Welcome Jon Keys - Home Grown

Hi MA, thanks for letting me visit! I’m excited about the release of Home Grown from Dreamspinner Press. Home Grown is all about conflicting worlds and how sometimes they don’t matter. But the characters in the novella are pretty hard-core foodies. So as part of the blog tour, I’m going to talk about some of the food from Home Grown as well as share recipes. Food and hot guys, what could be better! To begin the tour, here is the first recipe. Wilted Lettuce Salad. Tart and tangy, great with fresh harvested leaf lettuce and of course it has bacon in it. I never said these were low cal recipes. JWilted Lettuce Salad. Ingredients4 strips of bacon1/4 cup apple cider vinegar2 to 3 green onions, including tops, sliced thin1 teaspoon sugar1/4 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon pepper8 to 10 cups leaf lettuce, tornDirectionsCook the bacon in a large skillet until very crisp. Remove and let drain on paper towels.Add vinegar, onions, sugar, salt and pepper, to the hot drippings. Stir until sugar is dissolved.Put the lettuce in a large bowl and immediately pour hot dressing over. Toss lightly. Serve right away. ~ Jon ~
Blurb Peter Stevens believes nothing tastes better than a vine-ripened tomato tended by a farmer’s hands. The craving for heirloom tomatoes leads him to his local farmers’ market and his favorite vendor, Ethan Hart. As Peter becomes a regular customer, the two find they have more in common than a love of good food. Just as Ethan begins to relax, Peter's ex, Jay, appears and is all the things Ethan is not. A perfect storm of mistakes and poor choices, as well as Ethan’s haunted past, has him ready to admit defeat. With the guidance of friends and a goat far too smart for her own good, Ethan realizes he needs to have a tender hand and patience to grow a home for Peter.

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Bio:Jon Keys’ earliest memories revolve around books; with the first ones he can recall reading himself being “The Warlord of Mars” and anything with Tarzan. (The local library wasn’t particularly up to date.) But as puberty set in he started sneaking his mother’s romance magazines and added the world of romance and erotica to his mix of science fiction, fantasy, and comic books.A voracious reader for almost half a century, Jon has only recently begun creating his own flights of fiction for the entertainment of others. Born in the Southwest and now living in the Midwest, Jon has worked as a ranch hand, teacher, computer tech, roughneck, designer, retail clerk, welder, artist, and, yes, pool boy; with interests ranging from kayaking and hunting to painting and cooking, he draws from a wide range of life experiences to create written works that draw the reader in and wrap them in a good story.
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