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Bloggers & Book Clubs Giveaway

I have book swag from my young adult books to give away. I will pick a couple of names at random to send a box of swag too. If you're having a blast or whatever, I have stuff to send out. Mostly it will be mini-posters and some random things I have. I have a couple of books to give too. I've changed covers or have had revisions - but my office is being taken over! Leave a comment with your blog information or book club information. If you want to send me a private message, email me at devyndawson at yahoo dot com. Thank you for following me! OPEN TO UNITED STATES ONLY - I'm sorry, but my shipping costs are CRAZY! Be sure to subscribe to my newsletter (see the animated cat on the left? there is a subscribe area) to find out about giveaways and events!

Free E-copy of Enlightened

I'm giving away 10 e-copies of Enlightened a $3.99 value.  Yesterday, I uploaded revised edition of The Light Tamer and gave away 100 copies.  If you have the old version (prior to 4/8/12) you can ask Barnes & Noble or Amazon (whichever you bought it from) for a new revised copy of the book.

Enlightened is a Amazon best selling book in both the USA & UK.  This book takes you on a journey that will explain the mystery behind Light Tamers.  Reviewers have loved Enlightened, and by sales, it has been a fan favorite.

I'm giving away 10 e-copies by RANDOM.ORG -How to enter:

Leave a comment with your favorite mushy song (and the band).  I'm looking for a song to inspire me.  Easy!  (I will post the winner here on my blog and on Facebook - I will need your email address if you win) Winner will be posted today.... Oh yeah, there's another giveaway coming up today too!

Good Luck!!!

Flash Giveaway

FLASH GIVEAWAY OF NA E-BOOK Sapphire A Werewolf Love Story!

Leave a comment below telling me the strangest last name you've ever heard - are you Nook or Kindle - I'll pick by random.org in 30 minutes

Must be 18 and over to enter - Book rated 18+ for explicit language and sexual situations

Win E-copy of Sapphire & Swag

18+ Language & Sexual Situations
1 E-copy of Sapphire (any format)
plus mini-poster & crystal book thong made by Devyn DawsonUSA OnlyMust claim prize by 3/31/13 by emailingdevyndawson@yahoo.com
winner will be announced by midnight 3/30/13with address & email (kindle, nook..whatever)If no response on 3/31/13 I will reoffer
WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN COMMENTS
Leave a comment - what Indie Author Book Series do you recommend?  I like YA & NA

Win Free E-copy of Sapphire

3 winners picked by random.orgthis will be deleted in 20 minutewinner names will be announced on Facebook Fan Page
Leave a comment with your email address and Nook or KindleI will gift you the book - I can't if you don't leave an email - if you're worried, please message me on FB with email so I can send this out to you.
drawing in 10 MINUTES!  i WILL BE OFFERING GIVEAWAYS LIKE THIS SEVERAL TIMES
WARNING - THE BOOK IS RATED 18+ FOR LANGUAGE AND SEXUAL SITUATIONSYOU MUST BE OVER 18 TO WIN.
Excerpt
Sapphire
During dinner, I can’t help but admire his good looks and easy spirit.  I dig the way his hair is wavy, and long enough to graze the top of his collar. I love how he uses big words, but not in a way that sounds pretentious.  He has a way of making me feel comfortable.  For reasons unknown to me, it feels as though we've been a couple for a while.  To the outsider, you’d never think we’re on our first date.  He suggests we go downtown to walk through the gardens.  Thankfully, I threw a pair of sandals in my car…there’s no way I could walk around in these stupid heels.  I’ve no idea what I was thinking.  No, I do know what I was thinking….and it would make my mother blush if she knew what a tramp I can be.
I reach across the table to thank Parker for dinner, and assure him I’m fine with him driving.  Before I can register what he’s doing, he lifts my hand to his lips and licks the end of my finger.  He licked me!  I liked it!  My body shrieked and went into full alert the moment his tongue made contact.  Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!  Do it again!  Now.  Take me, here…on the table.  His eyes blaze as I look at him and smile.  My heart is racing and my body gets goose pimples at the memory of the moment.  I’m walking into a web, one which will be hard to escape. 
My eyes divert from his mouth and back to his eyes.  I swear they were glowing with heat.  I wonder if he’s this way on every first date.  What a bunch of idiots to leave this fine man behind to be captured by someone like me.  I wish I hadn’t turned down that glass of wine; I could use a drink about now.  Before we leave, I excuse myself to the ladies room.  I send Ruby a text to tell her I’m safe and it might be a long night.
HE LICKED YOUR FINGER?He did!THAT’S WEIRD!No it isn’t, it was HOT!WHATEVER - STAY SAFE AND DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE!OK <3 Phire
Ruby cracks me up with her inability to use lower case letters.  Everything  she texts is always in all capitals.  My mom is the same way, who says texting isn’t hereditary?  They’re both technology disabled.
As I exit the restroom, I pass an older man who finds it necessary to gawk as he walks by.  Good thing I’m on a date, or I’d have to tell him how disgusting he is.
“Is everything okay?”  Parker says with concern in his voice.I smile up at him in reassurance.  “Of course, and I want to thank you for bringing me here.  The food and atmosphere are amazing.  The company isn’t bad either,” I say and give him a little grin.He holds the door open and my body brushes up against him as I scoot past.  If I didn’t know better, I would have sworn I heard him growl.  
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GRAND PRIZE


