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Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes!
- The hunt BEGINS on 3/19 at noon Mountain with Stop #1 at LisaBergren.com
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- There is NO RUSH to complete the hunt – you have all weekend (until Sunday, 3/22 at midnight Mountain)! So take your time, reading the unique posts along the way; our hope is that you discover new authors/new books and learn new things about them
- Submit your entry for the grand prizes by collecting the CLUE on each author’s scavenger hunt post and submitting your answer in the entry form at the final stop, back on Lisa’s site. Many authors are offering additional prizes along the way!
Hi! I’m Hannah – wife, mom, author, and lover of stories. And royals. Which you’ll find in almost all my books. Another fun fact? I live in Australia! So while most of you are currently enjoying the warmer days that come with Spring, I’m very gratefully saying goodbye to the heatwaves and humidity of Summer and blissfully embracing cooler days and snuggly blankets. Bring it on. Learn more about me and my books here on my site and on Facebook or Instagram.
You’ll also find details of my upcoming release, The Princess List.
Having grown up in the palace, the daughter of two senior staff members, Bayley Lorbera knows all about palace life. What she doesn’t know? Why on earth Crown Prince Cameron would want her to be his wife. Backup in a ballgown? That’s her. Princess? Not so much. She can’t even figure out her own life, let alone help run a country. But Cam won’t give up on her, and slowly, Bayley starts to wonder if maybe the expectations and plans she had for herself were all wrong to start with.
In The Princess List, Bayley works her way through a list of things she’s certain will make her the confident, well-rounded adult she dreams of being. I’ll admit, coming up with the twenty things on it was a lot of fun. I’ve never made an official bucket list for myself, but here’s how I’d go with Bayley’s:
BAYLEY’S LIST AND HOW I’D DO IF IT WERE MINE
1. Travel the world – stand in at least five other countries.
To date, I’ve stood in eight countries other than my own. I’d love to add more (the UK especially) but for the purpose of the exercise, yep. Tick.
2. Write a book and have it published. Become a famous author.
Not sure about the whole famous thing, ha! But The Princess List will be my eighth published book, so tick for this one too.
3. Sit in a tiny café for at least three hours and watch people. Do lots of eavesdropping but don’t let them know. Get ideas for stories.
Not for three hours, although I’ve definitely done this for short periods of time.
4. Dye my hair purple.
Not yet. One day.
5. Stay up all night to read a book.
Yes, for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Pretty sure that’s the only all-nighter I’ve pulled to read, although there have been lots of 3ams.
6. Run a marathon (because, seriously, how cool would that be to say I’ve run a marathon!)
Ha! Not a chance. Although, I agree. It would be cool.
7. Get married and have a family
Tick. 17 years with many more to come.
8. Complete a high ropes course, or zipline
Tick. Ziplines are awesome. High ropes courses, less awesome, but I’ve done them on school camps.
9. Learn to surf
That would be a no. Fun, but can’t see it happening.
10. Pet a giraffe
Nope.
11. Kiss a frog
Again, no. I already found my prince 🙂
12. Solve a mystery
Maybe? Probably? But more along the lines of ‘who took the last bagel and left the empty packet on the counter’ than anything police-worthy. Although I was pretty good at solving the crimes in Bones and Castle – great shows.
13. Go camping (for real, not in the ballroom)
Tick.
14. Own a pair of yellow rainboots
No. Which is a definite loss. Yellow gumboots/rainboots are awesome!
15. Walk behind a waterfall
Tick. I’m not sure if it’s open anymore due to erosion and safety, but when I was a child, I loved walking behind the big waterfall at Springbrook National Park when we visited every year for my Grandma’s birthday. I can still remember it pretty vividly. Including the snake I almost stepped on while getting there one year.
16. Tell Mom I really don’t like her corn muffins
I don’t think my mom has ever made corn muffins, but I have no doubt they’d be amazing if she did.
17. Plan a surprise party (and actually do it)
Tick.
18. Spend a night stargazing
Not a whole night, but certainly an hour or two. Amazing.
19. Make a speech in front of at least 100 people
If we’re counting primary school assemblies then yes. I don’t think I have as an adult yet though. One day.
20. Eat a fried tarantula
Not a chance. (Actually, I’d probably do it, just to say I had, but hate it) I have held a live tarantula though, which was a big deal for someone who’s not fond of spiders.
Eleven out of twenty isn’t too bad. How would you do? Also, if you were making a list like this, what’s one thing that would be on yours? Let me know in the comments!
Here’s the Stop #13 Basics:
The Princess List releases June 16 but is available for preorder now at WhiteCrown and WhiteFire’s READ. Preorder from either of these and get the first chapter instantly!
Clue to Write Down: come
Link to Stop #14, the Next Stop on the Loop: Danielle Grandinetti’s site!
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But wait! Before you go, I’m offering an additional prize pack to one winner (complete with quote cards, stickers, a bookmark, signed bookplate, and an exclusive set of hand-written annotated cards for The Princess List). All you have to do to enter is sign up for my newsletter (teal box on my homepage, under my photo), or note that you’re already a subscriber. Additional points for those who follow me on Instagram, Facebook, or BookBub, or leave a comment. Open internationally!
Hannah Currie 