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  1. -kkm
    -kkm at |

    yay! so excited for this book and the growth in all your work. why isn’t the blog hop on samhain’s new site?

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    1. KJ Charles
      KJ Charles at |

      Thanks! I think you have to book slots at Samhain miles in advance and I have to admit, it has not been that kind of month. What with one thing and another…

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  2. salann31
    salann31 at |

    Two more days to go. I will be able to buy the book and stop stalking the blog tour looking for new excerpts! 🙂

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    1. KJ Charles
      KJ Charles at |

      One more to come I believe… 🙂

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  3. DebraG
    DebraG at |

    I love this series. I am so excited.

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  4. Serena S.
    Serena S. at |

    I really can’t wait for this book anymore! I don’t even want to think in Jackdaw, coming next year (too long!), lol.

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  5. Shirley Ann Speakman
    Shirley Ann Speakman at |

    I didn’t realise that upper class gentlemen had Tattoos in Victorian times but then again I suppose they went unnoticed because of the clothes they wore. You learn something new every day!!

    ShirleyAnn(at)speakman40(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk

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  6. Lisa
    Lisa at |

    Thanks for the fascinating post and the giveaway!
    lkbherring64(at)gmail(dot)com

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  7. Julie White
    Julie White at |

    Thanks for the historic detail on tattoos! I learned something new today. 2 more days to go until I can read the new story!!!

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  8. mlsimmons
    mlsimmons at |

    I just read book one recently. I loved it. I still need to get to book two, but I will soon. Glad to see that there are even more.

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  9. jenf27
    jenf27 at |

    I had no idea tattoos were popular so long ago! Thanks for the post and contest. I am looking forward to reading Flight of Magpies. Just in time for my B-Day. 🙂

    jen.f {at} mac {dot} com

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  10. Trix
    Trix at |

    Tattoos are so omnipresent today that I’ve never really thought about their past. This was fascinating!

    vitajex(At)Aol(Dot)com

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  11. Antonia
    Antonia at |

    Thanks for the really interesting post! I had no idea that tattoos were so popular then. I’m really looking forward to Flight of Magpies.

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  12. Barbra
    Barbra at |

    Tattoos must be more popular now than ever before. I pass by at least 5 tattoo parlors on my way to work everyday, and I’m the only person in my office without a tattoo. I see gorgeous tattoos and also ones that make you wonder what they were thinking. I need to Google some of those early tattoos to see how they compare.
    I can hardly wait until Tuesday!! 🙂

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  13. Lee Todd
    Lee Todd at |

    can’t wait to read this! I really enjoy this series

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  14. Jbst
    Jbst at |

    Fascinating about the tattoos being so popular back then. Looking forward to your new book.

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  15. Jen CW
    Jen CW at |

    Thanks for the really cool post. The tattoo thing was totally new to me. I never would have thought they would have tattoos. Thanks for the chance.

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  16. J. K. Pendragon
    J. K. Pendragon at |

    That is so cool! I had no idea! Excuse me while I assign tattoos to all my Victorian aristocracy characters … hm, I may need to create some specifically for that purpose. Tattoos!

    Also, I don’t need to be entered into the giveaway, I’ve already pre-ordered! 😀

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  17. H.B.
    H.B. at |

    Great post. Hearing tattoos in a historical era story is a bit shocking and actually sounds awesome.

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  18. Lisa G
    Lisa G at |

    Love this series – thanks for a chance at winning Flight of Magpies!

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  19. JP
    JP at |

    Love this series! Super excited for tomorrow’s release. Thank you!

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  20. Give A Rush
    Give A Rush at |

    Wow! I had no idea tattoos were so popular back when. The book/story line sounds quite interesting. I haven’t read the first book yet but I’m looking forward to starting. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  21. chickie434
    chickie434 at |

    Wow, I had absolutely no idea that tattoos were so common back then. I guess you really do learn something new every day 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

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  22. Carolyn
    Carolyn at |

    I seriously had no idea about this. That’s the coolest thing about history, probably everything you ever knew about it is absolutely wrong! 😀

    I can’t wait (no, really, stop making me wait!) for Flight of Magpies. I very much look forward to being able to download my preorder. Which will be soon, yay!

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  23. Kim W
    Kim W at |

    I’m really looking forward to this book. I preordered it so it was on my Kindle when I woke up this morning. I wish I could take the whole day off to read it!
    kimandpete at me dot com

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  24. Penumbra
    Penumbra at |

    Very cool info about tattoos 🙂

    penumbrareads[at]gmail[dot]com

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  26. Kestrel Drake
    Kestrel Drake at |

    The research on tattoos was almost as fascinating as your series is. So awesome, I had to run down a Google rabbit hole on tattoos before coming back to finish the article. I’m a huge geek & I love your words.

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  27. sula22
    sula22 at |

    This was so interesting, it reminds of the recent film remake of the Oscar Wilde play ‘The Importance of being Earnest’ when the character Gwendoline had a tattoo on her behind and later Earnest did as well. I must admit I was bit dubious at the time, would the Victorian upper classes do such a thing, and I thought they had modernised the story to much.

    Thank you again KJ Charles for enlightening me about the secret tattoos of the upper classes and for a chance to win this book 🙂

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