Saturday, March 05, 2011

HAPPY HOUR by Michele Scott

WINNER ANNOUNCED for
HAPPY HOUR!
"kristin" who was the comment after
jennyfromthecube and before yourinvisiblepixie
You commented:


"I'm intrigued just by the description...I want to know what this mystery bombshell is..."

Well, Kristin! You get to find out
what the bombshell in the book is!

Please email me your full name and address so I can send your copy of Happy Hour! Congrats!
There are a couple of Kristins who did enter, so please make sure to make your entry identifiable from now on! Thanks everyone, and look for more fun books coming your way!


Book: Happy Hour

Author: Michele Scott
Winner: WILL BE ANNOUNCED HERE SO COME BACK TO SEE IF YOU'VE WON

Website: http://www.michelescott.com/

While I have not yet read Happy Hour, it’s definitely one I can’t wait to dive into (with a nice glass of Chardonnay in hand!). What a premise – four close friends who live in Napa Valley meet on Sundays for get-togethers, food and wine. Wouldn’t life be great if we could all take Sundays and make it our OWN day to hang with our best girlfriends, drink great wine and eat fabulous food?

But then again, it sure would make Mondays even harder!

Review on Amazon:Four friends working in Napa Valley, Sundays are for fellowship, good food and wine. Jamie is editor-in-chief at "Wine Lover's Magazine," and a single mother. Before her husband died, she lived a fairy tale life. Guilt from his death keeps her from moving forward. Kat is a sommelier, and co-owner of a restaurant with her chef husband Christian. Although deeply in love they deal with a myriad of issues, including ex-spouses, Kat's teenage sons and her new age mother Venus. Danielle is a vintner who finds herself entrenched in both an identity and family crises when her eldest daughter returns home from college with a bombshell of a secret. Alyssa is an artist and gallery owner. When a tragic past event catches up with her, she must face the skeleton in her closet and rely on her friends to see her through her darkest hours. These women discover that friendship is the right prescription to get through the hard times as well as for enjoying the wonderful moments together.

Michele Scott is the author of Murder Uncorked and the Wine Lover's Mystery Series as well as the Horse Lover's Mystery Series for Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin). Michele has been writing for more than fifteen years and after twelve years of pursuing her passion, she signed two three-book deals with Berkley in less than a year. Her debut novel Murder Uncorked, nominated for a best first mystery award by Romantic Times BookClub, hit the Barnes & Nobles mystery bestseller list and the Independent Mystery Bestseller list. Her newest books El PatrĂ³n and Happy Hour are departs from the cozy style. Happy Hour comes straight from the soul, touching on the struggles of women dealing with teenagers, aging parents, step-children, divorce and so much more. El Patron is a saga filled with lust, power, intrigue and action. Michele has been featured in The Writer, Romantic Times, San Diego Magazine, and Touring & Tasting.

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Please leave a comment, and all those who do will qualify to win Happy Hour! I’ll draw the winner on March 7 (always TWO days after I post the daily book, unless it’s a weekend, I may allow for more time), and I will post the winner’s name at the TOP of this post, in the highlighted area.

Come back and read about each book every day in March. Choose the books you'd like to win. Enter for any or ALL the books. Each entry will count as an entry toward the grand prize of winning ALL 31+ books at the end of the month. You can win the book of the day and still qualify to win ALL the books at the end of the month!

PLEASE be specific with your name in the comment section, and IF YOUR NAME is listed as the winner, you must email me at stephanieelliot@gmail.com in order to claim your prize. Email me with your full name and address so I can have your book(s) sent to you.

Thanks, and GOOD LUCK! And come back tomorrow to see what book I’ll be giving away then too!

It’s MaNiC MoMMy’s March Madness Book-A-Day Giveaway! Read ALL the Rules and Details Here!

Sorry, only U.S. and Canadian residents only!

154 comments:

  1. Ooh, sounds great! I'd love to read this one! :) ktmixon315

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  2. Sharon Cox5:30 AM

    The title alone...

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  3. Sounds like a great mix of personalities!

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  4. Anonymous5:37 AM

    Me me me!!!! Sounds like another great one!!!


    Laura Bolin
    ANovelReview

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  5. Happy Hour is the best hour!

