DIE FOR LOVE Blog Tour & #Giveaway

I want to thank all the bloggers that have been so helpful on this tour as well as understanding that I’m still trying to dig out from being sick! Thank you!

Please take a moment to visit with them as they spotlight DIE FOR LOVE, the latest release in THE REBORN/CALLING Vampire novel series.

Please drop by and follow the instructions for a chance to win a REBORN T-shirt and a print copy of TO LOVE AND SERVE!

Monday, January 6, 2014
Sarah Grimm, Author {Spotlight}
 
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Romance Book Junkies {Spotlight}
 
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Amberkatze’s Book Blog {Guest Post}
 
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Authors’ Cafe {Spotlight}
 
Friday, January 10, 2014
Kristy Centeno {Guest Post}
 
Monday, January 13, 2014
For Whom The Books Toll {Guest Post}
What Readers Want {Spotlight}
 
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Paranormal Dimensions {Guest Post}
 
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Diane’s Book Blog {Author Interview}
 
Thursday, January 16, 2014
M.J. Schiller, Romance Author {Guest Post}
 
Friday, January 17, 2014
Paranormal Realms {Guest Post}
Sexy Between the Covers – Melissa Keir {Guest Post}

Deviled Ham Sandwich #Recipe

I really don’t know how the deviled ham sandwich, also known as a bocadito, got started in Cuba. All I know is that it was a staple of every party we ever had and it is always a favorite. The best thing: It’s EASY to make.

So here goes!

Deviled Ham Sandwiches

2 (two) 4 oz cans deviled ham spread (I use Underwood)
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup ketchup
1 8 oz bar cream cheese
Your choice of sandwich rolls or bread

Soften the cream cheese with the milk and ketchup. Blend until smooth and then add the deviled ham. Mix.

That’s it! There are variations that add mayo and/or chopped pimentos. I love pimentos so I may add them the next time to half of the mix for a little variety.

I like to refrigerate the mix for a couple of hours so it’s not so runny. Once it’s a little firmer, spread on the rolls and/or bread.

We love it on potato bread and we always cut off the crusts.

Hope you liked today’s nice and simple recipe!

#ManCandyMonday Aaron Rodgers Green Bay Packer

This was not a good football weekend in my house. Every single one of the teams I was rooting for lost. UGH. I guess I cursed them. Next week I guess I’ll root for the team I want to lose and maybe the reverse will happen? LOL!

Today’s Man Candy choice is Green Bay Packer quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Yes, the daable-check insurance guy. Funny commercials.

He’s a cutie with a great smile and also with great leadership and determination from what I can see. What do you think?

Aaron_Rodgers

Photo credit: Mike Morbeck@en.wikipedia.com

FAITH IN YOU #FridayRead and a Snowy Day

Good morning, everyone! Sorry to be a little late today, but it’s a very snowy day today in NJ! We have at least eight inches on the ground, bitter cold, and the plows have not come around yet. On top of that, we have a fox on the prowl through the yards and it’s been scaring away our little feral cats. Here are some photos of the snow!

Today I’ve got a free read for you from FAITH IN YOU, my contemporary romance re-release. It’s currently on sale for .99 to celebrate the release of TORI GOT LUCKY.

FAITH IN YOU is one of my personal favorites. When Paul Stone first came to life in NOW AND ALWAYS, I knew he was much more complicated than he seemed. I loved exploring the differences between his dysfunctional family and Carmen’s tight-knit clan. It was really heart wrenching at times as Paul struggles to accept the kind of unconditional love which Carmen has been lucky to have all her life.

In this scene, Paul has no where to go for Christmas Eve and has decided to go to his partner’s home where he meets Carmen, her irresistible younger sister. The attraction between them is instantaneous and powerful. Also humorous. That’s the other thing I loved about this book – the fun that Paul and Carmen have together.

I hope you enjoy it also! If you can’t see the excerpt below, you can click here!

FAITH IN YOU Contemporary Romance

Happy New Year & #Resolutions for 2014

I always resolve not to make resolutions. LOL! It’s always the first resolution I break.

