We are so happy to announce that the thirteen lucky winners have been drawn. In case you’ve forgotten or don’t know, there was a total of 4 spots for international winners and 9 for winners currently located in the US.
Each winner will be also contacted by email to be shipped their ARC of Sapphire Flames.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this awesome event, and I hope y’all stay tuned because I’ll be hosting more giveaways in the future. Please take the time to look below and see if today is your lucky day!
Using a random number generator, the following comments were selected:
1.Steven White:
If you could be a part of any house in The Hidden Legacy universe, which House would you be in and what would your power be?
I really would want the ability to heal, but I don’t think a house with that power has been identified. I also would love the Hopper powers, but I don’t know a specific house for those either. So I’ll settle on House Harrison for the animal mage powers. Those are pretty dang cool too!
I’m in the US, NC to be more precise!
2. Gailk:
House Duncan . Don’t know exactly what his powers entail but he hates being bored and so do I. I could register as a notable mnemonic . I have both a really great visual and Auditory memory. At work, I can recall verbatim what people say at meetings years later and what they were wearing. I worked with advertising and stylists and art directors would call and ask specifics about a fashion shoot and I could tell them exactly what the client requested. And if the client disagreed I reminded them and told them what they were wearing at the meeting.
It came in handy with difficult clients. Both my parents had great long term memories.
3. Cy:
It’s a toss up between house Baylor and house Rogan. I’d be Magister Examplaria since that’s the direction where my real life follows and I just love the idea of finding patterns like Bern. But, I really would love to have telekinetic powers. I’m from South Jersey (yeah I am all for seceding from NJ since North Jersey is another country.
4. Sheryl:
House Forberg because I love all things law enforcement and justice! U.S.A here.
5. Jenny:
I’d love to be a Aerokinetic & have the ability to fly without my plane (I’m a pilot in my day job). Maybe a touch of regular telekinesis or hopper abilities to overcome my absolute forgetfulness. For the house, probably Rogan- I’ve been military long enough, time to go private.
6. Amber Kahil:
House Forsberg (Hoppers)- It would be amazing to be able to compress space and jump through to another part of the world…. Shopping in Paris today anyone? Vineyards in Italy? Also, they specialize in preventing corporate espionage and that sounds like interesting work.
I live in Houston, Texas
7. Nancy:
House Sherwood. I would have my own disaster recovery business and contract to House Baylor and House Rogan (and everyone else;) as a plant mage going in to repair the landscaping after the house-caused disasters occur. (I’m in USA)
8. Kin:
I’d love to be in House Baylor, probably by marriage because my power would be “Harmonizer”. Because it is such a common power it wouldn’t be sought after by any Houses specifically, unless my biological relatives had more rare abilities they wanted. House Baylor doesn’t seem to care about that. (I live in the USA)
9. Rebecca B
I would like to be a levitator for house Baylor. They are a new house with a variety of talents and could benefit from a levitator. I love the family and they are still real people, not a prideful house who believe they are entitled to all they can reap. What up fabulous series! But then, everything the Ilona Andrews team creates is amazing !
10. Irina:
International Romania
I would love to be able to fly, so a telekinetic from House Rogan!
11. Katerina:
House Rogan because TK is a power i always wanted to have!
Greece here.
12. Jane Lee:
I would love to be in House Harrison as an Animal Mage being able to communicate with animals would be my idea of heaven. I’m from Tasmania Australia.
13. Daiszy Baraka:
I would love to be in House Harcourt and be a Summoner. Arcane magic sounds cool and mysterious and i would love to summon interesting (by that i mean destructive) things. Hi i’m from Kenya, Africa.
Congratulations to the 13 names & comments listed above! You will be contacted by me personally in the next few days to get further information regarding shipping & delivery.
If you don’t respond in a timely manner, I’ll be forced to pull another comment in your place. So please, if you see your name above it is super important that you check your inbox and even spam folder for an email from Brandi Bolden (that’s me!) You could also email me directly at brandi.bolden202 at gmail.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this awesome event, and I hope y’all stay tuned because I’ll be hosting more giveaways in the future.
