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I’m attracted to the Contemporary.  Reading a book, saving the world.

I have never read a Jill Shalvis novel, but based on the good vibes here and at Dear Author, have placed her on my wish list on ‘read it swap it’ (my new best friend).

Please enter me in the random draw!

Please enter me in your drawing for a free book!

Ooooh!  Hot damn, sign my ass up!

Sounds like an interesting read.  Would love to win a copy!

Your review makes me want this!  Spread the love!

Sounds very enjoyable.  I want.

This sounds like a great book and I love Jill Shalvis.  Please enter me!

your review makes it look good for a read!

Contemporaries are my favorites.  I am not much for historical.  Sign me up.

OOOOOH pretty please? i reckon we need to get some SAVE the CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE tshirts :D

I love free books la la la la la

Your review made this sound wonderful, I’d love to have the chance to win a copy!

This sounds like a great book - heck, any book that can get a reviewer to google skiing lessons out of the blue is an awesome book!  Please sign me up for the free copy giveaway.  I’m always in the market for a good story.

Jill Shalvis has a new book?!? I love this author!

I’d love to read this—I was so disappointed when I trooped off to Amazon and realized that (a) it wasn’t out yet and (b) didn’t seem to have an ebook version. I need instant gratification!

I recently read and loved ‘Get a Clue’ by Jill Shalvis, and based on that one book I’d like to read her whole back catalogue. Please sign me up! :)

Please sign me up.  :)  It sounds like a great read from your review.

I love the contemporary, please don’t die.

Sounds great! Do you send to Europe, too? :)

Free book?!  I love free books….  Sign me up!

Please enter me! I think this book sounds awesome.

Contemporaries definitely have a place among romances. I need them as a foil to historicals and paranormal. And because the dialogue isn’t limited by vernacular, the characters can let er rrip!!  And who doesn’t like Jill Shalvis.  Really

I got so excited when I saw the great review that I immediately hopped on Amazon in hopes of downloading it…so sad to see it hasn’t released yet!

Please count me in on the contest!

I love contemporaries, but since I read mostly m/m, they’re in a different category. 

I guess I need to read more regular contemporaries…

(my word was believe64…seems appropriate)

Free books = happy Monday.

Found34 - If I find 34 more new authors I’ll be able to make it through that vacation with family. So keep bringin’ em!

Go, contemporaries! (Although I have to ‘fess up to reading mostly paranormal…)

I’ve never read a Jill Shalvis novel.  It sounds great!  I love contemporaries, but like Cassie, I’ve been reading more MM lately.

I’m all for saving the contemporaries.  One of the best books I’ve read all year was a contemporary.

Somehow, for me, getting a man out of his jeans is so much better than getting him out of his breeches!!!!

Love Jill Shalvis!  I’m so glad to see she has another book out, and I love this contest!  As a writer, contemporary is my favorite genre.  I love to read it and write it.  So the idea of it “vanishing” irritates and saddens me.  :(  They said the same thing at some point about western romances, historicals and even paranormal at one point and those came back strong.  Contemporaries just need some kind of packaging beyond cutsey covers.  They’ll find it.  I have faith.  :)  Goooooo Contemporaries!

Oooh, please. It looks interesting/fun/contemporary. Send a little love my way….

I really hope contemporary romance doesn’t go anywhere. I love it.

I love contemporaries and Jill Shalvis is one of my favourites.  Her dialogue is so clever and her heroes are yummy.  I’d LOVE to win a copy of this book (but Jill, if you’re reading comments, I’ll buy it for sure if I don’t!).

Well, I love me some historicals, but I also love me some free literature.  Sign me up!

This is one of the books on my ever-expanding to be read pile!
Margay

Free book, yes plz!

-anin

I went directly from your review to order other Shalvis books. I’d love this one, too.

ooohhh . . . love Jill Shalvis!

keeping fingers crossed!

Free book and camera? I’m in.

Into the hat with my name please.

Here I am again, begging.
prettypleasewithwhippedcreamandcherriesontop?

Love Jill Shalvis!

Can’t pass up the chance for a free book!

I’m always happy to save the contemporary. Or read a book. Anytime.

Here’s hoping especially as I’m not known for my winning ways.

I just recently found the fabulousness of contemporary trashy books, and I have to say, I love them!  Actually, the book that I’m reading is a contemporary.  I would love to get a free copy of this book!

Jill Shalvis is great. Thanks for the chance to win!

