TAKE ME AWAY contest!
To celebrate the upcoming release of my first Aphrodisia title, Take Me, I’m holding my biggest contest yet! I want to get the word out about my book, and I need your help!
ENTERING THE CONTEST
To enter the contest, copy the code (click on ’share’) of the graphic above and post it to your Facebook, Blog, Myspace, Website, or any of the options that are offered in the graphic. Come back and leave a comment in this very post with a link to your blog entry or wherever you’ve posted the graphic and your answer to the following question: If you could close your eyes and just be Taken Away somewhere at this moment, where would you go?
If for some reason you are unable to post the graphic, just blog about my contest or post about it on Facebook or Myspace or in a group somewhere. Just tell me where you’ve posted about it and provide a link to it, even if I can’t go there to check it out. But of course, I’m hoping you can share the link since I just adore the graphic Frauke made me!
The winner of the First and Second prize will be announced the morning of August 2nd. This contest is open to both authors and readers alike!
MONTH LONG BOOK GIVEAWAY!
I’m also going to be giving away books by other authors during the month of this contest on my blog! So be sure to check back often! The winner will be posted the morning after, in the comments section in daily drawing. Because of the time it takes, I do not track down winners, so be sure to come back and check to see if you won!
AUGUST 1ST NEWSLETTER CONTEST
All members of my newsletter will be automatically entered in a special surprise contest. The winner will be drawn on August 2nd! Sign up for my newsletter
RULES
Because of the nature of some of these books, you must be at least 18 to enter! By entering this contest you’re stating that you are at least 18 years of age.
This contest is open to residents both inside and outside the U.S. (If for some reason the Amazon/LUSH gift certificates cannot be sent outside the U.S., alternate prize will be decided upon!).
Winners are drawn randomly. I will be sending out books to winners for the book giveaway on my blog once a week (so I’m not at the post office every day!). Because of the time it takes, I do not track down winners, so be sure to come back and check to see if you won!
Everyone over the age of eighteen is eligible for this contest, including authors and professionals in the publishing industry (we’re all readers!).
Have fun and thanks for entering! (And by the way, if your comment doesn’t show up right away, it likely got stuck in the spam filter and I’ll pluck it out!)






http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1661504552&ref=name
That’s the address where I left my link to Take Me. Can’t wait for its release!!
Just had to put that in because I love dancing banana! Hee Hee
If I could be taken away right now and deposited somewhere else, I’d love to be deposited on a tropical island. Ya know, like the Bahamas or Jamaica, or Hawaii…somewhere where the sun is hot and shining, the breeze is lightly blowing, the drinks are mixed and fruity, the water is warm, and the men are hot!
Hmmm, where would I go…I would love to take a relaxing trip through the Scandanavian countries…Finland / Sweden / Norway…during the summertime…Michelle B.
This is Life? at:
avidunicorn.blogspot.com
I hope that I win (did I tell you my 51st birthday is on 7/23)….
Whoops! forgot to answer the question
I would love to be swept away to Tahiti. A lovely cabana over the water, with an unlimited tbr pile of books ( a some cheesecake would be welcomed too!)
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1097520497&ref=profile
Hmmm, If I could be taken away anywhere….it would have to be the Scottish Highlands. Wait…A resort spa in the Scottish Highlands. No..wait…a resort spa in the Scottish Highlands with a pool boy named Liam. There.
Congrats Shelli on the book release!
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Hey Shelli!
I blogged about your contest on both my Rhian and Rachel blogs. Hopefully that’ll spread the word a bit further.
RC
My blog post: http://natashasnews.vox.com/library/post/take-me-away-contest.html
If you could close your eyes and just be Taken Away somewhere at this moment, where would you go?
I would….love to go to Tahiti. And my husband would have to be with me ;)
Congrats on your upcoming release!!
posted on my facebook http://www.facebook.com/flipinidaho
Hi I posted on my myspcae bulletin look me up at rasco630@yahoo.com Tameka Green
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?filter=app_2915120374#/profile.php?id=1096244821&ref=profile
Lots of my friends read steamy stuff, so I made sure to say that!
