April Contest News! by Nancy Fraser #RomanceGems

Spring has finally sprung! April has arrived, the sun is shining (somewhat) and the first shoots of flowers are peeking through the thaw. Soon my favorite lilac trees will be in full bloom and I'll barter for bouquets from perfect strangers. Last year I had fresh lilacs twice a week for three straight weeks and all it cost me were six pans of traditional shortbread. A cost I was more than happy to pay!

Hopefully everyone's escaped April Fool's Day (so far) without falling victim to a prank. Or, if you were caught, I hope you got a laugh out of it. My April Fools Day is also book release day for my new short story (more about that in my regular post on the 5th).

For now, we're going to discuss our upcoming contest.

April Contest News

These don't count !!!

We'll be running only one contest in April and, in the spirit of the season, it will be an Easter Egg/Scavenger Hunt. The contest begins today and will run through midnight Saturday, April 27th.

The object of the game is to find Easter Eggs hidden among our authors' social media sites. Each author will hide an egg somewhere on their social media. Then, when it's their day to post to the blog, they'll provide you with links to two or three of their sites. Their specially chosen egg will be on one of those sites. Feel free to "like" or "follow" the author when you visit.

All you have to do is explore their listed sites, find the egg, and send us your answer. In order to enter, you will need to use the "Contact the Romance Gems" link found on the lower left sidebar of this blog page. On the contact form, you will need to include the following: The author's name or date of the post, where you found the egg (e.g., their website, Facebook, Twitter) and the color of the Easter Egg. Also, please include your full name in the body of the email.

Please do not include your answer as a comment on the day's post.

The Easter Bunny may also visit our Facebook Author/Reader Page from time to time throughout the month. Be sure to stop by for a visit. If you don't yet belong to our group, you are welcome to join while you're there.

Note: The eggs won't stay on the guest sites forever. Most authors plan to leave the egg on their social media site for 2-3 days so please remember to check back daily. You don't want to miss the chance to find as many eggs as possible.

The emailed entries will be tabulated and the person who has found the most correctly identified Easter Eggs will be the winner. In case of a tie the names will be put into a random draw to select the overall winner.

All contest information can be found on the Giveaway Tab at the top of the blog page!

The Grand Prize: A $20 Amazon Gift Card
Additional Prizes: Books from the Romance Gems authors (more to come on this a bit later)

How about we get started?

I've hidden an egg on one of my social media sites. Here are the three links you will need to start your search: Website ~ Facebook ~ BookBub. However, only one site will have the egg!

And, of course, I would appreciate likes and follows when you visit!

Nancy