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Blog Contest!
Our winner for March '08 over at Tote Bags 'n' Blogs is Madeline! Congratulations!
Thanks to everyone who dropped by to support the blog. Please continue to check in with us as and when you have time. We've got another great pile of books being collected in Leena's Goodie Room for this month's Goodie Tote so don't miss out on the chance to win more fabulous reads!
All you have to do is check in with us and leave a comment on the blog. The more often you check in, the more your chances increase to win!
Come check it out for further details on the Goodie Tote...
Goodie Spotlight!
Do stop by the Goodie Spotlight at Leena's Goodie Room and check out the contest there! You could be one of 50 lucky winners who help Harlequin Presents author, Kate Walker, celebrate her 50th title!
Author Contests
If you'd like to run a personalized contest on this page, please drop me a note for more information on how to set it up.
New Winners!
Lori Borrill's Contest - Charlene C. of IN
Susanna Carr's Contest - Angie W. of PA
Susan Stephens's Contest - Lauren M. of FL
Barbara Dunlop's Contest - Ronnie S.. of TN
Bronwyn Jameson's Contest - Paula P. of DE
Christina Hollis's Contest - Kerri F. of OR
Contests!
I've got a lot of really cool contests lined up for you in the coming months so I hope you'll check back every week to see what's new. There will be plenty of opportunities to win some excellent books to read!
Have fun!
**By entering any and all contests on this page you agree to be added to the ASR print and electronic mailing list. ASR values your privacy and will not take advantage of you in any way. Being on ASR's mailing lists gives you the opportunity to be informed of special contests and other freebie opportunities. Only one entry per contest per person please!**
Susan Mallery Contest
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Maggie Collins had come to the exotic kingdom of El Deharia to restore Prince Qadir's antique car…not to get married. The no-frills mechanic had been burned by love before, and marriage—even to a seductive sheik—didn't top her agenda. But then Qadir made her an offer she should have refused.
It was meant to be a temporary engagement…until Maggie discovered she was pregnant. Now Qadir was honor-bound to give Maggie and her child the protection of his name. He never expected her to sweep him off his feet.
Would there be a royal wedding after all?
Question: What are the names of the 3 sisters in Susan's Bakery Sisters series?
Hint: You can easily find the answer on Susan's website!
Contest Deadline: May 31st, '08.
Prize: A copy of THE SHEIK'S CHRISTMAS BRIDE, and a $15 Starbucks card, plus other Susan Mallery goodies!
Please email (contests @ authorsoundrelations.com) with your answer and include your full name and mailing address. Please also mark the subject heading as Susan Mallery Contest.
Christina Dodd Contest
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New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd takes her fans to New Orleans, where two unlikely lovers clash, thanks to a pair of eccentric great-ants, a series of zany robberies, and the madness of Mardi Gras...
Nessa Dahl lives a sensible life——until, that is, Jeremiah MacNaught comes to town and enlists her help to investigate a string of bank robberies. Only Mac realizes that beneath Nessa's no-nonsense exterior exists an outlaw spirit, and between them burns a passion for hotter than a sultry summer night. But when she discovers that the handsome investigator is undercover, lying to her about his identity and convinces she's involved with the crimes, he'll learn what thigh high in trouble really means....
Question: What is the title of Christina's upcoming Paranormal release and what month will it be available in stores?
Hint: You can find the answers here!
Contest Deadline: May 31st, '08.
Prize: A copy of Christina's TROUBLE IN HIGH HEELS and a $15 gift card from Barnes & Noble.
Please email me (contests @ authorsoundrelations.com) with your answers and include your full name and mailing address. Please also mark the subject heading as Christina Dodd Contest.
Stephanie Tyler Contest
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A Navy SEAL with the mission of a Lifetime…
She’s always been beyond his control…
Assistant District Attorney Ava Turkowski knows about leading a dangerous life – her father was a risk taker who died in the line of duty and her beloved brother is taking just as many chances. Now a high profile case has landed Ava herself in the crosshairs – and the only man standing between her and certain death is the one she can’t forget.
Justin Brandt was Ava’s brother’s best friend, her protector during her wild-child teenage years…and the object of her hottest fantasies. Now he’s a highly trained Navy SEAL with a body to die for and he’s been tasked with keeping Ava alive. Which means keeping her close – the closer the better…
Question:What is the title of Stephanie Tyler's novella in Hot Nights, Dark Desires?
