Thanks to the publisher, ten lucky winners will receive one of two Kensington’s giveaway advance readers copies (ARCs). A few of the titles have not yet been released.
Giveaway 1 – Historical Mysteries: – 5 winners
A TRACE OF POISON by Colleen Cambridge
MURDER AT THE MAJESTIC HOTEL by Clara McKenna
A TWIST OF MURDER by Heather Redmond
Giveaway 2 – Cozy Mysteries: – 5 winners
PEG AND ROSE SOLVE A MURDER by Laurien Berenson
STEEPED IN SECRETS by Lauren Elliott
HONEYMOONS CAN BE HAZARDOUS by Amanda Flower
To stake a claim on this giveaway, leave a comment below telling me why you love to read and which giveaway you are interested in receiving. The books will be shipped directly from the publisher. Contest ends November 15, 2022. US entries only per publisher’s request.
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I love reading and would like either group of books.
I don’t really know why I love to read, I just know I have to. I have been reading steadily since I was little kid. I really remember getting into Nancy Drew! I do know that’s where my love of cozies started! So, it would be the cozy giveaway for me. Thanks for the chance!
I love to read because it allows me to escape into my own world for a while! It’s super relaxing. I can learn new things and visit new places. I can’t imagine a life without reading. I would love to win one of the historical mysteries!
What a lovely surprise opportunity! Thank you Kensington! I would enjoy an ARC book from the cozy mystery list-jut reading the titles they sound terrific. I started “reading” Oz books at age 3, and have never stopped reading. A great day, sad day, or disillusion filled day are perfect days to read. Honestly, a day without reading would be the worst punishment you could inflict on me! No wonder I read over 300 books yearly—it makes life worth living!
In the first grade I discovered the Bobbsey Twins series in the school library. After that I moved on to Nancy Drew. My love of cozies has never stopped. I’d absolutely love to read the cozies in giveaway 2.
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Lovely. I’d be happy with either set but historical is where I’ll throw my hat. I love reading because it takes me away from my own life and it lets me see other POVs
Is there an opportunity to say both categories appeal to me equally? All of these books look good to me (though I’ve already read Peg and Rose). Put me in whichever category you want to if there can be only one. Kensington is one of the short list of publishers I actively keep an eye out for new mysteries from, as I tend to like just about everything.
I can go anywhere in the world right from my recliner. Giveaway 2 would be a divine win
I love to read the same way I love to breathe – I just have to! I read the Bobbsey Twins, the Cherry Ames series, Nancy Drew, Dana Girls, etc. And I even hid a book inside a textbook in class so I could read instead of listening to a math or science teacher. My major in college was English – more books to read! I would enjoy a book from the cozy mystery list.
I love to read. It has always been a part of my life and I enjoy reading almost anything (except horror). My favorite fictional genre is mystery. particularly cozy and historical. I also love ready history and biography in non-fiction. Reading keeps my mind active and immerses me in times and places I would love to visit (but not stay-modern amenities are important). Living in a nursing home, this is my key to worlds beyond my limited space. This lifelong ability to enjoy books has been a lifesaver at various times of my life and I cannot imagine my life without this desire to open a book and enter a new world.
I’ve always loved to read and have been reading a lot of cozy mysteries lately because I’m trying to write one. Would love to win the cozy giveaway.
I love to read because it takes me to different places all over the world. I would be in Giveaway #1
Would love to win Cozy Mysteries Giveaway 2. I love being able to relax and escape from the real world. I have loved to read from a young age and still enjoy it so much!
I have been an avid reader for most of my life and have learned SO MANY things over the years, and even got my husband to become a reader
I love to read because it allows me to enter the lives of the characters as well as solve unanswered questions. It fills hours of my life with joy.
i like to read about places i’ve never been to. historical fiction takes me there. i’m also a fan of cozies as i don’t like vulgarity in my reading
Both look great, but I prefer the cozies. I reading enjoy cozies because they take me away from everyday problems and let me just relax!
I love the escape into a good read. It takes me to a new place with fun, a little romance and a good mystery. I prefer giveaway 2.
I love to read and enjoy both. Would prefer the cozy mysteries. I can relax and be taken somewhere else besides my everyday life. They always keep me entertained.
I have had a book in my hand since I was a Toddler. Books have become a loyal companion for me experiencing and escaping to a different time, place, and fictional characters. Love to read, to hold a book in my hand, and the smell of new books. 😍
Interest in #2
I have always loved to read…I was asking my parent what the letters in the newspaper were when I was two…Books are always there for me. I would like #1 Historicals.
Thank you to Kensington for offering this reading opportunity, and also to you for bringing it to your followers attention! I love to read to learn about new people, places, and things. Mysteries really get me thinking and actively engaged in figuring everything out. I would greatly enjoy reading the historical mysteries. Thank you!
