The party may be winding down, but it’s just the beginning of another year of books, giveaways and fun.
So what do I have cooked up for today? Firstly, today there will be 6 winners instead of 5 and they will each receive 6 books instead of 5 because in addition to 5 print books, they will also receive a digital book.
Second, Friday’s questions are going to put you to work. I have a couple of fast balls in store for you. And since I’m already late, let’s get moving.
Friday’s Questions
1. Which of Margaret Mallory’s book or books have a Tudor as an important secondary character?
2. In Beverley Kendall’s ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE & SEDUCTION, what is the heroine’s father’s first name?
3. In Rose Lerner’s A LILY AMONG THORNS, why does Serena refuse to take money (sorry, I left that out) from Soloman the next time they meet in 1815?
4. In Beverley Kendall’s AN HEIR OF DECEPTION sampler ,when Charlotte arrives back in England, who did Alex intend to marry?
Answer all 4 (four) correctly to be entered to win the ereader. Answer at least 2 (correctly) and you’ll be entered to win the eGift Certificates.
***Answers can be found in excerpts or downloads on author’s website or sample downloads on most etailer sites.
PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWER on the blog. Email your answers to contests at theseasonforromance dot com and in the Subject line, please include Friday’s Answers.
And finally, what can I say, I love books. I have some unbelievably faithful visitors and commenters who are religious with their visits. Thank you ladies for taking the time out of your busy day to drop by and chat. You make this blog worth doing and keeping up with — even on the days I’m dragging big time and can’t think of one interesting thing to say. I know I’ll miss some folks, but here’s a short list of the commenters I’m talking about (you know, the ones that comment almost every time you visit) so today you will ALL receive a book and an additional entry to win the eGift Card and the ereader. Contact me at contests at theseasonforromance dot com and I’ll email you a list of books to choose from. 🙂 Again, thank you for your friendship.
Librarypat
Maria D.
Marjana
Estella
Danielle Gorman
Kati R.
Kim
Terri C
Catslady
Today, I need your help. In between working on An Heir, I’m working on a contemporary romance titled REBOUND. The backdrop of the entire series is a bakery owned by three friends, and in REBOUND they get the opportunity to open up another store in heroine #1’s (Rebound) ex-husband’s upscale bed and breakfast (tucked in a picturesque New England sort of setting). The bakery specializes in French pastries but they also do all the various sorts of breads, cakes, pies, tarts, you name it. I need a name for this store…which will also be the name of the series. Comment with ANYTHING and you’ll be entered to win 6 books today. The top 3 names will get an additional book! If I end up using your name, you’ll receive a $25 eGift Card.
tres sweet
Baking for the Heart
Uh…. Baked with Love? Yum-la-la? It’s early. =P
Congrats to all you ladies! You truly are worth Bev´s books; Enjoy!
Eclair Heaven
Frambois Heaven
How about “Patisserie Franscois’s Delicacies” , “Patisserie Franscois’s Indulgencies” or “Heavenly Delights “
Heavenly Bakery
Sweet Delights
Rebound with Tasty Deserts. I am not good with these things.
Trois Amis de Boulangerie
All the names that pop into my mind have the word “sweet ” in them! 🙂
Sweet Love, Sweet Addictions, Sweet Dreams Are Made of These, Sweet Treats, Sweet Fantasy, Sweet Indulgences, Your Sweet Spot, and The Sweet Life.
Sweet Bites, Sweet Dreams, Buttered Buns (lol), Tasty Treats, Half Baked, 3 Tarts Bakery, 3 Sweeties Bakery, 2 Sweets and a Tart
I’m not creative, as you can tell by my suggestion… Dough Re Mi. (hangs head in shame….)
Congrats!
La Maison Bakery
Bouchon Bakery
Bagatelle Bakery
Mon delice
Delice
hmmmm.. How about French Kiss??? Tendres Baisers (tender kisses) or maybe even Avec Plaisir (with pleasure). Yeah, I have a thing for kissing lol
Have a great weekend!
First of all, congrats to the lovely winners! You deserve your prizes!
Suggestions for bakery names:
3 Friends Bakery
3 Friends and a Bakery
It Takes 3
Sweet Heaven
Sweets For the Sweet
Come and Get It
My Sweet Heaven
Heavenly Sweets
Okay, Bev, now I can’t stop thinking about bakery titles! 😉
Here’s a few more:
Just Desserts, Dream Puffs, Sweet Temptations, Sweet Deja Vu, Bon Vivant, Sweet Encores, Sweet Seductions, Temptations du Jour, Sweet Enticements, Sinful Delicacies…I will stop now!!!