Please, please, please pick me. I want knew books but my wallet is telling me no :(

mememe?

Sounds like a great read ... I’m in!

Wow. I thought it was dying too, but if ya’ll like it, its probably worth it!

I’m all about saving the contemporary romance. =)

Oh please sign me up!

it’s fabulous to find a chance to win a free book first thing in the morning.
Thanks, Smart Bitches!

Please put me in.

Please enter me!  (I hope this doesn’t double post; I got an error the first time.)  :D

Ooooh, new Jill Shalvis!  I can’t wait…sign me up!

ooh, please sign me up!

After the awesome Victoria Dahl rec a few months ago I trust your taste on contemporaries, I’ll read this for sure. I’m in!

sounds like a great read!

Booooook. Want book. :D

I love me a good contemporary, so count me in.

A “Save the contemporary” tee sounds awesome (re: Jodie).  I have a theory that I get 10% more tips at my bartending job if guys can “read” my chest.  More if they can actually comment on what I’m wearing.  That shirt would certainly generate conversation.  A bonus would be if I actually won the book that it referenced!

sign me up! I love free books and your review is promising :)

LOL Ok now I have to jump in on this happy band wagon…. I’m all for saving stuff, whales, monkeys, contemporary books. Whatever. Just hand me a placard and wave me to where I’m to stand and I will be there.
Oh wait this is the internet, ok now I feel slightly useless, here I am willing to endure snow and freezing winds for the cause and I’m left just writing this goofy message on a board.
Hope my sincerity rings true, hope you know I fully appreciate what an endangered breed this contemporary romance book represents. I wouldn’t want the whole species to go extinct just because bloodsuckers and shape-shifters have taken over the world with there well thought out campaign of gore and biting being the new sexiest thing. Now that’s HOT. Ooops I mean, bad vamp, down dog, let the regular Joe humans have a fighting chance here!

Well count me in in the quest to re-establish regular humane males back to the forerunner in romance!  Grrr get me a Sugar Daddy, um I mean, Go sexy contemporary romance, Go!

Free book?  Why the hell not?

whoo-hooo free books….and one that sound so good!

Just bought two contemp romances in the last week….but not this one.  Would love to check it out.

Sign me up.  The one Jill Shalvis book I read was seriously bad, but bad in a way that made me think I might like other things by her.  A free book would be an excellent way to test that theory.

Hooray for contests!  Hooray for free books!  :)

The cover does nothing for me (repeat:  NOTHING) but I can’t resist any novel that promises laughs.

Oh, yes please! Your last contemporary recommendation was fantastic read so am definitely going to have to grab this one now.

I’d love to read a book that you love like “damn and whoa”. Sign me up.

(PS - I was going to say “Enter me” but that sounds a bit rude :)

Sign me up, plz!

I already like her stuff and charming?  I’m up for charming.

Free! :)  It sounds good…

I want to win! 

I really enjoyed Karen Hawkins new contemporary, although I LOVE her historicals—but I don’t read that many contemp’s.

*excited hand raising* Oh! Oh! Me! Pick me!

You guys keep convincing me to read more Contemporaries.  There goes my wallet. ^___^

Me! I’d like to enter the random drawing for Instant Attraction.

Love contemporary romance.  Sign me up!

HI!! This book is so on my to buy list!!!  It would be fantastic if I won it! ;) lol
THANKS!

The review sounds good, sign me up!

sign me up…but if you don’t pick me it is already on my list to buy on January 27!

If I don’t win, it’s going on my library request list.  Love the NYPL! and the site!

I give up trying to paste anything widget or otherwise to facebook or myspace. I just can’t do it.
Otherwise I would be happy to cause I would really like to win. but since the kid who used to do this is no longer here and instead of showing me how would just do it like Speedy Gonzales, I am still not able to figure it out.

Being old is a bitch sometimes.

Oh! I am still so happy that you guys are promoting the Contemporary! :)

I kind of gave up on contemporaries because it seemed like they were all about cowboys, cops, millionaires, and girls who like shoes way, way more than I do. Basically I seemed to relate more to the characters in historicals.  But that was years ago and I am sufficiently intrigued by the recommendations that I am currently waiting for “Talk Me Down” to arrive from Amazon.  So maybe I will have to be giving the genera another shot.

I want one.

Add my name, please!

I haven’t read anything by Jill Shalvis before, but your review of the book makes it sound like something I would like to read. I’ve added it to my list of books to read.

Save the contemporary, save the world. Sign me up!

