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New Covers! The Magic of his Touch and Bewitched by His K...

New Covers! The Magic of his Touch and Bewitched by His Kiss are the two novellas in my Regency duet, May Day Mischief, coming out in April and May. They have MAGIC in them. :~))










That's all for now... blurbs soon.

Tinder Box!

Have you ever wondered how a tinder box works? I have, ever since reading the scene in Georgette Heyer's The Foundling where the Duke of Sale sets his prison on fire. (Go, Gilly!)

Anyway, Maria Grace posted a great video where a cook at Hampton Court shows how it works. To watch it, go here.


http://authormariagrace.com/2013/01/0...





Photo of Hampton Court by

Onion Soup, French or Otherwise

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Today's My Day! Plus the Harlequin Open House...

Today's my day in the Harlequin Historical Holiday Giveaway. I'm giving away a $25 gift certificate and a download of one of my novellas...and everyone who enters also has a chance at winning the Grand Prize, a Kindle Fire HD.

To enter, go to my website (www.barbaramonajem.com) and follow the directions.

And don't forget, there are eight more days after mine. Enter every day for great prizes

Drinking Lamb's Wool for Christmas?

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The Next Two Little Things

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Harlequin Historical Holiday Giveaway

It's time for my favorite contest of the year -- the Harlequin Historical Holiday Giveaway. It's also time for a bunch of other stuff, so I'm totally hyper right now. It's a good kind of hyper, though.

Here's the calendar -- 18 days of contests, a different author each day, and at the end, the Grand Prize of a Kindle Fire.






To get to a live calendar with links to all the author sites, click

It's time for another fabulous giveaway hop from Reading ...

It's time for another fabulous giveaway hop from Reading Romances. A bunch of Harlequin Historical authors (including me) are participating in this one.

To learn more about the Harlequin Historical prizes, go to the Harlequin Historical Authors blog, where Michelle Styles has spelled it all out and set up a rafflecopter for you to enter.

After that, go to Reading Romances and find out about

Thanksgiving sweet! For those who couldn't get to the Har...

Thanksgiving sweet! For those who couldn't get to the Harlequin recipe exchange, here's my grandmother's recipe for Cherry Slice, aka Cherry Squares. My mother always made this for Christmas, but it would make a great alternative to the usual pies at Thanksgiving. Not that I'm dissing pies, mind you -- but I love this special treat. 

Crust:
1/2 cup soft butter
1 cup flour

Mix together and

Twelve Harlequin Historical authors (including me) are pa...

Twelve Harlequin Historical authors (including me) are participating in a spotlight in the Harlequin
Community this week. There's a great discussion going. Ask
questions of your favorite authors and join in -- it's fun. Just go to
the Harlequin Historical Spotlight Discussion. Here's the URL spelled out if you need it:

http://community.harlequin.com/showth...-