Sincerely,
Brandi
Congratulations to all !!!!!!
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On the one hand, sorry that the authorlords are so popular. On the other hand, SO HAPPY that the authorlords are so popular!!! ?. Congrats all!!!!
I share with you all my knowledge to whom it interest, I believe we all want to live a wealthy, long lasting life or immortal. I am a pesach vampire. I only want to give guidelines to become a vampire with great skills, Though being a vampire has certain limitations, But it can also be a ton of fun. Your extra strengths and abilities can make you successful in almost every endeavor you participate in life and before you know it the money and acquaintances will come streaming in. You can build wealth and gain prestige and notoriety and attempt things you may never have even considered as a human. you will have more time to do alot, Beef up your education and learn all you ever wanted. Travel the world to see things most people only ever see on TV. This is going to be especially fun if you turn into a vampire. Clan vampires will show you the wonders of the world. Learn new languages, Travel, Go skydiving or scuba dive with sharks, You no longer need to be scared of nature or wildlife you will become the worlds strongest predator. Have fun with it and your life as a vampire can be more fulfilling than you ever dreamed of. Experience these and get excited. There’s a big world out there with lots to see and do and as a vampire once you have received the vampire Blood and Ring. Powers, Skills, Abilities, Mights you shall poses. The only way to have all these come through is contacting the hindu lord on the below e-mail: Vampirelordtransformerchanging@gmail.com
congrats to all the winners, I ‘m super jelly 😀
Same!!
Congrats to the lucky readers! Have fun reading!
Congratulations. I hope you guys all see this post soon 🙂
Congrats to the winners (says the jealous person who has to wait until the book officially releases… )!
+1 ??
No really, I’m happy for them. They were sooo lucky!
+1 me three
Hope my time to be lucky for future giveaway will arrive too haha
I share with you all my knowledge to whom it interest, I believe we all want to live a wealthy, long lasting life or immortal. I am a pesach vampire. I only want to give guidelines to become a vampire with great skills, Though being a vampire has certain limitations, But it can also be a ton of fun. Your extra strengths and abilities can make you successful in almost every endeavor you participate in life and before you know it the money and acquaintances will come streaming in. You can build wealth and gain prestige and notoriety and attempt things you may never have even considered as a human. you will have more time to do alot, Beef up your education and learn all you ever wanted. Travel the world to see things most people only ever see on TV. This is going to be especially fun if you turn into a vampire. Clan vampires will show you the wonders of the world. Learn new languages, Travel, Go skydiving or scuba dive with sharks, You no longer need to be scared of nature or wildlife you will become the worlds strongest predator. Have fun with it and your life as a vampire can be more fulfilling than you ever dreamed of. Experience these and get excited. There’s a big world out there with lots to see and do and as a vampire once you have received the vampire Blood and Ring. Powers, Skills, Abilities, Mights you shall poses. The only way to have all these come through is contacting the hindu lord on the below e-mail: Vampirelordtransformerchanging@gmail.com
Congratulations! I’m so jealous.
+1
Congratulations lucky ones! Happy reading.
Congrats to the winners! Super excited for you. May the next few months fly by for the rest of us. ?
Thank you! and congratulations to everyone!
Congratulations ??!
Congratulations to all the winners. I love everyone’s answers to the question! The authorlords inspire terrific readers.
+1 I’m so glad we got to see the winner’s answers. What an interesting group of people!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!
Congratulations to all the winners! I have no doubt Ilona & Gordon will delight us with this book at least as well as they have with all the others! =)
Enjoy!
OMG I actually won something ? *clears throat* I’d like to thank the random number generator who graciously picked my comment. My husband, in advance, for his understanding of the full day (at least) he will not see me when I receive this ARC and finally Ilona and Gordon for their imagination and talent in creating these wonderful worlds and characters. Also, world peace ✌?…. because you’re always supposed to add that right? ?
😆 Enjoy ❣
Love this! Congrats!
