(FYI: I’m going to be reposting the contest rules every day, so if you just want to skim to the bottom to see the new daily questions…go for it.)
For those of you new to the contest, here are the official deets:
Okay, this is how the contest is going to work: Each day from now until April 26th, I’ll be posting at least two questions for you to answer. Post your answer to THE DAY’S QUESTIONS in the comment section of that day’s post. You have to answer ALL QUESTIONS to be entered. And the really cool part? I’ll be choosing AT LEAST two winners per day as well.
Winners will get to choose their prize from the list below:
Juliana Stone – His Darkest Hunger
Donna Grant – Dangerous Highlander
Anita Clenney – $15 Borders Gift Certificate – won by Donna S (Day 2 winner)
Barbara Monajem – Sunrise in the Garden of Love & Evil
Annette McCleave – Bound By Darkness
Joan Swan – Custom 1.0L SIGG water bottle (Click HERE to see!)
Nina Pierce – Promo pack of goodies – won by Stacey (Day 2 winner)
Angie Fox – A Tale of Two Demon Slayers
Vivi Andrews – The Sexorcist
Jessa Slade – Seduced by Shadows
Helen Scott Taylor – The Phoenix Charm
Lucy Monroe – Moon Craving
Heather Davis – Never Cry Werewolf
Loucinda McGary – The Wild Irish Sea
Kari Thomas – Hold onto the Night
Larissa Ione – Choice of Demonica Book or Demonica Tote
Alix Rickloff – Dangerous as Sin
Vivi Anna – The Vampire’s Quest
Melina Morel – Smolder/Prey (One book combo left) – 1st combo won by Colleen (Day 1 winner)
Sandy Nicks – Circle of Eternity
Isabel Roman – Murder and Magick
Susan Kelley – The Greater Good
Louisa Kelley – Lydia & the Draca
Jess Granger – Beyond the Rain
Erin Kellison – Arc of Shadow Bound – Won by Amy (Day 1 winner)
Denise Agnew – Dark Fire
Catherine Anne Collins – A Witch’s Lament
Once a prize is chosen, it gets crossed off the list, so pay close attention to what gets claimed so you have your 2nd, 3rd, etc. choices mapped out.
That’s it. Super easy. I ask, you answer, YOU WIN!
(Winners will be chosen at random, must be 18 yrs old to participate, yadda yadda yadda. Winners will be contacted by email, when a prize is chosen, it’s crossed off the list and the winner’s name is listed next to their prize.)
Also, don’t forget part two of my awesome contest. I have THREE $25 gift cards to the bookstore of your choice to give away. To enter this portion of the contest, simply email me at elisabeth@elisabethnaughton.com to tell me where you posted about either this contest or the release of MARKED. Simply put “MARKED Release Contest” in the subject line of your email. (If you post the above MARKED widget or book cover somewhere you get entered twice!). You can enter as many times as you like. The more times/places you talk up MARKED, the more chances you have to win.
Got it?
Let’s keep going…
Okay…DAY THREE QUESTIONS:
(FYI: the number of questions equals the number of prizes being given out that day. And if you haven’t already figured it out, question one will ALWAYS have something to do with Greek mythology.)
1) Describe (briefly) the Greek myth that explains why Achilles can only be killed by being injured in his heel.
2) Anita Clenney has three books due out soon from Sourcebooks. What are the titles of these three books?
3) Barbara Monajem’s book SUNRISE IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE AND EVIL released this month from Dorchester Publishing. What can you tell me about this book?
April 19th, 2010 at 12:40 am · Link
1. His mother Thetis tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx… however since she held him by his ankle it was the only part the water didn’t touch making it the lone vulnerable part of his body.
2. Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper.
3. It’s the first book in the Bayou Gavotte Series.
April 19th, 2010 at 1:37 am · Link
Another great giveaway!
1. Achilles’ mother Thetis wanted to make him immortal by dipping him into the river Styx but she forgot about his ankle. She held him by it and because of that his heel is the only part the water didn’t touch making it the only vulnerable part of his body.
2. Titles are: Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper.
3. It has a great cover and it’s the first book in the Bayou Gavotte Series
April 19th, 2010 at 1:47 am · Link
1. When Achilles was born Thetis tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx. However, he was left vulnerable at the part of the body she held him by, his heel… (wikipedia)
2. Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child and His Brother’s Keeper (wow, have to keep them in mind!!)
