Megan Caldwell is the "fare"-est of them all...plus a book giveaway

**Giveaway is now closed**

We don't know about you, but the idea of combining books and chocolate chip cookies is a dream come true for us! So the cover of Megan Caldwell's latest novel (her first using this last name), Vanity Fare, is definitely enticing to us! And who can go wrong with a story involving a bakery? You know she's going to be mentioning some other tasty treats!

Megan Caldwell grew up in a remote town in New Hampshire where she devoured every book of fiction in her well-read parents' library. (Sounds like a good fit for our site!) An English literature major at Barnard College with double minors in political science and religion, Megan wrote and edited reviews for a music industry magazine for fifteen years. Eventually, she became editor-in-chief and went on to develop conference programs for the industry. Now she is the community manager for Heroes and Heartbreakers, a romance novel website, where she blogs daily, as Megan Frampton, about the fiction she reads. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.

Megan can be found at her website, Facebook and  Twitter.

Thanks to HarperCollins we have FIVE copies of Vanity Fare for some lucky US readers.

In three sentences tell us why we should read Vanity Fare.
Molly, the heroine, is not perfect, but she is snarky. She’s got great friends, a good sense of humor, and some foxy guys to look at. Plus....food!

Where and when do you prefer to do your writing?
I write after work, from about 5:30-whenever I have to feed my husband and son. I work in a small room upstairs in my house, inconveniently far away from where the hot tea is kept.

If you gave one of your characters an opportunity to speak for themselves, what would they say?
Molly has had her say all throughout Vanity Fare, so she has to be quiet now. Simon, one of the foxy guys Molly has chasing her, might offer some guidelines for how best to admire his fantastic good looks. In a Powerpoint presentation.

If Vanity Fare were made into a movie, whom would you cast in the lead roles?
Simon could be played by Hugh Dancy, Nick by Richard Armitage (w/an American accent), whereas Molly could be played by Maggie Gyllenhaal or Tina Fey.

Funniest thing that happened to you recently:
This is a hard one! Most of the funny things that happen to me are things I write for my characters. The real-life funny things involve the spillage of hot beverages and my son, who’s 13, being a wiseass.

Where would you like to travel and why?
London. For the accents, the beer, and the chance to buy Doc Martens.

Biggest addiction/vice?
British accents, beer, and books.

Are there any authors that have grasped your interest recently and why?
I read for work (I community manage a romance novel site), so I am constantly reading. My most recent read is Darynda Jones’s Third Grave Dead Ahead, which is an urban fantasy with the Grim Reaper as its lead character. Charley Davidson, the Reaper in question, is unbelievably snarky and smartass, and I love her.

Thanks to Megan for visiting with us and to HarperCollins for sharing her book with our readers.

How to win Vanity Fare:
Please comment below with your e-mail address. (Please note: Entries without an e-mail address will NOT be counted. You can use AT and DOT to avoid spam. Or provide a link to your facebook page or blog if you can receive messages there.) 

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US only. Giveaway ends February 13th at midnight EST.