October New Releases Giveaway!

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It’s a new Best Reads blog tradition! Celebrating the month’s new releases the first week of each month.

WHY?

Because I recently discovered that a book’s success or failure is often determined by first month sales! (Though I bet preorders play into that as well.) Publishing houses look at those stats to determine whether they’ll add on to a series or accept the author’s next manuscript! All that literary goodness hanging in the balance but for a month’s worth of sales! (This was a cozy mystery author, but I imagine all traditional publishers use the same ‘system’.) So, I thought I should do my wee little bit to promote Christian Fiction.

HOW?

By hosting a special “Hello — insert month” giveaway. It’s easy to play along. You just have to choose one of the October 2023 new releases on your TBR wishlist (must be Christian Fiction) and mention the title in a comment below (or email me at kavluvstoread AT yahoo DOT ca.) If your name is drawn, that September release is the book you will win and we’re one book count closer to keeping our fave authors in business.

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE TO:

ebook for anyone anywhere who has an Amazon.com kindle account

US – paperback or ebook copy — winner’s choice

Canada -paperback or ebook (in form of an Amazon gift card) or audible.ca audio book (if available) – winner’s choice

Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday October 7 2023.

85 thoughts on “October New Releases Giveaway!”

    1. Only one entry for this giveaway, Winnie (I know that’s confusing coming off the whirlwind of a Reader’s Choice Week.) I’m going with this one — unless you let me know to switch with one of your other choices.

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      1. Well, obviously I didn’t read very well. 😳 I shouldn’t check my email late at night. Sorry!

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    1. Whoops — this one was published in September, but I see that I forgot to edit out September and add October in my How you enter this giveaway description. I’ve changed it now — but I’ll still count this one since you entered before I made the change. 🙂 Good luck, Mark!

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  5. OOPS Wrong month. for Katie’s book. I don’t know how I have a duplicate comment. But it is early ! LOL
    New Leash on Life Kathleen Y’Barbo

    Nora Finding Hope at yahoo

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  12. I wasn’t sure if you wanted October release or September as it mentions September .
    If it’s September: The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass by Katie Powner
    If October: The Lost Boys of Barlow Theater by Jaime Jo Wright
    leliamae54(at)aol(dot)com

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  14. Ok color me confused! The description under HOW? states to post a September release book. However, this is October and says it’s October release books. That being the case, I’m listing a book for both months for the one allowed to be used. Hope this is ok because I didn’t want to do it wrong or be disqualified because I posted the wrong month. I’m pretty sure that the October one is the right one. If so, just disregard the September book.

    “To Win a Prince Kindle” by Toni Shiloh
    Released September 13, 2023

    “Into the Fire” by Irene Hannon
    Releases date – October 17, 2023

    Thank you so much for the chance!
    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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    1. I’d never disqualify you, Kay, just nudge you in the right direction. Bwahahaha. And it was my goof. I caught it early on and made the switcheroo from September to October, but I couldn’t catch up to you early birds it seems. 🙂 Good luck, Kay — Into the Fire it is.

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  15. I’m a little confused on the September/October thing too, so I’ll give you both!
    September: The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass by Katie Powner

    October: Children of the Shadows by Erica Vetsch

    manderley23 at gmail dot com

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    1. Sigh, clearly I need an second pair of eyes before I post. It was my goof — I’ve correct it now — to October, but clearly, didn’t catch it early enough to avoid confusion. Sorry everyone. We’re all set now, I think. Good luck, Kimmy!

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  18. The Last Exchange by Charles Martin. It’s come to my attention that his books are fantastic and I need to jump in too!

    Thank you!

    Sandyavery at comcast dot net

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  19. Against the Wind by Amanda Cabot, October.

    Just FYI for those who like Jen Turano – I noticed each book in her Bleeker Street Inquiry series is $1.99 on sale for Kindle.

    Also, I just finished a good book yesterday by an unknown to me author, Michael Winstell, called Destiny in the Dust Storm. It appears he will have another book in the series entitled Faith in the Floodwaters, publishing possibly on October 17, but I don’t find it officially listed on Amazon yet. Since this is to help authors, I would have used it. I infer publishing through Amazon. If anyone happens to look at that Destiny book on Amazon, don’t read the first listed review, as it has a bad spoiler . Evidently, he also writes Christian speculative fiction under another name.

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    1. You have me all kinds of intrigued…of course I went and read that first review — gah — spoiler alert is right! Why didn’t I listen to you?!!! Why do people do that????? Still, it has great reviews and I liked the second review where they say they are surprised because it’s written by a man and they don’t have many male authors they enjoy — and bam, she gave the book five stars and has put Michael Winstell on her short list of modern male authors. How neat is that?

      I went over to his website and it has a banner that says says the second book is releasing on the 17th so, even though it’s not on Amazon yet (often the case with indie books) we can count that one for your entry if you’d rather. Just let me know if you’d like to switch. Good luck, CC

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      1. We can just leave the Amanda Cabot rather than change, but I have just set up to follow him on Bookbub so I can be notified when he does actually publish.

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  20. Thank you Kav.
    “Hello October” I would love to try for:
    October 24
    Dating Can Be Deadly
    book 5
    by Amanda Flower (
    An Amish Matchmaker mystery)
    quilting dash lady at comcast dot net

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    1. Only one entry on these monthly new releases giveaways, Kim, so I’m going with your first one, but if you want to switch to one of the other ones you mentioned, just let me know. Good luck!

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  24. How is it the start of October already??? My choice is The Last Exchange by Charles Martin. Thanks for the giveaway! Jolene – iwant2save34 at gmail dot com

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  25. So many good ones this month! I’ll pick the paperback of The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater by Jaime Jo Wright being released on October 10th.

    Thanks, Kav!

    Tammy – obertam at gmail dot com

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  26. A Not so Distant Love, Heidi Kimball. Someone mentioned this one last week, and I thought it sounded really good!

    pattymh2000(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  28. I’m going with the majority here since this title is my MOST wanted title for October!

    A Not So Distant Love by Heidi Kimball

    teamob4 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  33. I think I’ll pick The Letter Tree by Rachel Fordham. It sounds like a perfect read for the start of Fall.  🙂

    nj(dot)bossman(at)gmail(dot)com
    Alison Boss

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  36. Haha, while I want several of those listed above, I am going rogue and going with Chautona Havig’s Clock Tower Bound 🙂 It was slated to release today but I haven’t checked yet! cilydav at hotmail dot com; thanks Kav!

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    1. That one has been pushed into November or December, the author doesn’t know yet. I can still take this as an entry since it hasn’t officially been announced it’s not releasing in October — it’s confusing. Or you can go ahead a pick an October title and save this one for a later month. Oh — and I just got the prequel to this series in the mail yesterday. Excited to start in on a Chautona Havig series. I’ve only read two of her multiple authored island series books.

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