Apologies for the delay—the sorting hat has now sorted and the book giveaway of Thornspell and The Clockwork Angel, from my release day interview with Beth-Anne Miller, has been won by:

Gwen Roman.

Congratulations, Gwen!

You may recall that to be eligible for the giveaway readers had to comment and share their “preferred historical period & location for a romantic time-travel getaway.”

Gwen’s choice was:

“One time period that always strikes me as hearbreakingly romantic is Paris between the world wars. Ooh! Or the Gilded Age in New York. *sigh* Yeah.”

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The other times/places put forward were:

“I think I’d like to be able to revisit times within my own life (ala Henry in The Time Traveler’s Wife) so I could appreciate people and places I miss, and see the things I didn’t pay attention to then.” — Wen

“I’d like to visit the 1500s in England or Italy, and be well-off enough to be romantically comfortable, but not so close to thrones to be in serious danger of getting caught up in dangerous political machinations! It would be lovely to have been an inspiration for Michelangelo, Titian or Holbein … “ — Heather

” … my favourite historical period for a romantic getaway would have to be New York during the Roaring Twenties, which was also called the Jazz Age. Jazz, flappers, the Charleston, speakeasies—it’s the stuff of which romance is made, but also adventure, with such a heady sense of “the new, the new.” — Helen

“The earlist I could go back was 1960s. Preferably America as it seems an exciting time in history. And the time travel would do something to my moleular structure so I’d be a tall, skinny blonde with a never ending supply of cash.” — Jan

“We’d love to holiday in Liverpool, England in the early 1960′s – maybe 1961 – to catch “The Beatles” when they play at the Cavern. Seeing the other bands who didn’t quite make it would be an added bonus. The food, the clothing, and the language would all be retro relaxing experiences – sort of familiar but more real.” — Kay

Interesting that the majority of the historical periods chosen were so recent. But there it is—and I think we can now say that Into the Scottish Mist is well and truly launched. 🙂