If I can’t score one of the freebies, this book is definitely going on my Amazon list for that magical day in the future when I haz moneyz.

I love to read contemporaries, and I have had my eye on this book since I first heard about it.  Please enter me in the drawing.

Count me in. I just read your review and it shounds like a great book.

Woo~ Everybody loves a good free book. <3

Oh pick me! The book sounds yummy!

I’m always up for winning books.  Thanks for the opportunity.

Sam

The review sounds great and I really like Jill Shalvis.  I’d love to read it!  Thanks for this opportunity.  :)

Angie

I love these “Save the contemporaries” contests. I’m a big fan of contemporary romances and this book sounds great. Sign me up! :)

*waves sign saying*
Save Contemporaries!!

Put me on the list to win a copy!

Definitely save the contemporaries! It’s what I write!

It’s a long list but add me in too!

Contemporary: the new paranormal.

Yeah, sign me up!

I’m a huge contemporary fan and let me tell you while on a cruise I met a woman with that camera & it’s great!

I’ve never read Jill Shalvis, but I’m now going on a hunt for some of her books.  Please sign me up for the book giveaway - if not a winner I’ll still buy the book!  Sounds wonderful.

Can’t get enough of Jill’s writing.  Please put me in for a chance at this book.

Yay, can I have a free book please?

It sounds like Shalvis has a good group of fans, and this is a great opportunity for her to gain even more. Please enter me for one of the copies!

Pick me!

Good Lord I love a free book!  Not to mention a free Flip…

goody, goody

I’m in! :)

I’ve never read a book by Jill Shalvis that I haven’t loved. I would love a copy of Instant Attraction!

*reads the Amazon description* Okay, that sounds totally nomsome.

Keyword: several69. One can only hope.

I’m such a huge Jill Shalvis fangirl. Dying ti read this one!

ooh, pick me, pick me!
thanks!

This has been on my TBB booklist! Please put my name in.

Yay!  Books!

Count me in! If I don’t win, I’m still gonna get this book. The reviews have gotten me salivating to read it, ha. Thanks!

This is on my list too—please pick me! :)

Your review makes this book sound super awesome. I’d love to win a copy!

I love me some contemporary romances.  Being free makes them even better! :D

Hah, spam word: pattern56.  Oh, spam words, how did you know I loved knitting so?

Hear, hear! Save the contemporary!

It’s in my amazon wish list just in case I don’t win!

Damn and Woah?

I’m in.

I love contemporary novels - and Jill Shalvis. I try to stop by her blog daily. Save the contemporary!

[Heh -and my antispam word is “british77” - which is fun because I almost mentioned that my first love/what brought me to romances were historical romances.]

Please pick me! I love Jill Shavis!

not only am i psyched about the possibility of a free book, i’m also really excited to hear about a new (to me) author with more books to go find and read! huzzah!
i’ll have to see if my mom’s read any of her books. if not, there’s two new readers all because of one review.
nicely done, bitches.

Just call me Hiro Nakamura.

Looks good.. and with the smart bitches digging it I know I will too!  Come to mama!

Ohhhh, want. Really want. So far, your recommendations for contemps have been great—I LOVED “Talk Me Down” and “Flat Out Sexy”!

Jill is a fabulous author, please enter me to win a copy of her (has to be) wonderful book! *G*

The book sounds great, and the broader goal of saving the contemporary makes it even better.

Looks awesome…

This books sounds great and I would love to win it!

Oooh, free books about sexy times! Please add me to the queue…

Contemporaries rock!  Thanks for wanting to save them :-D

I am always pro free books!

Sounds like a good read—count me in!

I’ve been looking for a good contemporary! I’m in!

looks like one that will hold my attention thanks for the giveaway

Thanks for the review!  This one sounds most enjoyable.

Me! Me! Me!
(btw—spam word is head42.  The answer to life, the universe, and everything?  Perhaps!)

I was a total book snob until I read Crusie’s WTT and fell in love with contemporary romances.  I progressed to historicals, paranormals and every other kind of romance.  Now I’m an equal opportunity reader, but contemporary romance still holds a special place in my heart.

This sounds like a great book.  I’d love to win a copy!

I would love to read this.

Thanks

Those reviews sure got me curious—I’m in!

[feebly waves hand in the crowd]

Good Lord there are a lot of entries!  You know I would love to read this book right?  And you know I am your new best friend right?  I WANNA WIN!

I’m a fan of Jill’s books and would love to win “Instant Attraction.”

