Giveaway & Top 10 List: Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill

 

Calling all Chicagoland Vampires fans! Just a few short days until the release of HARD BITTEN (May 3, 2011 by NAL Trade).  Our review will be up soon, but in the meantime, Chloe Neill dropped by with some delicious Merit themed goodness and NAL sent two extra finished copies of HARD BITTEN for me to giveaway.  Details below.

You can read all the previous Top 10 Lists HERE

Merit’s Top Ten Things/Places to Eat in Chicago

by
Chloe Neill

10. Goose Island Brewery  I'm not much of a beer person, but you can't beat the root beer at Goose Island Brewery. And you might see a Goose Island nymph!

9. Rosebud Restaurants It's a gorgeous Italian restaurant with lots of locations near the Loop, including my favorite Rosebud Trattoria. Order the vodka pasta. Trust me. :)

8. Alinea Restaurant It might be expensive.  It might be a little weird. But this place gets rave national reviews, and it's taking food in Chicago to all new places.

7. Like meat? Then Chicago's the place for you. Check out the Publican, Gene and Georgetti's, or The Purple Pig Chicago to get your meat on!

6. Swirlz . In my humble opinion, Chicago's cupcakes beat out any famous New York bakery. (And I went to school at NYU! I've had lots of them!) Drop by Swirlz in Lincoln Park for a chocolate cupcake and a "HAPPY" T-shirt. You'll be glad you did.

5. Crust Chicago: Organic Eatery + Lounge. This is a small, organic restaurant in Wicker Park, where Mallory lives. The pizza has this handmade, chewy crust, and it's FANTASTIC.

4.  Lou Mitchell's Restaurant. You can't beat a breakfast restaurant that hands you a freshly-made donut hole when you walk in the door.

3. Mallocakes! You'll have to read HARD BITTEN to learn about this one. Trust me--it's worth it.

2. Deep dish. If it's not three inches thick and full of cheese (and meat!) then it's hardly worth the trouble. Try Giordanos or Lou Malnati's Pizzeria for great Chicago deep dish.

1. Two words: Red. Hots. It's the Chicago-style hot dog, and it is *fabulous*. All-beef hot dog. Onion. Pickle. Green relish. Sport peppers. Tomatoes. Celery salt. Poppyseed bun. Food of the gods. And now I must go have one. To Hot Doug's perhaps?

Giveaway provided by NAL

Two winners will each receive a copy of HARD BITTEN by Chloe Neill

Published on May 3, 2011

Times are hard for newly minted vampire Merit. Ever since shapeshifters announced their presence to the world, humans have been rallying against supernaturals--and they're camping outside of Cadogan House with protest signs that could turn to pitchforks at any moment. Inside its doors, things between Merit and her Master, green-eyed heartbreaker Ethan Sullivan are ... tense. But then the mayor of Chicago calls Merit and Ethan to a clandestine meeting and tells them about a violent vamp attack that has left three women missing. His message is simple: get your House in order. Or else.

Merit needs to get to the bottom of this crime, but it doesn't help that she can't tell who's on her side. So she secretly calls in a favor from someone who's tall, dark, and part of underground vamp group that may have some deep intel on the attack. Merit soon finds herself in the heady, dark heart of Chicago's supernatural society--a world full of vampires who seem too ready to fulfill the protesting human's worst fears, and a place where she'll learn that you can't be a vampire without getting a little blood on your hands…

 

Click HERE to read an excerpt

 

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3. Winners will be announced on May 3rd

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