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Frame A Relative/Kill A Friend
Frame A Relative/Kill A Friend
You're in!
Your email has been entered in my character naming contest for Deception Point's coming installment, PITCH BLACK.
Good luck!
—Candace
*To preorder PITCH BLACK in eBook: CLICK HERE
**The paperback & hardcover versions will go live by the book's December 1st, 2026, release date.
Contest Rules Recap:
1. My Frame A Relative/Kill A Friend contest is only open to active newsletter subscribers. For each new book I write, the corresponding winner gets to provide me with an agreed-upon name—first & last/male or female—and I'll weave it into my current manuscript...somewhere. Most likely, the name will be attached to a minor "walk-on" character. But if it really works for a victim or a villain, that could change. (For examples, see Penny Figueiredo in Invisible Wounds or Linda Gilmer in Blood on the Wire. 😄)
2. Once the book is released, Frame A Relative/Kill A Friend contest winners receive 2 autographed print copies of the novel in which their suggested name appears—1 to keep & 1 to give as a gift to the person they're honoring. I'll even tuck in a few Hidden Valor bookmarks to mark the spot where the name first appears. 🎁
3. Yes, you can nominate your name!
4. Keep in mind that I don't need your suggested character name now, and neither do you. Once the contest winner has been selected, they'll be notified via email by my uber-talented assistant, Shiraz. The winner can even take a few days to finalize their suggested moniker.
5. The contest winner will be chosen via a numerical generator based on the clicks of that contest button during this month.
6. Last but not least, if living, the owner of the name that I use in the book needs to return a simple permission release to me via email. While names are not copyrighted, it's nice to know I haven't offended folks. 😁
So get thinking & dreaming!
***This round of my Frame A Relative/Kill A Friend contest ends Thursday, April 30th, at noon EST. The Reader Crew winner's first name and last initial will be announced in your May 7th newsletter.
