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 be in England instead of buried in all this Indiana snow!
If Wishes were Earls … there would be a serious lack of romance novels around …
If Wishes Were Earls….I’d wish earls granted wishes.
If wishes were Earls, would pleasures be Kings?
If wishes were Earls, would some titled gent of indeterminate age, character, appearance, and financial situation show up in my (very untidy) bedroom every time I smashed the snooze button and wished for just one more hour of sleep? Can I perhaps… have the extra sleep instead?
If wish were Earls then everyone would be bending over to kiss my…uh…hand.
If wishes were Earls, I’d get an Earl. If I get an Earl, we’ll all get Earls. It’ll be anarchy!
-I’m in a Breakfast Club kind of mood.
If wishes were Earls, he’d take me to a nice WARM place where I could read about earls & dukes & marquesses all day long!
If Wishes Were Earls
I would be one of those girls,
who stands on the ballroom sideline,
cup in hand filled with wine,
shifting in my corset, laced too tight,
complaining it doesn’t fit quite right.
And then, my Earl, flashing his pearly whites,
will swagger into my line of sight.
He’ll ask for my company,
suggesting we take it to the balcony.
I’ll look shocked and shake my head.
He’ll be wishing he’d been less forward instead.
But I’ll quickly grab him by the hand.
I’ll say, “I think you misunderstand.
I would hate to see you go.
Surely you must know,
Before you turn around and flee,
I much prefer the library.”
If wishes were earls, I’d wish for one to cover me with pearls
If wishes were Earls, then they’d be a dime a dozen!
Then wishes would frequently be found in compromised positions!
If wishes were Earls, I’d have red curls.
If wishes were earls, every last churl
would dwell in a higher estate
and in every last nook, we’d abandon the book
for a repast of nobles, and cake!
If wishes were Earls. I would live back in the early 1800 century married to a very rich early with a vast library.
Countesses would hang from the trees….
If Wishes were Earls, there’d be even more of them in romance than Dukes! (and that’s saying something…)
If wishes were Earls…all of us would be getting free Ipads because those dudes can definitely afford it!
Great giveaway! Cheers!
If wishes were earls, the word “wallflower” would be defined as archaic
thanks to previous writers – I enjoyed your submissions!
If wishes were Earls…I’d need to brush up on my waltz!
If wishes were Earls, I’d have that iPad!
If wishes were Earls, happy scullery maids everywhere would ride, ride, ride. (Or am I speaking of beggars?)
If wishes were earls,
hopefully not all of them will be churl
so that all girls can have waltz twirl.
From Wikipedia: “A wish is a hope or desire for something. Fictionally, wishes can be used as plot devices.” So if wishes were Earls, there’d be many more romance novels for me to read.
If wishes were Earls, I’d never leave the house.
If wishes were earls…
MY NAME IS EARL would have been a much, much different show!
If wishes were earls… then I’d be a cover girl… with endless martini’s to swirl.
If wishes were earls, you’d have to be careful what you earl for.
If wishes were Earls – we’d all want Dukes.
If wishes were Earls, I wouldn’t have unfurled my pearl to the stable boy. Happy Birthday Elizabeth, great name!
If wishes were earls, they’d all want to hurl. (Both the proper definition and crude slang apply!)
If wishes were Earls, then my wonderful boyfriend would have a title.
If wishes were Earls, all the wishes I’d make, for these Earls to present to me loads of pearls for there is nothing better than having Earls and pearls 😉
I wishes were Earls I would travel the world and never regret a thing.
If Wishes Were Earls… My husband’s middle name is Earl, so it looks like I got my wish!
They’d come from above 🙂
sorry just had to make it rhyme with Love, dear Avon.
Um—If wishes were earls, earls would be in line to read Love Bats Last?
No that doesn’t rhyme.
If wishes were Earls….I would be the only bigamist Countess in Maine. 🙂
If wishes were earls…we’d all be married to churls (?)
If Wishes Were Earls,I’d have a different one in bed each night,along with all my pearls.
Happy Birthday Elizabeth!!
If Wishes Were Earls…
kisses would be girls???