opposites attract copyHi everyone! We are just one week away from kicking off our Opposites Attract Week here on Joyfully Jay! It will be a week filled with reviews, guest posts, and favorite book lists, all centered around our theme. And let’s not forget our fabulous giveaway, a hallmark of our theme weeks here on the blog.

You can get more details on the event at on our kick off post. But the short version is that we are covering all kinds of opposites during the week, including opposite personalities, age gap, famous person/royalty with regular guy, wealth gaps, geek/jock, and more. It is a really fun theme and we hope you all are as excited as we are.

So a few highlights for you. First off, here are the fabulous authors who will be guest posting here for Opposites Attract Week:

  • Damon Suede
  • Katey Hawthorne
  • Silvia Violet
  • C.J. Anthony
  • Charlie Cochrane
  • Kris T. Bethke

And here are some highlights of what we will be reviewing:

  • Here for Us by A.M. Arthur
  • A Gathering Storm by Joanna Chambers
  • How the Other Half Lives by Clare London
  • Talking in Code by Ariel Tachna
  • Exposed by Bey Deckard
  • Taxes and TARDIS by N.R. Walker
  • Vivaldi in the Dark by Matthew J. Metzger
  • Prince and Pirate by Elliott Cooper

That is just a sampling, but we have lots more on our list!

This year folks have once again been incredibly generous in donating prizes for our big giveaway. We have almost 70 prizes to give out! So a big thanks to the authors and publishers who were so generous in making donations. And it is not too late; if you want to donate to the giveaway, just let me know.

The giveaway will open on Sunday, April 2 at 2:00 EST and run until Saturday, April 8 at 11:59 EST. So you will have plenty of time to enter. But considering we have so very many prizes, I wanted to give you all a little preview of the goodies. Also, the rules for our theme week contests are different than how we usually do them. So at the end of this long list of amazing prizes, I have a quick overview of how the contest will run so that you all can understand all the details.

So behold the awesomeness, and thanks again to everyone who so generously donated!

  • Pride Publishing Gift Cards
  • Amazon Gift Cards
  • Dreamspinner Press Gift Cards
  • NineStar Press Gift Cards
  • A Single Heartbeat by Morgan Elektra
  • Bad Judgement by Sidney Bell
  • Battle of Will by Sasha L. Miller
  • Saving Liam by Sasha L. Miller
  • Bespoke by Val Prozorova and Megan McFerren
  • Black Magic by Megan Derr
  • Of Last Resort by Megan Derr
  • The Pirate of Fathom’s Deep by Megan Derr
  • The Tournament of Losers by Megan Derr
  • Coal Miner’s Son by T.A. Chase
  • Dance with the Devil series (books 1, 2 and 7) by Megan Derr
  • Decieved series (books 1 and 5) by Megan Derr
  • Equilibrium by Katey Hawthorne
  • Five Minutes Longer by Victoria Sue
  • Frostbite by Alexandria Bellefleur
  • Here for Us by A.M. Arthur
  • How the Other Half Lives by Clare London
  • Illegal Contact by Santino Hassell
  • In the Spotlight by Charlie Cochrane
  • Ink & Paper by Megan Derr
  • Innocent Auction by Victoria Sue
  • Inncent Betrayal by Victoria Sue
  • Just Add Argyle by K.C. Burn
  • Lickety Split by Damon Sued
  • Nobody’s Hero by Katey Hawthorne
  • Pent Up by Damon Suede
  • Choice of print books by Victoria Sue
  • Professional Distance audiobook and ebook by  Silvia Violet
  • Pumpkin Rolls and Porn Sounds by Kris T. Bethke
  • Rainbow Sprinkles by Anna Martin
  • Resistance by Lillian Francis
  • Riot Boy by Katey Hawthorne
  • Runaway Rockstar by C.J. Anthony
  • Runaways by Megan Derr
  • Snow White and the Seventh Bodyguard by Stephanie Rabig
  • Spell Weaver by Megan Derr
  • Stars That Tremble and Silence of the Stars by Kate McMurray
  • Submerged by Susan Reeves
  • Talking in Code by Ariel Tachna
  • The Alpha King by Victoria Sue
  • The Artist’s Masquerade by Antonia Aquilante
  • The Calm Before by Neeena Jaydon
  • A Boy Called Cin by Cecil Wilde
  • Hades in Love by Mel Bossa
  • The Chase and the Catch by A.F. Henley
  • The Last American Hero by Nicole Field
  • Unscripted Rosie Aikman
  • The Cobbler’s Soleless Son by Meredith Katz
  • The Good Thief by James Buchanan
  • The Lost Gods series by Megan Derr
  • The Poison Within by Kasia Bacon
  • The Prince’s Consort by Antonia Aquilante
  • The Sorcerer’s Guardian by Antonia Aquilante
  • Where Loyalties Lie by Logan Taylor

All right, so as I mentioned, the rules for all this are a bit different than normal. Here is how it will work:

  • When you enter, you will leave your top 7-12 prizes in ranked order in your comments (more or less is no big deal).
  • If your name is drawn, I will automatically award you the top prize that is left on your list. If you don’t have anything left, no worries. We will contact you directly. But this way, I can award many of the prizes without taking the time to contact everyone individually. Otherwise we would still be giving prizes out next year.
  • Be sure to have joyfullyjay@gmail.com and joyfullyjay.michelle@gmail.com in your safe senders list so that any message from us doesn’t end up in SPAM. If I contact you, you will have 24 hours to get back to me before I have to go one to another winner. Every time we do this, I have folks who lose out on prizes because my messages end up in junk mail so don’t let that happen to you. I want you to get goodies!
  • You must be 18 or older to enter.

So that is the deal. Be sure to check out the list above for ideas of what you might want to include in your prize wish list. And next Sunday at 2:00 pm EST we will have the full list of prizes along blurbs about each one.