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July 2, 2023

Fun with Colors, Letters, Numbers, and Shapes

For those with little ones, I have created and published a fun, early learning coloring book under the pen name D. A. Hester.

It’s super cute and filled with lots of adorable coloring pages to teach Colors, Letters, Numbers, and shapes by tracing, matching, and counting.

You can check it out on Amazon if interested.

Fun with Colors, Letters, Numbers, and Shapes ~ for Toddlers and Preschoolers Tracing, Matching, and Counting ~ Hours of Learning Fun by D. A. Hester
Fun with Colors, Letters, Numbers, and Shapes ~ for Toddlers and Preschoolers: Tracing, Matching, and Counting ~ Hours of Learning Fun

Description:

Fun with Colors, Letters, Numbers, and Shapes is a simple and fun way for little ones to learn alphabet letters, colors, numbers, and shapes by tracing, matching, and coloring cute, recognizable objects, animals, and daily items. The large, adorable illustrations are great for tiny fingers to color, too!

The first section focuses on numbers, 0-10. Each left side number page contains large, visually fun graphics of a child aside the number, and the word spelled out beneath. The opposite page has an illustration of a barrel with the corresponding number of apples to encourage counting, the number alongside with directional arrows for writing practice, and the number below in tracing form. Four pages follow with delightful graphics to reinforce counting by counting the barrels and the apples within them, butterflies and their spots, ice cream cones and their scoops, and fish tanks with the number of fish swimming inside.

The second section covers the full alphabet, A-Z, with a large letter and an item that starts with the accompanying letter. Underneath are uppercase and lowercase letters to trace, big enough for little fingers. On the opposite page, there is another object which begins with the letter, and the name of the object spelled out below.

The third section familiarizes toddlers and preschoolers with colors and color association, introducing ten basic colors with a cute, colorable animal or object for visual reference of the corresponding color, and the color spelled beneath.

The fourth section teaches shapes, with seven funny-faced shapes and the shape below for tracing. Two pages follow with identifiable shaped items to match with a shape.

Overview:
Counting: numbers 0-10.
Alphabet: uppercase and lowercase letters, A-Z.
Word recognition: fun objects to sound out and associate with each letter of the alphabet.
Shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, heart, and star.
Tracing: letters, shapes, and numbers.
Colors: basic colors and items of each shade ~ yellow, blue, red, green, orange, pink, purple, brown, black, and gray.
Word association: recognizable objects, animals, and foods with simple, descriptive words
Matching: connecting shapes with fun, familiar objects of the same shape.
Helps beginners with fundamentals, recognition, and association of words, letters, objects, colors, numbers, and shapes.
Gift the little ones in your life with hours of learning fun by coloring, with Fun with Colors, Letters, Numbers, and Shapes.


Specifications:
8.5 x 11
Paperback
105 pages
Two-sided coloring pages
Over 100 illustrations to color.
Perfect for Toddlers and Preschoolers ages 1–4
Great for TK & Kindergarteners too!
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Word Count Tracker for Authors

New Release!


Word Count Tracker for Authors 8.5 x 11 inch Notebook by Deborah Ann

Word Count Tracker for Authors: 8.5 x 11 inch Notebook

Word Count Tracker for Authors notebook is a simple way for authors to stay organized and keep track of their writing progress, to help stay motivated toward success. The word count tracker has doable goals of 100 words at a time. But that’s not set in stone, you can change it up, set your own 200, 500, 1000 increment goals at a time if you choose.

The first inside page has a spot to fill in with a project title, date, notebook name, or author name. The front page of each sheet (102 pages/51 sheets) contains an easy-to-use daily word count tracker, space for starting and ending word count totals, project title, date, chapter, chapter notes, tomorrow’s to do, and most important list. The back side of the sheet has a handy lined notes page that can be used for notes, ideas, sprint times, or whatever inspires you. The two daily writing logs included at the end of the notebook allow you to carry over your daily totals for a visual of your progress as a whole—40 plus days—to inspire you toward your goal.

Great for NaNoWriMo and gifts for writers.