Hint: You can find the answer on Stephanie's website!
Contest Deadline: May 31st, '08.
Prize: A copy of RISKING IT ALL and a $15 gift card from Starbucks.
Please email (contests @ authorsoundrelations.com) with your answer and include your full name and mailing address. Please also mark the subject heading as Stephanie Tyler Contest.
Michelle Monkou Contest
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In college, Jackson Thomas and Sarafina Lovell were joined at the hip—soul mates. Right up until the day he chose his family business over her! Now Jackson is back, and Sara plans to give him one sultry goodbye kiss to prove she's moved on—until his sizzling kiss awakens memories of passion too hot to ignore.…
Jackson knows he was a fool to let Sara go, and he intends to win her back. To convince her he is still worthy of her love, she'll need a lot of sweet, sensual loving…and he'll need a little help from her friends.
Question: In what hotel, city, state, and with what organization will Michelle Monkou be participating in a mega-author literacy booksigning?
Contest Deadline: May 31st, '08.
Prize: A lucky winner will receive a Bath and Body Works Gift pack and copy of Sweet Surrender.
Please email (contests @ authorsoundrelations.com) with your answer and include your full name and mailing address. Please also mark the subject heading as Michelle Monkou Contest.
Jasmine Haynes Contest
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Passion first. Names later. This is what erotic romance is all about.
Trinity Green dreamed of uninhibited passion— something she couldn't expect from her husband. Then she found him getting down and dirty with another woman, and Trinity decided to stop pleasing other people and start pleasing herself— whether with great food or sexy strangers. But with true passion comes real connection, and soon Trinity must admit—and accept—who she really is.
Question: What is JB Skully’s favorite TV show?
Hint: You can easily find the answer on Jasmine's website!
Contest Deadline: May 31st, '08.
Prize: Autographed copy of Jennifer Skully’s It Must Be Magic
Please email (contests @ authorsoundrelations.com) with your answer and include your full name and mailing address. Please also mark the subject heading as Jasmine Haynes Contest.
Susan Stephens Contest
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The bartered bride?
Self-made billionaire Alexander Kosta has come to the island of Lefkis for revenge. He will see it destroyed, as it tried to destroy him...
He doesn’t count on feisty pint-sized beauty Ellie Mendoras to be the thorn in his side! She’s sought refuge on the island to escape her troubled past…now she’ll fight the gorgeous Greek tycoon with all her strength.
But there’s a dangerous smile on Alexander’s lips... As far as he’s concerned Ellie’s a little firecracker who needs to be tamed. He’ll seduce her into compliance, then buy her body and soul!!
Question: What is the title of Susan's May 08 UK release?
Hint: You can find the answers here!
Contest Deadline: May 15th, '08.
Prize: A copy of EXPECTING HIS ROYAL BABY and a $20.00 gift card from Sephora.
Please email me (contests @ authorsoundrelations.com) with your answers and include your full name and mailing address. Please also mark the subject heading as Susan Stephens Contest.
Barbara Dunlop Contest
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BEYOND BUSINESS
Billionaire Hunter Osland can't believe it. One of the employees in the company his family just bought happens to be his one-night stand, Sinclair Mahoney. With their passion-filled encounter still fresh in his memory, Hunter wants to rekindle their connection. But Sinclair's sudden wariness of tangling with her new boss sets the CEO on a different course of action. First he'll show Sinclair how desirable she is in the boardroom…then he'll prove it in the bedroom.
Question: What had Sinclair always assumed one-night stands would be like?
Hint: You can find the answer on Barbara's website!
Contest Deadline: May 15th, '08.
Prize: A copy of BEAUTY AND THE BILLIONAIRE and a $15 gift card from Barnes & Noble.
Please email (contests@authorsoundrelations.com) with your answer and include your full name and mailing address. Please also mark the subject heading as Barbara Dunlop Contest.
Christina Hollis Contest
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A night of unsurpassable passion…
Penniless and widowed, Sienna has caught the eye of the one man who can save her—Italian tycoon Garett Lazlo, who can't resist her beauty. But cold-hearted Garett doesn't do anything for nothing, no matter how desirable the prospect. He offers Sienna a ruthless deal: he will help her, but she must play by his rules—by giving herself to him totally for one night of unsurpassable passion….
