Dowser 6: The Cupcakes

FYI

The following cupcakes either appear, or are mentioned, in Dowser 6 – just in case you want to bake along. 🙂 I’ve linked the names to the recipe (if I’ve published it). I will slowly work away at getting more of the recipes published.

Lift in a Cup – white cake with coffee buttercream

Hug in a Cup – dark chocolate cake with buttercream

Delight in a Cup – white cake with lemon buttercream

Lust in a Cup – dark chocolate cake with dark chocolate cream cheese icing

Buzz in a Cup – mocha cake with mocha buttercream

Thrill in a Cup – white cake with mocha buttercream

Rapture in a Cup – chocolate and lemon cake topped with chocolate-cream-cheese frosting

Vixen in a Cup – salted-caramel-frosted chocolate-gingerbread cake

Serenity in a Cup – carrot cake with cream cheese icing (this is Solace in a Cup without the additional chocolate)

Buzz in a Cup

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– DOWSER 6 PREORDER NOW AVAILABLE –

Release date: May 5, 2016

Preorders currently available on AmazonKoboiBooksBarnes & Noble, and Smashwords.

Dowser 6: six eARC giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED: WINNERS TBA

I’m giving away six eARCs (electronic advanced reader copies) of Dowser 6 today! This is the fourth of six giveaways to help celebrate the release of Dowser 6 on May 5, 2016.

Artifacts, Dragons, and Other Lethal Magic (Dowser 6) is currently available for preorder on AmazonKoboiBooksBarnes & Noble, and Smashwords.

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So … would you like to win an eARC of Dowser 6?

To enter all you need to do is comment below and let me know:

  1. What character are you most looking forward to seeing and/or learning more about (hopefully) in Dowser 6?

Notes/Rules: OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. Each comment will be assigned an entry number. SIX winning entries will then be selected via random number generator. One entry per person. Please make sure to fill out a valid email address in the comment form. Email addresses are not collected for any purpose other than notifying the contest winner.

If you haven’t commented on the blog before, or you comment from a different IP address, the comments are moderated. So don’t worry if you don’t see your entry right away. I will approve it, then assign it an entry number.

Contest closes FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2016 at 8 p.m. PDT.

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Happy Release Day, Dowser 4: the Audiobook

Tantor Media has just released Shadows, Maps, and Other Ancient Magic (Dowser 4) in audiobook format. Whoot! Whoot!

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You’ll find the Dowser 4 audiobook here on Audible, Amazon, iTunes and Tantor Media.

 

 

The Dowser Series is narrated by Caitlin Davies (House of Night, Talon Saga) and published by Tantor Media.

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Caitlin Davies narrates the Dowser Series

Bio: Caitlin is a voiceover artist and audiobook narrator. She is the voice of a number of popular audiobook series including the House of Night, Penryn & the End of Days, Dragon Blood, and The Talon Saga.  She was part of the multi-cast recording of The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone which received an AudioFile Earphones Award.

 

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Audiobook release schedule

January 26, 2016 – Dowser 1
February 23, 2016 – Dowser 2
March 22, 2016 – Dowser 3
April 26, 2016 – Dowser 4
May 24, 2016 – Dowser 5
June 2016 – Dowser 6

Stay tuned for giveaways!!

Dowser 6: Attempted Murder T-shirt Giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED: WINNERS TBA

I’m giving away three Attempted Murder T-shirts today! This is the third of six giveaways to help celebrate the release of Dowser 6 on May 5, 2016.

Artifacts, Dragons, and Other Lethal Magic (Dowser 6) is currently available for preorder on AmazonKoboiBooksBarnes & Noble, and Smashwords.

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Elizabeth models an ‘Attempted Murder’ T-shirt – black printing on charcoal

 

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Unfortunately, this giveaway is only open to shipping addresses within the USA due to Amazon Merch shutting down their international shipping. Hopefully they will resolve this issue sooner than later! Because as of right now, even I can’t get anymore of my own T-shirts!

So … would you like to win a T-shirt?

To enter all you need to do is comment below and let me know:

  1. Which character in the Dowser Series would you like to see wearing this T-shirt. 😉

Notes/Rules: OPEN TO SHIPPING ADDRESSES IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY (Again, my apologies. The T-shirts were supposed to be available internationally). Each comment will be assigned an entry number. THREE winning entries will then be selected via random number generator. One entry per person. Please make sure to fill out a valid email address in the comment form. Email addresses are not collected for any purpose other than notifying the contest winner.

If you haven’t commented on the blog before, or you comment from a different IP address, the comments are moderated. So don’t worry if you don’t see your entry right away. I will approve it, then assign it an entry number.

Contest closes WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 at 8 p.m. PDT.

