Caridad Pineiro® Romance Author
NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Romance Author
Pull up a chair and share while we’re having our morning cup of coffee! What’s the one thing you look forward to most at a book event? Meeting authors? Discovering new books? Getting books signed? Spending time with fellow readers? I love all those things when I’m at a book event like Books Books Books in Lancaster!
Even though it’s Local Summer on the Jersey Shore, it doesn’t look like a beach day today. If the weather clears a little, I may spend some time in the garden and then join hubby to watch the Men’s finals of the U.S. Open. Plus, I need to get some more writing done on #3 in the Crooked Pass Security K-9 Division series. The K-9 hero in this story is a Doberman because the heroine needs protection from whoever also killed her parents. Many of you will also be happy to hear that the hero is a retired Marine. I can’t wait for you to read it in late 2027 when it hits shelves. No title yet. Have a great Sunday!
Happy National Rum Day! I’m not much of a drinker, but when I do have a drink, I like sweet ones. My favorite drink is a fruity Planter’s Punch with our without rum. And since I mentioned my wonderful client Jose Cuervo, they also had an amazing rum in their line-up! On National Rum Day, I’m giving you my recipe for Planter’s Punch. I use dark rum because it is sweeter, but if you don’t like anything too sweet, switch to light rum and omit the Amarena cherries and juice. If you haven’t heard of those before, they are delicious dark, ripe cherries preserved in a sugar syrup. You might find them in Italian-style groceries, but Aldi also had them recently! P.S. The ladies of the At the Shore novels would definitely sit down for a glass of this punch on a hot Jersey Shore night. Grab the first book in the series, ONE SUMMER NIGHT, for only 99 cents at https://amzn.to/4o0DtCW.
2 tbsp Freshly squeezed lime juice
1/4 cup Grenadine or simple syrup
1/4 cup Dark rum
1/2 cup Pineapple juice
1/2 cup Orange juice
1 tbsp Amarena cherry juice and 2 or 3 Amarena cherries
Add lime juice, grenadine or simple syrup, dark rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, and cherry juice. Stir well. If you have a shaker, even better. Put them all in the shaker and shake well. Pour into a tall glass filled with fresh ice. Add the Amarena cherries to the glass. Garnish with pineapple or orange slice to dress it up.
Happy National Book Lovers Day! Today is a day on which we can all unite to celebrate our favorite thing: BOOKS! They make us laugh, cry, or grit our teeth in frustration. They’re the thing we have stacked up everywhere and can never get enough of. BOOKS! Take a moment to share what you love the most about books. For me, it’s that they transport me to other worlds and introduce me to new people. Plus, as a writer, it’s that books let me connect and meet so many wonderful people, like you all! I hope you all have a fabulous day today with your favorite book.
Happy National Sisters Day! Here’s wishing my sister Carmen a very happy National Sisters Day! I’m lucky to have her in my life, and we do many things together, especially gardening things. It’s fun to spend time with her, and I’m proud of what an accomplished gardener and cook she is. For those wondering, she finished 5th in the quarterfinals of that Favorite Chef competition. Quite an accomplishment. P.S. I have two books that feature a pair of sisters as the heroes. The first book, MORE THAN A MISSION, is part of the Capturing the Crown collection and is about a chef, Elizabeth Moore, who may be a professional assassin. The second book, SECRET AGENT REUNION, features her twin sister Dani, who is a spy! You can grab MORE THAN A MISSION at https://amzn.to/4xdTTuO. As for SECRET AGENT REUNION, my goal is to re-release that book in January 2027! Wish me luck!
What the heck is tsunduko? The true translation of this Japanese word is the practice of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up without reading. In other words, the TBR pile that so many of us have in our homes. Not a bad thing, because I know that many of you actually get to all those books in the physical TBR pile. But how well do you do with the books on your e-reader? I hear from many people that they snatch up all those free and 99-cent deal books, but they linger on the e-readers without being read. What about you? Is that something you do? P.S. I don’t want to add to your electronic TBR pile, but I do have lots of books that are FREE on Kindle Unlimited or 99-cent deals. You can grab them at https://amzn.to/4pYcIQF.
Happy Sunday! Hubby and I would regularly sit and watch a baseball game, either live or on TV. It’s gotten harder now that we’ve switched teams. Hubby is busy following Alonso and the Orioles, while I’m following Nimmo and the Rangers. We can catch those games every now and then, but not as often as we did with the team that shall not be named. LOL! Anyway, if you love baseball as much as I do, and romance novels as well, why not check out the Marauders baseball box set? It’s FREE with Kindle Unlimited or available for 99 cents at https://amzn.to/4vqpngY.