I love to be transported to new places, meet new people, and live different lives all through the written word!
My mother was a writer and a teacher, and had me reading long before I got to school. I love how words can build whole worlds in your mind.
It’s a tough choice as I’m writing an historical cozy myself, but I think I would most like giveaway #1.
I love to read because it helps me learn new things, travel to different places, become immersed in a good story! I have been reading since I was 4, my aunt taught me. I have always loved reading – it is my favorite hobby. I would be happy with either giveaway, but if I have to choose, I will pick the historical mystery pack.
Cozy and Historical mysteries- what wonderful reads. Thank you Kensington for providing all these wonderful books.
Reading is a marvelous way to stretch my mind, explore different times and places, walk in other people’s shoes.
I am interested in Giveaway 1 with the historical mysteries.
I think I was born a bookworm. I have always loved reading, especially about things I could never do in real life: smokejumping, solving murders, space travel, time travel, all of it! I love historical fiction so giveaway #1 is my jam!
Thanks for the chance to win these wonderful mysteries.
I’m interested in the giveaway number 1.
I love to read because it helps me to forget about every day life and transports me to another world. My Mother was a reader and I thank her for my love of reading. We always had books in the house and I still do.
I’m interested in Giveaway #1.
Reading takes me to other places for relaxation and using my imagination. In the hectic world we live in it reduces my stress.
I would choose giveaway number 2!
Thank you for everything you do for us readers!
I’m addicted to cozy mysteries and would love to win #2. Thank you for posting them.
I would like giveaway two please. My mother was a librarian and I am one myself. I have always loved to read! Mysteries are my favorite. My daughters and my grandchildren all love reading as well! I started out with Nancy Drew and I read my brother’s Hardy Boys too!
I would like to be entered into the historical mysteries. I read a historical mystery and I really enjoyed reading it. Those books I don’t normally read them.
I love reading to escape to another time or place! I’d like to be entered in the historical giveaway, please. Thank you!
I am interested in Giveaway 2 please. I love to read because it lets me travel to places I will probably never visit in person, and it allows me to escape the real world for a little while.
I love to read for a number of reasons. Sometimes for pure entertainment and escapism when the world seems full of anger and sadness. I read to learn new things, whether through biographies or memoirs. history books, even science fiction that expands my worldview. Of course I like reading mysteries to see if I can figure out who murdered the victim before the end of the book, What all these things have in common is that reading brings me joy and although it is a solitary pursuit, I enjoy discussing books with others, It is amazing how differently readers can perceive and interpret events. If I am chosen I would like the historical mysteries since I more often read the cozy ones.
I love to read. Reading relaxes me and it is a perfect way to live in different places and different times . If I am chosen it would be the historical mysteries. Thanks for the chance.
Hi Dru. I love to read because it is a relaxing way to escape from all the stress in the world. I would like to enter the 2nd giveaway. Thank you for the opportunity!
I like to read to escape my reality and going back into time periods. I feel like a time traveler visiting different times & places. If I am reading a series, it feels like I am visiting old friends.
I love reading because it takes me to different places that I wouldn’t have the opportunity to go to. Count me in for the cozy bundle. Thanks for the opportunity!
I love to read to get “away” for awhile and get lost somewhere else. It also keeps my mind busy figuring out clues or other peoples problems or laughing with someone else for a time.
I’d love to win the Cozy Mystery package. I’ve already read the Historical books. Thanks for the chance.
My aunt was a librarian and every year for Christmas she sent us books. I was immediately hooked and loved books from an early age. I always have one with me and read every chance I get! Would love to win the Cozy Mystery Package, my favorite genre right now.
So many reasons I love to read! a. for great escapes b. to learn about new things. c. to inform my own writing. d. ’cause it’s so fun!
I would love to win the historical mysteries!
I read books to recommend them for a local library to purchase or use in one of their four book clubs. The historical mystery books would be wonderful for our Mystery Book Club.
I love to read because I can escape for awhile until I have to get on with my life.
I would like to win the books in group one
Historical novels is a genre that I love to read. It’s the simplicity of taking me away from where I currently am and into the time where the book is set. It’s great!
I started reading as a young child and I’m now 79 and still reading. My former great aunts left old English mysteries behind that then got me reading older and more historical mysteries. Then my love of especially cats got me into readbooks that have a cat in them or a dog. I am still buying books that I can hold and read.
I love to read because a good story can take me someplace new. The cozies look interesting! Thanks!
**** WINNERS ****
Kensington Historical are Sue Leis, Kim Keeline, Becky Prazak, Gram, Libby Dodd
Kensington Cozies are Sarita, Sally Fortney, Heather Harrisson, Lisa Oltman, Linda Herold
Congratulations!