CARYNAPALOOZA 2020

It’s my birthday month, AKA Carynapalooza!! In a couple of weeks I’ll be 36. THIRTY-EFFIN-SIX. 

It feels super strange to me because I distinctly remember my parents being 36, and I am not nearly as awesome or responsible as they already were at my age… but I’m trying. 🙂

Have you ever read The Lord of the Rings? In the first book, The Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien describes the way Hobbits celebrate their birthdays. They invite everyone over, and all the guests get presents. Hobbits love giving and getting presents—I guess you could say it’s their love language. 

My love language is normally quality time. I love spending time with my friends and family, and I usually like to throw a Hobbit-sized (which ironically in this context means large) birthday party so I can get some QT with my loved ones, as many as possible all at once.

I just super identify with Hobbits. I think Tolkien based them on Basque people.

But with the virus this year, I’m going to borrow another Hobbit tradition instead. To celebrate my birthday, I want to send a present to a kindred spirit out there, so check out this prize pack for the spooky cat lovers and mystery readers of the world!

  • A signed paperback copy of Donn’s Hill PLUS
  • this hauntingly adorable ouija board mousepad AND
  • this way-too-cute planchette cat pin!!

Click here to enter before 4:00 PM Mountain on July 15, and be sure to share with anyone you know who loves spine-tingling mysteries featuring ghosts, psychics, and the world’s greatest tortoiseshell cat! https://www.carynlarrinaga.com/win/

Giveaway rules:

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Must be 18 years or older to enter. Winner must live in U.S.A. Prize will be shipped via USPS. Winner will be chosen Thursday, June 18 at 4:00PM MDT and announced Thursday, June 24 at 4:00PM MDT to allow time for winner notification and verification.

About the book:

Ghosts. Psychics. Murder. Just another day in Donn’s Hill.

Mackenzie Clair needs a fresh start. The death of her father and a broken relationship rendered her old life unlivable. What better place to build a new one than Donn’s Hill, the most haunted town in America and her favorite childhood vacation spot?

But returning to Donn’s Hill awakens more than nostalgia. As memories resurface, so does a lost psychic ability to talk to the dead… a power the poltergeist haunting Mac’s apartment is eager to use. 

Aided by her new roommate—a spirited Tortoiseshell cat named Striker—and the ghost-hunting crew of the Soul Searchers, Mac struggles to control her newfound talents. She’d better get a handle on them fast, because someone in town is hiding a deadly secret. If Mac can’t divine the truth, Donn’s Hill will never be the same.

First in a new series, this cozy supernatural mystery was the 2017 winner of the League of Utah Writers Silver Quill award. “A genre-bending gem of a book, cozy meets horror meets cat fancier in a unique town of psychic tourism and ghostly secrets.” -Johnny Worthen, award winning author of THE FINGER TRAP, THE BRAND DEMAND and WHAT IMMORTAL HAND

Enter here: https://www.carynlarrinaga.com/win/