Let’s see, if I could be taken away right now…
I’d be sipping an espresso drink at a sidewalk cafe in Italy while dressed in something chic and the gorgeous Italian waiter flirts with me when he brings me a pastry. He asks how long I’m in town and if I’d like to go to a gallery opening showcasing the artwork of a famous friend. I tell him I’d love to but that I’m happily married. He puts his hand over his heart and acts terribly disappointed.
http://www.facebook.com/cheri.oggy
Hey Shelli!! Great Contest!
Congrats on Take Me Away’s Release!!
I posted the graphic on my myspace page in the books section
http://www.myspace.com/afshan522
We’re already friends so you shouldn’t have a problem seeing it.
~Afshan
Afshan522@aol.com
I forgot to answer the question. I would be in Maine right now if I could be taken away.
Hello Shelli,
I posted at http://www.facebook.com/roberta.harwell
If I could be taken away to any place on the earth, it would have to be Ireland. I’ve always wanted to visit there. Have a great day. Congrats on the book/release.
I posted to my facebook -
http://www.facebook/pams00
I would love to be taken away on a European tour, visiting the many Castles all over Europe, the Scottish Highlands, the wine vinyards and remote villages :).
Pam S
pams00@aol.com
Hi Shelli! Huge congrats on the upcoming Aphrodisia!! If I could go anywhere, I’d love to go to Scotland. Sit on the grassy hills and just look over the land and see the castles that reach to the skies. Its a nice comfortable day there too, so peaceful!
I posted your icon on my blog and MySpace:
http://caffeys-reads.blogspot.com
http://MySpace.com/AuntCaffey
Hi, Shelli!
I’ve posted your widget on both of my MySpace pages:
http://www.myspace.com/sandyslitehouse &
http://www.myspace.com/sandywritesromance
and also on my Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1398603119&ref=nf
I hope that’s the right link! I’m still new over there and not sure which like to give! The account is under Sandra Marlow if you need that to find it.
Thanks!
Okay, first of all, that is the coolest contest widget thingy I’ve ever seen. I am totally in awe of your techno-skills.
Secondly, you’re being blogged (sounds dirty) and facebooked about! Consider yourself warned! (http://viviandrews.blogspot.com/2009/07/take-me-contest.html)
And… because I’m greedy and really love entering contests… If I could close my eyes and be taken away? It would be to that big pink hotel in Nassau. The one in After the Sunset. Umbrella drinks and white sand. Perfection.
I forgot to answer the question
If I could be transported anywhere……I’d love to go to a tropical beach in the Bahamas….I’ve been there before when I was 18 and man was it the most beautiful place I’ve ever been.
~Afshan
Afshan522@aol.com
Hi, I posted the information on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1759126010&ref=profile
I’m not sure if that’s the correct link though as I’m still new to Facebook.
If I could be anywhere, I would love to visit Egypt and see the cradle of ancient civilization!
Tamsyn
Here’s where I left the link to the contest with a little blurb: http://haremnightsphotography.blogspot.com/. I couldn’t copy and paste the html to my blog, but I figured something else out.
If I could close my eyes and go anywhere it would be back to the time when I was nine years old, before life got complicated, before my parents divorced, before events that can never be changed were set in motion.
Can’t wait for the book release.
Widget posted.
http://juniperrbreeeze.blogspot.com/
Hi, I posted the information for the contest at these for locations:
http://www.myspace.com/beckyqward
http://beckyqward.blogspot.com/
http://powerofp.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/beckyqward
If you could close your eyes and just be Taken Away somewhere at this moment, where would you go?
I would go to Ireland and visit the places where my ancestors came from.
If I could be taken away right now, I’d probably go someplace deserted, maybe a cabin up in the mountains, forget civilization and curl up with a good book. And maybe get rid of this cold. Bleh.
http://starsunite.blogspot.com/2009/07/happy-4th-and-happy-1st.html
http://romanceaddictedreviews.blogspot.com
If I could be taken away anywhere it would be to Montana. I would love to go out west and my first stop would be Montana.
I posted the link to your contest here:
http://www.myspace.com/1wholoves2read
If I could be taken away right now, I’d go to the mountains.
