Contest Round 8: Jeri Smith-Ready

I'm running a little late this morning. But after a rough start, I'm finally ready to go. I've pulled some information together and I'm prepared to launch the eighth round of the Contest Extravaganza! This week, we've got the fabulous Jeri Smith-Ready and the first novel in her WVMP Radio series, Wicked Game.

Here is a quick description of Wicked Game:

"Late-night radio you can sink your teeth into
Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a (shudder!) real job. She takes an internship at a local radio station, whose late-night time-warp format features 1940s blues, 60s psychedelia, 80s Goth, and more, all with an uncannily authentic flair. Ciara soon discovers how the DJs maintain their cred: they’re vampires, stuck forever in the eras in which they were turned.

Ciara’s first instinct, as always, is to cut and run. But communications giant Skywave wants to buy WMMP and turn it into just another hit-playing clone. Without the station—and the link it provides to their original Life Times—the vampires would “fade,” becoming little more than mindless ghosts of the past. Suddenly a routine corporate takeover becomes a matter of life and un-death.

To boost ratings and save the lives of her strange new friends, Ciara re-brands the station as “WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock ’n’ Roll.” In the ultimate con, she hides the DJs’ vampire nature in plain sight, disguising the bloody truth as a marketing gimmick. WVMP becomes the hottest thing around—next to Ciara’s complicated affair with grunge vamp Shane McAllister. But the “gimmick” enrages a posse of ancient and powerful vampires who aren’t so eager to be brought into the light. Soon the stakes are higher—and the perils graver—than any con game Ciara’s ever played…"

Does this sound totally awesome or what?

I thought so. I've got a copy and I'm dying to read Wicked Game. (I just have to finish writing Book 5 first). But you don't have to wait. Jump on this book now! What's more, enter to win a signed copy!

Here are some quick rules:

Leave a comment and name in the blog entry in my blogger or LiveJournal account.

Do NOT leave your email address (This is to protect you from Spammers).

The contest is open to domestic and international readers.

The contest is closes at midnight Eastern Standard Time on Saturday, September 5, 2009.

The winner will be announced on Sunday, September 6, 2009.

The winner will have until Sunday, September 13, 2009 to contact me.