Are you looking forward to seeing a bit of green? Do you yearn to cast off the snow and welcome Spring?
If you'd like to come along for the ride AND have a chance to win a Kindle copy of LORD OF DRUEMARWIN, hop over to NN Light Book Heaven's Literary Giveaway portal and log in with your email. Specify that you want to win LORD OF DRUEMARWIN on the comment line. Lots of other prizes too, and you can enter as many times as you wish.
For the month of love, I'm giving away a Kindle copy of the first in my Crown of Tolem series, THE PRINCE OF VAL-FEYRIDGE. A Game-of-Thrones-meets-Cinderella fantasy romance, it features a healer heroine and a warrior hero. Here's a blurb:
She’s all wrong for Prince Arn, this
lowborn healer who keeps meddling in his march to conquer her homeland. If only
she hadn’t helped him, and he hadn’t kissed her, he could stop looking for her
everywhere, hoping to find her…again.
If you long to be swept away from today’s worries, what better way than joining larger-than-life characters on an epic quest where honor matters, a broken land’s future is at stake, and forbidden love requires world-altering sacrifices?
For a chance to win a Kindle copy of THE PRINCE OF VAL-FEYRIDGE, go to NN Light Book Heaven's Bookish Giveaway portal. Log in using your email and specify that you want to win THE PRINCE OF VAL-FEYRIDGE. Enter multiple times for a chance at all the amazing prizes: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/literary-giveaway-portal
Best of luck!
After giving away one print book a month of my fantasy romances in 2021, I've resolved to give away one Kindle e-book a month in 2022. Up first this month is my children's fantasy FREDERICK FLY-CATCHER.
For a chance to win this Kindle book for your favorite child and chapter book reader, go to https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/literary-giveaway-portal and enter in the subject line that you would prefer to win FREDERICK FLY-CATCHER. Enter as often as you like because there are many wonderful prizes available in the January rafflecopter.
Best wishes for a fabulous 2022!
Good news! LORD OF DRUEMARWIN is a finalist in NN Light Book Heaven's 2021 Book Awards in the Fantasy Romance category. I'm so pleased!
You'll want to try my pressed and frosted butter cookies. Right now, we've almost eaten all of ours--and it's not even Christmas yet! They are a family favorite.
Be sure to enter NN Light Book Heaven's Holiday Giveaway Rafflecopter. I'm giving away a print copy of BLOODSTONE. To enter, click on the holiday socks graphic to the left of this post.
Upcoming news: I'll be sharing my recipe for Chip Cupcakes, a cross between a muffin and a cupcake, on Long & Short Reviews Winter Blogfest on Dec. 27. Comment on my post and you'll have a chance to win my children's book, FREDERICK FLY-CATCHER.
Hope to see you then!
I've included my glazed butter cookie recipe made with a cookie press. They're dainty bits of yummy goodness we've enjoyed since my teen years.
In case you're wondering what they look like, they're the little rectangles to the left of the chocolate marshmallow treats.
As you can see, my family goes all in on cookie baking for the holidays. Happy tasting!
If you're like me, you grew up learning that you should never waste food: There were starving children the world over. Well, all those Halloween pumpkins are actually food, and people in other parts of the world turn them into all kinds of edibles. Here, most of them go to waste on doorsteps.
If you'd rather not waste that gorgeous pumpkin, and you love pumpkin baked goods, here's good news! You can easily turn a pumpkin into all kinds of treats.
To begin, it's best if you don't carve the pumpkin but decorate it with kid-friendly, washable paints. When it's time to retire the pumpkin from Halloween decoration duty, wash it thoroughly. Dry it. Cut it in half, stem to blossom end. Scrape out all the stringy guts and seeds. Discard those.
Now you'll need parchment paper and one or more cookie sheets, depending on the size of your pumpkin halves. Preheat your oven to 330 degrees F. Line the cookie sheet(s) with parchment paper, set the halves cut side down on the parchment paper-lined cookie sheet(s). Using a fork, prick the outer skin in multiple places. Bake the halves for 1 hour 15 min.
Now you'll need a knife, large spoon, potato masher, large bowl, and strainer. Take the halves out of oven. Carefully turn the hot halves over. Using the knife, cross-hatch the inner pulp, but don't cut too deeply or you'll rip the outer skin. This cross-hatching shreds the fibers to make mashing easier.
Scoop the hot pulp into the bowl, leaving the skin behind. Mash the pulp until fine. Spoon pulp into the strainer and let it drain for 10-15 min. Stir occasionally. Discard the liquid.
Now you're ready to freeze your fresh pumpkin. For pie, freeze in 2-cup containers. For breads, use 1 cup. If you like pumpkin pancakes, save in half-cup containers.
There you go, plenty of pumpkin for the holidays!
The final three months of my year of giving away one autographed print book per month of my award-winning fantasy romances are here. This month's prize, and being offered for the last time, is THE PRINCE OF VAL-FEYRIDGE, perfect for those who devour enemies-to-lovers stories.
She’s all wrong for Prince Arn, this lowborn healer who keeps meddling in his march to conquer her homeland. If only she hadn’t helped him, and he hadn’t kissed her, he could stop looking for her everywhere, hoping to find her…again.
If you long to be swept away from today’s worries, what better way than joining larger-than-life characters on an epic quest where honor matters, a broken land’s future is at stake, and forbidden love requires world-altering sacrifices?
For a chance to win THE PRINCE OF VAL-FEYRIDGE and dozens of other free books including print, e-copy and audiobooks plus gift cards, hop over to NN Light Book Heaven's Spooky Halloween Bookish Giveaway. If there’s a particular book or prize you’d like to win, be sure to say which prize you want when you enter via Rafflecopter. Enter below and good luck!
Literary Giveaway Portal: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/literary-giveaway-portal