I posted the link to your contest here:
http://www.myspace.com/1wholoves2read
If I could be taken away right now, I’d go to the mountains.
Blogged at a href=”http://alphaheroes.blogspot.com/2009/07/and-now-word-from-our-sponsors.html”>Alpha Heroes!
Hmmm, Taken Away… I’m not picky as long as it’s quiet, has clean sheets and a comfy bed, good room service, and oh, maybe a masseuse on staff.
Crud, the html didn’t work. Did I leave off the close tag? Anyway, here:
http://alphaheroes.blogspot.com/2009/07/and-now-word-from-our-sponsors.html
I posted the contest on my blog.
http://mustlovebooks-delitealex.blogspot.com/2009/07/shelli-stevens-take-me-away-contest.html
If I could be taken away to someplace it would be a beach in the Caribbean where all I’d have to do is lay out in the sun reading a book. A nice swim in the ocean would be great too. Also hotties to serve me cold drinks and massage suntan lotion on me.
Congrats Shelli!
I have added this to my blog sidebar at:
http://seductivemusings.blogspot.com/
If I could be taken away anywhere at this exact moment…I would want to be in Scotland. I have always wanted to go and is a dream getaway for me. Not a beach girl (too fair skinned). Someday maybe :)
cldivineATyahooDOTcom
I posted on my blog and at myspace
http://lisa-freitas.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lisa7561
If I could be taken away somewhere it would have Italy just because it is somewhere that I always wanted to go.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=655151739&ref=profile
If I could be taken away somewhere I’d go to Scotland.
Hi Shelli. I posted the widget on my myspace page. http://www.myspace.com/crystalgb
If I could be taken away somewhere, I would want to go to Hawaii.
I put your widget on the sidebar of my blog here: http://ladyvampire2u.blogspot.com/
If I could be taken away anywhere at this moment, I’d love to be in Alaska. Maybe just coming out of a luxurious log cabin and looking out a the mountains beyond and an inlet below where orca’s are just swimming into view.
Hi Shelli,
I posted on my blog http://myfoolishwisdom.blogspot.com/
The sounds really good. I can’t wait to read it!
If I could be taken away someplace I would want to go to Greece. I would love to see the art, the ocean, and just be at peace with the beautiful scenery.
I posted the graphic on my myspace page.
http://www.myspace.com/zana22
Hi!
I posted your contest on the following:
http://www.myspace.com/rockyandzowie
http://www.authorclcasey.blogspot.com
For some unknown reason I couldn’t get it to post on my website. Sorry. I’ll keep trying.
http://www.myspace.com/200133221
and
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/lrwirum?ref=profile
(myspace & facebook.)
:-)
I posted it on my blog and my myspace.
http://amysmith98.blogspot.com
http://myspace.com/amysmith98
Michelle B.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/amelia.durbin?ref=profile
I blogged about this on my livejournal
http://blodeuedd83.livejournal.com/108273.html
and I posted this up on my sidebar on my bookblog
http://books-forlife.blogspot.com/
I would love to be taken away to Ireland/scotland, Middle Ages, and meet some handsome guy in a kilt ;)
Michelle B.
I posted it on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=584925454&hiq=dina%2Cstornello
I’d loved to close my eyes and be in England, it’s looks like a lovely place.
Thanks,
Dina
Tameka again I forgot to answere the question I would love to get swept away to the Fiji Island I here it’s beautiful there again I posted it on my bulletin in myspace again this is a great book
Hey Shelli – I posted on my blog:
Here’s the link: http://idonotwanttowaitiwantthebooknow.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/contest-shelli-stevens-blog/
If I could be taken away anywhere – I would love to go to The Rockie Mountains (Colorada or Wyoming maybe even Utah). That has always appealed to me.
Hi, Shelli! I can’t get the widget code to appear so I can’t figure out how to copy it, but I did blog about it here:
http://blogs.myspace.com/279790134
And where I’d want to be taken away? To a gorgeous library with my TBR and a personal chef and nanny (to mind the kids while I read), please. As for a specific location for said library, I’m open ;)
I posted here:
http://donnasbloghome.blogspot.com/2009/07/take-me-contest.html
I would want to be taken away to a nice relaxing vacation.
it is posted on the righ sidebar at my place… http://alliwantandmore.blogspot.com/
and if I could close my eyes and wish to be somewhere right now…
Oh MAN!!!