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  6. kathygold785:43 AM

    What a nice idea...to be able to sit with friends every Sunday with a few drinks...sounds like a good read1

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  7. DJLizzyBeth5:56 AM

    I can't wait to read this (and the other books from this month's list). I also can't wait to share those I've read with my friends, my book club and my students!

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  8. Drinks and good girlfriends...what more do we need? Sounds like another good one. Lauren Royall

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  9. This sounds great! My girlfriends and I keep talking about starting a book club, and this is one we would all enjoy.

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  10. Anonymous6:15 AM

    Sounds like a great read. Thanks for the opportunity to win a great looking book.
    -Donna W.

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  11. Sounds like another great book!

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  12. Lindsay Elizabeth6:30 AM

    definitely the kind of book you need a glass of wine with! Love it!

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  13. Katy Finn6:31 AM

    What more do I need? A book about Happy Hour in the Napa Valley??

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  14. Logan Collins6:39 AM

    I sell wine for charity. I love wine and am sure I would love this book.

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  15. Anonymous6:50 AM

    love girlfriends, wine, and food. Sounds like a winner.

    clynnc

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  16. I love a good girlfriend book!
    ~MommyMer

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  17. Sarah Lashua7:03 AM

    What's better than a good happy hour?

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  18. Beverly Victoria7:22 AM

    Sounds like a wonderful, soul recharging read!!

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  19. Your friends can always help you through anything. A good glass of wine doesn't hurt either . . .

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  20. Looks great!
    Ally N

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  21. Fingers crossed....

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  22. I'm with you, this definitely looks like a book to be enjoyed with a glass of wine and some good chocolate!

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  23. I just joined weight watchers. This book sounds like it's worth using some points on a glass of wine...or 2.

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  24. It sounds like Sex & The City...but with more wine. And less ridiculous movie sequels... I'm in!

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  25. Erika Lundquist8:10 AM

    Sounds like a good read.

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  26. Anonymous8:15 AM

    Oh please pick me!
    Sasse1Susan

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  27. Wait husband! We can't leave until I register for today's drawing! LOL

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  28. HAVE TO HAVE THIS. If I don't win, I'm totally buying it. We're headed to Sonoma in May for a Mom's Wknd Away.

    THANK YOU MANIC!!! I love hearing about new authors.

    Hally Hoots

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  29. So many books to choose from...I think I want them all!
    Buttah

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  30. Kristin J8:29 AM

    I hope to win this one!

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  31. Love the title and hope to win!

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  32. Happy Hour starts for me in 2 hours!

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  33. I have a long list of favorite things. Friends and wine are at the top.

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  34. Happy hour sounds good right about now!

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  35. Always ready for happy hour!

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  36. Anonymous8:55 AM

    HAPPY HOUR sounds like a great read to me!! Congrats on your contest- what a winner! Patti COl

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  37. I have add this to my tbr liat. I cant wait!

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  38. Oh sounds wonderful!! Pick ME :)

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  39. Michelle Mierczewski9:22 AM

    the ultimate troika!

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  40. I would love to read this book. Happy hour is a must!

    Jana B

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  41. Sounds like a good one! I'd love to read it!

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  42. Bridget9:37 AM

    Sounds like another good one.
    Iambtinrb

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  43. Sherry Bercu9:57 AM

    Ahhhhhhhhh sounds like a good read.

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  44. I miss Happy Hours! :)
    -KatieKat

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  45. This sounds interesting...I'm just starting to really get into wines, so this is going on my reading list.

    ~Jennifer Marie Rebekkah Harley

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  46. Lauren Louise10:03 AM

    Happy Hour? My favorite time of the day! lol

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  47. Good food & good wine - sounds like a good read!

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  48. Anonymous10:11 AM

    I'm pretty sure I read one on the other wine based mysteries and liked it. Might give this one a try.

    fanficfan44

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  49. Anonymous10:14 AM

    A nice book to curl up on the couch with and a glass of wine! RebeccaErin

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  50. Sounds fantastic! It would be great to get together with girlfriends to drink wine every Sunday. I may need to adopt this tradition! Ronit W

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  51. Sounds great!
    Alli M. Jones

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  52. Dulcibella10:43 AM

    Oh this sounds so good, I'm not sure I should read this book, it might be a bad influence on me! :) My sis actually lives near Napa Valley. Just reading about this book makes me think it might be time for a visit...

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  53. Once again...thanks for doing this contest! Hugs!! Nanette N.

