Michele Scott - CONTESTS!!!!!

Readers who have followed the Wine Lover's Mystery series have gotten to know Nikki Sands pretty well. I receive lots of e-mails reguarly as to why a reader loves Nikki or giving me thier thoughts on what Nikki should do, etc. Since my readers are so involved with Nikki and her life I thought it might be fun to run a contest that really "involves" the readers. If you've watched the book trailers of books 1-5, you will notice that you never see Nikki's face, only a profile, her lips, her eyes, but you never realy get to see what Nikki looks like. That's where you, the reader comes in!

E-mail a photograph of yourself (color or black and white) and a paragraph as to why you think you would make the perfect Nikki Sands to NikkiSandsContest@gmail.com.

It will help if you've read the series!

Four semi-finalists will be chose and their photos and paragraphs will be up on the site on January 30th, 2010. Readers will then have an opportunity to vote on who they think makes the perfect Nikki Sands.

The winner will then receive signed copies of all of the books, a gourmet food & wine basket (must be 21 years old), three night stay with a guest at an amazing B&B in Mendocino, Ca at The Brewery Gulch Inn http://www.brewerygulchinn.com/, where the winner and her guest will stay amidst the California, ancient redwoods overlooking the Pacific Coastline and they will receive gourmet breakfasts to order daily as well as afternon wine and appetizers. The winner will also star in A Toast to Murder book trailer, which will air on this site on March 30th--one week prior to the books release. The trailer will also go out to dozens of other channels, which will also be posted here on the site.

Semi-finalists will receive signed copies of all of the books in the series. Good Luck! Please e-mail contest entries to NikkiSandsContest@gmail.com The contest officially begins November 15th. Semi-finalists will be announced on the site on January 30th, and the winner will be announced March 30th.

Enter this month-you could be the next winner!

The Rules

You must include ALL pieces of information requested in the form above, or your entry isn't complete. Winners will be chosen at random from all correct and complete entries. International entries are accepted.

Only entries received through this website will be considered eligible. Odds of winning are dependent upon number of eligible entries received. Only one entry per person, please. Duplicate entries will be voided.

Winner[s] will be notified by e-mail within 30 days of the drawing and names may or may not get posted to this website. All winner name listings will be name and city of residence only so as to protect the privacy of the winner. Except as required by law, Michele Scott will not share entrant information with any third parties. Entry constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use the winner's name, hometown, likeness, and any text submitted for purposes of Michele's advertising and promotion without further compensation.

Any prize or prize notification returned to the sponsor as undeliverable will result in the awarding of that prize to an alternate winner. Sorry, no cash equivalent.

No purchase necessary. The answer to Michele's contest can almost always be found on this website. And in the rare case of needing to look into an actual book, please utilize a local library as Michele's books are regularly available through most library systems.

Please note that while Michele does read all your entries, she unable to respond personally to them. To email her, click here.

All contest entrants will be automatically subscribed to Michele's advertisement-free e-newsletter! (Unsubscribing is straightforward.)

Neither Michele nor her web team shall be held responsible for technical failures in entry transmission, or for any damage to participant's computer occasioned by participation in this contest/promotion or downloading any information necessary to participate in the promotion.

Employees and contractors of any of Michele's contracted (at the time of the contest's duration) publishers, agents, and/or hired contractors (web design, publicists, etc) and affiliated companies and members of those employees'/contractors' immediate families are not eligible.

It will help if you've read the series!

For Book Clubs!

Three book clubs will receive up to 12 signed copies of Happy Hour, plus a bottle of red and a bottle of white wine or if they prefer coffees and teas. They will also receive gourmet goodies with their wine and book basket. Winners must be willing to write a review of Happy Hour on a book site of their choice, and send "author" proof of review. Author will also do a conference call with the book club if they desire, via SKYPE.

To enter please email: happyhourbook@gmail.com.