Book Release PARTY (really just a #giveaway) for The Hidden Goddess by M.K. Hobson or The Native Star

Tomorrow (April 26th) is the release of The Hidden Goddess, the second book in The Native Star series by M.K. Hobson.  I was completely blown away by how much I LOVED The Native Star and so I wanted to share my love with you and am giving away a copy of The Native Star or The Hidden Goddess.  This book will be ordered from The Book Depository and is open to anyone The Book Depository will ship to.  You can find my review of The Native Star HERE.

In the tradition of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, this brilliant first novel fuses history, fantasy, and romance. Prepare to be enchanted by M. K. Hobson’s captivating take on the Wild, Wild West.

The year is 1876. In the small Sierra Nevada settlement of Lost Pine, the town witch, Emily Edwards, is being run out of business by an influx of mail-order patent magics. Attempting to solve her problem with a love spell, Emily only makes things worse. But before she can undo the damage, an enchanted artifact falls into her possession—and suddenly Emily must flee for her life, pursued by evil warlocks who want the object for themselves.
Dreadnought Stanton, a warlock from New York City whose personality is as pompous and abrasive as his name, has been exiled to Lost Pine for mysterious reasons. Now he finds himself involuntarily allied with Emily in a race against time—and across the United States by horse, train, and biomechanical flying machine—in quest of the great Professor Mirabilis, who alone can unlock the secret of the coveted artifact. But along the way, Emily and Stanton will be forced to contend with the most powerful and unpredictable magic of all—the magic of the human heart.

 In a brilliant mix of magic, history, and romance, M. K. Hobson moves her feisty young Witch, Emily Edwards, from the Old West of 1876 to turn-of-the-nineteenth-century New York City, whose polished surfaces conceal as much danger as anything west of the Rockies.
 
Like it or not, Emily has fallen in love with Dreadnought Stanton, a New York Warlock as irresistible as he is insufferable. Newly engaged, she now must brave Dreadnought’s family and the magical elite of the nation’s wealthiest city. Not everyone is pleased with the impending nuptials, especially Emily’s future mother-in-law, a sociopathic socialite. But there are greater challenges still: confining couture, sinister Russian scientists, and a deathless Aztec goddess who dreams of plunging the world into apocalypse. With all they must confront, do Emily and Dreadnought have any hope of a happily-ever-after?

The Giveaway:

One copy of The Native Star or The Hidden Goddess.
Open Internationally to anyone The Book Depository will ship to.
Must be 16 or older to enter (these are adult books, but the first one had a YA feel and didn't have serious adult themes.  I have not read the second one yet and cannot attest to content.) Ends 5/10/2011

To Enter:

Leave me a comment about what makes you want to read these, or makes you anxious for the second one if you read the first.  Leave contact info as well.