Hello everyone and Happy Holidays! I kept my word; Pussycat Death Squad The Lion in Russia is live at ARe and Smashwords. It’s not up at Amazon or Barnes and Noble yet, their process takes longer, but these sellers will have all the formats you need for your various devices. I will let you know when Amazon and B&N come online. Thank you all ever so much for your support.
Russian mob romances are very popular right now. I assume the authors are inspired by Viggo Mortensen’s hot to death turn as a mobster in Eastern Promises. I enjoy reading these books, but I’m more intrigued by politicians, and with Vladimir Putin you get a politician who acts like a mobster. Oh joy! Come on, doesn’t he look like a mob boss in this picture? I can just see people queuing up to kiss his ring. No worries, he’s not the hero of The Lion in Russia (formerly The Goddess of Milan), he’s the villain. But this story was at least partially inspired by this photo. More than anything I think it conveys his character.
Dark Star, the sequel to my best-seller Rock Star is free December 18-19th at ARe. They have all the formats for your various devices, so if you haven’t read this one yet be sure to check it out!
I came across a bookmark yesterday, 50 Books to read Before You Die. I plan to buy a couple of the books off the list as stocking stuffers for Whit. I wondered if anyone had compiled such a list for Multicultural Romance. It’s been around for a while now. Do we have classics in the genre and what woukd they be? This includes romance whereas at least one of the characters is nonwhite. And yes before some idiot chimes in I know white people have different cultures, but this isn’t about them, okay?
Don’t forget, Hot For Teacher will be on sale at ARe through midnight on Cyber Monday. All my ARe books are on rebate there, so now is a great time to pick up my backlist.
Also, Loose Id has one of the historicals that Lisa G. Riley and I wrote, Given, on sale for .99! That’s $5.00 off. you van’t beat that. This book is one of the best we’ve written. Don’t miss out. #LIHistoricalHysteria.
Through Cyber Monday Hot for Teacher is only $1.99!!! Get it while it’s even hotter!
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For those of you who have liked my Facebook page, (and I assume that’s all of you, otherwise, WTF!?) you might have noticed that you haven’t been getting all my posts in your newsfeed. Well, Facebook in their finite wisdom decided to cut some people off, presumably to encourage advertising revenue. Now if you want to know when I make a post on my fan page you have to manually opt in. Fortunately it’s simple. Go to my page which is linked under the Facebook logo to your right. On the page click the like button and you’ll see a pull down menu. Click on Receive Notifications, and there you go. That way if I ever finish Goddess of Milan you’ll be the first to know. Oh, and if you haven’t liked my page yet, for the love of buttercream frosting get on it, wilya? I’m feeling unloved and y’all know nothing good ever comes from that!
Hey y’all don’t forget to come over tomorrow for the book fair and signing at the Moonlight and Magnolias Conference. I’m so excited about this opportunity to meet my fans! If you’re in the Atlanta area I’ll be signing Try a Little Tenderness. I think I’ll also have a few rare print copies of Rock Star so come grab them before they’re gone.
Y’all better have some. That’s a picture of my legendary Potato, Sausage and Kale Soup, a recipe I reverse engineered from a soup they serve at the Olive Garden. And I can tell you without any false modesty–mine is better. Hey, Muhammad Ali said if it’s the truth, it’s not bragging! -lol-
Now you might be asking, where oh where can I get my hands on the recipe for such a culinary delight? Believe it or not, it’s all yours, along with recipes from nearly a hundred of your favorite authors, for the low, low price of FREE!!! On October 1st ARe will release their free cookbook collection, Passionate Cooks. And yes, I was one of the lucky writers to be included. So, save the date! And please, tell all your friends.
This is a great, easy recipe. It’s rustic, which means you can leave the skins on the potatoes and rough chop. No fancy dicing necessary. Potato skins are so thin these days, that it’s fine to leave them on. I love this soup on a rainy Saturday when I’m too lazy to fuss too much with dinner. Vegetarian? No worries, switch to veggie stock and substitute Great Northern beans for the potatoes. I like to have Meatless Mondays and have served this soup sans sausage and it was a hit! You will have to double down on the spices, and if you use canned beans, be sure to rinse them off before adding them to the pot, otherwise the’ll have a yucky metallic taste. Here I served it with grilled cheese sammies, but it’s equally delish with a lovely crusty Italian bread, or a good old pan of Southern cornbread. A rib sticking meal for sure!
