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Happy New Year,series' goals, and thank you

Since I'm having a party at my house for New Year's Eve I figured I'd write this blog before then. Because I know I'll be in no shape for January 1, 2013 to wish anyone anything unless it's to wish for someone to take the puppy out tomorrow morning. (Any volunteers?)

A happy, healthy, warm, and loving New Year to everyone. Life is what you make it and I hope everyone has positive energy surrounding them this new year. Say it with me now: 2013 is going to be the best year ever! (Ugh, did I just...

End of the year charity giving

It's the last weekend of 2012 and time to think about (among many other things far more pleasant) taxes. If you're looking to donate to a charity, please, please, please check them out first. Charities might seem all dandy, helping the poor, homeless, returning vets, or survivors of natural catasrophies, but not all are legit. My favorite place to verify a charity is Charity Navigator.

You can browse by most popular --Top 10 lists include most popular, most followed, and quickest expanding amo...

Friday Recipe: New Year's Appetizers

Today's New Year's recipe looks like it takes forever to make because of the refrigerate overnight aspect, but let's face it, you'll be sleeping overnight anyway so it's all good! Pot Stickers Traditional has several items I don't normally eat (like cabbage) but when minced in my handy new food processor you can barely taste it.

Now, I once accidentally overdosed the ginger in a Chicken and Ginger Soup recipe, so I'm warning you now--when it says finely chopped, obey! Or cut down on the m...

Small town loving

In between baking, cooking, and cleaning, I started a new series. The first one, Forbidden Road, is started and I'm very pleased with the way it's coming out. Very character driven, witty banter (read: Sarcasm!) and characters I'm very much growing to love.

Small town romance meets sexy menage with a bit of drama tossed in. I wanted to know if I could do a Robyn Carr type of book but put a threesome twist to it and see what happened. 3 chapters in and I have very high hopes for Forbidden Road:...

Friday Recipe: Candy Cane Butter Cookies

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The world is not ending and neither is the Mayan Calendar

But if it was, I'd want cake. Chocolate cake of course. All of it. Every last morsel.

However, since the end of the 13th Mayan bak'tun cycle really doesn't mean the end of the world, I'll settle for something a little lighter to eat. Christmas feasts are heavy, after all, and I have one on Christmas Eve and one on Christmas Day.

If the world was ending, I think I'd be slightly more panicked (read: a lot more panicked though there'd be nothing I could do about it). And probably wouldn't have don...

Breathless Press, GLBT new releases, and excerpts

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Hetero #menage

Of all the menages I've written so far, I've yet to tackle one of the most common types, the heterosexual menage. Where only those of the opposite sex engage in intimate relations. Therefore, I'm making it one of my resplutions:

I'll tackle the heterosexual menage. It may end up in my Victorian Menage series, or not. We'll see what happens. But I'm interested in writing this type of menage, and want to definitely try it.

I also plan to do a foursome. Not sure if that'll be a hetero or not, it b...

Friday Recipe: Cookie Icing

At work someone brought in beautiful cookies in the bakery box and other than not wanting to eat them because they looked so gorgeous, I wanted to know how to make them. I'd never iced a cookie, but these were festive, colorful, and non-fondant. Which I hate and refuse to use. Ever. No taste=no need for it in my baking. This is the recipe I used for the cookie icing.

Sugar Cookie Icing
Prep Time: 15 MinutesReady In: 15 Minutes Servings: 12

Ingredients: 1 cup confectioners' sugar2 teaspoons...

#Reviews for Seduction of my Proper Wife

This week I've received 3 lovely reviews for Seduction of my Proper Wife: A Victorian Menage at the Parisian Exposition. I'd like to thank the reviewers for taking the time to both read and review my story and for their kind words.

4 stars from Long and Short Reviews: But overall, it was a very sexy read and I would suggestion a fan and ice water on hand when it’s read. The next in the series should be a fun, hot read, just as this was.

4 books from Reviews by Molly: I loved the emotion behind...