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  54. Anonymous10:58 AM

    Would love to read this book. jennyfromthecube@yahoo.com

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  55. I'm intrigued just by the description...I want to know what this mystery bombshell is...

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  56. ohhhh number 69! I will keep the comments to myself....
    I would love to read this one!!
    Aaammmaaannndddaaa
    (still Amanda)

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  57. Ronda C. in B'ham11:43 AM

    I love Napa and happy hour. Would love to be able to get together with friends every Sunday.

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  58. Anonymous11:43 AM

    Good friends, good wine...doesn't get much better!

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  59. kristinrose11:53 AM

    i love happy hours!

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  60. Books and wine!! Great combination!!

    Suzebomb - the Book Bag

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  61. This is right up my alley! Fingers crossed!

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  62. Please count me in :)

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  63. Looks like a good one.

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  64. Juliet Farmer12:53 PM

    food, wine & good friends--my kind of book! and Napa is just up the road from me. :)

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  65. This sounds like a great one!

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  66. sounds like a good one!

    Jen Rabenstine

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  67. sounds really good!

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  68. Erin Goff1:31 PM

    Happy hour? Mmmm... yes please. Oh and the book sounds great as well!

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  69. I love me some chick Lit! This one looks like a goody.

    Lizzy Goosen

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  70. I would love to win.

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  71. Sounds like my kind of story!

    Kassie H.

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  72. Sounds like a great read!

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  73. sounds good! put my name in the hat please!

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  74. Buffy Dee2:34 PM

    This looks like an awesome book to loose myself in!

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  75. Sarah S.2:38 PM

    Happy Hour sounds like a perfect way to relax with a bottle of wine.

    Sarah S.
    sslinsky@hvc.rr.com

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  76. Tracy Miller2:40 PM

    This book looks great. I hope I win.

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  77. Tina Brannan3:02 PM

    Sounds great! Love the title!!

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  78. Sounds like another great book!

    dani patarazzi
    danisilvia223@gmail.com

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  79. I love food books.

    mthouvenel

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  80. Something my cousin and I have to read together. We are wine buddies :)!
    Colleen Turner

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  81. Anonymous3:32 PM

    This book sounds great! I love "happy hour"!!

    Kristin
    klicense@verizon.net

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  82. Kristy3:36 PM

    I'd love to win this! :) Sounds good.

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  83. Taylor Morris3:44 PM

    Loveeee to get this one!

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  84. Sounds awesome!- jenni(fur) N.

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  85. I have the wine, now I just need the book! Sounds like a great read!

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  86. Another day, another book. LOVE IT!
    Kirsten R.

    PS: My word verification is oodloo. Funny word. :-)

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  87. A.C. Morris3:55 PM

    I would love to sit back and read this with a glass of wine!

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  88. Chelsea Hoffman3:57 PM

    I'm a fan of any kind of Happy Hour. Just sayin'!

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  89. Christine in NJ4:00 PM

    WoW!... I read the review WITH a glass of wine in my hand! Can't wait to read this one! Thanks MaNiC!

    Christine

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  90. Lisa justus4:20 PM

    Sounds like just what I need, but I guess I would settle for the book :) hope I win!

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  91. Wendi from Louisiana4:26 PM

    I have a group of friends with whom I'd love to be able to visit like this!

    Wendi fr LA

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  92. StephRochelle4:53 PM

    All I needed to see was "wine" to be interested. :)

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  93. Every day I have to talk myself out of going and buying each book just in case. If march isnt my month come April Borders is going to love me until I own each one!

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  94. Anonymous5:17 PM

    Happy Hour starts soon for me!
    Sounds like another good read!
    Pennygirl, Manitowoc

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  95. Hope C.5:30 PM

    Living in Walla Walla, the heart of wine country I appreciate how much these types of Sundays can mean..sounds like a great read!

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  96. Happy Hour sounds like a VERY GOOD READ.
    The spoos Mom,
    Manitowoc,WI

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  97. Nicole Marie5:49 PM

    Loves me some happy hour!

    NicoleMG from CT :)

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  98. Love books, love wine!! Melissa Rem

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  99. It sounds like a great read.

    Bri H.

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  100. Gotta love a happy hour!

    -Amandatx

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  101. ChristineCet7:01 PM

    love me anything napa. oh my... wine and a good book. even better. and people haven't claimed their books. what the....

