Fiery Hot Reads for Icy Cold Nights! Event and Blog Hop

Winter brings plenty of gray, dreary days when icy winds, cold temperatures and snow
and rainstorms keep us cooped up inside.  It is a time where it is nice to cozy up inside with a snuggly blanket and a good book.  Winter can be a difficult season as we battle the winter blues, but there are ways to cure those days when you feel down.  How about by reading a sweet, fun, fiery romance book to warm you up on those icy cold nights?  To get you started, we are here to help with the return of :
Fiery Hot Reads for Icy Cold Nights or Fire and Ice for short. 
This even is thought up and largely put together by Heidi at Rainy Day Ramblings.  But this year I have decided to help co-host so there will be 4 of us! Heidi@Rainy Day Ramblings,  Maja@The Nocturnal Library, Ali@My Guilty Obsession and myself will be running the event this year.  From February 8-15th we will be featuring spicy, romance books to get you ready for Valentine's Day.  We will be highlighting romantic reads all week by doing blog guest posts, interviews and daily giveaways on our blogs.

Now it wouldn't be any fun if we didn't let you all join in would it?
If you want to participate in Fire and Ice 2014 there are two ways:
You can be a part of the Fiery Hot Reads for Icy Cold Nights Giveaway Blog Hop.  To do so you must:

• Add your name to the linky list.  Be sure to specify whether your giveaway is U.S. or International.
• Post a giveaway on your blog starting midnight on February 8th and run it through the 15th.  Heidi will be going through the list on the morning of the 8th and any blog that doesn't have a post up will be removed from the list.
• You must offer for a giveaway a romantic read or giftcard or something pertinent to the Fire and Ice theme.  (Please keep this clean, we would prefer not to feature erotica).
• Use the Fire and Ice Blog Banners for your giveaway post (see them below).

The second way to participate:

• Do a Fire and Ice spotlight feature on your blog.  Any day from February 8-15th you can highlight a romantic read of your choice on your blog by doing a review, author guest post/interview and then give away that book, ebook or physical copy or swag. We will not be featuring any erotic titles. 
• Email any of the hostesses if you want to do a Fire and Ice feature and we will add your name to the master schedule.  Be sure to include the title of the book and the author when emailing. Heidi@rnydayramblings@gmail.com, Ali@kindlemom1@hotmail.com, maja@thenocturnallibrary.com, Candace@candacesbookblog@yahoo.com
• Each day during the week, the host blogs will list all the spotlight stops for the day on their blogs.  Hopefully, this will bring additional traffic to your blog.  

Join in and have fun as we try and warm up with Fiery Reads on Icy Cold Nights.

Feel free to grab a button or banner for your blog.  A huge thanks to Cambria Hebert who took time out of her insanely busy schedule to create these terrific buttons and banners.  By the way, Cambria has a fantastic series that goes well with this theme: The Take It Off Series.  Be sure to check it out!

Thanks everyone! See you in February!
Sign up for the blog hop here:



February 8th:
Fire and Ice Blog Hop Giveaway Kickoff
Heidi@Rainy Day Ramblings: Ophelia London: Definitely Maybe In Love
Ali@My Guilty Obsession: Jessica Sankiewicz

February 9th:
Ginny@Gin's Book Notes: Danielle Stewart
Maja@The Nocturnal Library: J.L. Murray

February 10th:
Heidi@Rainy Day Ramblings: Jenn Bennett: High Spirits
Candace@Candace's Book Blog:Brenda Hiatt: Starstruck Series

February 11th:
Caroyln@C.M. Brown Blogspot: The Protector Series, He Came For Mine by C.M. Brown
Ali@My Guilty Obsession: Tiffany King: Woodfall Girls Series
Candace@Candace's Book Blog: Huntley Fitzpatrick: What I Thought Was True
Alicia@Addicted Readers: Tracy E. Banghart: Shattered Veil
Maja@The Nocturnal Library: Jamie Lee Moyer: Delia's Shadow

February 12th:
Heidi@Rainy Day Ramblings: Heather Hildenbrand: A Risk Worth Taking
Anna@Choc-o-Lit Chick:Beck Anderson: Fix You
Candace's Book Blog: Aubrie Dionne: Pan's Conquest

February 13th:
Heidi@Rainy Day Ramblings: Cambria Hebert: Tipsy: Take it Off Series
Candace@Candace's Book Blog:Misty Provencher: Fly House
Ginny@Gin's Book Notes:Marie Astor: Smitten at First Sight
Maja@The Nocturnal Library:Christina Bauer: Angelbound

February 14th:
Tressa@Tressa's Wishful Endings: Sarah M. Eden
Ali@My Guilty Obsession:Faith Sullivan: Heartbeat Series
Candace@Candace's Book Blog: Rosamund Hodge: Cruel Beauty
Ginny@Gin's Book Notes:Tess Thompson

February 15th:
Heidi@Rainy Day Ramblings: Eliza Gordon Must Love Otters

February 17th: Bonus Day!
Heidi@Rainy Day Ramblings: Paula Stokes: The Art of Being Lainey


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