I want to open my eyes to find myself on the beach or Bora Bora… white sand, crystal clear blue water lapping up the edge of the beach… A huge umbrealla over head with my own private cabana boy attending to alll my needs!!!
http://booknerdextraordinaire.blogspot.com/ it’s on a side bar.
If I closed my eyes and at this moment could be taken away, to anywhere, anyplace, anytime.. it would be for a 2 hour massage! Just the thought of being oiled down and having my poor back’s knots worked out sounds positively sublime right at this moment!
Your book sounds good I’ll be getting it, Thanks
Penney
I posted on my blog at http://luckyrosiescreations.blogspot.com/ on a nice beach in a cabana and lots of margaritas
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Here’s where I posted:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&bID=500045421
anywhere? the UK :D
Posted to my blog- http://rebecca-momtestedkidapproved.blogspot.com/
If I could go anywhere right now, I would go to a spa and have a full day away from my kids. I love ‘em, but I am sorely ready for some “me time” ;)
Hi Shelli,
AWESOME CONTEST!!
I finally created my own blog:
http://armloadofbooks.blogspot.com
I’ve posted you on my facebook page!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1493380090&ref=nf
AND, If I could be anywhere right now it would be sandwiched between to hot guys… Doesn’t have to be sexual but I sure would try and make it be!
I blogged about the contest:http://jeanette8042.blogspot.com/
If I could betaken away anywhere it would ahve to be the shores and coasts of Italy. They are breathtaking and amazing places to be, and it would be awesome to be there.
I posted it on Twitter!
JeanneStJames Check out Shelli Steven’s Take Me Away contest: http://bit.ly/1261C5
I posted to facebook
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/jeanette.hornby?ref=profile
I have Italian blood in my veins.I’d love to go to Italy.
I posted this in my facebook page….
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=699660271&ref=profile
And if I could go anywhere it would be Scotland. Gorgeous country with some gorgeous men!
I posted it to my Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A//seed.sproutbuilder.com/ugCqJ1ECFmTrQtYz&t=TAKE%20ME%20Contest
I would love to get away to a private island with a very handsome man
Hello, I posted this on Twitter, Just entering Shelli Stevens take me away contest, hopefully to win something. check it out at http://www.shellistevens.com/fun-stuff/ If I could close my eyes and go anywhere, I think I would go to Ireland and England first and then to Greece and from there to Vermont as these are places I would love to see and experience. Thanks for the contest.
Shelli, I read the first couple of pages on Amazon and the book is awesome!!! I added it to my author blog. It was wonderful to meet you at the literacy signing at RWA Nationals.
http://shawntellemadison.blogspot.com/2009/07/shelli-stevens-take-me.html
I posted on Facebook too
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/home.php?ref=home
As to where I would like to be? In the mountains; a secluded cabin somewhere, relaxing without a care in the world…. Where else?
*waves* Hi Shelli!
Love the sprout very nicely done. I have posted you’re sprout on my blog at http://readingissomuchfun.blogspot.com/
If you could close your eyes and just be Taken Away somewhere at this moment, where would you go?
I would love to be taken away to a nice island with my fiance. Just us two alone *g*
Hugssss
LindaH
Hi Shelli!
Your new novel “Take Me”, sounds awesome and I will look forward to the read!
Please enter me in your contest, I’m posting your widget at my blog. http://lea-closetwriter.blogspot.com
I could close my eyes and be taken away right here right now, I would layaing on a beach in Hawaii, with Johnny Depp, sipping something sinful.. ::waggles brows::
Thank you so much!
L
http://bookblogs.ning.com/profile/AmyMowers
I posted here. I hope that this is right…I am just trying to figure all of this stuff out. If I could close my eyes and go anywhere…hmmm. It would be a deserted island (my husband would be with me)…but we would have all of the luxuries…a little bungalow to spend the days in, food, running water. Basically somewhere that we can be totally alone.
