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#MotivationMonday – Forgiving Yourself

My wonderful friend Jayne came over this week to help me assemble some wedding favors and while we worked we talked about our respective struggles to lose weight. Jayne was an inspiration to me with all the weight she lost and when I mentioned a setback this week in my weight loss goals, she offered this pearl of wisdom she had learned from her weight loss group: You have to learn to forgive yourself when you suffer a setback like that.

Think about it. If someone does something you don’t like and you call them on it, but they apologize, you forgive them, right? You don’t beat them over the head over and over again about it (we hope).

So why do we do that to ourselves and not just about weight loss? We do it over our jobs, friendships, husbands, children, etc. We sometimes hold ourselves up to standards that are unreasonable and which may lead us to self-doubt or worse, self-loathing.

So today’s Motivation Monday is about being able to forgive yourself. If you’ve fallen down, dust yourself off, get up, and try again with a fresh slate thanks to forgiveness. I did and was able to get back on track!

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#FreebieFriday – Desire Calls or Under the Boardwalk

Dark and sexy or light and sexy? Which do you prefer? Can’t make up your mind? Choose both of today’s free downloads!

Desire Calls Teaser

Welsh vampire Blake has given up on any chance of love.

From the moment Blake Richards runs into sexy college coed Meghan Thomas, he imagines that it’s possible for him to actually fall in love once again. But when he loses control during their lovemaking, he has to decide between letting Meghan die or turning her. Blake turns her earning her eternal hatred and losing his chance for love. Until he runs into vampire elder Stacia and her power and humanity call to him in unexpected ways and make him believe that love just might be possible with the beautiful immortal.

Vampire elder Stacia hasn’t felt the pull of love in centuries.

Hidden from humans and feared by her own kind due to her immense age and powers, Stacia has few friends and even fewer lovers. The other elders urge her to give up on eternal love, but something inside Stacia says that if she does she will lose the very last bit of the humanity in her heart. But after a chance encounter with Blake, his spirit and strength intrigue her and she imagines that finally she may have found the man worthy enough to be her eternal companion.

Download this dark and sexy novella at https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/dVMOvTrM

Under the Boardwalk Teaser

Natalie Ramirez has spent less and less time with her husband over the last year and more and more time alone. She longs for the happy days of summer when she and Chase would pass the time together on the beach and under the boardwalk, exploring the passion that simmered between them as hot as any summer sun.

Chase Smith had to work hard for everything he ever had, including his wife Natalie. His wife had never wanted for anything in her life and Chase didn’t want to disappoint her. But somewhere along the way, Chase lost sight of the most important thing she wanted: his love.

A passionate night under the boardwalk brought them together, but can Chase and Natalie rekindle that lost love and save their marriage?

Download this light and sexy novella at https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/CNe7OGhI
Freebie Friday Free Reads

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#ThrowbackThursday – My daughter, the introvert!

I know that some of you who know me well will scoff at this, but I am actually quite shy. It has taken me a lot to become a “people person.” Ditto for my hubby. We had to work at being more extroverted. On the other hand, there’s my daughter who grew up seeing my hubby and I be social and is incredibly good with people. She just knows how to reach them and be a friend. I admire her for the many people she touched over the years at her surf and skate shop. So, she’s not an introvert at all and she’s always shown her emotions, real or fake, in many ways. This is just a small montage of some of my fav photos of her!

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#WriteWed – A Feel Good Romance That’s Tasty Too!

I am so excited to be writing for Hallmark, especially since the story I’ve written has some of my fav things in it. South Beach. Chefs. Family traditions. What could make for a better story? I loved writing SOUTH BEACH LOVE, a tale of two rival teens who unknowingly throw a monkey wrench into the growing relationship between their aunt and uncle, who also happen to be top chefs. It was a lot of fun to show the growth in the two girls as well as the competition between the two chefs, Tony Sanchez and Sara Kelly. Plus I love to cook and really enjoyed exploring both my old family recipes and new twists on them as the chefs try to outdo each other. Today I’m sharing some recipes that were part of the inspiration for the cooking competition!

Caridad’s Citrus-Marinated Cuban Roast Pork: http://bit.ly/2pfKq9K
Cuban Black Beans: http://bit.ly/2pfS4kp
Ropa Vieja: http://bit.ly/2nN0U91

If you love to cook as well, please check out the other recipes on my Cook’s Treat page at https://www.caridad.com/meet-me/cooks-treat/.

Now here’s a teaser for SOUTH BEACH LOVE, available June 2020!

Teaser

Head to Miami for a Hallmark summer romance
celebrating family and tradition,
from New York Times bestselling author Caridad Pineiro.

Tony Sanchez, a celebrity chef, comes home to help with his niece’s quinceañera—a traditional big celebration for her fifteenth birthday. He meets up with Sara Kelly, an old friend’s baby sister, who’s now running a restaurant in South Beach. Attraction flares between them.

But Sara is enlisted to cater another quinceañera—for the girl who’s his niece’s rival. Many prominent families will attend, and Sara sees it as an opportunity to get more business for her restaurant and cement her reputation as a talented local chef. But Tony wants his niece’s celebration—and his own talent—to outshine the rest.

Can competing chefs teach each other a few lessons about cooking, culture—and love?

You can purchase SOUTH BEACH LOVE at the following retailers:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2XUW8qZ
Apple Books: https://apple.co/2nMG3mh
B&N: Coming soon!
Kobo: Coming soon!
recipe book and spices south beach love

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#ManCandyMonday – Cutie Diego Boneta

It’s been a long time since I’ve done a Man Candy Monday and boy it was tough research to find this cutie for you! Diego Boneta is a Mexican singer and actor who you may recognize from the 2012 Rock of Ages motion picture. Look for him in November as he’ll also be appearing in TERMINATOR:DARK FATE, another movie in the Terminator franchise. For more info on Diego and his works, please visit him on his Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/diego/.

Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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#ThrowbackThursday -It’s Time for a Wedding!

I think I may have mentioned – LOL I’ve mentioned it a lot – that my baby is getting married. We are very happy for her and for her fiancé who is a lovely young man. We are very happy to welcome him and his family to ours! Since weddings are on the mind, I thought I’d share family photos of some our weddings. The first one to the left is my parents. The middle one is hubby’s parents. To the extreme right are hubby and me! We were such babies when we got married! I’ll post my daughter’s wedding photo as soon as I can after the November 1 wedding.

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#WisdomWednesday – Time to Refill the Well

There’s a Spanish saying that goes like this: Gota a gota la fuente se agota. Loosely translated it means “Drop by drop the well runs dry.”

I’ve hit dry and it’s time for me to take a moment and refill my well. That means some of the projects I planned on finishing these past few months will have to wait until the start of next year when I’ll have lots more time to work on them. It’s been hard for me to accept that, especially since so many of my friends tease me that I’m Wonder Woman, but I’ve got too many things going on and I don’t want to give anything short shrift.

That is a major decision for me, but one that had to be made for me to keep my sanity and also, to give you the best possible stories that I can bring to the table. So look for more vampire stories and #3 At the Shore in the beginning of next year after I’ve had a chance to re-focus and refill my creative well.

Original Image by David Mark from Pixabay

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