Friday 5 January 2018

BECOMING BELLE - COVER REVEAL GIVEAWAY




UPDATE - The winner of the proof copy of Becoming Belle is Mary T. Bradford. Congrats, Mary!




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Writing  - and life - busy-ness has kept me from here but I'm back with a cover reveal and a giveaway. These beauties arrived today  - proof copies of Becoming Belle, out August with GP Putnam in NY and Penguin Canada. Aren't they gorgeous?!?

Becoming Belle is described as 'a witty and inherently feminist novel about passion and marriage, based on a true story of an unstoppable woman ahead of her time in Victorian London.'

So, dear readers, if you like the sound of that, I want you to read it asap. Leave a comment to be in the draw - saying that you want to be in the hat - and I will pick one name this day next week, Friday the 12th. Please DO NOT leave comment as 'unknown' - I can't contact an unknown!

Worldwide giveaway. Good luck!

*PLEASE CHECK BACK NEXT FRIDAY FOR WINNER! I WILL DRAW A NEW WINNER IF PRIZE IS NOT CLAIMED BY FRIDAY 19th JAN.*

41 comments:

barbara renel said...

Would love to be in the hat Nuala x

Audra said...

This sounds uh-mah-zing! I'd love to be entered in the running -- I uh-dored MISS EMILY and am so looking forward to this one! Congrats on the release -- hope it gets great attention!

Group 8 said...

Melanie - sounds great. Have been listening to Hilary Mantel's Reith lectures on podcast lately - GENIUS! Happy writing and you're in the hat ;)

Barbara - also in the hat, me dear!

Group 8 said...

Audra - your name will go in the hat. Thanks for kind comments :)

barbara renel said...

X

Louise said...

Put my name in the hat.....please....dying to read!! Louise

Anonymous said...

Wow, this sounds fabulous! Congratulations, Nuala! x

Unknown said...

Would love to be included in the draw - thanks 😀

Group 8 said...

Louise and Angela - you're both in the hat.

Unkown - you'll need to reveal your ID or I won't be able to contact you if you win!

Anonymous said...

I would love to be included in the drawing! Thanks!

Damian Mac Con Uladh said...

Please add my name to the hat!

Claire said...

Oh please put me in that hat! Beautiful cover, I loved Miss Emily so much I've re-read it multiple times and I cannot wait for Belle to hit the shelves. I'll just have to go make Eve's Pudding to comfort myself in the meantime!!!

Group 8 said...

Claire, Damian, Erin - your names are in the draw :)

Unknown said...

Please add me in to the hat Nuala, thank you Lisa

Lisa D, said...

Hi Nuala, please put my name in the hat. Thanks, Lisa

Unknown said...

Hi Nuala,

Happy New Year, what a lovely gift to receive in the post, my postman is only delivering advertising junk !
Best of luck with your new book, beautiful cover, would love to be included in the giveaway, how exciting to read a book before its out in the book shops and libraries. I would feel very honoured to be one of the first readers of your new novel, so please include me in your draw.
We met recently at the Dublin Book Festival and as usual you were lovely to chat to. I wish you and your family all the best for 2018.
Kind regards,
Lorna
PS delighted to find your blog too. Lots of reading catching up to do.

traveler said...

Thanks for this captivating feature and giveaway.

amabilis said...

wiltrud here, i could crochet a lacy shawl for Belle. perhaps a little silk handkerchief with a lace border too. i think Belle would need it.

Catherine Kullmann said...

It sounds fantastic, Nuala - and lovely cover. Please put me in the draw!

Katie said...

I would love this please put me in the hat! And Joyride to Jupiter was excellent. Thank you
Katie

Unknown said...

Name in hat, please!

Janice said...

Please add my name to the hat. I'm so excited for you! It sounds like a great read, as is the case with all of your writing.

Emmaleene said...

Hi Nuala, Please put my name in the hat aswell. Can't wait to read sounds amazing. Love the title & cover. Congrats!
Emmaleene

Linnet In Oriel said...

Can't wait to read this Nuala and the cover is gorgeous! Pop me in the hat too please.x

Sue Haigh said...

Oh, yes, please add my name, Nuala.

Spontaneous Theatre said...

Would love to be in the hat please!

Dymphie said...

You have no idea how much I would like this! Dymphna

Anonymous said...

Oh yessssss please ... put me dans le chapeau!
(Useless bit of info ... my first car was called Belle)
Karen

Group 8 said...

All of you will go in the hat, dearies.

UNKNOWN people - please leave a name/contact deets!!!!!

Mary Ellen said...

Nuala I am so looking forward to your new book!
I have finished Joyride to Jupiter and loved it. Thanks for your great stories, and for continuing to be so passionate in your writing!
Mary Ellen Lowney
Irish Cultural Center of Western New England

Burl said...

I'm excited to enter Victorian London through your talented mind, Nuala.
Put me in the hat!

Unknown said...

Pop my name in the hat ��It sounds fabulous !!

B said...

The only hat I'd want to be in! Congratulations and looking forward to reading it in any case. Barbara

Mary T Bradford said...

Put my name in please, I am so so looking forward to it. Loved both, You and Miss Emily .

Unknown said...

Would love to be entered.

One of the first books I had ordered through the Book Depository (I live in the u.s.) was your novel "You." I was doing research for my own coming-of-age novel that, unfortunately, is still unwritten,yet still languishing in my imagination.

mm said...

Oregon calling, yes please Belle Nuala.

Vanessa H said...

This would be a welcome addition to my (nearly exclusively) Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian fiction - would look so good with this lovely cover next to my Georgette Heyers, Jane Austen’s and Edith Wharton! Can’t wait to read it Nuala Best wishes Vanessa Hyde, Lismore, Waterford

Erica Lowe said...

'an unstoppable woman ahead of her time in Victorian London' - I'm sold already just on that snippet! Please put my name into the hat as August is an awfully long time to wait before I can read it!
P.S. The cover is really beautiful

unaspain said...

Cannot wait! Looks fab x

Clare Tea said...

Wow, I love this kind of historical fiction. Please let me continue hoarding these on my book shelves :)

Unknown said...

Looks great Nuala. I should really just buy my own this time...

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