Prompts for:
Starting Word Count
Word Count Total
Daily Word Count Tracker with Doable Goals, 100 words at a time
Title and Date
Chapter Notes
Tomorrow’s To Do List
Most Important List
Lined Notes Pages
Two Daily Writing Logs for a visual, comparative glance at your progress, to inspire you toward your final goal
8.5” x 11” size gives more writing space


Recording your daily writing word count is a great way to track your writing progress and achieve your writing goals.

Happy Writing!

Also available in 6” x 9” size
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Published on July 02, 2023 11:31 Tags: authors, journal, notebook, planner, word-count-tracker, writers, writing-resources

January 19, 2019

January Newsletter

💜January Author Newsletter!💜 Have you read your copy yet? It includes a link for a FREE copy of First Sight: The Deal Prequel!!💜

https://mailchi.mp/3d5ae4a185e1/janua...

#Author #newsletter #DeborahAnn #NewReleases #MaddJax #MaddJaxSeries #BookDeal #mustreadromance #FreeBook #FirstSight #TheDealPrequel #amwriting #amreading #booklovers
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Published on January 19, 2019 18:51 Tags: book-deals, deborah-ann-author, newsletter

December 27, 2018

MaddJax BK2 Release Blitz!!





Title: MaddJax, Book Two



Author: Deborah Ann



Genre: Contemporary Romance



Publisher: Destiny Publishing-Hester
Publication Date: December 27th, 2018
Hosted by: Lady Amber’s PR




BLURB:
Can first love get a second chance?




Maddison ~






Jaxon Jaimison wasn’t supposed to be the one. Nope. I wasn’t supposed to fall for my stepbrother.






I made that mistake once. I’d be stupid to make it again.






But then he came back to fix what was lost and broke. All smoldering eyes, sexy smile, and rock hard body.






I tried to fight it. Really, I did.






But I never had a chance.






Jaxon’s mere presence sets my insides on fire, his scent and his taste put my mind in a haze.






The temptation’s too strong, too close. My body craves his touch, longs to be against his.






Just as I begin to feel hope for our future, let my walls down and accept what is—that Jaxon owns my heart, my body, and my soul—it all starts to unravel, when everything I hold dear is rocked by tragedy and threatened to be lost.






All things come to an end, and this might be ours…






~






Jaxon ~






The years apart have done nothing to diminish the passion between us, the ever-present pull and need. But wooing my stepsister into crossing the line into the forbidden and giving us a second chance, earning back her trust and her heart after I left and shattered them both, has been a bigger challenge than I expected.






Now that I finally have her in my arms, my bed, I’m never letting her go.






Of course, there’s bound to be a few bumps on the path to Happily Ever After. Secrets rarely stay hushed. But I never saw what was coming. Never saw our pasts coming back to tear us apart. Never saw Maddison pushing me away. And never saw having to literally fight for our future together.






Losing Maddison isn’t an option, and I’ll fight to hold onto her with everything I am.



Even, if it kills me…






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class="MsoHyperlink">After years of reading with her children and passing on a love for books, Deborah was inspired to write ‘The Destiny Series’. What started out in the beginning, as a celebration of a loving, young, innocent friendship and the affecting separation after a move, spun into a mythical journey of the loving binds of friendship, deep family ties, and an intoxicating fairy tale romance, with the power of love that knows no bounds.






‘Memory Betrayal’& ‘The Deal Series’ followed, with a leap from young adult romance to adult contemporary romance. Deborah writes stories about strong, sassy, smart, confident women and loveable, good-looking, sexy alpha men in a range of heat levels, from sweet to steamy, who always find their happily ever after.








Deborah Ann resides in Northern California with her husband and their college-age daughter and son. And while it can be a balancing act at times, with how busy family life can get, Deborah sneaks in as much time as she can to slip into the lives of her characters, and the magical world in which they live...





Author Links:

















Buy Links:



MaddJax, Book One:









MaddJax, Book Two:












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December 19, 2018

MaddJax BK1 Release Blitz!!





Title: MaddJax

Author: Deborah Ann

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Destiny Publishing-Hester

Publication Date: December 20th, 2018

Hosted by: Lady Amber’s PR








BLURB:

He broke her heart when he left her seven years ago. Now he’s back to reclaim what’s his…


Maddison Cole ~


It’s been seven years since Jaxon Jaimison left town, stole my heart, my friendship and my virginity, and took it with him. Along with our secrets.


