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NEW BOOKS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH
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 Quickfire Christmas questions with Jane Lovering:
First Christmas memory? Finding a box at the end of my bed which was sort of 'roof' shaped. Hoped (rather weirdly) it was a do-it-yourself dolls' house. Which is a terrible idea for anyone for Christmas, so why I hoped for it, I still don't know. It was a Tressy doll in a triangular box (Tressy was a bit like Barbie but her hair grew when you turned a screw in her back. Not, unfortunately, after you'd cut it off, though).
Favourite Christmas film? The Amazing Mr Blunden. A cross between The Railway Children and all the ghost stories you ever grew up with. It's fabulous. Seek it out immediately.
Favourite food on your Christmas dinner plate? Any and all of it. It's food, right? And anyway, if it's on my plate it's because I cooked it, and why would I cook food I didn't like?
Which Quality Street do you pick from the tin first? Look, I have a house full of kids at Christmas. I'm just glad if, when I put my hand in, there's any chocolates left at all. One year I left the tin unattended while I walked the dogs, came home and it was full of nothing but scrunched up bits of silver paper and a cat biscuit.
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ONE DARK LIE by Clare Chase
The perfect crime read for winter …
Ruby and Nate have opted for the quiet life – but crime has a habit of following them around. When Ruby finds herself involved in the mystery of a murdered Cambridge academic, can she rely on Nate’s support … or is there something even more dangerous that has his attention?
One Dark Lie is the third book in Clare’s London and Cambridge Mysteries and the sequel to A Stranger's House.
Exclusively available for a special pre-order price of £0.99p/€1.49/$1.99 from Apple iBooks here ...
Releasing everywhere else on Tuesday 13th December!
More details here ...
 Cover chosen by our Choc Lit Stars!
Want to become a Choc Lit Star and help choose titles, covers and spread the Choc Lit love? Email info@choc-lit.com for details.
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 Quickfire Christmas questions with Clare Chase:
First Christmas memory? Waking up before dawn to see a tantalisingly stuffed stocking at the end of my bed, and being too excited to go to sleep again!
Favourite Christmas film? Love Actually. (I also have a real soft spot for the TV dramatisation of The Box of Delights by John Masefield. I re-watch it every year!)
Favourite food on your Christmas dinner plate? Turkey with all the trimmings, including chestnut and sausage meat stuffing made to my mother's recipe. Can't wait!
Which Quality Street do you pick from the tin first? I must admit, I'm more of a Celebrations girl. It's the mini Snickers bars that do it...
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 COMPETITION!
Would you like a chance to win a copy of Clare’s first book in the series, You Think You Know Me? If you would, simply email info@choc-lit.com and tell us the profession of the murder victim in One Dark Lie.
Competition closes 31st December 2016. The winner will be chosen using Random.org and advised in the next newsletter.
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Ho ho ho! It wouldn’t be Christmas without a Christmas sale and we’re pleased to say that we have a range of festive Choc Lit books on offer from just 99p/¢ across all eBook platforms and regions. Stock up for the long winter ahead! Books in the deal are:
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SECRET SANTA COMPETITION!
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Choc Lit’s Secret Santa Competition
You might have spotted the first of our ‘Secret Santa’ competitions on our Twitter and Facebook pages this week. You have to guess which Choc Lit author is our Secret Santa! The clues are below. Email your answer to info@choc-lit.com by 9am Monday 12th December. Next week's competition will start Tuesday 13th December. If you're not on Facebook or Twitter, simply email info@choc-lit.com and we'll send you the clues each day. You may bag yourself a prize just in time for Christmas!
Clues:
She writes contemporary fiction
She lives in Yorkshire
She's won an award
She has five children!
Who is it? Email today!
The correct winning answer will be selected using random.org and the winner advised Monday 12th December.
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Back by popular demand! We’ll be running a Round-Robin on the Choc Lit blog between the 19th and 23rd December, with five talented Choc Lit authors collaboratively writing an amazing short story for you to enjoy. Make sure you keep an eye on the blog so you don’t miss out on the festive fun. There will be prizes! 
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Well done to MEENA from Weybridge who was the winner of the Janet Gover's competition from the last newsletter! Meena The Wild One is on the way!
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CHOC LIT AUTHORS OUT AND ABOUT
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 Liz Harris at Wallingford Covered Market (The Regal Centre), Saturday 17th December, 10am—1pm
If you’re in the area, pop in to see Liz Harris, who will be selling and signing books at Wallingford Covered Market on 17th December.
 Victoria Cornwall on BBC Radio Cornwall, Thursday 5th January, from 3.30pm
Debut Choc Lit novelist Victoria Cornwall will be chatting to Debbie McCrory on BBC Radio Cornwall. Listen out from 3.30pm on 5th January to hear her talking about her upcoming historical novel, The Thief’s Daughter.
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 TREATS! TIME
A fabulous TREAT! from Clare Chase will land in your inbox on Friday. If you would like to receive, make sure you subscribe to our Choc Lit TREATS! by sending an email with ‘TREAT!’ in the subject heading to info@choc-lit.com so that you don’t miss these FREE, fast and flirty reads.
You don't need an eReader to read – they're PDFs which can be read on most devices including smartphones! And if you've already signed up, you don't need to do it again! |
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That’s all for this month! We’ll be back in the New Year – but until then eat, drink, be merry and have a wonderful Christmas!
Happy Holidays!
Choc Lit Team x
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