CONGRATULATIONS Amber!!! Great acceptance speech, too. Especially the “world peace” line…reminded me of the early US pageant winners….or was it from an SNL skit or other parody about award winners speeches… *giggle*
Yes, I think the world-peace-pageant-joke was from the movie Miss Congeniality. I loved it too!
Hail to the Lucky 13.
Yay! Congrats to all!
Random number or not, you all deserve to win.
Good luck next time to those who were not randomly chosen.
Lastly, thank you to the Author Lords for the contest and Brandi for the hard work. You guys are the best.
Congrats!!! I’m so jealous!
Just do me a favor and don’t tell me if I was one digit off a pulled numbers. My poor heart couldn’t take it.
Congratulations to the winners
… and maybe the most gracious, talented, wondrous, magnificent, BDH-loving Authorlords might take pity on us poor, saddened, pitiful losers and grant us a teeny, tiny snippet (well not too tiny ?) to lighten our sorrow
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Great request ??
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Congratulations to all the winners ❣
Anecdotal PS: I was tempted to check the winners’s post numbers to guess a possible pattern from the generator… but last time i checked there was above 3,000 comments. I was also tempted to post more than once (which I am not proud to admit, but such an underhanded idea did cross my mind) to post from different e-mail adresses (again I didn’t, but I was really really tempted to try to compensate my bad luck nature, because I’ve never won a contest for a book and I’ve tried them a lot) and a long etcetera. In conclusion, I did not won but I am glad to have participated, and I’m thankful for the chance. I am fortunate in other areas of my life, so I’ll just wait for my copy to arrive on release day 🙂 To everybody who bothered to read my rumblings, we’ll always have the post-release thread to share theories, comments and feelings, at leisure.
Serious PS: Could we have a thread to read the BDH recommendations of movies besides books? I recommended a few in the “I’m so mad” thread (“Tantsy Nasmert” and “Zashchitniki”, if you are interested), and I’ll love to read other’s suggestions.
i concur on the BDH recommendations of movies besides books? i could benefit from the recommendations although sadly i would not be helpful as i havent watched anything in a long time thats worth mentioning.
Yeah, I was wondering also if it was possible to cheat (very briefly!!!) and like post multiple comments or Something… Is it possible? 🙂 lol
For what it’s worth, I never win anything either, but I have recently won a few books off of Goodreads! Some of the books have thousands of entries with only a few copies, but some (I’m thinking new authors? ) have 100 copies available and only a couple hundred entries. There’s more Kindle books, but there’s also print books too.
(I feel like maybe I shouldn’t put this out there because now I’m probably lowering my chances for future books, but everyone besides me probably already knew about this anyway! ?)
Good luck! ?
Hello, I’ve tried that method without luck as well ? Thank you anyway ??♀️
Well, shoot. Maybe that just means that your saving all your luck up for something really big, like a jackpot! ?
Congratulations to all the winners!
Congratulations to everyone who won! Crazy time in North Texas. Tornadoes hitting across the area.
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks again for the game.
Congratulations all. Happy reading!
Congrats to all winners! I’m very envious of you ?
Watching the storms in Texas so I’m hoping you all are safe and dry!
Thank you! I’m fine. A friend of mine lives southeast of Dallas near a lake and saw a tornado on the other side of the lake going away from where she lives this afternoon. She’s okay. Told me she had no damage. Whew!
Congratulations guys!
Dang., I wanted one. It’s not that I can’t wait; I just lack the necessary skills to do it well.
Congratulations to you all.
I will wait (impatiently as usual) for the release day and I second Karen’s comment!
I’m very happy for the winners but now I know the talent I really wanted was the ability to win book drawings online.
Congrats to the winners!
Congrats to the winners!
You guys are the best to do something like this for your readers!
Congrats to all the winners??lucky y’all , gotta say , wish it was me?
congrats ….i really thought my name was gonna be on the list all the way to the end then when it wasnt there i was just happy for everyone that did win. Thanks for the giveaways your awesome.
Congrats,
I didn’t win and so I had nothing else to do but click free fiction again and re-read short stories (everything else is re-read too many times already)
I really wish “Gerard Demille and Helen Meet” were to become a full length story. The premise is amazing.
