This week, on the Romance Writers Weekly blog hop, we're asked, "The festive food season is upon us! Share your favorite holiday recipe."
Well, this is always a tough question for me since I have so many favorites. Here's a relatively recent one. My daughter-in-law grew up in the UK, so Thanksgiving has been something of a culinary learning curve for all of us. My favorite new acquisition is Sticky Toffee Pudding. It's made with dates! Which I've always loved. And served drowning in caramel sauce...which, I mean, does it get any better?
Unfortunately, I've moved several times since I started making it, so I don't have a regular recipe for it. I did--two moves ago--but now I rely on whatever recipe I find online. Also, I sometimes add whiskey to my caramel sauce, because why not?
So, here's this year's recipe: https://cakesbymk.com/recipe/sticky-toffee-pudding-recipe/ And happy Thanksgiving!
Now, hop on over to Brenda Margriet's page to learn what her favorite holiday recipe is. And don't forget to check out her book, Secrets Under the Covers.
SECRETS UNDER THE COVERS
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Two long-time friends…one impulsive seduction…zero percent chance their lives will ever be the same again.
(Helen and Nathan are both 55)
This Winter's Night: Dario and Ophelia Leonides are passionately in love. The only things marring their happiness are Lia's homesickness and continued inability to conceive a child.
Dario would do anything to make Lia smile again. He's hoping to use the miraculous technology his father-in-law has pioneered, combined with the magic inherent in his native land. But calling upon the forces of Kokopeli may have unintended consequences.
Includes two novellas, If Only in My Dreams, and Spicy Nick. One holiday weekend. Two special stories. Will they both have happy endings? Well, it’s Oberon, so anything is possible.
IF ONLY IN MY DREAMS: Scout is heading home for the holidays when her flight gets rerouted into Alternate Universe Oberon, where nothing is as she remembers it.
SPICY NICK: When his wife finally makes it home (after her unexpected adventure) Nick is ready to greet her with a little holiday spice!
The Martinelli sisters have a lot of reasons to celebrate this holiday season!
This week, on the Romance Writers Weekly blog hop, we're asked, "Do you think writing romance novels requires a different mindset or approach compared to other genres?"
I think it absolutely does. But then again, I think all the genres have their own, very specific mindsets. For example, I've said many, many times that I'd love to write cozy mysteries, but sadly it appears my mind doesn't work that way. I mean, I think it's possible to train yourself to do it, but it's hard. I think it's like learning languages; it's just something that comes easier to some people than others.
The romance mindset might also be a product, in part, of the accepted "Rules of Romance" which tripped me up many times in the beginning, and which I still tend to ignore--to my own, continued disadvantage.
Romance readers have expectations. And no matter how many complaints you hear about predictability, or various tropes being overdone, try not giving them those things, and see how happy they are with you.
Now, hop on over to Jenna Da Sie's page to find out if she thinks there's a Romance Mindset.
It's latte weather: A good time to cuddle up with the first two books in the
WHOLE LATTE LOVE Collection!
This week, on the Romance Writers Weekly blog hop, we're asked, "Evening is falling sooner and the dark days of winter are near. What do you do to keep yourself busy?"
I'd like to say I write. And, in the past, that would have been true. Night was always the best time to write for me. In recent years, I've spent more time marketing and promoting than I have writing. I'd really like to change that.
Now, hop on over to Leslie Hachtel's page to find out how she keeps busy. And don't forget to check out her book, The Dream Dancer.
The Dream Dancer
Lady Bryce has a gift.
Meet the Martinelli sisters: Rosa, Bianca and Allegra. These partners in wine have just inherited a once-storied winery in the heart of Napa Valley. They’re living the dream, right?
Not so fast! Because, as it turns out, not everybody is happy for them. And that includes their Uncle Geno who’d assumed the property would come to him.
There are hoops to jump through, barrels to get over, and a mountain of regulations they'll have to scale. But the sisters are crushing it—and we don’t just mean the grapes. They’re making wine, falling in love, and working together to restore their inheritance to its former glory, one pour decision at a time.