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  102. How can you not love a book called Happy Hour!?

    Dawn MG

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  103. Cori Bravo7:23 PM

    Sounds fabulous! Fingers crossed on this one!!

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  104. Sounds delightful! Pick me! Pick me!
    ~Emily Riley-Berghorn

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  105. Colbey Jones7:35 PM

    Dying to read this and unfortunately "happy hour" is as close as I'll be getting to napa this year!

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  106. Anonymous7:48 PM

    Sounds like fun! Would love to read!

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  107. sounds like something I could use... Happy Hour!

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  108. Julie Carroll8:03 PM

    sounds like a great chick book!

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  109. I love any book where food plays a bit part in the story!

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  110. Looks great! I'm interested.

    Carly Haynes

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  111. You really do have the best job....love all the books so far. Win or lose, I'm sure I will be reading them all. :)

    michelle jagow

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  112. Sounds like a page turner.

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  113. Anonymous9:13 PM

    Sounds like an excellent book - cannot wait to read it!
    JillChMitch

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  114. As a bay area native, this sounds great! Rachael M in CA

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  115. who doesn't love a good happy hour?

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  116. Best hour of the day!

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  117. Anonymous12:37 AM

    Sounds like a great read!

    SPepper22

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  118. Sounds good! THanks for the giveaway.
    mtakala1 AT yahoo DOT com

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  119. Croppergirl7:06 AM

    I don't know a lot about wine, but a day drinking with my girlfriend is definitely right up my alley!

    Pamela Hoffman
    croppergirl@tx.rr.com

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  120. looks like a good read!
    qweska8402

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  121. Looks like a great book with a great cast of characters~Lindsay

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  122. Emma Straley8:36 AM

    Food, wine and friends. Life doesn't get much better!

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  123. Nicole9:20 AM

    Happy Hour! Woo-hoo!
    Nicole Harper

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  124. Lucy08729:30 AM

    What I wouldn't give for a weekly happy hour with girlfriends and no kids! It would certainly make the week much more fun! Sounds like a good read!

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  125. BrendaBMarion9:32 AM

    We lived in California for 6 months and I so miss all of the wonderful wineries! This book sounds like it would be a great reminder of all those fun happy hours!

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  126. Sounds interesting! I share the background in art and wine - wish I was spending the day today drinking wine with girlfriends but I am afraid I will be washing cats instead!!

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  127. CariL9:59 AM

    Sounds amazing! CariL

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  128. would enjoy reading this novel...thanks for the chance :)

    karenk
    kmkuka at yahoo dot com

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  129. Right up my alley! You had me at "Happy Hour". :)
    Thanks, MM!

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  130. Oh, this one sounds good too!

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  131. DaphneSFL11:13 AM

    2 of my friends have read this book and loved it. I hope to win.

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  132. Girlfriends + a bottle of wine (or 2) =awesomeness!

    Terri M. in Phoenix

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  133. Anything with a title like "Happy Hour" has to be good, right?!
    amypackster

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  134. Nearl1:34 PM

    I'm not sure I could read this book without a glass of wine in hand.

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  135. happy hour is my favorite time of day!

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  136. Very intriguing!

    ChristinaL

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  138. Sounds like interesting characters. EBrokaw

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  139. Who doesn't like Happy Hour?

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  140. I love the wine country and am dying to read it.

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  141. Tina the powell5:30 PM

    Looks like a great read

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  142. Lesley Davis, Esq6:32 PM

    Love hearing about all the new books.

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  143. Sounds like a great read.

    Kristi Marie W.

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  144. makes me want a cocktail!

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  145. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMMENTING! NO COMMENTS AFTER THIS COMMENT WILL QUALIFY FOR THIS BOOK! THANK YOU! CHECK OUT THE NEXT BOOKS OFFERED FOR THE BOOK-A-DAY GIVEAWAY! THANKS, MANIC MOMMY

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  146. grandytaiko8:29 AM

    Thanks for the review!! This one sounds interesting.

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  147. jeffie laura9:35 AM

    Am I too late?

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  148. Amanda Skarsgard3:25 PM

    Is it too late? Sounds like a weekend getaway.

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  149. I want to win, pick me!!

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  150. oh yes life - twists turns and tunnels... thx for a happy hr ")

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