This year I’m finally giving in and acknowledging that my Type AA personality needs resolutions. It likes to plan and I’m going to indulge it this year.

So here are my resolutions for 2014! I’d love to hear some of yours.

1. Get back on my health and fitness wagon. I’ve fallen off the last few months and need to get back on track.

2. Decide what to do about my writing career. Albert Einstein said that insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I’ve been doing the same thing over and over and I need to take stock and do something different if I want different results.

3. Do more good deeds. I try to do them on a regular basis, but it’s time to do more.

4. Become more politically involved. I’ve only been on the fringes and I think it’s time to be more vocal and active about what’s happening. (I won’t do that here, so don’t worry.)

5. Think about what I plan to do in the next two years and put a plan into place that will get me to where I want to be.

So come on! Share at least one resolution. It may get you a print copy of TO LOVE AND SERVE. Yep, I finally have some print copies. Which reminds me that I need to pick some wedding week winners! I’m a little behind thanks to a variety of things.

Since one of my resolutions was to do more good deeds, I figure I need to leave you with something uplifting and fun for this New Year’s Eve! So here he is. Enjoy!
New Year

DIE FOR LOVE Release Day & #ManCandyMonday

DIE FOR LOVEDIE FOR LOVE is finally here! This is the climactic finish of the story arc for Diana and Ryder and an action-packed romance with dhampir Slayer Michaela Ramirez and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Jesus Hernandez. You may remember them from HONOR CALLS and now you’ll get to see their entire story.

I’m very excited about all that goes on in this book and what it sets up for future books in the series. Many of you have been asking and yes, there will be more books. I’ll shortly be at work on VAMPIRE REBORN which will be a novella centered around Ryder and all the changes with which he’s dealing. Hopefully that will be available in March of 2014. That will be followed by FIGHT FOR LOVE which will add more to the Diana and Ryder relationship, but also explore the workings of the Slayer council and the source of their power.

Many of you have also asked if Foley will ever get his story and the answer is a also a big yes! I just have to find the right woman for this very interesting and unique character.

Here is the teaser for DIE FOR LOVE.

    Loving a dead man can be brutal.

    Diana Reye’s pregnancy is draining her of life. Now she and vampire Ryder Latimer are faced with the most difficult choice of all. Turn Diana, or lose her and the baby. If Ryder chooses to save them, he risks the wrath of the Slayer Council and will be marked for his own death by their friend Michaela.
    Chasing a vampire can be consuming.

    FBI agent Michaela Ramirez has been searching for the vampire who raped and killed her mother while acting as an enforcer for the Slayer Council. Since meeting FBI Director Jesus Hernandez , however, Michaela is losing a bit of her edge as she imagines the possibility of a life full of happiness and passion with her handsome boss by her side…and in her bed.

    Living without the one they love isn’t an option.

    But soon trouble comes calling as the vampire she hunts makes Michaela his prey. Now Michaela finds herself in a battle not only for her own life, but for her friends lives as well, as she and Ryder both make the difficult decision to break all the rules for love.

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And now it’s time for Man Candy Monday! People always ask who I would picture as the various characters if I was ever lucky enough to have THE REBORN/CALLING series picked up for a movie or television show. It’s always been tough for me to picture who would play Diana and Ryder, although Tyler Hoechlin would be high on the list to be Ryder.

But today’s Man Candy is all about who I would picture as ADIC Jesus Hernandez and that’s a much easier choice: Bobby Cannavale!

Bobby first caught my eye on Third Watch where he played an EMT. He’s a Jersey Boy from Union City and is half-Cuban half-Italian. In 2013, Bobby won an Emmy for his role on Boardwalk Empire. Bobby has been in a number of movies and television shows and I could totally see him playing the rough, but sensitive, FBI Director who has to deal with the very kickass and hard-edged dhampir Michaela.

What do you think?

Bobby_Cannavale

Photo Credit: Drama League@en.wikipedia.com