I would read that in a heartbeat!
*Concentrates really hard to make my name appear on the winners list*
checks … still not there … tries again … and again … and …
Oh well, congratulations to the lucky 13!
Congrats, lucky winners! All good answers. 😉
Congratulations to the winners!
(Note to Self: ask the kidlets how to break random number generators)
Congrats to all!!
On a side note my sister has an adorable 2 year old boy I’d happily trade for one of the ARCs.
Congratulations to all — happy reading! Incidentally, I came across the following review at BookBub, dated five days ago. It appears this reader is happy, too:
Carysa Locke
Author
@CarysaLocke
Sapphire Flames
Ilona Andrews
I received this ARC yesterday afternoon. I meant to read a few chapters last night, but I ended up staying up WAY too late because I could not put it down. These authors never disappoint. I knew this continuation of the Hidden Legacy series was going to be excellent, because everything Andrews writes is, but they have truly outdone themselves.
A few years have passed since we last saw these characters, and now Catalina is the Head of her House, Nevada having married Rogan. In the time since we’ve seen her, she’s grown into the role, receiving mentorship from Rogan’s mother and Linus Duncan, two formidable Primes who are each in their way experts at dealing with the elites of their society. Catalina can now easily fit in with other powerful Primes, and she can handle the many dangerous and violent situations that she and her House will find themselves in. She’s definitely come into her own, although pieces of the unsure, socially shy young girl we first met are still in there.
She takes her responsibilities as head of her House extremely seriously, and she does things a little differently than Nevada did. Things get complicated when the only real “girlfriend” she has suffers a personal tragedy that looks more like murder than an accident, and Baylor Investigations agrees to take the case.
Enter Alessandro, Catalina’s childhood crush, Italian billionaire Prime playboy…or is he? There is a lot of mystery surrounding Alessandro, but one thing is sure: he is every bit as dangerous as Rogan was, in his own way. He’s also on a mission of his own, one that for now, coincides with Catalina’s. The two of them have to work together and it’s clear from the moment they meet again that Catalina is NOT over him, and he is definitely still interested in her. I don’t want to say more about how this progresses because I don’t like spoiling people in my reviews, but suffice to say: the next book cannot come soon enough!
I have a book hangover this morning, and it’s not just from staying up most of the night to read. It’s also because this book was so amazing, and I can’t stop thinking about it, about these characters, and where the story will take them next.
As usual, all of the side characters were every bit as engaging and interesting as the main characters. Highlights: a tiny thread that will likely become more involving Catalina’s Mom, Leon’s ever evolving brand of….sociopathy? Returning favorites, even if only for small glimpses, and of course, Grandma Freda. There is also a very interesting development regarding Catalina’s relationship with one of her two mentors that has me wondering some things, but again, spoilers, so I won’t speculate here.
Just trust me: read this book! If you’re a fan of Ilona Andrews, it’s amazing, one of her stand out best. If you’ve never read one of hers before, start now! I recommend picking up Burn for Me and going from there. You won’t be disappointed.
Reasons I enjoyed this book:
Action-packedEntertainingGreat world buildingPage-turnerWittyWonderful characters
? More please ??
Hi :I am Gailk one of the winners and I got the book. My birthday is next week and this is an great present. I think I won because my mom who passed away a few years ago influenced the generator. We both loved to read and this is a present from her. My heart still aches , I miss her.
I started the book , it is everything you expect from Ilona Andrews . They have such high standards and this exceeds them. I won’t say anything specific. I want you to enjoy every page. But it’s Thrilling, funny, complicated and Catalina ‘s story. You need to take time off when you get your copy. You won’t be able to put it down. I wish it was August 27 for everyone .
Hidden Legacy continues!!!
I’m glad won a copy. Thank you for sharing, and best wishes ??
* YOU won. Somehow I deleted that key part, sorry ?
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Just reread the blog post from 1/17/19 where you script your side of the conversation regarding what you want for the cover of Sapphire Flames. So fun to see how the cover reflects the conversation.