Avon contacted me and asked if I'd like to host a giveaway to celebrate the release of Elizabeth Boyle's new book, If Wishes Were Earls, and to celebrate Ms. Boyle's birthday, which is today! Happy birthday, ma'am!.
I like birthdays (CAKE) and I like celebrations (CAKE) and I like giveaways (NO CAKE — SORRY. SHIPPING CAKE WOULD BE GROSS) so I agreed. Ready for some fun?
Have a look-see at the cover below:
Help complete the above title with as much silly or savvy as you like by leaving a comment below answering, “If Wishes Were Earls….what would happen?” If you do, you're entered to win.
(One second – excuse me.)
(Pssst, listen Avon, I don't mean to be obvious but If Wishes Were Earls does not rhyme with “love.” I'm sorry to be the one to tell you.)
Anyway. Standard disclaimers apply. Void where prohibited. Open to international residents where permitted by applicable law (I'm covering the international shipping for the prizes and I FEAR NO STAMPS.) Must be over 18 and getting your hem wet in some random body of water to win. Corsets optional. Shirt and shoes optional. Nose mandatory. Comments will close 12 pm ET, Friday 10 January 2014. I will select the winner from the entries in the comments on Friday 10 January. You're welcome to tell me in the comments which entries you like best.
So, what are the prizes?
Yay! Thanks, Avon! I wonder if wishing earls might buy iPads?
Second runner up will win a $50 gc to the e-retailer of their choice (open internationally as well). Wishing earls would totally buy bookstore giftcards, too, I'm thinking.
So, if you'd like to enter to win, leave a comment below and complete the sentence If Wishes Were Earls….
Good luck! May the earls be with you!
If wishes were earls, I’d expect them to fulfill the person’s true desire. Got to believe there are a few straight men out there who would rather not constantly have earls popping up all over, plus the gender ratio is going to get rather skewed, plus we already have a population challenge, so overall this is a bad idea.
Or
If wishes were earls, I hope they all turn into doves so it actually rhymes with love.
Thanks for the contest Avon & for hosting it Sarah! Happy Birthday Ms. Boyle!
If wishes were Earls….I would know Prince Harry!
So many good answers. I find this so difficult..
If wishes were Earls, I’d be dancing swirls.
(my husband suggested “then dogs would chase squirrels” which does rhyme but didn’t really convey the proper respect for this contest.)
If Wishes Were Earls, I would be a Countess.
If wishes were earls…and dreams were dukes,
You’ve perhaps been reading
Too many historical books.
If wishes were Earls, old maids would ride.
If wishes were earls, there’d be a plethora of obscure British nobility wandering around looking confused.
If wishes were Earls then commoners would rule
If wishes were earls, then the House of Lords will have to Skype and vote electronically, because there wouldn’t be enough room at Buckingham for them all to meet together!
If wishes were Earls then beggars would ride. Said beggar would then turn out to be the long lost daughter of a Duke.
If wishes were Earls….I’d have a lot. Too man, really. So I’d loan those boys out to ladies in need.
If wishes were earls, counts would be toast.
If wishes were Earls…guys with the name Earl would be a lot more popular:)
Thanks for the contest.
If Wishes Were Earls… that’d be AWKWARD, seeing as I have an awesome wife!
If wishes were Earls, how happy I would be!
If wishes were earls….they would have beards.
If wishes were earls, there’d be many happy girls, but my enthusiasm would be fake as I prefer a rake!
If wishes were Earls, I’d rule the world as his Lady!!!!
If wishes were Earls then I’d be his girl!! (With a shiny new iPad in my lap to read when he’s being a sap!)
If wishes were Earls, I’d take one for a whirl! ;). Thx for the giveaway!
If Wishes Were Earls I wouldn’t be sitting at this computer, I’d be busy doing other things with my Earl.
…we’d have a real monarchy problem here in the states again. Viva la revolucion!
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. But if wishes were earls, all the churls would eat cake.
If wishes were Earls,
They’d vastly outnumber the poor girls
Longing to twirl the unruly curls
That cap their golden pates.
If wishes were Earls,
I’d pity those all those silly girls
Treating common men like churls
To catch a blooded mate.
When looking for love,
When push comes to shove,
I’ll take a man commonly wove
Who knows how to fix the front gate.
Yes, yes, a forced rhyme in that last stanza, but it’s been a while.
I should go back to haiku.
If wishes were earls
And the mundane made fancy
I would still prefer you
You’re the Sid to my Nancy
If wishes were Earls… Marrying an earl would be like meh, and we’d all wish for Dukes!
If wishes were earls. . . the feisty (but beloved), virginal (yet sexually talented), duke’s brilliant (yet modest) daughter, employed as a governess and gambled away by her impoverished father to a brothel owner (formerly a spy during the Napoleonic Wars, captured by pirates) but now a cynical, semi-alcoholic rake (who always used natural condoms) would be a dime a dozen.
If wishes were earls,
then wallflowers would bride … them (and ride them? 😉 sorry, I’d tried hard to resist, but just couldn’t)
If wishes were earls, I’d own all the books in the world. <3
If wishes were Earls then why does it matter it doesn’t rhyme with love. At least you have an Earl.
If wishes were earls, the temperature would never did below 60 or above 80 in Michigan:)
If wishes were earls then the world would be a happier place!
If wishes were earls, there would be a lot more countesses.
If wishes were Earls, all ladies would rise
If wishes were earls…every night my toes would curl
I’m with Moriah!
Happy Birthday Elizabeth! Miranda Mabberly of one of my favorite heroines and that scheming Felicity Langley is wonderful.
If wishes were earls we would be married, I would quit my job, and my hair would still be brown and have curls.
If wishes were earls…I wouldn’t be on OKCupid
If Wishes were Earls, everyone would be dreaming of Dukes instead.
If wishes were Earls we’d all be drapped in diamond and pearls! Happy Birthday Elizabeth!!!