Please Welcome Devyn Quinn To The Island!

It is my great pleasure to introduce and welcome talented, Award Winning Author Devyn Quinn to the Island!

::Big round of applause - raising drinks::

I was delighted and honored when Devyn agreed to guest here at DIK because I’ve been a fan since I read her book “Flesh and the Devil” in 2008. I have read very nearly all of her publications since and I can tell you she pens dark erotic paranormal romance novels that will curl your toes and raise the hair on the back of your neck! Devyn’s newest publication represents a change for her in that it is the first in a series called “Dark Tides”, and is about Mermaids! “Siren’s Call”, and will be published tomorrow August 3, 2010!

Welcome to DIK Devyn!

DQ: Thanks, Lea. I’m delighted to be at DIK for the next three days.

Lea: Are you ready for the rapid-fire induction DIK “About Me”, questions?

Bring them on!

Favorite Reading Position?

Sitting in bed with my snacks and books.

How old is your inside voice?

I can safely say several centuries, LOL. I’m an old, old soul!

If you could be a hero who would you be?

Hmm. I think I would like to be Batman. He’s dark and broody, like me. And he’s rich. I could handle that!

What heroine is most like you?

LOL, is there a heroine who sits behind the computer all day, slamming back Red Bull to meet her deadlines? If so, then she is just like me.

LOL!

What heroine would you like to be?

Lara Croft. Definitely the coolest out there. Barring that I would be Angelina Jolie.

Cool heroine!

Boxers, Briefs, boxer briefs, kilt (I say we add commando)?

Boxer briefs. The best of both worlds.

Favorite book set on a tropical island?

Hmm, I don’t recall the name of the book or even the author, but the book was set on a tropical island. It involved 4 rich women and their captain being stranded after their husband were the victims of an assassination attempt. Anyway, these rich pampered women were stranded and had to learn how to survive on this wild island. Wish I could recall who wrote it!

I think that would be "Savages" by Shirley Conran. Excellent novel about survival. I loved that book too.

If you were stuck on a desert island what 3 things would you bring?

Non-perishable food, tanning lotion and fresh water!

Favorite drink to bring to the DIK party?

Strawberry margarita.

Yummy!
You recently won a 2009 Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award for your book “Possession”, which is a stellar novel about a demon which has an interesting plot twist with respect to the heroine of the novel. I have to admit I didn’t see that one coming Devyn. Do you have a particular favorite of the many books you’ve written?

My all time favorite is Echoes of Angels, which features my maniac depressive alcoholic Irish assassin Morgan Saint-Evanston. I am pleased to announce that the book will be re-released later this year. Until then, readers can get a taste of Morgan in Sins of the Night.

“Siren’s Call”, is a paranormal romance about ‘Tessa Lonike”, a reclusive lighthouse keeper who along with her sisters Gwen and Addison are mermaids. You created a unique biology for your mermaids and introduced a very hostile mermaid world in the depths of the ocean. I really enjoyed this story and found it a change from the “Devyn” narratives I’ve read historically. Was this a tough one for you to pen?

Tough does not begin to describe this book. Not only was the mermaid genre new to me, but so was sea-lore in general. I went in knowing nothing. I also could not used established lore, like Poseidon or Atlantis as a basis for my world building (as other authors use those themes already). So I have to literally build my Mers from the ground up, so to speak.

I thought you incorporated an interesting juxtaposition between “Kenneth”, the human hero of the story and “Jake”, Tessa’s former lover and a really nasty, conniving narcissist. Are we going to see more of Jake in books II & III?

Oh, I love writing nasties and Jake surely is one. A few reviewers have commented on his almost comical evil, which is kind of what I wanted. Smarmy and charming, but always out for himself and his own interests.

Gwen’s story “Siren’s Surrender”, is the next book in the “Dark Tides” trilogy to be released in 2011. Gwen owns a little hotel on the mainland and has tried really hard to integrate with humans. Can you give readers a hint as to where you will be taking Gwen and the Lonike sisters in book II?

Gwen and her family are going to enter the shadowy world of the A51-ASD, a covert branch of our government that investigates alien and paranormal activity. When I was thinking about book 2, it occurred to me how our government might react if the hostile Mers emerged and killed a few innocent humans. I mean, an entire new world and species have emerged from the depth of the ocean. How would people deal with that?

Do you have a question you would like to ask folks who stop by and say Hi today?

Sure! So here's a question for readers: What is your favorite bit of sea lore and why do you find it fascinating? Are you crazy for Poseidon, or do you really believe that Atlantis existed?


Thanks Devyn, great answers!

Devyn has very kindly offered a copy of "Siren's Call" to be won by one lucky commenter each day while she is here on the island. So that is potentially 3 chances to win if you visit each day, and answer Devyn’s question!

The winners will be chosen randomly by numbered entry.

The contest will close Satuday at midnight and the lucky winner will be posted here at DIK Sunday morning.

Only one entry per day please!

Contest open internationally!

Good Luck to all who enter!

We’ve planned a rockin luau tonight with da DIK menz and Ladies. Devyn is going to be back on the island with us tomorrow with a special post to celebrate the release of "Siren's Call".