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, there would be entirely too many men in the world with much better accessories than me.
If wishes were Earls, I’d be soaring in the sky.
If wishes were Earls, I’d be ruling the world with my squirrels. Heh heh.
If wishes were Earls , then I would like tons of diamonds and pearls, and also be able to eat all the chocolate in the world.
If wishes were earls, my house would be a castle
Full to the brim with young men that would dazzle
with feats of service, strength and valor!
My hearts desire fulfilled in every manner!
They would do dishes, iron shirts, and serve wine,
they would rub these very tired feet of mine!
They would drive me around town
when I ask a a favor they would never frown
Oh if wishes were earls,
I would be one spoiled rotten girl.
If wishes were earls, then I’d be no closer than I am now to finding a genie in a bottle.
If Wishes Were Earls
Send Me a Wish On An
Angel’s Wings From Above…
If wishes were earls
Breeches would unfurl
And all the wallflowers
Would be under their powers
If Wishes Were Earls…their would be no historical romance because it would be very easy for young society ladies to catch a titled husband!
If Wishes Were Earls…that’s what we would all dream of.
or better yet:
If Wishes Were Earls, mine would fit like a glove.
If wishes were Earls, I would be writing this on my new iPad!
Why does it need to be fixed? If wishes were earls, beggars would ride. Sounds about right…
If Wishes Were Earls… I’d like my odds 🙂
If wishes were earls I’d have real pearls.
If Wishes Were Earls…they’d be rakes with hearts of gold and would most certainly buy you that iPad you’ve been drooling over after revamping your wardrobe and ravishing you aplenty beforehand.”
If Wishes Were Earls…I’d be the girl with a head full of curls, shiny like a pearl, doing a twirl!
if wishes were earls… i would like how the world unfurls
If wishes were earls … I’ve got nothing but a new iPad perhaps (fingers crossed)
If wishes were Earls ….Countesses would ride
If wishes were Earls, I’d ask them all to show up with a box of chocolates!
If wishes were Earls, all their kisses would be pearls.
If wishes were Earls… I would be a Lady!
If wishes were Earls…. there would be way more of them at Almack’s, all excited for lemonade and demure dancing. Dukes, too.
If wishes were Earls, England would sink
(under their combined weight)
If wishes were Earls, there’d be a lot of nobility in the world, but people still wouldn’t have what they wished for.
If wishes were Earls, Regency ladies would be looking for more prominent titles.
Or
If wishes were Earls, Bubbas would be more popular (especially in the South).
If wishes were Earls I’d have a really good time. 😉
If wishes were Earls… Idk… Having a hard time with this since I have a real life friend named Earl.
If Wishes Were Earls—hell, we’d need more Earls. 😉
If wishes were Earls, my library would be bigger than yours. Neiner neiner!
If wishes were Earls then I’d be constantly followed around by Lord Granthams lookalikes – like when I was at a coffee shop today wishing I could get that lemon bar, wishing I didn’t have work to do, wishing that it was warm outside. My Lord Granthams would have been crowded around that small table with me!
If wishes were Earls, the value of an Earl might seriously be diminished (assuming that there are an abundance of wishes out there.)
If Wishes were Earls all the maids would be wearing pearls.
There would be no impoverished spinsters
If wishes were Earls, fairy godmothers would be Countesses. Wait, does that suggest they’d grant their husbands to people?
If wishes were earls, I’d be really surprised.
If Wishes were Earls . . . I would have unlimited time and money for reading and books.
If wishes were earls…flame-haired, violet-eyed spinsters would get their HEA.
If wishes were Earls there would be an waaaay to many Earls in the world.
If wishes were earls, Downton Abbey would be a lot more crowded.