Once again, I apologize for the late post.  Yesterday just got ahead of me and before I knew it, it was too late to post.  But, here we go with day 6!

Today’s prizes are:  One pound of See’s candy. Creams, chews or a combo, winner’s choice, or if you live in See’s country, I’ll send you a gc for a pound.  Second prize, a signed copy of JADED and a copy of The Write Ingredients, a contributive cook book (My mom’s crab cake recipe is in there) put together by Lori Forster and friends.

Here’s the big question: Who’s the red hot cop in HAVE YOURSELF A NAUGHTY LITTLE SANTA?

Now for yesterday’s winners!  Liz K you win the $10 BN gift cert, and Nathalie you win the signed copy of GOOD GIRL GONE BAD and Writing Romance!  Email me at KLTabke@aol.com.

Once again, to all of the winners who have emailed me your info, I have it!  I’ve just been swamped and haven’t confirmed.  Sorry. 

Now, don’t forget about A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER, my FREE read over at Simon & Schuster.  Forward it to all your loops!

 
http://www.simonandschuster.com/giveaways/karin-tabke-free-download

Have a great rest of the weekend ladies!

Karin*

Once again, I apologize for the late post.  This morning and afternoon have been hellish!

Today’s prizes are:  Once again a $10 BN gift card as one prize and as a second  giveaway, a signed copy of GOOD GIRL GONE BAD, and a signed copy of my San Francisco RWA chapter’s book, WRITING ROMANCE!

Here’s the big question: Is there applesauce or orange peel in Isabel’s Cake? J

Now for yesterday’s winners!   Glenna you win a signed copy of MASTER OF SURRENDER and the dog tag to go with it, and Lyoness you win a signed copy of MASTER OF TORMENT and the dog tag to go with it!  Email me at KLTabke@aol.com.

And to all of the winners so far who have emailed me your info, I have it!  I’ve just been swamped and haven’t confirmed.  Sorry. 

Oh, and before I forget, I’m over at Murder She Writes and Writers At Play today.  Hop on over and say hello!

Now, don’t forget about A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER, my FREE read over at Simon & Schuster.  Forward it to all your loops!

 
http://www.simonandschuster.com/giveaways/karin-tabke-free-download

Have a great Friday ladies!

Karin*

Whew, it’s been a crazy day here folks, so sorry for the delay in posting. I’ll have some good news to share very soon!

Today’s two prizes are: a signed copy of MASTER OF SURRENDER with dog tag, and the second prize is a signed copy MASTER OF TORMENT and dog tag!  Just scroll down  http://hipwritergirls.typepad.com/hipwritergirls/ and you can see my BFF’s Tawny Weber’s Blaze cover dog tags.

Now to the business at hand!  Today’s question is:  Other then the fact all 8 of the Blood Swords met and bonded in a Saracen prison and they all have the mark of the sword burned in their chest, what other commonality bonds them?

Remember the answer can be found on my web site.

The answer to yesterday’s question was: Saracen prison!  

And the two winners are…drum roll please…Rachie wins a singed copy of MASTER OF TORMENT! And Patricia B wins the $10 BN gift certificate! Email me at KLTabke@aol.com with your snail mail info!  Congrats, ladies!

Now, don’t forget about A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER, my FREE read over at Simon & Schuster.  Forward it to all your loops!

 
http://www.simonandschuster.com/giveaways/karin-tabke-free-download

Karin*

Today to celebrate the release of MASTER OF CRAVING I’ll be giving away another $10 BN gift certificate and a signed copy of MASTER OF TORMENT! 

But to be eligible you have to answer this question:  Where did the Blood Swords meet?  And remember all answers can be found on my website!

Here’s yesterday’s winners!

Holly you win the Master Your Craving Tee shirt!  Go to www.writees.com and pick your style color and size and email me at kltabke@aol.com!

CrystalB, you win the signed copies of GOOD GIRL GONE BAD and JADED!  Send me an email with your addy so I can get them to you!

Don’t forget about my FREE read, A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER! Here’s the link!

http://www.simonandschuster.com/giveaways/karin-tabke-free-download and don’t forget you can forward it to your loops and groups or put it up on your sites and blogs!  Opps, alomost forgot!  I’m guest blooging at

Happy Hump Day, goils!

Karin*

MASTER OF CRAVING officially releases today!

I could not be more excited!  If you haven’t already, run don’t walk to your nearest book store and pick up your copy today!!!

Also, today is day two of 8 Days for 8 Knights!  And there are prizes!  A signed copy of my award winning book JADED and a signed copy of GOOD GIRL GONE BAD!  Plus!  A Master your Craving tee-shirt!  Check it out here www.writees.com

The question today is: What does the code 5150 mean? Remember, ALL answers can be found on my site.

And the winners from yesterday are! Judy Cox wins the $10 gift certificate and Fedora wins a set of my signed anthologies!  Ladies, email me @ kltabke@aol.com with your snail mail addies!

Don’t forget about my FREE read, A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER! Here’s the link!

http://www.simonandschuster.com/giveaways/karin-tabke-free-download and don’t forget you can forward it to your loops and groups or put it up on your sites and blogs!

Ciao for now!