Now he’s just waltzed back into my life, swaggering toward me with his cocky attitude.

And damn if he doesn’t look good. Smoldering eyes, sexy smile, and rock hard body made for climbing.


Made for sin.


He’s the one man that sets my insides on fire just by being in the room; just by living and breathing.


The one man I can’t have.


The boy who owns all my firsts.


Now here he is, ambushing me with a grand entrance into our class reunion and introducing himself to everyone as my loving boyfriend, after not so much as a word all these years.


He says I’m his…


Says I always have been…


I’m not so sure about that. Because if that were true, he wouldn’t have left me, just days after taking my virginity…


~


Jaxon Jaimison ~


I knew Maddison Cole was mine the moment I met her. Didn’t matter that we were only fifteen. When you know, you know.


But then my father turned around and made her my stepsister.


I understand Maddison’s worries, but I’ll never leave her again. And unlike my stepsister, I’m not hung up on the forbidden, taboo nature of a relationship between us, nor do I care what others think. We’re older now, more established, both successful. I’m not taking no for an answer. After all, I packed up my broken heart seven years ago and left town for a reason, determined on making something of myself, to be the man Maddison deserves.


Maddison thinks it’s just one night, she’ll give in and then I’ll disappear again, but seducing her to my hotel suite reunion night is just the start.


I’m staying, moving back into the bedroom beside hers, and the office beside hers, as co-CEO of the family business, right alongside Maddison, the current CEO…


Jaxon nearly destroyed me last time. I can’t afford for history to repeat itself. Not with the future of our family and the company at risk. I’ll guard my heart and our secrets at all costs…


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~ This book is intended for readers age 18 and above. ~



MaddJax, Book One:
Amazon ~ B&N ~ Kobo ~ 









 

















After years of reading with her children and passing on a love for books, Deborah was inspired to write ‘The Destiny Series’. What started out in the beginning, as a celebration of a loving, young, innocent friendship and the affecting separation after a move, spun into a mythical journey of the loving binds of friendship, deep family ties, and an intoxicating fairy tale romance, with the power of love that knows no bounds.


‘Memory Betrayal’ & ‘The Deal Series’ followed, with a leap from young adult romance to adult contemporary romance. Deborah writes stories about strong, sassy, smart, confident women and lovable, good-looking, sexy alpha men in a range of heat levels, from sweet to steamy, who always find their happily ever after.



Deborah Ann resides in Northern California with her husband and their college-age daughter and son. And while it can be a balancing act at times, with how busy family life can get, Deborah sneaks in as much time as she can to slip into the lives of her characters, and the magical world in which they live...


Author Links:










 


Buy Links:


MaddJax, Book One:





MaddJax, Book Two:









Maddison ~


He stopped in front of me, all cool and calm.


Seriously? I wanted to smack him. And that smug expression behind that sexy smile. As panty dropping as ever.


“Hello, Beautiful,” he spoke in a smooth, velvety tone, taking another step closer and slipping an arm around my waist. His hand touched on the middle of my back as he pulled me to him, his lips brushing a kiss on my cheekbone.


Holy hotness. That hand, touching to the exposed skin on my back, and those lips, touching my cheek, so close, it was hard to breathe. As if a direct current shot through me, a lightning strike, everything inside me coming alive for the first time in seven years.


His lips whispered along my cheekbone as he pulled back, blue eyes smoldering, locked on mine.


Oh, my.


I was experiencing one of those surreal, this-can’t-be-happening, moments.


Jaxon Jaimison, in the flesh…as I live and breathe.







MaddJax, Copyright © 2018 by Deborah Ann All Rights Reserved.






