Rafflecopter Giveaway Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of my Rafflecopter giveaway!

Up for grabs was one paperback copy of The Rabbit Ate My Homework and five ebook copies of The Rabbit Ate My Flip-Flops.

Congratulations Carol L, you are the lucky winner of the paperback copy of The Rabbit Ate My Homework!

Heather B., Connie S., Theresa C., Jo A., and Sandra G., you are winners of the five ebook copies of The Rabbit Ate My Flip-Flops! Congratulations!

Due to technical difficulties, I've ended up with some extra winners. So congratulations to Hope C. and Brandi D.! You are also winners of ebook copies of The Rabbit Ate My Flip-Flops!

I will be emailing the winners today!

Congratulations! And a big thank you to everyone who entered!

Hoppy reading!

Kidtastic Back-to-School Giveaway!



Continuing with The Rabbit Ate My Flip-Flops new-release celebrations this week, I'm also participating in the Kidtastic Back-to-School Giveaway. Over thirty fantastic and fun free and $0.99 kids' books are available from September 11 - 15, 2015! Follow this link to see the entire list:

 

Kidtastic Back-to-School Giveaway

 

Release Day Already?

Look what I found on Amazon! The Rabbit Ate My Flip-Flops is now available for Kindle!

The Rabbit Ate My Flip-Flops

 

Grab a copy! Gift one to your friends!

 

 

This week, in preparation for the launch of my second book in The Rabbit Ate My . . . Series, The Rabbit Ate My Flip-Flops, I'm participating in the Back to School Blog Tour. Check the host site for featured author interviews and links to participating author blogs with behind the scenes posts, back to school memories, and more. Plus your chance to win books and prizes!

Participating authors:

Marilyn Peake Monday Sept. 7
Rachel Elizabeth Cole Tuesday Sept. 8
Sean McCartney Wednesday Sept. 9
Lee Winters Thursday Sept. 10

 

 

 

Back to School Blog Tour

This week, in preparation for the launch of my second book in The Rabbit Ate My . . . Series, The Rabbit Ate My Flip-Flops (September 16th! Mark your calendars!), I'm participating in the Back to School Blog Tour. Check the host site for featured author interviews and links to participating author blogs with behind the scenes posts, back to school memories, and more. Plus your chance to win books and prizes!

Participating authors:

Marilyn Peake Monday Sept. 7
Rachel Elizabeth Cole Tuesday Sept. 8
Sean McCartney Wednesday Sept. 9
Lee Winters Thursday Sept. 10

Happy Bookiversary to The Rabbit Ate My Homework!

It's hard to believe my book is now one year old. My how time flies!

To celebrate, the ebook edition will be only $0.99 for Kindle until September 16th, the official release date of The Rabbit Ate My Flip-Flops! Grab a copy or gift one to your friends!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MUE1C6A

New Release: The Secret-No Girls Club

I'm so excited to announce my latest release, an early chapter book for young readers aged 6-8. This is the first in the Kids in the Tree House series.

 

 

Best friends Logan and Caleb decide to form a club. A secret no-girls club. They write up the rules, create a secret handshake, and compose a pledge. But who will be president? They can't have a deciding vote with only two people. They're going to need some help from Caleb's little brother--and maybe even Logan's twin sister!

 

ISBN-13: 9780994821614
ISBN-10: 0994821611

Publisher: Tangled Oak Press
Publish Date: August 2015
Page Count: 32

 

Available now on:

 

Amazon

Apple
Barnes & Noble
Google

Kobo

Oyster
Page Foundry
Scribd



The Rabbit Ate My Flip-Flops Release Date and Pre-order!

I'm super excited to announce that The Rabbit Ate My Homework is now available for pre-order on Amazon! Official launch day is September 16, 2015! Mark your calendars!