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You can find all three Dowser/Oracle T-shirts here.

PS. They fit small. Seriously small. I know I keep repeating myself, but please, please trust me! 

Dowser 6: excerpt #1

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*SPOILERS**SPOILERS**SPOILERS**SPOILERS**SPOILERS**SPOILERS**SPOILERS*

CHAPTER ONE

I massaged the pineapple-and-coconut-scented shampoo through my hair, enjoying the steaming hot water pounding against my shoulder blades. That morning’s baking session had felt longer than normal. Every year, the holiday craze felt as though it hit earlier and earlier, then lasted longer and longer. Usually, business in the bakery was quiet through the end of December and into the new year, with just a slight bump around New Year’s Eve. But it was three weeks into January already, and I’d had to bake extra Hug in a Cup — a buttercream-topped dark-chocolate cake — and Lift in a Cup — a delicate white cake with coffee buttercream — when we’d sold out an hour after opening.

I’d also had to explain why I didn’t have a pumpkin-spiced, latte-flavored cupcake to fourteen different people throughout the day. At the end of January. And by people, I meant thirtysomethings on their way to midweek brunch, sipping from their personalized Starbucks mugs and —

A formal summons from the treasure keeper interrupted my thoughts when it materialized before me with a puff of smoky dragon magic. I squeaked at the appearance of a golden envelope in the steamy air, flinching harshly enough that the sudsy curls I’d piled on top of my head toppled down into my face. I might be half-witch/half-dragon, but shampoo in my eyes still stung.

“Son of a freaking hell.” I spun away, evading the envelope as I lifted my eyes and face to the showerhead. The summons remained suspended behind me, patiently waiting for me to pluck it out of the air. It was the fourth such missive I’d received in the last three months, and I still couldn’t figure out how they were getting through the magical blood wards on my apartment.

And speaking of brunch, I had dim sum with Warner on my mind, and was therefore in no way interested in ‘freeing the magic of Shailaja, daughter of the mountain,’ which had been the gist of the last three missives from the treasure keeper. The summons that had appeared two weeks ago had actually been signed ‘By order of the Guardian Council.’ A year or so ago, that single sentence would have had me quaking in my boots. But I knew there was no way the Guardian Council had gathered over anything as mundane as a rogue dragon — even one who’d been a bad girl over five hundred years ago, and who’d wound up with her magic locked away because of it.

You had to drag a greater demon into the dragon nexus to rouse all nine guardians at once. Trust me, I knew.

The simple remembrance of all that power gathered in one room still made my bones ache. The combined might of the guardians had obliterated every taste, sound, and sight, overwhelming my dowser senses and scrambling my brain.

Shailaja was beneath their combined notice. Whether she was the treasure keeper’s new pet or not.

TO BE CONTINUED …

– DOWSER 6 PREORDER NOW AVAILABLE –

Release date: May 5, 2016

Preorders currently available on AmazonKoboiBooksBarnes & Noble, and Smashwords.

Dowser 6: Delight in a Cup

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“I’ll bake a batch just for her. I’m pretty sure her favorite is Delight in a Cup.

“Lemon buttercream?” Warner smacked his lips, sleepily appreciative.

I laughed quietly. “And white cake.”

“Fluffy … sweet … moist cake.” Warner grunted his approval. – Artifacts, Dragons, and Other Lethal Magic (Dowser 6)

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Download the PDF recipe here: Delight in a Cup PDF

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– DOWSER 6 PREORDER NOW AVAILABLE –

Release date: May 5, 2016

Preorders currently available on AmazonKoboiBooksBarnes & Noble, and Smashwords.

Dowser 6: audiobook CD giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED: WINNER TBA

I’m giving away audiobook CDs today! This is the second of six giveaways to help celebrate the release of Dowser 6 on May 5, 2016.

Artifacts, Dragons, and Other Lethal Magic (Dowser 6) is currently available for preorder on AmazonKoboiBooksBarnes & Noble, and Smashwords.

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Thanks to Tantor Media I have three audiobooks CDs to give away – Dowser 1, Dowser 2, and Dowser 3! YAY!

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So … would you like to win three audiobook CDs?

To enter all you need to do is comment below and let me know:

  1. Which character from the Dowser Series would you most like to have a conversation with? And what question would you ask her or him?

Notes/Rules: OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. Each comment will be assigned an entry number. ONE winning entry will then be selected via random number generator. One entry per person. Please make sure to fill out a valid email address in the comment form. Email addresses are not collected for any purpose other than notifying the contest winner.

If you haven’t commented on the blog before, or you comment from a different IP address, the comments are moderated. So don’t worry if you don’t see your entry right away. I will approve it, then assign it an entry number.

Contest closes FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016 at 8 p.m. PDT.

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