Thanks!
Amy M
http://habrewer.blogspot.com/ I posted it on my blog.
taken away anywhere, I would have to say an island with beautiful sand and clear blue water to get away with my hubs and daughter and granddaughter (hubs and I would miss the baby if we left her at home).
Summer nights have been limited since daugher and granddaughter moved back in with us. Did get to go to Memphis for the Weekend. Saw Wicked the play and stayed at the Casino’s that was nice. When about $400, that was even nicer.
I posted the graphic on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/trackbelle
If I could be taken away to anywhere in the world…I would want to be taken away to Portugal!
Thank you so much for the generous giveaway :)
hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com
I posted the widget here on my blog: http://alitheiascontinuum.blogspot.com/2009/07/take-me-away-contest.html
If I could be taken anywhere in the world right now, I would love to be taken to the top of Mt. Mitchell. Or a beach with nobody around for miles. I could work with that, lol.
I posted the widget on my blog here:
http://razloversbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/take-me-contest.html#links
If I could be taken anywhere in the world I would love to be dropped off in Egypt to explore the tombs and treasures. Or else a nice tropical island where I can relax.
Thanks for the awesome contest, Shelli!
Hi Shelli, I posted your contest on my myspace blog:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll
If I got a chance to go anywhere, I would love to visit my Navy son who is stationed in Georgia. Haven’t seen him since Christmas, and I miss him like crazy. Would love a chance to visit with him, maybe take him out to dinner, and of course, get in some hugs.
Shared:
http://bridget3420.blogspot.com/2009/07/take-me-contest.html
http://www.myspace.com/bridgetlaprairie
http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=1084897775&share_id=103342722809&comments=1&ref=nf#s103342722809
http://romancewriterandreader.ning.com/profiles/blogs/shelli-stevens-contest
That is where i posted your widgit
If i could go somewhere right now i would love to go on an Alaskan Cruise with my husband
Posted up with graphic and question here:
http://www.morbid-romantic.net/2009/07/27/take-me-away-contest/
Thanks!
Cool contest! Love it :)
Shared your graphic on my sidebar at http://bunnymoney9.blogspot.com/
If you could close your eyes and just be Taken Away somewhere at this moment, I would love to be in Europe with my husband! I have yet to visit there!
I was excited to post your graphic at Damned Scribbling Women where I’m sharing editing tips all week. Your contest gave me a break in the heat. Where would I go? Europe, but it’s too hot there right now, so my take-me-away is France in October. A week in Paris with the kids in an apartment near the Rodin Museum. Then – this is the beautiful part – they would disappear somewhere (I have a fuzzy vision of grandma or Mary Poppins) while the husband and I go winetasting. Reckless French fat-filled dining every night, romping through fields of lavender and vineyards, oh la la.
Posted on my blog:
http://bluelittlebird.blogspot.com/2009/07/take-me-away-contest.html
If I could be taken away somewhere, I’d go to Fiji.
Congrats on your new release!
I’ve posted it on my blog- http://the-dip-files.blogspot.com/2009/07/shelli-stevens-contest.html
I’ve also posted it on my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/Hilda.Oquendo
anddd I posted it as a bulletin on myspace at http://bulletins.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=bulletin.read&authorID=463665915&messageID=6514568903
If I could be magically taken away anywhere, I would go back in time, go to London and locate a library that has a full stock of books in leather covers. I’m fascinated by them! And I haven’t had the fortune to find one on sale. I did see one but it was a religious book which I’m not into so I didn’t buy it. But yes, I would soooo love to have a huge collection of leather-cover books! =)
Great contest and congrats on the release!!!!
I posted on my blog
http://mizztara71.blogspot.com/
If I could close my eyes and be Taken Away somewhere-I would love to go to Scotland and tour some old castles.
Posted about your contest on twitter
twitter.com/jrobe10689
[...] Shelli Stevens is celebrating the upcoming release of her first Aphrodisia book, Take Me. First prize: $75 gift certificate to Amazon. Second prize: $25 gift certificate to Lush. Throughout the month of July, Shelli is giving away books on her blog. For full contest details, click on TAKE ME AWAY contest! [...]