Karin*

Hey everyone,

It’s time to celebrate the release of MASTER OF CRAVING! Book three in the Blood Sword Legacy series!  The offical release date is tomorrow, but it’s already out on the book shelves and shipping from Amazon and BN.com !! So please, help yourselves. 

Today and for the following seven days I will be giving away daily prizes! There will be two winners a day to be announced the following morning.  To win a prize all you have to do is correctly answer the question of the day! It’s easy, all answers can be found on my website.  At the end of the eighth day, I will put all of the names of those commenters who answered correctly into a drawing.  There will be two Grand Prizes: a $50 Visa gift card, and an Inspiration necklace and earring set by Poppy Laurel.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24615710

So today the prizes are: a $10 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble and a signed copy of all three of my anthologies.  THE HARD STUFF, WHAT YOU CAN’T SEE, and ITALIAN STALLIONS! 

Now here’s the question:  Which book of Karin’s has a trailer?

Post you answer in the comment section, and watch tomorrow for the two winners!

And don’t forget A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER is FREE!  What are you waiting for!   It’s FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

http://www.simonandschuster.com/giveaways/karin-tabke-free-download

Thanks for helping me celebrate!  Oh, and I’m guest blogging today over at Fantasy Crap Shoot.  Check it out!  It’s fun!

Karin*

What a Finale!

I have to say first off congratulations to Kris Allen!  I was surprised to say the least.  Not sure why, I knew he’d pick up all of Gokey’s votes, and last week only 1 million votes separated Kris and Adam, so mathematically he was a lock, but still I was surprised (someone had posted on Facebook that AK alone voted 38,000,000 times!). We all know Adam will go far, but it’s not the same as being crowned American Idol.  Not even close.  I think his family was shocked, I think Adam as shocked, but there was no one more shocked on that stage than Kris.

So let’s see what the boy can do this next year.  I think we might just be surprised. 

So on to last night’s entertainment.  OMG, did Kara put bikini girl in her place?  Was that not a riot? Hell, who knew Kara had those abs?  And Bikini girl is still smug, smuggier even since her er, ah, enhancement.  Hmm let’s see, bikini girl has boobs and a suntan and Kara has a voice, talent, and a career.  Who wins that war?

Norman was kind of funny, Tatiana was annoying as hell.  Set up or not, it was classic Tatiana, and she could have done nothing less to uningratiate herself with the judges and the American public. Poor thing.

I thought Rod Stewart was going to fall down. I thought Steve Martin was going to sing, not just play the banjo.  Gah and the singing with Michael and Megan.  Yikes.

Kiss, Queen, Fergie, great.

So what was your favorite part of last night??

And PS Congrats again to Shawn and Mark for winning the mirrored ball!

PPSS:  Don’t forget, A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER! It’s Free! http://www.simonandschuster.com/giveaways/karin-tabke-free-download

Karin*

It’s live!  It’s live! Here’s the page, and while you’re there check out the side links for more information on Award winning author Karin Tabke!  Muwhahahahahah. 

I also wanted to invite you all to forward to your groups and post the link on your sites!  Thank you in advance!

 Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Karin*

MASTER OF CRAVING releases next Tuesday, May 26^th!  It feels like I’ve been waiting for this release for forever!  As previously stated (yesterday’s 8 Days for 8 Knights blog) I’ll be kicking of release week with eight days of prizes culminating with two grand prizes on the eighth day!  Here is the link to the earrings to go with the Poppy Laurel necklace. 

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25241590

Purdy, huh?

Also, my free read should be up any minute. When I get the official word and link I’ll post it here.

So, about DWTS last night?  Thoughts?  I thought Shawn and Jonathan were the best overall.  Loved the Paso and their freestyle kicked ass!  Melissa left me feeling disjointed after her freestyle and Gilles as well.  I truly think having Apolo Ono come in and give Shawn the Olympian pep talk had a lot to do with her perfect score.  He was right.  She does has the competitive edge none of the others have, in that she has been a competitor all her life.  She stepped up.  Is she the best dancer?  Before last night I would have said Gilles was, hands down.  He’s good, really good, excellent even, but so is Shawn, she’s just different.  I love watching them both.  That said, I voted five times on each of our four landlines last night.  All 20 for Shawn.  It’s the first time I voted this season.  I’m pulling for her, but won’t be upset if Gilles walks with the mirror ball.

Conversely, I won’t vote on AI tonight.  As much as I love Adam and think he is the best Idol ever, except Carrie Underwood, I don’t care one way or another if he wins.  How weird is that?  I guess I figure he’ll land on both feet no matter what happens.

So?  Whatcha all think?  Shawn or Gilles, Adam or Kris?

Karin*

Yep, you got it!  Beginning Monday May 25^th which happens to be Memorial Day, to celebrate the release of MASTER OF CRAVING I will be giving away books and other prizes daily!  There will be two winners a day to be announced the following morning.  To win all you have to do is correctly answer the question of the day.  All answers can be found on my website.  At the end of the eighth day, I will put all of the names of those commenters who answered correctly into a drawing.  There will be two and maybe even three grand prizes.  For sure one Grand Prize is a $50 Visa gift card, and the other for sure Grand Prize is an Inspiration necklace and earrings by Poppy Laurel.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24615710

So, be ready!

And if you haven’t already preordered your copy of MASTER OF CRAVING, may I ask, “What are you waiting for?!”

Have a great Monday!

Karin*