3. it takes place in the town of Bayou Gavotte, Louisiana
CONGRATS to the winners!!!
greetings, Ina
April 19th, 2010 at 1:47 am · Link
1) Describe (briefly) the Greek myth that explains why Achilles can only be killed by being injured in his heel: his mother Thetys was a nymph, daughter of the sea god Nereus, and when Achilles was born, it was predicted that he will be a great warrior, he will be a hero but will be killed in a war, so Thetys made sure to protect his son: she bathed him as a baby in the river Styx, but as she was holding him by his ankle to dip him in the water, she forgot that his ankle got left out and thus didn’t become invulnerable like the rest of his body. (It is also said that this precaution wasn’t enough for Thetys: she dressed him in girls’ clothes and made him play with girls instead of letting him play swords with the other boys so he wouldn’t get to like battles and fighting and would escape the prediction.)
2) Anita Clenney has three books due out soon from Sourcebooks. What are the titles of these three books? Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper
3) Barbara Monajem’s book SUNRISE IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE AND EVIL released this month from Dorchester Publishing. What can you tell me about this book? “It has magnolias and passion vine. It also has fetish clubs. And vampires.” 🙂 The heroine is called Ophelia Beliveau and the hero Gideon O’Toole.
April 19th, 2010 at 3:18 am · Link
1.) Thetis tried to make her son Achilles immortal by dipping him in the river Styx but she forgot that she was holding him by his ankle. So because the water couldn’t reach his heel it is his only vunerable spot.
2.) His brother’s keeper, Awaken the warrior, The secret child
3.) It’s a paranormal romance
April 19th, 2010 at 4:49 am · Link
1. Achilles can only be killed by being injured in his heel because Thetis, Achilles’ mother, didn’t submerge his heel as she bathed him in the river Styxx. The magical river was said to release its powers to someone who touched it in a specific spot, only working on the spot that it touched – and thus whilst making the rest of Achilles’ body invulnerable, his heel was the one vulnerable part of it.
2. Awaken the Warrior, The Secret Child and His Brother’s Keeper.
3. The main character is named Ophelia and during the course of puberty she not only grew breasts but sprouted fangs too.
April 19th, 2010 at 6:15 am · Link
1) Describe (briefly) the Greek myth that explains why Achilles can only be killed by being injured in his heel.He was held by the heel and dipped him in the river Styx; everything the sacred waters touched became invulnerable, but the heel remained dry and therefore unprotected.
2) Anita Clenney has three books due out soon from Sourcebooks. What are the titles of these three books? Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, His Brother’s Keeper
3) Barbara Monajem’s book SUNRISE IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE AND EVIL released this month from Dorchester Publishing. What can you tell me about this book? It takes place in the town of Bayou Gavotte, Louisiana, from blackmail to fetish clubs to murder, and Ophelia is a vampire who has given up drinking blood and having sex – at least at the beginning of the book!
April 19th, 2010 at 6:26 am · Link
Hi Elisabeth 🙂
1. When Achilles was born, his mother, Thetis, tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx holding him by his heel. The heel where she held him remained untouched by the magic water of the Styx and that part stayed mortal or vulnerable.
2. Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child and His Brother’s Keeper.
3. SUNRISE IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE AND EVIL is released this month from Dorchester Publishing, It’s Book One of the Bayou Gavotte Series, is a paranormal book, has a cool cover, a love and blood starved vampire and a HAWT detective, fetish clubs and it looks like a GREAT read.
April 19th, 2010 at 6:37 am · Link
1.Achilles’ mother Thetis wanted to make him immortal by dipping him into the river Styx but she forgot about his ankle. She held him by it and because of that his heel is the only part the water didn’t touch making it the only vulnerable part of his body.
2.Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper.
3.Its a paranormal(vampire),its Book One in the
Bayou Gavotte Series
April 19th, 2010 at 6:43 am · Link
1.His mum dipped him in the river Styx, but since she was holding him by the heel that part was left. the rest of him was immortal.
2. They are awaken the warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper.
3.First in the Bayou gavotte series, vampire contacts a police who gets more than he bargained for
April 19th, 2010 at 7:12 am · Link
1) Describe (briefly) the Greek myth that explains why Achilles can only be killed by being injured in his heel.
==> Thetis (Achilles’ mom) took him to a river and dipped his body into the magical river; holding him by the heel. But Achilles’s heel would be unprotected because the water did not touch it. The magical river was supposed to release its powers to someone who touched it in a specific spot, and would only work on that spot making who ever touched it invulnerable.
2) Anita Clenney has three books due out soon from Sourcebooks. What are the titles of these three books?
==> Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, His Brother’s Keeper
3) Barbara Monajem’s book SUNRISE IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE AND EVIL released this month from Dorchester Publishing. What can you tell me about this book?
==> It’s Bayou Gavotte Series, Book One. A paranormal book. And it’s intrigued many people to read it 🙂
April 19th, 2010 at 7:37 am · Link
1. Thetis anointed the boy in ambrosia and put him on top of a fire to burn away the mortal parts of his body. She was interrupted by Peleus and abandoned both father and son in a rage.
2. Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper.
3. The first book in the Bayou Gavotte Series, featuring the vampire Ophelia Beliveau.
April 19th, 2010 at 8:05 am · Link
1. His mother dipped him into the river to make him immortal but forgot to dip his achilles heel. Cause this is where she held him. Resulting in the heel being his weak spot.
2. Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, His Brother’s Keeper.
3. It’s the first in the Bayou gavotte series. A paranormal romance about a place where vampires really exist but keep their identity a secret. Ophelia is the heroine, also vampire. Then she meets Gideon a police detective and they have real chemistry but she’s afraid and holds back at first. (seems like a great book!) 😀
April 19th, 2010 at 8:53 am · Link
1)Thetis, Achilles mother was informed in the state when Achilles was a baby, that in one of his battles he would die from an arrow. Thetis being only a mother, did not want her son to die. So Thetis took Achilles to a river and dipped his body into the magical river; holding him by the heel. But Achilles’s heel would be unprotected because the water did not touch it.
2) Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, His Brother’s Keeper
3) It’s about a town in LA where they cater to vampire tourists. Ophelia is wrapped up in a mystery, and she’s a vampire.
April 19th, 2010 at 9:02 am · Link
1. Achilles mother wanted to make him immortal so she dipped him into the River Styxx. She held him by his ankle which made that his vunerable spot.
2. Awaken the warrior, the secret Child, His brothers keeper
3. It’s the first in the Bayou Gavotte Series set in Louisiana.
congrats to the winners
April 19th, 2010 at 9:16 am · Link
1. Achilles mother, Thetis, dipped him in the river in order to make him immortal. However, she held him by the heel and didn’t dip that part in the river causing a vulnerable spot on his body
2. Awaken the Warrior, The Secret Child and His Brother’s Keeper.
3. It is set in Bayou Gavotte, Louisiana. The main characters are Ophelia Beliveau and Gideon O’Toole
April 19th, 2010 at 9:29 am · Link
a) Achilles was dunked in the river Styx by his mother to make him invulnerable, but since she was holding him by the heel, that part remained vulnerable.
b) Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child and His Brother’s Keeper. Incidentally, the blurbs for these books are very intriguing, so I’m putting the first one down in my “keep an eye out for” list (thanks for the tip, Ms Naughton!)
c) From the blurb, it’s a paranormal romance set in Louisiana, and the first in a new series set in the fictional town of Bayou Gavotte
April 19th, 2010 at 9:29 am · Link
1. When Thetis, Achilles Mom, dipped him in the river Styxx to immoritalize him, she held him by the heels ~~ there by leaving leaving them unprotected. Thus Achilles Heel!!
2 Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child and His Brother’s Keeper
3. Dark secrets from Blackmail to fetish clubs to murder can be found in it ~~ and it sounds GREAT!
April 19th, 2010 at 10:58 am · Link
1) When he was born, Achilles’ mother, Thetis, dipped him into the River Styx to make him immortal. Since she held him by his ankle, his ankle was not touched by the river. Therefore, any injury to his ankle could prove mortal.
2) The Warrior, The Secret Child and His Brother’s Keeper
3) In a Louisiana town, a seductive vampire’s reclusive ways are threaten when her garden is desecrated and she calls the police to investigate.
April 19th, 2010 at 11:48 am · Link
Is it sufficient to say for #1 that his mummy dunked him in some water? :X Heh – well Thetis was all “oh crap I married a human and will now have this weak human baby so I’ll make him immortal via the river Styx! And then Peleus was all ZOMG NOES UR DROWNINGS TEH BEBY. So the ankle Thetis was holding wasn’t protected – makes you wonder about the logistics of holding a baby upside down in the water…
#2. Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper.
#3. It’s got a clever title and a lovely cover. And is set in the Bayou and has fetish clubs involved… am now wondering about all these alleged clubs in books around that area… O_o
April 19th, 2010 at 11:52 am · Link
1. His mother held him by the heel and dipped him in the river Styx since everything the sacred waters touched became impervious to injury. Unfortunately, his heel remained dry and therefore unprotected, allowing Archilles to be killed by an injury to his heel.
2) Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper
3) a vampire story that takes place in Bayou Gavotte, Louisiana
April 19th, 2010 at 12:23 pm · Link
1) Describe (briefly) the Greek myth that explains why Achilles can only be killed by being injured in his heel.– According to the Achilleid, written by Statius in the first century AD, and to no surviving previous sources, when Achilles was born Thetis tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx. However, he was left vulnerable at the part of the body she held him by, his heel.
2) Anita Clenney has three books due out soon from Sourcebooks. What are the titles of these three books?– Awaken the Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper.
3) Barbara Monajem’s book SUNRISE IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE AND EVIL released this month from Dorchester Publishing. What can you tell me about this book?– Its the first book in the series and takes place in Bayou Gavotte, Louisiana, which is very interesting!
April 19th, 2010 at 12:45 pm · Link
1. Achilles’ mother Thetis wanted to make him immortal by dipping him into the river Styx but she forgot about his ankle. She held him by it and because of that his heel is the only part the water didn’t touch making it the only vulnerable part of his body.
2. Awaken the Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper
3. Barbara’s newest release is about a blood-and-love starved vampire named Ophelia and I think the cover is a bit interesting with the blood.
April 19th, 2010 at 12:53 pm · Link
Thanks for the chuckle today.
Keep the answers coming!
April 19th, 2010 at 1:10 pm · Link
1. Thetis, Achilles mother was informed that Achilles would die from an arrow in a battle. So Thetis took Achilles to a river and dipped his body into the magical river holding him by the heel. His heel remain unprotected because the water did not touch it.
2. “Awaken the Warrior,” “The Secret Child” and “His Brother’s Keeper”
3. The book features a blood and love starved vampire and a detective.
April 19th, 2010 at 1:19 pm · Link
Okay here is my answers…
1~ Achilles mother, Thetis, dipped him in the river in order to make him immortal. However, she held him by the heel and didn’t dip that part in the river causing a vulnerable spot on his body
Poor baby.. she could have just threw him in… and made his swim, really testing his immortality.. lol. Sink or Swim…
2~ Awaken the Warrior, The Secret Child and His Brother’s Keeper are the titles.
3~ Omg are you kidding me this is set in Bayou Gavotte, Louisiana. (Native LA girl here) And the main characters are Ophelia Beliveau and Gideon O’Toole. (No I do not know any families with those names… not yet anyway…
Thanks!
April 19th, 2010 at 1:38 pm · Link
1. His mother tried to make Achilles immortal by dipping him in the river Styx… however since she held him by his ankle it was the only part of his body the water didn’t touch, making it the only vulnerable part of his body.
2. Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper.
3. It’s the first book in the Bayou Gavotte Series, featuring vamp Ophelia Beliveau and detective Gideon O’Toole.
April 19th, 2010 at 2:18 pm · Link
Here are the answers…
Question #1: Achilles’ mother, Thetis, tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx. She held him by his heel which was the only part of his body not dipped into the river.
Question #2. Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper.
Question #3. It’s the first book in the Bayou Gavotte Series.
Thanks for the contest.
April 19th, 2010 at 2:41 pm · Link
1. His mother had dipped the infant Achilles in the river Styx, holding onto him by his heel, and he became invulnerable where the waters touched him—that is, everywhere except the areas of his heel that were covered by her thumb and forefinger.
2. Awaken the Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper
3. It’s a vampire story that takes place in Bayou Gavotte, Louisiana.
April 19th, 2010 at 2:51 pm · Link
1. There are two versions of the story. In the earlier version, Thetis anointed the infant with ambrosia and then placed him upon a fire to burn away his mortal portions; she was interrupted by Peleus, whereupon she abandoned both father and son in a rage. Peleus placed the child in the care of the Centaur Chiron, who raised and educated the boy. In the later version, she held the young Achilles by the heel and dipped him in the river Styx; everything the sacred waters touched became invulnerable, but the heel remained dry and therefore unprotected.
2. Awaken the Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper
3. Partial definition from chapter one: Vampire: a human being with a genetic mutation characterized by among other things, the appearance of fangs at puberty…
April 19th, 2010 at 3:20 pm · Link
1. Achilles’s mother tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx, but she held him by his ankle and it was the only part of his body the water did not touch. Hence his heel was the Achilles Heel
2. Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper.