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December 12, 2018

MaddJax Double Cover Reveal

✨✨✨ DOUBLE COVER REVEAL ✨✨✨
~ MaddJax Series ~ MaddJax bk1 & bk2

Both books are available for pre-order Now, and discounted!
MaddJax bk1 releases December 20th
MaddJax bk2 releases December 27th

I can't wait for you all to meet Jaxon & Maddison!!😍
~~
He broke her heart when he left her seven years ago. Now he’s back to reclaim what’s his…
~ * ~
Maddison Cole ~
This is probably the stupidest thing I’ve ever done. Fooling around with my stepbrother, the boy who’d left me brokenhearted and ruined me for all others. A man there can be no future with. But I can’t let this moment pass; take this one night, just to feel the magic and fire between us, one last time…
Jaxon Jaimison ~
Maddison thinks it’s just one night, she’ll give in and then I’ll disappear again, but seducing her to my hotel suite reunion night is just the start.
I’m staying, moving back into the bedroom beside hers, and the office beside hers, as co-CEO of the family business, right alongside Maddison, the current CEO…
~ * ~
He nearly destroyed her last time. She can’t afford for history to repeat itself. Not with the future of their family and the company at risk. She’ll guard her heart and their secrets at all costs…
~~


MaddJax BK1 ~
Amazon US
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L97Y1PQ
Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07L97Y1PQ
B&N
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/madd...
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/madd...
iBooks
https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/...


MaddJax BK2 ~
Amazon US
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L978S97
Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07L978S97
B&N
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/madd...
Kobo
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/madd...
iBooks
https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/...









#CoverReveal #preorder #MaddJax #StepbrotherCEORomance #DeborahAnnAuthor #SeriesRomance
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Published on December 12, 2018 15:36 Tags: coceo-romance, cover-reveal, deborah-ann, maddjax-series, new-release, pre-order, stepbrother-romance

August 30, 2018

Giveaway!!

I'm running my first Instafreebie Giveaway! Receive a copy of First Sight: The Deal Prequel #FREE for the first time, when you follow the link below and signup for my newsletter. (I'm a lazy Newsletter sender, so you won't be inundated with junk emails. Promise.) Please be sure to share the giveaway link with your friends. I have two new books releasing soon, and my newsletter subscribers will be the first to know! Giveaway runs until September 16th. xoxo

https://claims.instafreebie.com/free/FGeXYvAA

~ First Sight: The Deal Prequel ~


** Intended for readers 18 years of age and older **


 
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June 10, 2018

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Published on June 10, 2018 23:49 Tags: author-post, books, deborah-ann-author, newsletter, romance

December 27, 2016

FREE ~ First Sight

✨Last day to download your FREE copy✨
❄️☃️~ ~ FREE ~ ~ FREE ~ ~ FREE ~ ~ FREE☃️❄️22, 23, 25, 26 & 27
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August 14, 2016

The Deal Series Set

~ New Release ~

~ The Deal Series Set: First Sight (The Deal Prequel) & The Deal ~
Sold exclusively on Amazon and available for free with Kindle Unlimited ~
https://www.amazon.com/Deal-Set-First-Sight-Prequel-ebook/dp/B01KE8OMME/
TBR: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31445500-the-deal-series-set

~ **Warning ~ This book is intended for readers age 18 and above. ~

The Deal Series Set includes 'First Sight' & 'The Deal'. The Deal was released first, and the prequel, First Sight, followed. They can be read in either order.
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The Deal Series Boxed Set ~ Pixel Border 6 x 9 Flat

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~ Read Adam and Bethany's full story in ‘The Deal’ ~

The Deal Brief Synopsis ~

On a business flight from LAX to Toronto, Bethany Drake has the delightful, though unexpected, fortune of being seated next to gorgeous and boldly exciting Adam Blaire—the most sought after divorce attorney in Beverly Hills, with a steadfast belief against commitment and/or monogamy.

Bethany, a successful graphic designer with her own agency, has never been very successful in the relationship department, and her recent breakup has left her sworn off men. But the gorgeous man beside her draws her in, compels a trust in him that she just can’t deny, and she throws caution to the wind.

After an illicit encounter mid-air, the two end up sharing a blissful night of ecstasy in a Toronto hotel suite, which leaves them with an appetite for each other, and a brainstorm…when neither is able to get the other out from under their skin.

The deal: ‘Sex, devoid of any emotion or connection, other than pure, raw pleasure.

It seems a win-win.

