Look at the Shiny!

Here it is!  My shiny new redesigned web page.  I love it!!

There are a few more things I’ll be doing to it over time, but feel free to take a look around and let me know what you think about it.

I’d like to take a moment to give a HUGE shout out to the fantastically talented, and outrageously generous ILONA ANDREWS who is the sole genius behind the redesign.  Thank you, Ilona!  You are awesome times three.

And now…to celebrate the new design…I am giving away free books!

Rose Drayton lives on the Edge, between the world of the Broken (where people drive cars, shop at Wal-Mart, and magic is a fairy tale) and the Weird (where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny). Only Edgers like Rose can easily travel from one world to the next, but they never truly belong in either.

Rose thought if she practiced her magic, she could build a better life for herself. But things didn’t turn out how she planned, and now she works a minimum wage, off the books job in the Broken just to survive. Then Declan Camarine, a blueblood noble straight out of the deepest part of the Weird, comes into her life, determined to have her (and her power).

But when a terrible danger invades the Edge from the Weird, a flood of creatures hungry for magic, Declan and Rose must work together to destroy them—or they’ll devour the Edge and everyone in it.

(signed)

esse Calloway was once the brooding bad boy of Twilight, and Flynn McGregor was the girl who meant the world to him. But he never truly fit in, and before long all his opportunities—for romance, for success—slipped away. Now he’s back, all grown up and ready to even the score. Ready to find the woman who should have been his and make her happier than she ever thought possible.

Flynn hasn’t forgotten about Jesse. But she’s made a life for herself in Twilight, a life of friends, family, and the Sweetheart’s Knitting Club, the ladies she keeps in stitches even though she doesn’t know her purls from her pearls. So when the sparks fly once more, she’ll have to decide if she can trust Jesse again . . . and if her high school sweetheart can become her forever love.

(signed)

“Abigail Durant is on the run from a psychopathic lover. When her good friend Eliza Carpenter, a legend in the knitting world, leaves her a cottage, the land it occupies, and all its contents, she hightails it from San Diego to the central California coast to claim her inheritance. But Eliza’s nephew, the strong-willed and stunningly attractive rancher Cade MacArthur, expected to inherit everything and is now understandably upset at what he considers her claim-jumping. Undaunted, Abigail is determined to create a new life for herself, using Eliza’s generous gift to establish her dream of a shop and retreat for other knitters.” —Lynne Welch, Booklist

(signed)

Allie Beckstrom’s lover, Zayvion Jones, is a Guardian of the Gate, imbued with both light and dark magic and responsible for ensuring that those energies don’t mix. But Zayvion lies in a coma, his soul trapped in death’s realm. And when Allie discovers that the only way to save Zayvion is to sacrifice her very own magical essence, she makes a decision that may have grave consequences for the entire world.

(signed)

These twenty-two short stories are measured out with a cup of normal and a pound of the fantastic.

…A normal little girl in a city made of gears, takes on the world to save a toy….A normal ancient monster living in Seattle, must decide if love is worth trusting a hero…A normal patchwork woman and her two-headed boyfriend stitch their life and farm together with needle, thread, and time…a normal vampire in a knitting shop must face sun-drenched secrets…a normal snow creature’s wish changes a mad man’s life…a normal man breaks reality with a hamster…and yes, a normal little robot, defines how extraordinary friendship can be.

Poignant, bittersweet, frightening, and funny, these stories pour out worlds that are both lovely and odd, darkly strange and tantalizingly familiar, where no matter how fantastic the setting or situation, love, freedom, and hope find a way to take root and thrive.

Just leave a comment here, and tell me which of the books you’d like to win.  I’ll draw 5 names on Sunday before midnight PST so I can get them out in Monday’s mail.

47 Comments

  • Ray Schulte

    Devon, your site looks awesome!!! Really goes with your style of writing. As for a book of my preference I would say “On the Edge” as I have all of yours out in bookstores! 😉 But then I would not turn down ANY book signed by an author.
    Ray

  • Melissa T

    I don’t really want a book (I have all of yours and there are way too many unread on my shelf right now anyway). I just had to tell you that the new design is 4 shades of AWESOME.

    And while I’m at it – A CUP OF NORMAL was a few dozen shades of awesome, too.

  • Janice Unger

    Love the new website. I would love to win On the Edge, Magic at the Gate, or A cup of normal. Keep on Rockin!!

  • Carrie

    Hi!

    I actually own all of them except Sweetheart’s Knitting Club – So that one would be great! I LOVE your new site. It is very similar to Ilona’s who I have always thought had a great and easy to use site. So THANK YOU! Enjoy your holiday and I hope I win lol.

  • Tracey W

    Magic at the Gate!!!

    Love the Allie Beckstrom series
    Love the new site!

    Can I get a desktop wallpaper of the blog background too???

  • Ashley Crosby

    Oh, I love the new design. Totally fitting! Allie would approve if she you cared, cared about such trivial things as websites.

    I would like to be entered for Ilona’s book. It sounds fascinating.

  • Nikki B.

    The design looks awesome. Love the city backdrop!
    I’d love to win Magic at the Gate or Cup of Normal! 😉

  • Michelle C.