I’ll check it out, but I haven’t read a contemporary in quite some time now…

Oh please! I’d love a copy!

Save the contemporary, sod the historical.  No-one does it like Georgette Heyer so stop trying!

Hey there are still a LOT of us around who love a hot, steamy…a little bit trashy book :) I have one friend that reads them constanly and she is 75 years old haha.

sign me up

Me love free book, like me love cookie.

Thanks for a great chance!

The review makes me want to meet the heroine, and by ‘meet’ I mean ‘read’.

I still wish I knew why my gravatar won’t show up here, though.

Pick me! Advanced copy! :)

Please enter me in the drawing!

Please enter me in the competition too!

Count me in, please!

I love her books. Would be great to win this.

I can’t tell if I think the the guy on the cover is sexy or creepy…luckily I’ve never had that problem with guys in real life. Yeesh!

Coming out of lurkdom for a great read. Please, pick me!!!

I love contemps - that is all I read and I love Jill.  So what is that nonsense I have been hearing that contemporaries are dying?

And yes, I would love to win Jill’s book. She is a hoot.

I’ve never read any of Ms. Shalvis work.  This looks like a good place to start.

I love her!! She is one of my auto buys everytime!!!

Loved the review and I will read this book and enjoy it. I love tortured heroes and heroines who get their acts together and learn to live and love again.

Wow!  You must have struck a cord cause there are LOTS of comments.  Hope I win.  I haven’t read a contemporary in a while.

I loves teh free stuff.  I must be regressing to student days.

zebra38…well yes in UK sizes ze bra is 38.  What is ze point?

I’d love me a free book!

Ooh me! Free books rock my socks!

Would love to win-

Yay! Contemps Rock

I like to win free books! Enter me please. :D

I love contemporary, and prefer it to historical, so I can’t imagine a world without it. This book sounds really interesting. I hope I win! Of course I never win anything, but hey.

Sounds good to me…please enter me in the drawing. Thanks

I would love to win a copy of Jill’s latest book!

I’m not usually a contemporary romance kind of girl, but your review sparked my interest. It’s time to switch my reading up a bit, I’ll have to give this one a try

Would love to read it!  Free is always a good thing!

I’d love to win a copy of the book!  I read all kinds of books, but haven’t read a good contemporary lately.  Please enter me in the drawing!

Love Jill! Love Contemporaries! Historicals are not my thing either, except Nicole Jordan and select fav authors who write one occasionally.

Please pick me, I love contemporary but haven’t found a good one in so long!!!!

I ought to read more romance.

I love all of Jill’s books!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome contest!  I dig contemporary romance and would love the opportunity to read this one!

I love free things, the only problem? - I never receive them. Please?

Free book+ Jill Shalvis = win!
I love Jill Shalvis, please sign me up.

spam word: story88

give me 88 free books!

Put my name in the hat.  This book sounds great.

Keep up the good work.  And enter me for a free book :-).

Great giveaway!  Thanks!

Since I so highly enjoyed your last recommendation for “Save the Contemporary” I might as well give this one a shot, too!!

Ooh, count me in, I’d love to win this.

oh oh oh, I want another free book

I often reccomend and lend ut books from my collection, so I would be happy to spread the word if I had some words to spread!

madamerkf at aol dot com

I am always open to reading a good contemporary romance.  From the books description and your comments about it, this is definitely one I would be interested in reading.

I’d love to win a copy. But (I’m lame! Mea culpa, mea culpa!) I don’t have a site. MyFacebook page is the closest I can manage.

I’ve got this on my reserve list at my local library but I would love a free copy! *puppy eyes*

Yaaay! Just entering a contest for free books makes me feel like I’ve got a free book.

Count me in!  I bought Talk Me Down after the competition ended and it was amazing!

order24 - I wish you had ordered 24 copies to give away!

Haven’t read any of her books yet, but all the great buzz for this book, had to put it on my wishlist.

If only the cover model were included with the giveaway. Rowr!

I’m always up for a new author and new book.  Cross my fingers and hope to win!

Oh, yes! Book me, please!

Cool contest—- thanks so much!  Sounds like a great book.

:)

Gimmie book!!! I wants it!

Your review for this story was excellent. I’m definitely reading this soon.

me, me, me!  oh, please pick me!  (but I’m adding it to my amazon wishlist, just in case)

I love a good contemporary, and free would be even better.

Free books are always welcome; good ones even more so.

