#WriteWed 2000 Blog Posts #Giveaway

It’s hard to believe, but we just passed blog post #2000 the other day! I want to thank all of you who have been with me for all that time. I want to thank you for the many comments and e-mail exchanges we’ve had. It’s people like you who make the writing gig totally worthwhile. To thank you, I’m going to choose one person who leaves a comment on this blog post by 8:00 a.m. EST September 17th to win a print copy of the TAKE A CHANCE military romance box set and a $10 Itunes Gift Code.

Plus, we’ve got the Lucky 7 Brazen Bachelors set up for free, so take advantage and download it while you can!
Amazon: http://bit.ly/7BrazenAMZ
Amazon UK: http://bit.ly/7BrazenUKAMZ
Amazon CA: http://bit.ly/7BrazenCAAMZ
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August 14, 2015February 23, 2021

#Fitness Friday Tips for Getting More Fit & Healthy

I’m always striving to be healthier and to find ways to get more fit. Since I try to keep up on news about such things, I’d thought I’d share them with you in a new Friday segment – Fitness Friday!

Check out these articles on various aspects of being more fit and healthy.

3 Steps to Avoid Junk Food Cravings: http://bit.ly/1IK9XYw
Calories count more than fat or carbs: http://reut.rs/1L8NPKW
Don’t Fear the Scale – Why you don’t have to fear weighing yourself every day: http://cnn.it/1IK8O36
Fighting Office Body – Move more to improve your health & Posture: http://yhoo.it/1IK7Eoe
High Protein Breakfasts May Help Prevent Fat Gain: http://bit.ly/1IK9BRs
How to Stay Motivated in your Fitness Regimen: http://bit.ly/1IKad9Z

Now I have to say one thing about the article on the types of calories not mattering as much as the calories themselves. I’ve been using my Fitbit and religiously tracking what I eat and how active I am. When I eat the same number of calories, but include “bad carbs” such as bread, crackers, cookies and pasta, I not only gain weight immediately, but I experience belly bloat and other things. I’m not saying you all will experience the same thing, but you need to listen to your body and what it’s telling you about the food you’re eating.

Speaking of Fitbit, if you want to become a pal and cheer me on while I cheer you on, you can friend me at https://www.fitbit.com/user/3GZT48.

If you want to join me and others in a DietBet – that’s where you put your money on how much weight you can lose – click here to check it out!

January 9, 2015July 9, 2019

Upside Down Cornbread Cake and BE MINE Erotic Romance Release & #Giveaway #FoodieFriday

Happy Friday! Woo hoo we made it to the end of the week. I’ve got a busy weekend planned and I hope you have a great one.

Today I’m sharing a recipe that helps handle some of the leftovers from Thanksgiving. I love the Penguin Cornbread Mix from Costco, but always have a lot of it left over after the holiday. While we love cornbread in my house, I wanted to find a way to mix things up.

After checking out a few sites, I came across an upside down cake recipe from the fabulous Sunny Anderson and decided to adapt it to deal with the cornbread mix as well as the fruits I had handy, namely pears, apples and blueberries. You can actually make this with any fresh or canned fruit which is why I didn’t put any specific fruit name in the title. If using canned fruit, make sure to drain it well so you don’t water down the sauce for the topping.

Ingredients

2-3 cups fruit, sliced (except small fruits like blueberries)
1 cup brown sugar
1 stick of butter
1 cup rum/amaretto/or other sweet liquor
1 cornbread mix

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a small saucepan, melt butter, add 1/2 cup brown sugar and still until dissolved. Add liquor and slow boil until the liquid is a little syrupy.

Make cornbread according to the mix and add the remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar.

Oil 9×13 inch pan. Layout the fruit in the bottom of the pan. Once the butter/sugar/alcohol mixture is syrupy, pour over the fruit. Then pour the cornbread mix over the fruit and syrup.

Bake for 30-45 minutes or until knife comes out clean from the cornbread. Let cool. Once cool, invert the cake onto another plate.

Serve with ice cream and/or whipped cream. The cake is dense and not too sweet. For those who need gluten free, this is a perfect recipe since corn does not have gluten. Just make sure to check the label of your cornbread mix to make sure there are no other products containing gluten.

BE MINE Valentine’s Day Erotic Romance Set

As I mentioned the other day, we’ve got an awesome box set for you for Valentine’s Day and it’s only 99 cents for a limited time. Check it out at these retailers:

Amazon: http://bit.ly/AMZBeMine
Amazon UK: http://bit.ly/AMZUKBeMine
Amazon CA: http://bit.ly/AMZCABeMine
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BE MINE — Ten Erotic Romances for Valentine’s Day features contemporary romance, paranormal romance, military romance, and BDSM romance from today’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors. This boxed set is ONLY available for a LIMITED TIME so get your copy before it’s gone.

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December 17, 2014

#WriteWed Christmas Book Bash #Recipes, Inspirations, #Giveaways & More

My friend and fellow author Talina Perkins has set up a fabulous Christmas Book Bash with a number of authors sharing recipes, inspirations, new releases, giveaways and more! I’ll be at her blog tomorrow sharing a fav Christmas recipe and I’ll have a giveaway for you of a $10 gift card and an e-copy of the Take a Chance box set. Drop by Talina’s website or her blog to check out the many other goodies that the authors in the Christmas Book Bash have for you!

December 8, 2014

#ManCandyMonday Santa Helper & #Giveaway Winner

Thank you all so much for sharing your holiday traditions! The winner of the $10 gift card is Elke!

Since you liked last week’s helper so much, I’m sharing another photo of him after he finished helping me wrap up some gifts. What do you think? Did he do a good job with the wrapping?

November 10, 2014November 10, 2014

#ManCandyMonday Rafe from Stay the Night

We had a little contest the other day on Facebook (so sorry to those not on FB! I promise we will do another one here soon!) to pick what Rafe might look like for STAY THE NIGHT, the next book in the Take a Chance series!

Post by Caridad Pineiro.

So the winner of an acknowledgement in Stay the Night, as picked by random.org is JoAn Varner! The overwhelming choice for Rafe was the clean cut version and so here he is on this #ManCandyMonday!

Stay the Night will be out the first week of December! Can’t wait for you to read this really emotional and sexy story about a Navy Seal husband and his wife who have grown apart and now must decide if there is a future together for them!

Also, if you have a blog or other social media page and want to participate in the release day blitz for the Take a Chance Box Set, please sign up here: http://bit.ly/TakeAChanceboxsetRDB

April 15, 2014March 2, 2021

Vampire Reborn #TeaserTuesday & #Giveaways

Vampire Reborn Novella Today’s #TeaserTuesday is from VAMPIRE REBORN, the new novella in The Calling-Reborn Vampire Novel Series.

In this scene, vampire Ryder Latimer is returning home after a meeting with a member of the Slayer Council that has not gone well. Ryder went to see the Council member in the hopes of finding out why he may be becoming more human. When he left earlier, he and his newlywed wife had kind of had a fight, but Ryder can never stay angry with Diana for long.

Warning, this excerpt is for mature audiences only.

If you can’t read the excerpt, you can click her for the free read from Vampire Reborn.

Vampire Reborn Novella Excerpt

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Don’t forget we’ve got a number of giveaways happening which end on April 18th! Click here to tag a friend on Facebook and earn a chance to win!

Vampire Reborn Release Celebration Giveaway
Dangerous Dozen Giveaway
Lucky 7 Bad Boys Giveaway