 Above are some great prizes from some of the best YA Authors on the market today.  Authors such as Quinn Loftis, Shelly Crane, Tiffany King, Daniele Lanzarotta, Tressa Messenger, Crystal Cattabriga, Melissa Andrea and little old me.

All you have to do is fill out the Rafflecopter.  The grand prize is the I Heart The Light Tamer t-shirt, i-phone case, crystal book thong made by Devyn, autographed copy of The Light Tamer. 


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Note - Open to USA only.  If you don't leave a blog post, you forfeit prize. Winner's must reply with address within 48 hours.  You can only win one grand prize from Devyn every 45 days.

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A Different Blue

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“Tell me what you see when you look at this sculpture,” Wilson asked after a while, his eyes roving down the sensual lines of the stained mahogany.  His hand traced the contours reverently.          I had whittled away the heaviness from the branches, creating hollows and sinews and shaping the suggestion of lovers wrapped around each other while still maintaining the natural innocence and simplicity of the merging branches. The branches were Mountain Mahogany, the wood a natural reddish brown.  I'd rubbed several applications of black stain into one branch, and it gleamed like a black jungle cat, the golden red tones melding with the dark stain so the black looked like it was silhouetted in sunlight.  I applied no stain to the other branch. I had simply buffed and glossed the golden red wood until it was glowing like amber.  The effect was that the two limbs in the sculpture appeared to be different kinds of wood, branches from two different trees. The result was a statement all its own.             I looked away.  I felt hot and angry and my chest was tight with a feeling Wilson always seemed to stir in me.          “I'd rather not.”          “Why?” Wilson sounded genuinely confused by my refusal, since I was usually eager to discuss my carvings with him.            “Why do you want my explanation?  What do you see when you look at them?” I said crossly.  Wilson withdrew his hand from the sculpture and grabbed my braid where it hung over my shoulder.  He tugged it gently, wrapping it around his hand as he did.          “What's wrong?”          “Nothing's wrong.  I'm preoccupied,” I protested.  “And my art is not about what I see.  It's about what I feel.  And right now I don't really want to discuss what I feel.”  I tried to pull my hair free from his hand, but he wound it tighter, pulling me toward him.           “I see limbs, and love, and lust,” Wilson stated flatly.  I stopped resisting, and my eyes rose to his.  Wilson's eyes were wide and frank but his jaw was clenched as if he knew he was crossing that invisible line he'd drawn for himself.           “I'm not surprised you see those things,” I said softly.
          “Why?” His eyes were intense, and I was suddenly furious.  I was in love with Wilson, no doubt about it, but I would not be toyed with, and I sure as hell wasn't going to play kissy face ten minutes after Pamela left.          “You've just spent the evening with Pamela.” I reminded him sweetly.  “She is a beautiful woman.”           Wilson's eyes flashed, and he dropped my braid, turning back toward the sculpture.  I could tell he was mentally counting to ten.  If I made him angry, it was his own fault.  What did he think I was going to do, wrap myself around him after he'd ignored me off and on for months?  I wasn't that girl. But maybe he thought I was.  I took several deep breaths and ignored the tension that simmered between us.  