away quite a few ebooks that we publish as well as the paper books listed here. We try to have something for everyone.
I love reading good romance books. plus i love winning books. so thnks for the giveaways and i’m keeping my fingers crossed.
Hope you win something soon. Remember, for some of the contests, you have to keep posting comments to keep being entered.
Just looked over the list of books that can be won and am crossing both my fingers and toes. I have finally got my unread books down to just a couple, so before long I will be eager for books to read. I do not have an e-reader; but maybe some day.
Unread books down to just a couple? Oh boy, that’s good…or BAD depending. All the books given away on this list (the list above this row of comments) are paper books. We also give away ebooks and have guest authors who sometimes give away ebooks or paper books. Those aren’t listed here. These are just the ones I’ve found and added to the giveaway shelf.
I like this blog so much! It has a personable welcoming vibe that draws one in. I love romance novels because I need to escape after my hellish days and all the kiddos are in bed, the man is at work, and I can just breathe, relax, and enjoy a wonderful read. I find my books to be very precious, and would be so excited if lady luck came my way. Thank you for this opportunity.
Thank you Stephanie. I’m glad you like the vibe here.
It is a friendly place. I know what you mean, even though I spend my days reading manuscripts and editing the ones I’ve accepted it still feels like a luxury to be able to sit down and pleasure read in the evening when things have calmed down.
I love that you do contests and prizes! The ad marketing would probably not work with me!
Ad marketing is kind of an icky way to promote. I suppose we might do it from time to time…but in truth we’ve found it to be not very effective. I much prefer to have contests, prizes, guest authors, and fun stuff to draw people in…so that they want to be here rather than run ads. Ugh. Ads are a bit like spam. We all see way too many of them and they are just kind of icky after a while.
To me, books are like a treasure with a whole world inside them; a new story to read; and something more to learn. Bookstores are like candy stores to me. Love to go inside and browse around checking out the new books and learning about new authors. Winning a book is so exciting! I feel as though an author has generously shared a part of themselves with me and I am so grateful as I sit down to read it. Thank you so much for the lovely giveaways you share. Your readers are very appreciative.
Thanks Connie.
I’m glad you enjoy the giveaways. Books are similar to me…a treasure with a new story inside. When I go into bookstores I’m awed to realize that each book began as someone’s germ of an idea that was nurtured and coaxed into a full fledged book. It’s magical in a way. 
It seems like you can read a blurb or excerpt on a book and think ‘it sounds ok.’ Then you win a copy and it’s the best book you have ever read and you don’t want to put it down lol. Happens to me all the time.
Happens to me too sometimes…though I am pretty picky about which books go on my TBR shelf. I have a limited amount of shelf space for books I am going to read. There is more space for those I am giving away…and a pretty much unlimited amount of Kindle space.
I have always enjoyed winning books. It enables me to read books from a new author I haven’t read before. I usually end up reading (and purchasing) other books from the author’s list.
Makes sense to me too Joan. Here on the blog almost all of our contests which have book prizes allow the winner to choose a book title. There are some books that for whatever reason don’t appeal to a given reader. Rather than give a reader a book that will end up near the bottom of their TBR shelf I like to give them the chance to pick something that really appeals.
I agree Mara. I keep finding new authors to be addicted to!
That’s good Patti P. Authors and publishers love readers who get addicted to their books.
I’m pleased to keep introducing new authors into the mix here on the blog…our own BVS authors and other authors who write for other publishers.
I lovde getting free books. I have found fantastic authors I never would have come across otherwise. So, as far as a marketing strategy – free books are brilliant because, at least for me, I always end up buying at least one book.
I’m glad you like the concept of offering free books as a marketing strategy.
The bulk of our marketing budget has gone into contests and prizes which have consisted of free books, ebooks, two or three Kindle readers, Amazon gift cards, bookmarks, calendars, etc.
I feel that I can either spend marketing budget on things that make the blog a fun place to be so that people want to come here or I can spend the marketing budget on ads to beg people to come here…which will do no good anyway if they don’t find something they like when they do come here.
That’s been the strategy for quite a while. I’m pleased you like it.