HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

In addition to all the classic clips we've been posting, Soap Opera 451 has another special gift for you this Valentine's Day.

The second As the World Turns Tie-In novel, The Man From Oakdale (winner of the 2010 SCRIBE Award), was originally supposed to be a Christmas book. Then, the publisher changed her mind, and it became a Valentine's Day book, leading Henry to pen the following dedication:

For My Beloved Vienna,

A modest Valentine's Day trifle I whipped up the summer of 2008 to illustrate what our lives could have been like - if certain now-living people had stayed dead. And vice versa.

Well, we all know how that relationship ended.

But, you can still have your Happily Ever After with The Man From Oakdale!

Simply buy a copy of Soap Opera 451: A Time Capsule of Daytime Drama's Greatest Moments on either Amazon or BN.com, e-mail me your receipt at AlinaAdams@gmail.com along with your mailing address, and I will send you a copy of The Man From Oakdale absolutely free as a thank you gift. (Offer only good for US residents and while supplies last.)

Have a wonderful holiday!