It was thick enough to slice and serve with a big dollop of denial.  He took several steps, his hands fisted in his hair, putting some distance between us.          I stood my ground, waiting for him to make the next move.  I had no idea what he was doing here.  And he didn't seem to know either.  When he looked at me again his mouth was set in a grim line, and his eyes held a note of pleading, as if he needed to convince me of something.            “You said your art is about what you feel, not what you see.  I told you what I see.  Now you tell me what you feel,” he demanded.          “What are we talking about Wilson?” I shot back.  I walked toward him, hands shoved in my pockets.  “Are we talking about the sculpture?”  He watched me as I approached, but I didn't stop until our toes were almost touching.            “If we're talking about the sculpture, fine.  I see desire and belonging and love without space.”  I said the words like I was a guide at an art museum, putting emphasis on the word space.  “What do I feel?  Well, that's easy.  I've been at work all day. I'm tired, Wilson.  And I'm hungry.  And I don't like Pamela.  There.  That's what I feel.  How about you?”           Wilson looked at me like he wanted to shake me until my teeth rattled.  Then he just shook his head and walked to the door.  “I'm sorry I asked, Blue,” he sighed.  He sounded weary and resigned, like one of those TV dads, just trying to tolerate his teen-aged daughter.  “Goodnight, Blue.”           I was too confused and befuddled to even respond.  He walked out of my apartment without another word.

Cover Change for Trust

Trust lost her eyesight when she was ten years old. Coming from a long line of seers, the family knew their legacy would live through their daughter. Yesterday was her 17th birthday, only one year left before she will serve the Seelie Court for the rest of her life. Her pleas to her family to visit the human world have been ignored with pats on the hand and outright laughter. 

She convinces her guardian Foster to take her into the human realm, just one time. When a seer steps to the other side of the shimmer, their eyesight comes back, but not completely. All guys look the same to her eyes, all girls look the same too. Warren is the first human she's ever met, he's beautiful in every way on the inside. Foster tells her the boy isn't attractive and looks sickly. Not to Trust, he's amazing and she doesn't want to lose his friendship. She's decided she no longer wants to return home. Foster's job is on the chopping block if he doesn't return the first seer in a hundred years. Will he return her to fulfill the prophecy, or will he be a risk taker for once in his life?

Young Adult 14+

Meet Trust Summer 2013.

Sapphire Giveaway $5.00 Gift Card

New Adult book - 18+ Strong Language & Sexual Situations
I'm offering an ecopy of Sapphire & $5.00 gift card to Amazon (US Amazon)
Leave a comment - What is your favorite type of paranormal book?  Come back to see if you won!  Winner's name will be posted in comments - Leave your email or message me on Facebook with your email address.  Good Luck!  Winner announced Wednesday 3/27/13

flash Sapphire Release Giveaway

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Werewolf-Love-Story-ebook/dp/B00C12XRAU
GIVEAWAY TIME18+ Explicit Language & Sexual Situations

I'm giving away 5 e-copies of Sapphire 
Easy - Leave a blog comment with the name of the sexiest character you've ever read about (and what book).  
I'll draw a winner's at 4:00 EST    There will be more giveaways coming up.
(be sure to leave email so I can send you your book if you win (or your GCF name - or message me in my Facebook messages with email)  
Good Luck!