People often ask me about well written romance. So here you go, five of my very favorites (and the Australian edition of Tied to the Tracks to round it out).

Bliss and Dance by Judy Cuevas (aka Judith Ivory) are long out of print and very hard to find. This copy of Dance has a cover that has seen some abuse, but the innards are whole. You'd actually have to pay quite a lot for these if you ran across them in a used book store (unless the bookseller isn't paying attention, in which case, grab them and pay with a huge smile). I've seen copies go for more than twenty bucks each on ebay. Now, if you win this pile o' books they will be yours to do with as you please. But. I'm going to ask the winner to promise that s/he will read them first before thinking about selling.

Like the Cuevas stories, Flowers from the Storm and Hearts and Bones are historicals. Very different in tone and approach, but both are gorgeously told.

The two contemporaries in this pile are Jenny Crusie's Welcome to Temptation and TTTT. Jenny's stuff isn't for the faint of heart -- lots of blunt talk about sex (and during sex). I say this in the spirit of full disclosure. But really, it's such a good story even if that kind of thing isn't usually what you go for, give it a chance.

There will be two names drawn. The first name drawn will get to pick which pile they'd prefer. People who have won stuff in the last year aren't eligible to participate.

The actual mechanics of how to enter your name in the drawing will be put up by Monday.

I find this kind of thing great fun. Hope you do too.