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March 9, 2013
Snippet Sunday #4: Feel the Heat
Less than two months to the release of my debut, Feel the Heat, so I thought I’d feature a few excerpts from that in the coming weeks. In today’s snippet, celebrity chef Jack Kilroy and photographer Lili DeLuca are getting along quite well in a local watering hole when Jack hesitates, giving the impression that maybe he isn’t as interested in Lili as she is in him. Lili says she’ll just have to make do with Jack’s sexy French sous chef instead, so she’s moved off to find him…
Jack followed tha...
March 2, 2013
Snippet Sunday #3: All Fired Up
It’s SnippetSundaytime! Taking up where Six Sentence Sunday left off, Snippet Sunday gives authors a chance to share a few lines from their work in progress. I’ve also added in a couple of lines so it meets the guidelines for Weekend Writing Warriors, another great way for authors to share the love.
Shane, my delicious pastry chef hero in All Fired Up has just taken ice cool Cara out on a date, and surprise, it’s a line dancing class! Cara’s not doing so well:
She was hands down the most elegan...
February 23, 2013
Snippet Sunday #2: All Fired Up
It’s SnippetSundaytime! Taking up where Six Sentence Sunday left off, Snippet Sunday gives authors a chance to share a few lines from their work in progress.All Fired Up, Book 2 of myHot in the Kitchen seriesis just about done (both Books 1 and 2 are available for pre-order on Kindle and Nook for the bargain price of $2.99!) Today, Shane, my delicious Irish pastry chef is taking Cara out on a date, which means she’s going to have to ride his motorcycle. Uh oh. He has just put his helmet on he...
February 16, 2013
Sunday Snippet #1: All Fired Up
It’s SnippetSundaytime! Taking up where Six Sentence Sunday left off, Snippet Sunday gives authors a chance to share a few lines from their work in progress. All Fired Up, Book 2 of my Hot in the Kitchen series is just about done (both Books 1 and 2 are available for pre-order on Kindle and Nook for the bargain price of $2.99!) Here’s a little excerpt to get us thinking about Shane, my hottie Irish pastry chef.
Shane has “persuaded” Cara to come out on a date with him but he’s being a touch ca...
Girls’ Night Out with Chicago Romance Authors
Julie James, Beth Kery, Kate Meader, Shannyn Schroeder
Hey, all! While Feel the Heat, Book 1 of my Hot in the Kitchen series isn’t out until May 7, I was recently blessed with the opportunity to take part in a fabulous reader event organized by one of my Chicago North RWA chapter mates, Shannyn Schroeder. Shannyn debuted last month with More Than This, a very cute and funny friends-to-lovers romance.
On Sunday, February 10, I read aloud from my book for the first time! Also on the bill were oth...
February 13, 2013
Win Valentine Goodies from Debut Author, Marisa Cleveland
My pal and agency-sister, Marisa Cleveland had her publishing debut this week with a novella, The Valentine Challenge, from Entangled Publishing. It’s a sexy bargain at only 99 cents! Join the celebration by visiting participating blogs and commenting the answer to this very important question:
In your opinion, what’s the sexiest part of a man?
Between now and February 28th, Marisa’s super secret judges will browse the blogs and choose up to three winners to receive Valentine goodies!
No purchas...
February 1, 2013
Pre-order links in Amazon and B&N Now Available for Feel the Heat
I’m thrilled to tell you that pre-order links for my debut foodie romance, Feel the Heat, Book 1 in the Hot in the Kitchen series, are now available in Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Feel the Heat will be released e-first on May 7, 2013 at the hot price of $2.99!
If print is more your style and you can’t wait for the mass market paperback to be released later this summer, a trade paperback print-on-demand version is also available for your ordering pleasure.
Feel the Heat is about a jaded celebrity...
January 26, 2013
Six Sentence Sunday #41: All Fired Up
Boo hoo, sixers… it’s the final Six Sentence Sunday! Well, it’s been a blast getting to know so many great writers and finding an outlet for my snippets. A check of my posts reveals I started contributing on January 22, 2012, so that makes it one year of sixes, off an on. Over the last year, I signed with an agent, sold my three-book series, Hot in the Kitchen to Grand Central Publishing, and found amazing beta readers among the SSS brethren-sisterhood. I’ll continue to visit the sites of wri...
January 19, 2013
Six Sentence Sunday #40: All Fired Up
Hey ho, sixers! This week, I thought I’d move into the head of my hero in All Fired Up to see how he feels about the events in Vegas. Here, Shane is playing a little mind game with Cara about what might have happened that night.
“What if we had sex?” The way he said it could be construed as past sex or the promise of it. The promise of can’t-walk-for-a-week good times between a man and a woman. “That wouldn’t make a difference?”
“But we didn’t.” Her brow creased in puzzlement and horror descend...
January 14, 2013
Cheesecake with Chocolate Ganache Topping
I know, I know, it’s the new year and you made all these resolutions to be good, but if you must indulge, this is the way to do it.
For the crust:
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 T sugar
6 T unsalted butter, melted
For the filling:
2 ½ pounds cream cheese, at room temperature (I mix in some low fat cream cheese – makes me feel a teensy bit better)
1 ½ cups sugar
5 whole eggs, at room temperature
2 egg yolks, at room temperature
¼ cup sour cream
Zest of 2 lemons
1 ½ t vanilla extract
For the chocolate ganac...