Question: What is the name of Christina's 'very independent cat'?
Hint: You can find the answer here!
Contest Deadline: May 15th, '08.
Prize: A copy of ONE NIGHT IN HIS BED and a $15 gift card from Sephora.
Please email me (contests@authorsoundrelations.com) with your answers and include your full name and mailing address. Please also mark the subject heading as Christina Hollis Contest.
Susanna Carr Contest
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Notify the royal guard…
three everyday women are about to break through the gates, take on the palace and turn on the princes.
Kylee, Lauren, and Shayla are modern-day ordinary women who would never meet the requirements for fabled princesses. Damsels in distress? Definitely not. Fairest in the land? They wish. Pure as snow? Not even close. Now, these three women are about to get to know the wild side of royalty—and inspire three princes to cast the crown aside and bare it all. Their encounters are royally erotic—and the happily ever after they reach is not exactly the fairytale ending you’d expect. It’s much, much hotter. One thing's for sure: These princes never had it so good…
Question: What was Shayla wearing when she met Rafael?
Hint: You can find the answers here!
Contest Deadline: May 15th, 08.
Prize: $15 giftcard from Barnes & Noble.
Please email me (contests @ authorsoundrelations.com) with your answer and include your full name and mailing address. Please also mark the subject heading as Susanna Carr Contest.
Bronwyn Jameson Contest
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REVENGE AT LAST...
Amnesia has stolen millionaire businessman Donovan Keane’s memory. But one look at treacherous beauty Susannah Horton and Van could picture every delicious detail of the weekend they’d spent in his bed. She’d staged their affair to ruin an important deal – a deal about to go to her fiancé.
Not that Van would let that happen. During one hot night, he’d destroy her engagement, take back the deal and walk away with all the memories he’d need.
Good thing, because he’d never be able to get her out of his mind.
The tycoon was vengeance-bound…but the beauty in question was truly innocent.
Question: What is the title of Bronwyn's April 08 release?
Hint: You can find the answer on Bronwyn's website!
Contest Deadline: May 15th, '08.
Prize: A two-in-one featuring SOCIETY-PAGE SEDUCTION by Maureen Child and JUST A TASTE by Bronwyn Jameson and also a copy of Bronwyn's BACK IN FORTUNE'S BED.
Please email (contests @ authorsoundrelations.com) with your answer and include your full name and mailing address. Please also mark the subject heading as Bronwyn Jameson Contest.
Tote Bag Contest - May 08
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There are 2 parts to this contest -
Part 1: Are you a paranormal fan? Vampires, Werewolves, Demons, Ghosts, Shapeshifters, etc... what's your favorite type?
Part 2: What paranormal book are you most looking forward to reading in the next several months?
Needless to say, there are no right or wrong answers here! It's all good!
Contest Deadline: May 31st, '08.
Prize: An advance reading copy of Emma Holly's DEMON'S FIRE and a few choice goodies from Leena's Goodie Room.
Please email me (contests @ authorsoundrelations.com) with your answers and include your full name and mailing address. Please also mark the subject heading as Tote Bag May 08.
Trivia Tote Contest - May 08
Add the missing vowels (Words are divided with a / ) :
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1. R*M*NC*NG / TH* / D**D
2. D*RK / N**DS / *T / N*GHT'S / *DG*
3. B**ND / T* / L*V* / H*R
4. H*NG*RS / *F / TH* / H**RT
5. TH* / D*RK*ST / N*GHT
6. *NG*L / *F / M*RCY
7. TH* / STR*NGTH / *F / TH* / P*CK
8. TH*S* / B**TS / W*R* / M*D* / F*R / STR*TT*NG
9. SH*K*NG / *F / TH* / D*ST
10. H*TT*R / *FT*R / M*DN*GHT
11. *NST*BL* / *NV*R*NM*NT
12. B*C**S* / Y**R / V*MP*R* / S**D / S*
Contest Deadline: May 31st, '08.
Prize: An advance reading copy of Anya Bast's WITCH BLOOD and a few choice goodies from Leena's Goodie Room.
Please email me (contests @ authorsoundrelations.com) with your answers and include your full name and mailing address. Please also mark the subject heading as Trivia Tote May 08.