Holy lots o’comments, Batman!  But I thought I’d enter, anyway. Gotta love the contemporary. Especially since I write them!

Sounds like a great read…sign me up for a free book!

I want to be in the random drawing! maybe this will make me like contemporaries..

Yay—I didn’t even realize Jill shalvis had a new one out this month. Sign me up for the drawing, please…

Please enter me in the drawing for the paper copy of the book.

I love books…..  I also like all the blog reviews I am finding online

Did someone say free?  I can totally get behind free!

Please count me in. I love Jill’s books! She always infuses her great sense of humor in her writing, not to mention the hot heroes. :)

Thanks for the chance to win!

Since I never win if I respond early, I decided I’d wait for a while this time.  I’d love a copy.  I recently read Shalvis’ 2 Blazes about firefighters and had a blast with them.  Would love to read this one and see how she translates to the longer format.

I’d love a copy - please enter me in the drawing!

Save the contemporary! Count me in!

I love all of the giveaways that you all do!! Thanks :)

That sounds awesome! I’d love to give it a try - I just picked up the Victoria Dahl book you recommended earlier this evening, and it’s got me in a contemporary kick right now.

Worth a shot! No one in their right mind turns down a chance at a free book.

I’ve been in such a contemporary groove right now, which is weird because like 4/5 of my bookshelf is historicals, but I’ve been burning through all mine.  Clearly I need this book.

can I please be counted in on this? Yay!

It’s a book I’d add to my TBR pile. Count me in please.

The last several “save the contemporary” recommendations were dead on.  Sign me up to maybe win a copy, knowing I’ll buy one if I don’t win.

count me in-sounds very interesting. Looking forward to reading this-winning it or not.

Never read a contemporary romance, so I am very interested in this free book!

Sounds like a great book!

Enter me please! This book sounds fab.

I choose books from your review list. 
I’d love to read it.  I’m in!!

Oh, please enter me in the contest.

Thanks!

Brenda Bradshaw told me that you were reviewing this book and about the book give-away.  I have never read this particular author, but based on your review I need to take a look at this contemporary romance author.  I am adding it to my list of books to read and would love to be included in the give-away.

if the book is anywhere as well written as that review was then I want a copy-
and you really do write a hella good review-

Count me in! AWESOME!

Add my name please.  I’m really feeling the pressure to read this book!  lol

Recently began reading Jill Shalvis and I can’t get enough!

Have never read Jill Shalvis but have heard lots about her books from my friend PL.  Would love to start with this one!!!!

Enter me please!

Oh please, oh please, pick me!  Sounds like an awesome book.

I’d love to be entered! :)

Spamword: quality51…it seems oddly appropriate.

I want a free book - this looks good!  Who cares that my TBR pile is approaching triple digits.

Hoorah. I’m in - now that I’m a college student again, all my book money is going to tuition and textbooks.

Count me in please!  I just keep coming across glowing comments for this book.

I am curious about this book, this blog is what led me to pick up Victoria Dahl’s Talk Me Down and boy did I really like that like damn and whoa!

i want i want! *must read and save the contemporary*

Oooh, never read a contemporary romance before… Looks like fun.

yay! free books!

sounds interesting! count me in!

love jill count me inn

Free books? Love it!

I like free stuff!

I have no money, no reading material and way too much time on my hands. Count me in for free books!

contemporary romance is a dying breed

Say it ain’t so… It’s my fave romance category.

I started reading contemps in the late 80’s. YES, I’m that old!!

I was saddened when a lot of my favorite authors changed to romantic suspense…Nora Roberts, Heather Graham, Elizabeth Lowell,Sandra Brown etc just to name a few.

Now, to hear that contemps are dying…

I love Jill Shalvis’ humor, her character’s chemistry!!
Please put me in for “Instant Attraction”!!

I’m hoping that people are just temporarily cutting back due to the horrible economy.
Please don’t take my contemps away!! They’re my favorites too!!

Is it Too late? Do you send to Europe, too?
The book sounds interesting. :)

Sounds very good. Please count me in!

Jill Shalvis is a wonderful author.  I always enjoy her books.

I’m always up for trying another author

While my love of romance novels started with historicals, the contemporary soon took and equal spot in my heart. And how do I enjoy the Brava Kensington line of romances! Please sign me up for this awesome giveaway.

I would love to read this book. Count me in please.

I am down for free books, and after reading your review, this is one I’ma pick up in any case.

*fingers crossed*

I want to help save the contemporary