    Love the new site. I remember Ilona mentioning on her blog about a picture of the Portland skyline. Must have been for this. It looks great!

    I’d love a copy of A Cup of Normal.

  • Sharon Dyer

    Love the artwork on the new website…..beyond cool!! I’d love to win a signed copy of your “Magic at the Gate”….I would then keep the signed copy and give my unsigned copy away to a friend and let them get hooked on the series too!! Or possibly a copy of the book by Ilona, I have not read any of her works and it looks interesting!

    Keep posting your blogs, I look forward to the laughs!

  • megan elam

    your new site is awsome, love the background and would absolutely love ‘A Cup of Normal’ [the only one of your books I can’t find anywhere]

  • Debra Monette

    Love your new web design, what’s the city? It looks fantastic!
    I have all your books and Ilona’s books but would like to read
    any of the others put my name in.

  • Carol Cardona

    Your new site is wonderful. How lucky you are to be friends with Ilona! I would love to win Magic at the Gate or A Cup of Normal. I have all of Ilona’s books already and am anxious to travel in your world.

    Thanks for offering these books!

  • Sheila

    Love the new look!!!!

    I would love a chance to win A Cup of Normal or The Sweetheart’s Knitting Club.

    Thank you!!!!!

  • RK Charron

    Hi Devon 🙂
    What a beautiful professional site.
    Ilona does great work!
    I’d pick MAGIC AT THE GATE or A CUP OF NORMAL.
    I don’t have either SIGNED.
    (Signed books are hugable, lovable treasures)
    Merry Christmas!
    Rob

  • Atzimba

    The website looks great, Ilona always does a great job on her redesigns 🙂

    I would pick a Cup of Normal or How to knit a love song if I were chosen.

    Happy Holidays!

    P.S. I love, love, LOVE Magic at the Gates and can’t WAIT until April.

    Cheers

  • Carmen

    Love the look of the site 😀 I don’t have any of the books so if was lucky enough to win would be more than happy with a lucky dip choice.

    Love your name by the way – my eldest daughter is called Devon too 🙂

  • Jessica S.

    Hey Devon! Love the new site! Saw it earlier this week and was like wow!!

    I would like to win A Cup of Normal!

    Thanks!

  • dragongirl46

    The new look is amazing. Ilona’s site is always awesome looking as well.

    I would like A Cup of Normal, or your also loverly Magic at the Gate

    Happy Holidays!

  • Comet Fink

    Love the new SHINY! well done! I have the Ilona Andrews books, as well as all of your Allie books, so I’d really appreciate your Cup of Normal or either of the knitting books. Thanks for the holiday shine!

  • Heather Mitchell

    I love the website design I don’t really care which book I would love any of them. You are awesome. Thanks for the opportunity to win some awesome books.

  • Mihir

    Hi Devon

    The new look is definitely awesome, would love to read “A cup of Normal”, thanks for this contest.

  • Leigh

    Hi Devon! I really like the website. The artwork on the header is awsome. And YES, I’m hoping to win one of these books. ‘Magic at the Gate’ or ‘A Cup of Normal’. I have been enjoying the Beckstrom series alot. Keeping my fingers crossed.

  • Anna Dase

    I would like to Have A signed copy of Magic at the Gates even though I already own it. I would also like On the Edge by Ilona Andrews. I would even like some bookmarks, or arc bookplates .

  • Karen

    Hi, Devon! Love the shiny…it’s wonderful! Congrats.

    As for the books I’d like to win… well, all of them! but if I have to choose, then I guess either Magic At the Gate or one of the knitting books! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas.

    Karen

  • Ellenore Stemp

    Heya Devon, love the artwork at the top,
    i’m in the UK but you don’t say that disqualifies me, alot of authors don’t like sending international prizes so understand if i’m out of the running.
    Magic at the gate would be a lovely prize, have had to spend all my meager benefits towards christmas recently so no new books for me until way after the new year.
    hugs have a lovely christmas
    xx
    Elle

  • Cherry Mischievous

    Oh, my bad! I hope I’m not too late to put in my entry… 🙂 Would love to win Magic At The Gate … oh, yes, please!!!! please!!!!! pretty please!!!!! 😀

    Cherry Mischievous
    cherrymischif-warrior [at] yahoo [dot] com

  • Mette Jensen

    I really like your new site:-)
    I would love to be entered in the contest to win a book it’s very hard to decide which book I would like to win as all the books looks great. If I have to choose I would say: Magic by The Gate by you or On The Edge by Ilona Andrews. I really really want to read those, I cross my fingers.
    Thank you for the chance to win.

  • Mitchell Parker

    Love your books Ms Monk, I’m addicted to the written word and have all of your books. But if I’m chosen a signed copy of Magic at the Gate would be cherished by me.

  • Kulsuma

    Hi! Thanks for the great giveaway! Count me in if it’s international please.
    I’d choose either Magic at The Gate or A Cup of Normal.

  • vickie

    hi devon!!!! I love the new site c’est magnifique how have you been. I hope well. I would really like a cup of normal if I win. thank you and hope you have a happy holidays

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