Sinful Cravings
Second Helpings
Leave Your Diet At The Door Bakery 😉
The bakeries around me that serve French desserts usually have a French name. So here are some suggestions:
The Pâtisserie, Boulangeries-Pâtisseries, La Boulange Bakery, LeGâteau, Boulangerie Française, Délicieux Dessert, Le Chef Pâtissier, Le Gâteau Boulangerie, De Notre Cuisine à La Vôtre, Trois Amis Boulangerie, Savoureux Desserts, Bed & Breakfast Pâtisserie (or whatever you call the B&B in the book), B&B Pâtisserie, Bon Pâtisserie
I love books that have bakeries in them, I work at one so I love to find books with them in it.
Sweet Delights
Three Hearts
Sweet Confections
Oh, I have to think about this..be back in a bit.
I really think one word should say it all: savoureux, which means ‘tasty’.
Just Desserts (as in She hopes her ex gets his “just deserts!”
Sweet Temptations?
Sweet Hearts?
I neglected to congratulate the lovely ladies listed above – Congratulations!!
Congratulations to the lucky winners today. Enjoy your prizes. A big congratulations to Beverley on this 2nd anniversary too! Hope to spend many more years visiting your blog!
Don’t have a clue about names so I won’t even try!
ooh, bakery deserts. You’re making me hungry Bev. Awesome contest and congrats to the winners! The contemporary sounds awesome.
Now for titles:
Sinful Decadence Patisseries
Sweet Surprise
Parlez Vous Sweet Treat
And that’s the best I have for now, but if something else hits me I’ll post it up. Loved the Anniversary Bash!
Haha, if I were to open a shop selling sweets and other tasty things, I’d name it something like “Just DEALicious” to attract customers. 😀
If it were four instead of three friends, “Petit Four” might be a funny wordplay…
Le Pâte à Choux
Pâte à choux is a French pastry dough from which the endearment mon chou comes (literally my cabbage, but translates more along the lines of my darling).
Les Bonnes Amies Patisserie or La Patisserie des Bonnes Amies
La Vie En Rose Patisserie (The Sweet Life Bakery) or just La Vie En Rose would be nice, too.
wow..the others have some great names already.I’m really bad at this..I odn’t know..how about Sweet Tarts 🙂
Quite simply, I would call it Délicieux–French for delicious. Thanks for a fun week.
Coup de Foudre
Bon Vivant Bakery
Love du jour
Perfectly Sweet
…this is fun, despite not knowing French. 😀 Good luck with the bakery name!
WOOT! :-D)
How wonderful of you to give all these lovely ladies books, you rock Bev!!
Ladies….CONGRATULATIONS!!
Happy reading! *^_^*
Sorry, I’m just awful at names.
I’ll save everyone by NOT posting my ideas! LOL!!
Have an awesome weekend! 🙂
Let’s see if I can get my brain going in a creative way….
-Sweet Treats
-Le Amour Treats
-Made With Love
-Recipes From The Heart
-Turning Up The Heat
Here are a few more suggestions: Premier Pastry, Baker Street, Sweetheart Bakery, Sweet Tooth Cafe, Sinful Delights, The Cake Shop, Tantalizing Treats
Decadent Delights
Sweet Sensation
Sinful Temptations
Divine Desserts
Congrats ladies! And holy wow Bev! That is an amazing honor to help you name your book series.
Beau Monde Bakery
Let Them Eat Cake
Thirteen (as in baker’s dozen?)
La Boulange
Chez [insert heroines last name here]
Dream Bakery
Bake Mania
Beau Sucre Patisserie
And I’m tapped out. Looking forward to this new series and also HEIR 🙂
Second Helpings came to mind but that’s already been said so here are some other ideas that came to mind:
Sweet Hearts
Home Sweets
Cupid’s Cakes
Second Chance Bakery
I’ll try to think of more 🙂
Thanks so much, Bev.
I should have come earlier – so many good names already listed and I’ll try not to repeat lol.
(or Pâtisseries can be substituted for Pastries)
Sweetlings
La Bakeshop
La Sweet Shoppe
Heaven’s Scent Pastries
Cake and Bake Creations
Pastries Petite
Sweet ‘n Tart
Bon Bakery
Perfect Pastries
Bakery Creations
La Gourmandine Pastries
Pastries A-La-Carte
Pastries A-La-Tart
Pastries A-La-Heart
La Dolce Vita (the sweet life)
Dolci di Monde
Mille Feuilles
Sweet Yummies
French Twist
theres’ a lot of really good suggestions allready. i look forward to any of them
thanks
Congrats to the other winners!
So many great suggestions—how are you ever going to decide?
Well…I really stink at this but this is what I came up with:
Le Meilleur Gâteau en Ville (Best Cake in Town)
Bazar de Boulangerie (Bakery Bazar)
Bunns Merveilleux (Heavenly Bunns)
Café et Bonbons (Coffee and Sweets)
Les Choses les Plus Douces (The Sweetest Things)
I’m not good with names, but it’s what I came up with:
Fancy Treats
Sweet Dilemma
Treat Yourself
Three Temptations
Taste of Temptation
Excellent choice/taste!