They set to deliciously agreeing to the rules, while in bed, naked, armed with a tube of lipstick, chocolate sauce, and an iPad, for photographic proof. With a clear price set, the consequence, if emotions should come in to play… They’ll simply walk away. Deal’s off!

What they do not plan for, or expect, are the intimate moments that sneak in between the sex. The ease of comfort between them… The connection… Their soul deep need for the other…

The man simply nuzzles his way into every crevice of her life.

~ * ~

‘First Sight’ The Deal Prequel
Where Bethany and Adam’s story began.
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First Sight Brief Synopsis ~

~ Before there was The Deal, there was the meeting ~

A successful Graphic Designer, who’s sworn off men.
A high power Divorce Attorney, with a steadfast belief against commitment and monogamy.
And the flight to Toronto that changed it all…

‘First Sight’ ~ The Deal Prequel

Their connection is evident upon first sight...

The electricity and pull there from the first moment...

But Adam Blaire is everything Bethany Drake is sworn against… A wealthy playboy who disarmingly flits from one shattered female heart to the next, leaving a trail of women in his wake.

He also happens to be the hottest, damn sexiest man she’s ever laid eyes on.

But she can’t risk her heart again… not with her inexplicable knack for always choosing the wrong men.

Gorgeous and wildly sexy Adam Blaire is the most sought after divorce attorney in Beverly Hills, and wholly against commitment and monogamy; why should a man settle for just one woman when there are so many beautiful women, just waiting, begging for pleasure?

But there’s something about the woman seated beside him on his flight to Toronto. Something different. Something that draws him in, and grabs hold.
He has to have her! And he’s not waiting till they hit land… Or taking no for an answer!

Bethany can’t fight it, the attraction to this man; the way he touches her, and looks at her…

Against her better judgement, and the risk of yet another heartbreak, she throws caution to the wind to indulge in a night of pleasure with the sinfully sexy Adam Blaire. After all, it’s only one night.

In a completely different country.

She’ll never see the man again.

What’s the harm?

Learn the details of Adam and Bethany's meeting, the intimate elements of their sexy mid-air doings, and the passionate, lust-filled night that led to their deal...

‘First Sight’ The Deal Prequel
Where Bethany and Adam’s story began.

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Other Books ~
The Destiny Series ~ Young Adult Romance with a paranormal twist ~
Destiny ~ book 1
Fate’s Path ~ book 2
Memory Betrayal ~ Adult Contemporary Romance
The Deal ~
First Sight, the Deal Prequel ~
The Deal Series Set: First Sight (The Deal Prequel) & The Deal ~

DESTINY ~ http://www.amazon.com/Destiny-Book-One-Deborah-Ann-ebook/dp/B009HTFD0W/
FATE'S PATH ~ http://www.amazon.com/Fates-Path-Destiny-Series-Book-ebook/dp/B00CKIOI12/
BOXED SET ~ AVAILABLE FOR FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED ~ http://www.amazon.com/Destiny-Books-Book-Fates-Path-ebook/dp/B0136XO9RM/
MEMORY BETRAYAL ~ http://www.amazon.com/Memory-Betrayal-Series-Book-ebook/dp/B00FR0L8B8/
THE DEAL ~ http://www.amazon.com/Deal-Deborah-Ann-ebook/dp/B00PLZRB3I/
FIRST SIGHT ~ http://www.amazon.com/First-Sight-Deal-Prequel-ebook/dp/B015528HTS/
THE DEAL SERIES SET ~ AVAILABLE FOR FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED ~ https://www.amazon.com/Deal-Set-First-Sight-Prequel-ebook/dp/B01KE8OMME/

Print versions also available, on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Deborah-Ann/e/B009QQK47I/
All books available on Amazon, B&N, iTunes, & Kobo ~ MB also available on Smashwords.
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Book Trailer video ~ 'First Sight'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrT_PHdoy_I
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BOOKTRAILER ~ VIDEO ~ THE DEAL
The Deal
https://youtu.be/syVj6OjIP_Q
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‘MEMORY BETRAYAL’ BOOK TRAILER ON YOUTUBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ZtBbX535I
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Book Trailer Video ~ Destiny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dx4_geCHbg
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