ABNA 2013 Quarterfinalist - Cupcakes, Pies, and Hot Guys

Squee! My book Cupcakes, Pies, and Hot Guys (Annie Graceland Mystery #3) made the Quarterfinal cut of the ABNA competition. This is very sweet! (Kind of feels like this.)

 About the ABNA Contest:

"The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest is an opportunity to win a publishing contract with Amazon Publishing. One Grand Prize winner will receive a publishing contract with an advance of $50,000, and four First Prize winners will each receive a publishing contract with an advance of $15,000. Visit the prizes page for the full list of prizes and details."

Amazon's upping the ante this year with their contest because they are not only a book distributor, but quickly becoming a publisher, as well. And knowing Amazon, they do NOT want to be a small publisher. They want to be BIG. 

Two Reviewers judged each contest submission based on the "pitch" and the 3000 to 5000 word excerpt. (I'm sure a lot of great novels didn't make it through to the Quarterfinals. Judging can be a little random.)

Amazon then published ALL the Quarterfinalist pitches and excerpts.

Here is mine. It's FREE. It includes the pitch, the excerpt, and the reviews. You might want to read it to see an example of the type of story that made the cut from 10,000 contest entries down to 500. Or you might want to sample a funny, sexy mystery.

http://www.amazon.com/Cupcakes-Pies-Hot-Guys-ebook/dp/B00B9N8158/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363116915&sr=1-1&keywords=Abna+2013+Cupcakes%2C+Pies%2C+and+Hot+Guys

And hey, if you enjoy it? Cupcakes, Pies, and Hot Guys is already indie published and available as an e-book for only $2.99 with a spiffy brand new cover, designed by the talented Michael James Canales. (We're working on updating the paper book covers as well.)

Thank you and enjoy!

AMAZON: http://www.amazon.com/Cupcakes-Annie-Graceland-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0096WCVT6

NOOK: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cupcakes-pies-and-hot-guys-pamela-dumond/1112779845

KOBO: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Cupcakes-Pies-and-Hot-Guys/book-p9DVil5jNEi2OZaI5xQH-g/page1.html

xo,

Pamela DuMond