July 4th, 2026 Giveaway!

It's time for my annual July 4th giveaway. Are you ready to win?

Starting Sunday, June 28th, in the Pohler Bear Lounge on Facebook, I'll be giving away a bookish prize each day as we countdown to Independence Day. AND, you don't have to be an American to participate and win!

If you aren't already a member of my Pohler Bear Lounge, please join here.

Although I created a lounge on my website, Facebook seems to be more convenient for everyone, so this giveaway will take place there. If you want to participate, you have to join the Facebook group. Here it is again: THE POHLER BEAR LOUNG ON FACEBOOK.

Each day of the countdown, I'll post a "getting to know you question," along with an image of that day's prize, and your answer in the comments will serve as your entry into the giveaway for that particular day. I'll leave each day's giveaway open for the full week to accommodate people with busy schedules and choose my winners (using random dot org) on the morning of the fifth. Then on the afternoon of Sunday, July 5th, I'll go live in the Pohler Bear Lounge around 2PM CST to announce the winners. If you can't be there with me live, you can watch the replay.

Now for the information you've all been waiting for. What am I giving away this year in my July 4th giveaway?

My first July 4th giveaway prize is the eBook, audiobook, and signed paperback of my newest release HANSEL AND CIRCE, the fourth book in my OLYMPUS EVER AFTER SERIES. These books can be read in any order, and you can learn more about them here.

And if you already preordered the book, you can still enter! If you ordered from me, you'll get a refund, and if you ordered elsewhere, you can cancel your preorder.

Here's the blurb:

On the hidden island of Aeaea, the sorceress Circe has mastered the art of survival. Men who arrive seeking her power rarely leave unchanged. Pirates, slavers, and liars are welcomed to her table with warm bread and dark wine—only to reveal the beasts they truly are.

So when Hansel and Gretel wash ashore after surviving a brutal shipwreck, Circe expects little more than another test of trust. She has learned that men are dangerous, and mercy is often just another form of weakness.

But Hansel is not like the others.

Fiercely protective of his sister, sharp-witted, and maddeningly difficult to charm, he refuses to fear Circe—or worship her. Instead, he challenges her. As the two clash over freedom, loyalty, and the cost of survival, something far more dangerous than magic begins to grow between them.

For Circe, love has always ended in betrayal. For Hansel, trust has always come with a price.

And when the ghosts of their past arrive on Aeaea’s shores, both must decide whether love is another trap… or the only way home.

A spellbinding fairy-tale retelling of Hansel and Gretel woven with Greek mythology, HANSEL AND CIRCE is a slow-burn romantasy about monsters, mercy, and choosing who you become.

My second July 4th giveaway prize is an annual membership to my new program, "To Our Fourth Friend." For fans of THE MYSTERY HOUSE SERIES, this membership includes monthly digital artifacts from Sue, Tanya, and Ellen, including letters, postcards, travel guide, case files, recipe cards and more from the road to their fourth friend who couldn't make the trip but is still an important part of the journey. That fourth friend is YOU.

You can either save the digital artifacts in a folder on your device or download and print them out to collect in a binder or scrapbook. Either way, you'll have your very own archive full of companion materials to the books int he series that you can look back on at your leisure again and again.

This membership also includes digital ARCS (eBook and audiobook) of all my releases for the year that you're a member, along with your name listed on the Acknowledgements Page of books I write while you're a member.

And if you're already a member, still enter the giveaway, because I'll either refund you for this year, or if you're a monthly member, I'll upgrade you to the annual for free!

To learn more about the program, please go here.

My third July 4th giveaway is the eBook, audiobook, and signed paperback editions of THE PIANIST, the most recent release in my TWILIGHT SOCIETY MYSTERIES. To learn more about this series, go here.

Here's the blurb:

When a ghost begins playing the piano at midnight in the dining hall of Beacon of Hope, Lois Grover knows the Twilight Society has another mystery on its hands.

The haunting melody belongs to Sigrid Swanson—a brilliant young pianist brutally murdered on a college stage in 1977. Her killer was never caught, and her restless spirit has spent decades searching for justice.

Determined to help the troubled musician find peace, Lois and her friends dig into the chilling cold case. Suspects include campus police officers, a troubled maintenance worker, and a charismatic actor whose connection to Sigrid may have been far darker than anyone suspected.

But the investigation isn’t the only mystery haunting Lois.

Deep in the Shenandoah Valley lies Pluto’s Gate—a strange cavern rumored to bend the laws of time itself. After discovering its power, Lois must confront a temptation that could change her own past forever . . . even as she works to solve Sigrid’s.

As the Twilight Society reaches out through séances and spirit boxes, long-buried secrets begin to surface—and one dangerous spirit will do anything to keep the truth hidden.

To free Sigrid’s soul, Lois and her friends must uncover what really happened on that lonely stage all those years ago.

Because some melodies refuse to end until justice is finally heard.

My fourth July 4th giveaway is an annual membership to my weekly readings from the Greek Oracle. For one year, you will receive a message from me each Sunday evening with that week's reading from the oracle. These readings are meant to inspire you and to give your week focus. To learn more about this program, please go here.

My fifth July 4th giveaway is A SPRITE CHRISTMAS--the newest release in my MYSTERY HOUSE SERIES--in eBook, audiobook, and signed paperback. If you're new to THE MYSTERY HOUSE SERIES and would like to learn more, please go here.

Here's the blurb for A SPRITE CHRISTMAS:

When Sue persuades her husband to purchase a sprawling Victorian estate outside Branson, Missouri—rumored to conceal the lost treasure of Civil War bushwhacker Alf Bolin—she expects a festive renovation project.

She does not expect a body in the upstairs bedroom.

Nor does she expect the woods below the house to whisper.

As Ellen, Sue, and Tanya prepare to restore the 1918 mansion over the Christmas holidays, they quickly discover the haunting isn’t harmless.

A volatile sprite stalks the halls, guards the surrounding Murder Rocks, and makes one thing terrifyingly clear:

The treasure stays buried.

What begins as mischievous interference—flickering lights, vanishing tools, phantom voices—escalates into something far darker. A decades-old legend, a modern-day murder, and the restless dead converge as Ghost Healers, Inc. races to uncover the truth before the spirit’s warnings turn deadly.

But some ghosts don’t want redemption.

Some want retribution.

And this Christmas, the line between treasure hunt and tragedy is razor thin.

My sixth July 4th giveaway is a bookish shirt. These come in multiple styles in sizes small to 4x. If you win, I'll let you know what styles I have in stock in your size, and you can choose which one you want.

If you'd like to see some of them (I have more in stock than what I currently sell online), you can check out the designs here.

And finally, my seventh prize in my July 4th giveaway is a thirty-minute Zoom chat with me. You can ask me anything, we can talk about books, what I'm working on, what my process is like, what's coming next, or whatever you'd like. It's basically lunch with me without the food! I'm even happy to do a personal tarot reading for you during our visit, if you'd like.

So, that's it, folks! I realllllllyyyyyy hope you can join in the fun, because the best part for me is getting to know you as you answer all the questions in the giveaways.

Once again, here's that link to join the https://www.facebook.com/groups/pohlerexpressPohler Bear Lounge on Facebook.

I hope to see you there!