 

The Rabbit Ate My Flip-Flops

 

You can’t bring a rabbit camping. That’s what eleven-year-old Drew Montgomery’s grandparents say when his annoying little sister wants to bring their pet rabbit, Tiny, along on the trip. And Drew agrees. It's bad enough that he will miss the release of the coolest video game of the year while he's stuck in a cramped travel trailer for a week with his grandparents and sister. But Tiny is certain to cause trouble. Plus there are bears and eagles in the woods. And what if Tiny gets lost?

But Libby smuggles the rabbit into the trailer anyway. Now Drew’s got to keep Tiny out of trouble. And that’s not easy to do with Libby always letting him out of the cage and a pair of rabbit-hating bullies ready to let their dog chomp him if he gets too close.

Top it off with never-ending rain, bloodthirsty mosquitos, a broken toilet, stinky outhouses, angry squirrels, terrible food, and an eye-gougingly boring “schedule of activities.” Drew is about ready to take the rabbit and hitchhike home before disaster really strikes.

 

New Release! How to Knit a Tangled Mess (DIY Dating Book Two)

Sadie, Fen, and April are back in the second installment of the DIY Dating series.

No thanks to her best friend Sadie Dawson, April Schultz gets roped into a Knit-a-Thon to impress Owen Godfrey, the guy she's been crushing on for months. Sadie had to open her big mouth and tell him April's an absolute knitting pro and now she's been pledged to knit more items for charity than anyone else. Trouble is, April has never knitted a day in her life. And she's got less than 24 hours to learn. If she doesn't master the basics soon, she risks losing Owen to the girl he's sponsoring, Dana Van Stanten--and she already knows how to knit.

How to Knit A Tangled Mess is a breezy chick lit novelette of about 12,000 words which should also appeal to romantic comedy fans.

Pre-order sale!

Now available for pre-order for a limited time sale price of $0.99!



Eleven-year-old Drew Montgomery has not, does not, and will not ever want a stupid old rabbit. All they do is sit in their cages, eat carrots, and poop. Then his annoying little sister blackmails him into hiding a bunny in his closet. She knows what really happened to his "stolen" bike and she's threatening to tell. Now Drew's in a real jam. If his "No pets!" parents find the rabbit or, worse, his sister blabs the truth, he'll be grounded till grade seven for sure.

And if that's not enough trouble, two girls at school drag him into a prank war that goes from bad to worse (all the rabbit's fault). Plus, the weirdest girl in his class wants to be his science partner. If she tells him she wants to be his girlfriend, he just knows he's gonna die.

Drew must find a way to outwit the mean girls, wiggle out of the blackmail deal, and get rid of the rabbit before it destroys his bedroom and his life.

Official release date: September 2, 2014

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MUE1C6A

Author Interview!

Check out my author interview on Limerence Magazine! http://limerencemag.com/2013/01/author-interview-rachel-elizabeth-cole/

Wow! Just discovered the most AWESOME review for How to Cook Up a Disaster!

"Cole’s novelette is very engaging and funny, as I was eager get to the next page. The fast-paced nature makes it an even more entertaining read. Sometimes storylines like this fail because they are too cheesy, but How to Cook Up a Disaster is balanced very well."

"I give How to Cook Up a Disaster five out of five stars."

Read more at Limerence Magazine.

Launch Day Contest #3!

With all these contests and giveaways, I probably should've called this Launch Week!


So, up for grabs is yet another copy of How to Cook Up a Disaster! If you missed out on the other contests, now's your chance!

All you have to do is Follow me on Twitter (if you aren't already) and retweet this line to be entered into the draw:

RT to #win a #Kindle #ebook! @rachel_e_cole http://amzn.to/SAwOIv 1 turkey dinner 1 wacky family 1 hottie fireman What could go wrong?

Also, the $25 Amazon gift card is still up for grabs if I get to 75 Likes on my Facebook Page by Friday! You know you Like me!

 

Happy tweeting!

And the winner is...

Thank you everyone who participated in my Launch Day Contest #2, yesterday. I have to say, those were quite the dinner disaster stories.

