{"id":5649,"date":"2011-01-11T13:08:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T18:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=5649"},"modified":"2011-01-11T13:08:19","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T18:08:19","slug":"giveaway-how-sweet-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/11\/giveaway-how-sweet-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Giveaway: How Sweet It Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianaholquist.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Diana Holquist<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, author of RITA nominated <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>SEXIEST MAN ALIVE<\/strong><\/span>, is now writing under the pseudonym <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sophiegunn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Sophie Gunn<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and I&#8217;m giving away a copy of her &#8216;debut&#8217; book to one random commenter. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"border: double; border-color: #EE1849; padding-right: 15px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5236\" title=\"Unforgivable\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/howsweetitis.jpg?resize=220%2C355\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"355\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HOW SWEET IT IS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ee1849;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">Author: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sophiegunn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sophie Gunn<\/a><br \/>\nPublisher: Grand Central<br \/>\nPub. 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