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Releasing March 15, 2016! The final Redcakes novel..
Preorder: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0104FZETC
The sweetest treat is a kiss…
Greggory Redcake’s plate is full. Widowed young and left with two small children, the manager of the Kensington location of the illustrious tea shop is besieged on all sides between the bakery and family matters. If only his remarkably efficient shop assistant, Betsy Popham, could manage his home life, too! But Greggory can’t linger on thoughts of Betsy’s fetching smile when a dead body is discovered in the bakery…
Betsy has no time for romance, not even with the delectable Mr. Redcake, whose kisses are all too unforgettable. Haunted by a specter from her family’s past, Betsy is terrified that the man blackmailing her has turned to deadly violence. Yet the only way to save her position–and possibly her life–is to accept Greggory’s help as their delicious attraction sweetens into the tantalizing promise of true love…
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Tour stops are listed here:
August 17: Christine Young
August 17: LibriAmoriMiei – review
August 18: Unabridged Andra’s
August 19: Danita Minnis
August 20: The Reading Addict
August 21: Archaeolibrarian – I dig good books!
August 24: Buried Under Romance – review
August 25: Rachel Brimble Romance
August 26: Romance Novel Giveaways
August 27: BooksChatter
August 28: Susana’s Morning Room
August 31: Dena Garson – Real… Hot… Romance
September 1: Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews
September 2: Nana Prah
September 3: Katherine Givens: Historical Romance Author
September 4: Room With Books – review
September 7: A Fold in the Spine – review
September 8: Welcome to My World of Dreams
September 9: Jen’s Reading Obsession
September 10: Historical Romance Writer and Lover of Books…Vikki Vaught
September 11: Long and Short Reviews
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Wedding Matilda is coming out (finally) on August 18th! It is up for preorder at the usual places and you’ll probably receive it on the 17th if you preorder, which is cool.
Ewan Hales, the hero this time (and see the old pic of J.M. above for my inspiration), is a man of mystery. He’s been around the Redcakes series all along, as secretary at the flagship Redcake’s Tea Shop and Emporium, but we haven’t known much about him except that he’s rather formal and a natty dresser, plus has quite a reputation with the ladies.
It was a shock to all when I began to investigate him and discovered the past he never knew. His late father was an aristocrat! Due to the extremely dissolute family Ewan is related to, he finds out at the opening of Wedding Matilda that he’s now the heir to an earl. And not a very nice one, either. Where once he was much too low on the status scale to romance a Redcake sister, now, he’s almost too high. Especially when the one, still-unwed Redcake is an unwed mother….
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Making the choice to replace a meal with a smoothie back in April has really helped my health in one simple way: I stopped catching every virus that came my way. When I had time for self reflection at the end of June, I decided I wanted to take my food journey a step farther. I gave up meat at the end of that month and now I’m coming up to my one-month anniversary as a vegan-leaning vegetarian!
This has prompted some additional changes in my body. I’m still not catching crud, plus I’ve lost a bit of weight (not much, but not trying) and I’m not desperate for an extra hit of caffeine every afternoon. I’m eating SOOOO much healthier, and I’ve learned to love food and cooking again. It’s been a lot of work but also a lot of fun. My grocery store routine has expanded dramatically. My husband says he’s lost weight too. Even though he hasn’t embraced these changes, he eats what I cook a fair amount so he’s stuck with what I’m doing.
Here’s a new recipe we both like. His had sausage on top. Mine didn’t.
Cherry Kale
Makes 3-4 servings
Add olive oil to frying pan and heat. Add kale. After it reduces slightly, add cherries and cook until warm. Make space in the pan and add coconut. Keep cooking until toasted, about one minute. Add seasonings to taste.
Serve 1/3-1/4 of recipe over one cup portion of cooked short grain brown rice, which adds a delicious chewy texture that pairs perfectly with the coconut.
Did you know that some root vegetables have greens that you can eat? I’ve tried beet and radish greens so far. Here is a recipe that was successful for me. I created this one, but the Blender Girl Smoothies cookbook has other, fancier ones. Happy drinking!
Beet Green Smoothie
serves 2
Blend this one a little longer than you usually do. The greens are hard to break down. The results are delicious!
Late last night the kid was actually asleep, so I decided to be good and do some research. I have lots of research to do so I’ve been picking up all my new books at odd hours. This time, I was looking at 1920s Los Angeles for a research tidbit.
The scene above is from the 1916 movie set of Intolerance. It’s scenery for an Ancient Babylon scene, and the set was enormous, towering over local houses in LA. Apparently the film company went bankrupt and the set stayed up for a few years, falling into ruin. I couldn’t find pictures of what it looked like ruined, which would have been fantastic.
The set has moved into Hollywood lore, and it was partially rebuilt a few years ago in a mall, a bit of history for locals and tourists alike.
The first place I found this information and photo said the ruins were torn down in 1921. I eagerly started searching the Internet, trying to figure out exactly when. I have characters who might go and see it in early 1921! But every source I found after the first said the ruins had been torn down in 1919, much too early for my storyline. Argh!
What do you do when research sources contradict each other? Do you err on the side of complete accuracy, even when you don’t quite know what that is, or do you go with what works best with your storyline?
Attention, reviewers! My Victorian romance, out August 18th, is available on Netgalley and also for preorder. Thank you in advance for your honest review.
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Blurb:
Ewan’s unruly hair and roguish kisses are tempting, but Matilda has far too many problems to consider romance. With sabotage at a cake factory threatening the family empire, she must focus her considerable willpower on keeping Redcake’s from ruin—until she learns that her young son has been kidnapped. Together, she and Ewan must uncover the truth before they can savor the sweet freedom of love…
“One Taste of Scandal is a delicious, multi-layered Victorian treat.”
–Gina Robinson, author of The Last Honest Seamstress and the Agent Ex series
I’ve gotten kind of repetitive in my smoothie making. Once I figured out the “perfect” smoothies for watermelon and cantaloupe, I kept on making those with side tests on a cookbook I’m reviewing. Another thing I’m trying to figure out is the balance between sweet and sour. It’s an individual thing. Yesterday I made a mango/pineapple smoothie from a recipe that I didn’t like. It was too sour for me. Of course I had played with the recipe to lower the calories and when you start substituting you can ruin an otherwise good recipe. If you have patience, it’s always a good idea to make a recipe as shown first.
This is my take on a mango/pineapple smoothie. Not too sweet and much less sour!
Blend together! Makes one serving.