3. The book is the first in the Bayou Gavotte Series and it features
vampire Ophelia Beliveau and detective Gideon O’Toole.
April 19th, 2010 at 3:25 pm · Link
1. When Achilles was born Thetis tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx. However, he was left vulnerable at the part of the body she held him by, his heel.
2. Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, His Brother’s Keeper
3. It’s the first in a series by Barbara M. and it contains all the key ingredients to a great book..Blackmail, fetish clubs, murder and a blood-and-love starved vampire . . .
April 19th, 2010 at 3:29 pm · Link
1. He was dipped into the River Styx by his mother to make him invulnerable. The water touched him everywhere but his heel making that his point of weakness.
2. Awaken the Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper.
3. It is the first book in the Bayou Gavotte series and the main character is a vampire named Ophelia Beliveau.
April 19th, 2010 at 4:32 pm · Link
1. Thetis, his mother, tried to make Achilles immortal by dipping him in the river Styx holding him by his heel. The heel where she held him remained untouched by the water and stayed vulnerable.
2. Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child and His Brother’s Keeper.
3. SUNRISE IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE AND EVIL sounds like a great book. It features Ophelia Beliveau, a blood-and-love starved vampire and Gideon O’Toole, a police detective, in Bayou Gavotte, Louisiana.
April 19th, 2010 at 5:22 pm · Link
1. His mother Thetis wanted to make him immortal so she dipped him in the river Styx, holding him by his ankle which left that area unprotected.
2. Awaken the Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper
3. The first in the Bayou Gavotte Series
April 19th, 2010 at 6:40 pm · Link
1. Achilles’ mother Thetis wanted to make him immortal by dipping him into the river Styx but she forgot about his ankle. She held him by it and because of that his heel is the only part the water didn’t touch making it the only vulnerable part of his body. 😯
2. Titles are: Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper. 😉
3. It has a great cover and it’s the first book in the Bayou Gavotte Series 😀
April 19th, 2010 at 7:02 pm · Link
1.Achilles Mother Thetis Tried to make Him Immortal by Dipping Him in the River Styx.But She mist a spot on (His Heel)
2.Awaken the Warrior,The Secret Child and the Brothers Keeper
3.It’s the First Book in the Bayon Gevotte Series about a female Vampire and a Police Detective in Louisiana
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April 19th, 2010 at 7:27 pm · Link
1. According to a myth arising later, his mother had dipped the infant Achilles in the river Styx[4], holding onto him by his heel, and he became invulnerable where the waters touched him—that is, everywhere except the areas of his heel that were covered by her thumb and forefinger.
2. Awaken the Warrior, The Secret Child, HIs Brother’s Keeper
3. According to the book Sunrise in a Garden of Love & Evil they have vampires in Bayou Gavotte, Louisiana 😯
April 19th, 2010 at 8:21 pm · Link
1. Thesis dipped Achilles into the Styxx river to make him invulnerable, but she was holding him by his heel, so that part didn’t touch the water, which made it his weak spot.
2. Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child and His Brother’s Keeper
3. It’s the first book in the Bayou Gavotte series and is set in Bayou Gavotte, Louisiana.
April 19th, 2010 at 9:16 pm · Link
1. His mother dipped him in River Styxx to protect him, but she held him by heel that didn’t tuch the water, making it his weak spot.
2. Awaken the Warrior, The Secret Child, His Brother’s Keeper.
3. !st in Bayou Gavotte series, set in Louisiana. Just got it in the mail from Dorchester.
April 19th, 2010 at 9:39 pm · Link
1. When he was born, Achilles’ mother, Thetis, tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx. Since she held him by his ankle as she dipped him, his ankle is the only part the water didn’t touch. Because his ankle was never dipped in the water, it is the lone vulnerable part of his body.
2. Awaken the Warrior, The Secret Child, and His Brother’s Keeper.
3. It is the first in the Bayou Gavotte Series. Bayou Gavotte Louisiana has many things, including vampires and fetish clubs.
April 24th, 2010 at 10:34 am · Link
When Achilles was born, his mother, Thetis, tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx holding him by his heel. The heel where she held him remained untouched by the magic water of the Styx and that part stayed mortal or vulnerable.
2. Awaken The Warrior, The Secret Child and His Brother’s Keeper.
3. SUNRISE IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE AND EVIL was released this month from Dorchester Publishing,
It’s Book 1 of a new series called the Bayou Gavotte, is a paranormal book (one my favorite genres to read) and that this is such a great book to read while curling up on couch/bed.