What Are You Reading Thursdays

This week I read the galley’s for my upcoming sweet historical release Ava in the Love Letters Series. It is a timeless tale of love budding from a friendship with a cast of intriguing characters. I’ve been told it is reminiscent of Jane Austen’s Emma. And I do have to admit I did hear Toni Collette’s voice whenever Miss Jayne Tippens spoke.

Other than that, I haven’t been reading, but that is because I’ve been guest blogging like crazy in the last week, plus writing my own stories. Promotion is sixty percent of a writers time. So I’m off again because I’m guest blogging today.

Rumor Has It Wednesdays

The Good Luck Charm is featured as a hot new release with Janet Evanovich over at Amazon.

I will be guest blogging at RomConInc tomorrow. Be sure to drop by. One lucky person who leaves a comment will be selected to receive a free ebook of The Good Luck Charm.

Tori Scott has released Blue Moon Over Texas, the 2nd book in the Lone Star Cowboys Series and the sequel to Blame it on Texas.

 

Recipe Tuesday

This is a recipe for Butter Mints if you are having a shower or a party and want to serve something refreshing and sweet. You’ll need a rubber mold for shaping these delights. So plan ahead and visit your local cake decorating store or department at a local discount store.

Butter Mints

  • 1 stick softened butter
  • 1/4 cup cream
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon peppermint flavoring
  • 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
  • 1 pound confectioner sugar (sifted)

Mix all ingredients together in a blender. Color as desired. Make into small balls; press down onto wax paper or use desired mold to shape on waxed paper. Let dry in the open for at least one day. Yield: about 50 mints, depending on size of mold.

Note: If you are like me and you enjoy these mints you may want to double the recipe so you will have plenty for when you have to do a taste test to make sure they are edible. ;)

Raining Raining

We had rain this morning. We had rain this afternoon. It was really raining at one point today. More than the 20% the weather forecast has predicted for the day. When it wasn’t raining the sun was shining.

But weather is one thing you can count on to have every day. Whether it is good or bad there is always the next day.

So enjoy the rain, even if it is on a Monday.

Sunday Sundaes

This has been a Sunday to remember. Second day of the free download weekend of The Good Luck Charm and I’m #2 overall in free kindle store and #1 in Humor and #1 in Contemporary. I cannot say that I have had a Sunday like this before, but I hope that I can have one similar or that exceeds this in the future.

Going back in my memory as a child the end of May always marked the end of the school year. It was an exciting time because you knew you were going to be passed on to the next grade level. The most exciting times were from fifth to sixth, eight to nineth and eleventh to twelve. They marked mile stones. Leaving elementary school to begin middle school, leaving middle to begin highschool and transitioning from Junior year to Senior year.

Many senior graduated this weekend. Family members, friends, and acquaintances have embarked on a new chapter in their life. I wish them well and I wish those still in school a fun summer and a wonderful beginning to their next year of education.

Play Date Saturdays

Today has been an exciting day. The Good Luck Charm went free at Amazon as I’m sure you know if you’ve been following my blog. At this time it is #55 overall in Kindle ebook sales, #4 in Humor, #13 in contemporary. I’m tickled pink over this. We still have the night and another day and evening to go on the free download weekend so if you haven’t gotten your free read be sure to stop by and download, even if you don’t have a KINDLE you can still download to you computer. There’s a Kindle app you can download free to read books on your computer.

Okay, enough about downloading. I went shoe shopping today and I got me a new pair of Alegria shoes. Sandals. Love them. I’m hooked on Alegria shoes. They are so comfy. They are a little on the expensive side, but the comfort they give your feet is far worth the price.

So I’m wearing these and my Shi tzu has a thing about licking your feet. I won’t let her lick even my ankles so she gets mad at me. She goes into the other room where I had my dress shoes and comes carrying a shoe back to where I’m on the computer. Drops the shoe in her dogie bed. I’m like NO YOU DON’T because if she likes licking feet, show loves licking the inside of your shoes. UGH.

Random Thoughts Friday

We have an Orange alert today on air quality. I woke up feeling bad, sounding bad, and after two hours I’m still not fully awake. Maybe I should go crawl back in bed and start all over?

Don’t forget this weekend is a Free Download weekend of The Good Luck Charm at Amazon. Don’t miss your chance to read about Keely and Darren and Duke.

 

What are you Reading Thursdays

Over the weekend I read Bah Humbug by Heather Horrocks, a romantic comedy Christmas Novella. This is a sweet romance about a woman who is finally content on her own and raising her two children, but when they move to a new town and house she meets her new neighbor and things immediately change. This was a quick and enjoyable read. I was lucky enough to get it as a free download off of Amazon, so you might too. It’s always nice to try a new author this way.

Blurb:

Lexi Anderson is an up-and-coming, Martha Stewart-type TV hostess whose two kids love the Jared Strong adventure novels, which happen to be written by their new neighbor, Kyle Miller. For the first time in his writing career, Kyle has writer’s block–until he sees the snowman on his lawn and realizes it’s the perfect solution to his plot problem. He digs in and discovers two things: one, his villain’s weapon will fit inside a snowman’s body, and two, this particular snowman was supposed to be the backdrop for Lexi’s next show. From this improbable beginning comes friendship, but can there be a happy ending for a woman who is afraid to get close again and a man who has shadows from his childhood?

Bah, Humbug is a very cute Christmas story. It is a story filled full of emotions of finding new love and healing from family loss. Ms. Horrock’s delivers a believable story of when meeting the right person at the right time in your life can change everything. I know you will enjoy falling in love with Lexi and Kyle and the whole Miller clan.

Rumor Has It Wednesday

The Good Luck Charm will be available for free download this weekend, Saturday, May 19th – Sunday, May 20th. A great time to download a fun summer read. Don’t miss out on this opportunity.

I will be a guest blogger on their Contemporary blog at RomConCentral Thursday, May 24th. Be sure to drop by and leave a comment to put yourself in the drawing for a prize.

My condolences go out to Karen Hall in the loss of her four-legged companion Watson. He’ll be missed.

There’s only four 1/2 more days of the school year for my son. Yippee!!! I know he will be happy and I will be glad that I don’t have to get him up so early for a few weeks. Congrats to all the seniors who will be graduating this weekend!

Recipe Tuesdays

Lemonade Icees

I first had something similar in 1989 when I went to the beach. They had a guy who came onto the beach selling these. It was called a Lemon Quench I think. I’ve since seen something similar at Dollywood. So you might have similar remembrances of these.

Ingredients:

  • ice
  • water
  • Country Time® Lemonade Mix (or your favorite brand)

I have a Magic Bullet®. So I take the tallest cup and fill it 3/4 way full of ice, 1/2 full of water, and then put in Country Time® Lemonade Powder (the amount of this depends on how tart you want it, but a good guide is the measurement for one glass). I screw on the lid for the bullet and I press, blending this together until the ice is chopped fine and its slushy. If you use a blender then you can make much more at one time, but I usually do it one glass at a time.

This is so easy my son has been able to make his own for the last two years. We even took this with us to the beach so we could make our own the last time we went. It’s fun. It’s simple. And it’s refreshing when the heat index is high and you want something to really quench your thirst.