It’s National Pasta Day! I love a good pasta dish and since I’m married to an Italian, a Sunday dinner of pasta and sauce was a regular occurrence in our house. Like many, however, we’ve been cutting back on eating too many carbs which means eating less pasta. But pasta is good comfort food, especially on a cold winter day as you let the sauce simmer and warm the house. One of my favorite pasta dishes is gnocchi even though I’ve only successfully made it once and that was with sweet potatoes! But I make a great manicotti by hand and you can get that recipe and more in the Cook’s Treat section of my website at https://www.caridad.com/meet-me/cooks-treat/. I’ve got recipes and excerpts in Recipes for the Romantic Soul which is available for free on Kindle Unlimited at https://amzn.to/3D06J6S.
Which Cover is Your Favorite?
Woo hoo! I have the covers for all three of the upcoming books in the South Beach Security Series. I can’t wait for you to meet the Gonzalez family and the security agency that they run in Miami but back to the covers. I’m trying to decide which one is my favorite and that’s hard to do. I love the purple in the cover for Lost in Little Havana, but the hero on the cover for Brickell Avenue Ambush is hot. I also love the mansion shown for the third book in the series Biscayne Bay Breach and the heroine is just like I pictured her! What is your fav cover?
Happy Sunday!
It’s a dreary and rainy Sunday as we get the remnants of Hurrican Ian. Sharing this photo of one of the sunflowers I picked at Holland Ridge Farm to brighten the day. Sending my thoughts and prayers to everyone in Florida and the Carolinas. I hope you are all safe and sound and pray things get better for you soon!
Weekend Flower Fun
In spring I headed out to the Holland Ridge Farm to check out their tulip fields. Yesterday I took a break from final edits on my draft to go back to Holland Ridge for the fall display of gladiolas, dahlias, sunflowers, and mums! It was a beautiful fall day and we traipsed around the lovely flowers and picked some for a bouquet. The sunflowers are just starting to open so if you want something to do, check out the Holland Ridge Farm in Allentown, NJ. On this Fun Friday, I’m sharing photos from the flower fields!
Meet Frijoles and Butter from Rescue at Redland Ranch
I’m putting the finishing touches on the first book in the South Beach Security K-9 series, tentatively titled Rescue at Redland Ranch. The K-9 hero of that story is Butter, a female Belgian Malinois. The heroine is Teresa Ramirez, the owner of a racehorse stable who is being threatened by a former trainer which is why she’s called in SBS for protection. The hero, Matt Perez, was a dog handler in the Marines and a former police officer who worked with Trey Gonzalez. You meet Trey in Lost in Little Havana as he’s trying to figure out who murdered his partner and keep undercover detective Roni Lopez safe while they investigate the murder and a human trafficking ring. Lost in Little Havana is available for pre-order right now and releases on November 29, 2022. Rescue at Redland Ranch will hopefully be available in 2023. For some Monday vibes, I’m leaving you with this photo of one of Teresa’s racehorses and Butter standing guard!
Happy Cover Reveal Biscayne Bay Breach
I am so so excited to share with you a little reveal of the cover for Biscayne Bay Breach, #3 in the South Beach Security series! After this book we’ll let the dogs out for the next four – yes 4! – books in the SBS series. But for now, leaving you with his reveal and teaser for Biscayne Bay Breach.
Biscayne Bay Breach Teaser
Threatened by a deep-seated evil…
That they can only stop together.
When John Wilson realizes that his groundbreaking computer program is under attack, he enlists South Beach Security for help. Like it or not, SBS includes the alluring Mia Gonzalez. Beautiful, savvy Mia had enticed the tech billionaire in the past—before disappearing from his life. Now, whoever wants John’s brilliant invention is also after Mia and her family. This wasn’t the reunion John was hoping for, but only with Mia by his side can they hope to outsmart a killer…
Order
Amazon Kindle: https://amzn.to/3nIDlcZ
Amazon Paperback: https://amzn.to/3yPILJl
Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/biscayne-bay-breach/id6442922430
BN E-book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/biscayne-bay-breach-caridad-pi-eiro/1141590228?ean=9780369732224
BN Paperback: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/biscayne-bay-breach-caridad-pi-eiro/1141590228?ean=9781335582430
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/biscayne-bay-breach
Additional Retailers: https://books2read.com/Biscayne-Bay-Breach
First Chapter Fun with Hank, Hannah, and Linda
I am so so excited about my friend Linda Hurtado Bond’s new release All the Broken Girls. I had the pleasure of reading an ARC of this book and it was fabulous! All the Broken Girls was “Atmospheric, edgy, and exciting, Bond delivers a complex story filled with engaging characters and unexpected twists and turns. A great page-turner that I highly recommend.” LOL, do I have to use quotes if I said it? Seriously, check it out and also visit with my friend Hank Philippi Ryan and Hannah Mary McKinnon at 12:30 today for a reading of Linda’s first chapter at the First Chapter Fun Facebook Group.
Also, please take a moment to check out Hank’s latest release Her Perfect Life. Her Perfect Life is a Publisher’s Weekly Pick of the Week and Hank is an absolutely fabulous writer! I’ve got my copy on the TBR pile, do you? And because my TBR pile can never be big enough, I can’t wait to read Hannah’s Never Coming Home, a May release from MIRA books. If you’re into psychological suspense, this one is for you!
Teaser All the Broken Girls
When one falls
Crime reporter Mari Alvarez was never able to solve her mother’s murder ten years ago. But when a woman is gunned down on the doorstep of her West Tampa neighborhood, Mari can’t shake the eerie sense of connection.
The others will break
Now there have been two murders in two days. Each crime scene awash with arcane clues–and without a trace of DNA from the killer. And for each victim, a doll. The first is missing an eye. The second is missing a heart. But are these clues leading to the killer…or messages for Mari?
Unless she plays the game…
Caught up in a maelstrom of Old-World superstition, secrets, and ties to her own past, Mari has only one option. Put the puzzle together before someone else dies–even if it destroys her career. But there’s no escaping the hungry spider’s web when it’s been made just for you…