More came to mind, these ones are more quirky:
Temptations and Other Tasty Treats
or just
Temptations and Tasty Treats (Triple T’s)
Love by the Dozens
Love and Daily Specials
Goods and Goddesses Bakeshop
Bev you rock! Congrats ladies. Thanks for letting us help choose a name. Jeez I’m really bad at this but here are my tries:
The Sweet Spot
Temptation Cafe
Magnifique’ Cafe’
BTW, after reading the Heir sampler last night, I’m even more eager to read Alex’s story. So good!!
Sweet Nothings
Sweet and Sinful
Cool..I didn’t realize you noticed I visit her everyday…LOL
Anyways, I’m bad with titles so….LOL
Sure, something creative…totally not my strong suit! The best I can come up with is Trois Meilleure Amie (Three Best Friends).
OOOOHHH!! I Like Danielle’s suggestion!! “The Sweet Spot”
I can’t top that one!!!! Lol!
can’t wait for the contemporary!
céleste
Here’s another couple to try. ” Sweets for My Sweet”, “Delicate Delights”, “Delicious Delights” “Delightful Delights”. There’s so many great suggestions here. Good luck Bev trying to pick a good one!!!
Fresh cut flours 🙂
Soooo many good ones already. Danielle, I’m LOVIN’ The Sweet Spot.
the story looks interesting. I would suggest something like Delicious bakery, Sweet n Sour Bakery , Fine Desserts, Simply Sweet, or A Taste of Heaven.
How about Taste D’Amour?
Have Your Cake and Eat It Too.
How about Sweet Hearth(s)?
I’m terrible with names, but how about C’est La Vie? It doesn’t have anything to do with baked goods, but at least it’s French, LOL.
Sweet Temptations
new england & baked goods made “Maple Harvest” come to mind, how about trois petit-déjeune (three breakfast in french, I think but since didn’t take it in school may need “corrected” some) 🙂 Thanks for a throwing such a great party & letting us enjoy the fun w/ you through the year 🙂
I like Sweet Dilemma. Sweet Nothings is good too.
Tasty Bits; Tasty Bits ‘n Bites; Sweets & More; Sweet Indulgence; Tarts & More; Our Sweet Place. My Sweet Place, Your Sweet Place; Cakes, Cookies & Breads
How about ‘Chateau Sweet’?
A Dish of Parfait
Lust and Eclaires
Chocolate Mousse and Love
A Slice of Delight
This is fun to brainstorm!
If it was an Italian bakery, I could come up with better names ;0)
Here’s my attempt with French names:
Cher Amour
Le Petit Patisserie
Avec L’Amour
L’Amour Patisserie
What about “Sweet Celebrations”.
HOw about Sweet Love
Hmmmm. I’ll give it a go 🙂
French Tarts and Swetie Pies. ( No offence to French folks…. 😉 )
Sweet Cakes.
Breadin’ Heaven.
Okay. I’m stopping now. 🙂
Cookie Crumbs
Bakers Batch
Beyond Bread
Bake My Day!
My suggestions:
Well Bread
The Dough also Rises
Knead Of The Day
Good luck with the series.
I can’t think of a name right now, but I just had to tell you how excited I am about the new contemporary romance series your working on. It sounds like it’s going to be good!
Morceaux Savoureux or Tasty Bits
Good luck!
I’m excited you’re working on a contemporary series!! I like the sweet spot or sweet dilemma.
I like sweet spot
I thought of a few more:
The Sugar Fix, The Sweet Stop, Sweet & Sassy, Slice of Heaven, Pastries By Design, Sweet Escape Bakery, Sinful Decadence, Whistle Stop Bakery, Last Stop Bakery, Cafe Des Amis, Three Tarts Cafe, Queen of Tarts
Sweet Team
Sweet Bliss
Or
Sweets & Kisses
The French Tart
The Baker’s Delight
La Patisserie
Tasty Treats
Petite Pastries
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a sweet for my sweet
party hardy
delious delight
tasty treats
sweet delights
Congratulations on a great week of celebration and on your new series.
My suggestions are:
The Sweetest Things
Tasty Temptations
Doubly Delicious
Sweet Recovery
Sweet Revenge
Sweet Rebound
Sweetest Revenge
Sexy Sweets
Pastries For Lovers
Seduce Me With Sweets
Romantic Pastries
Um, well. I’ll (belatedly) try my hand at bakery naming (and try to make sure it hasn’t been used yet).
Divine Delights
or
Delectable Delights
or for even more alliteration
Divine Delectable Delights
Or instead of Delights, use Delicacies as in…
Divine Delicacies, Delectable Delicacies, Delightful Delicacies, etc.
Scrumptious Sweets (I’ve loved the word ‘scrumptious’ since I first watched Chitty Bang Bang as a little girl).
Captivating Confections
… I like alliteration. 🙂