 

Now I bet you're all eager to know who the winner is. Well, you'll be happy to know, there will be TWO winners for this contest! One for best dinner disaster story. And one from the draw. See, when I set up this contest yesterday, I was planning to pick a winner simply by doing a draw (like I did for my Facebook contest), but after reading some of these fabulously disastrous dinner stories, I decided I simply had to award a prize for worst dinner disaster story, too!

So without further ado, the winner of the draw is . . . *shakes hat full of names*

Liz Penney!

And now the winner of the best worst dinner disaster story is . . .

H. Pinski!

Congratulations! You've both won a free copy of How to Cook Up a Disaster! Step right up and claim your prize! (Okay, email me and I'll send it to you! ;) )

Thanks everyone for participating in my fun Launch Day Contests! Watch this blog (and my Twitter feed and Facebook Page) for details on another contest coming up tomorrow!

Launch Day Contest #2!

If you missed out on the Facebook giveway yesterday, you're still in luck! I'm doing another giveaway today right here through my blog. Tell me about the worst dinner disaster you've ever had in the comments below and you could win a free copy of How to Cook Up a Disaster! (Deadline: tonight at 11:59 pm Pacific Time)

Also, the $25 Amazon gift card is still up for grabs! If I get 75 likes to my Facebook page by Friday, one of my lucky Facebook fans will win it!

My dinner disasters have fortunately been fairly minor, but here are a couple almost-disasters I've had:

I was making roast beef dinner and discovered the potatoes in the pantry had grown roots and gone mouldy and were completely inedible. I didn't have a car at that time, so couldn't run to the store to buy more, so I ended up asking our guests to bring some with them! Another time I dumped an entire bowl of stuffing onto the floor while trying to stuff the turkey. This time I did have a car and was able to run out to the store and buy more bread crumbs. Still, dinner was more than a little late that night.

Like I said, pretty minor. I got nothing on poor Sadie. ;)

Launch Day Contest!

Tomorrow, October 2nd, is launch day for How to Cook Up a Disaster!

And to celebrate, I'm holding a contest!

Up for grabs is a free copy of How to Cook Up a Disaster! BUT only if I get 50 likes for my Facebook fan page. That's only ONE more likes and one of my lucky readers can win a free copy of my new chick-lit/romantic comedy novelette! BUT WAIT! There's more! If I get 75 likes, I'll be giving away a $25 Amazon gift card! So tell your friends, tell your family, tell everyone to like my page and get a chance to win a free book or a free gift card!

Your books look different!

Yup, it's true. A couple of my titles look a bit different. I decided both Fallen Leaves and For Good or For Bad would benefit of having new covers.

Before:

New Release!

My flash fiction collection, Of Directions, Destinations, and Differences is now available for Kindle!

It contains six stories that explore who we are, where we're going, and what makes us each unique:

Is This Seat Taken?

Sneaking Around

The Bear Hunter

Full Circle

Free to Good Home

Porridge For Breakfast

Get your copy today!

How to Cook Up a Disaster has a cover!

So excited I had to share: my chick-lit/romantic comedy novelette How to Cook Up a Disaster has a cover!

Available for Kindle October 2, 2012!

Trindie Books

Trindie Books has featured The Perfect Ring: http://trindiebooks.com/perfect-ring-short-story/

How to Cook Up a Disaster: Sneak Peek!

Yes, my dear readers, today is your lucky day. I'm giving you a sneak peek at the first 5 pages of my upcoming chick-lit/romantic comedy novelette, How to Cook Up a Disaster. Now available on Amazon US and Amazon UK!

Enjoy!

How to Cook Up a Disaster

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If I’d known what was in store for me that day, I would have convinced Mom to order take-out, locked the cat on the porch and never, ever allowed my father in the same room as my Aunt Ginny. But, being the dutiful daughter I was, I took the bus to Mom’s place that morning, prepared to bake and roast and decorate and otherwise make Grampy Joe’s one-hundredth birthday party the best it could be.