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Lori Wilde | The Christmas Cookie Collection with Free Recipe
Author Guest / October 29, 2013

Believe it or not, Christmas is breathing down our necks and I have the good fortune to be writing a Christmas story right now. It’s always nice to be living the season you’re writing about. My current release, THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE COLLECTION, is an anthology of Christmas tales set in Twilight, Texas. In the spirit of getting ready for the holidays, I’m including one of my all time favorite cookie recipes. Growing up, these cookies were always in our holiday cookie jar. I’m not sure where my mom got the original recipe, but I make them every year. Thumbprint Cookies Ingredients: 1 ½ cups of all-purpose flour ¾ cup granulated sugar, plus ½ cup for rolling ½ cups unsweetened Dutch cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt. ½ cup butter 2 large eggs, whisked ½ cup confectioners’ sugar 1 jar maraschino cherries Directions: Stir together ¾ cup of granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add melted butter and eggs and combine. Cover and refrigerator dough for 30 minutes. While dough is chilling, preheat oven to 325 degrees and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Place confectioners’ sugar and the remaining ½…

Lisa Kessler | Howl at the Moon – Happy Halloween!
Author Guest / October 29, 2013

Hi everyone – Happy Halloween everyone! This is my favorite time of year. All the movies and decorations feature some of my favorite creatures… Vampires and Werewolves! This Halloween has been extra exciting because I also have a new release in my werewolf series, HUNTER’S MOON! The Moon Series centers around a werewolf pack in Reno, Nevada whose fate is on a collision course with the Nero Corporation, a top secret government contractor with a fanatical desire to develop the world’s most deadly assassins. Each wolf in the pack will get his own book as we unravel the mystery behind the Nero Organization, and Hunter’s Moon focuses on the Alpha’s twin brother, Aren. Aren’s mate is also the woman who shot him with a taser before shattering his ankle with a single bullet while she was working for Nero. Sasha is on the run in Hunter’s Moon and Aren is struggling between his loyalty to the Pack and his animal instincts to protect the only woman he will ever love. Since Halloween is right around the corner, how about sharing what are your favorite Paranormal romance heroes… vampires, werewolves, zombies, wizards, you name it! I can’t wait to hear! Three…

Shelley Laurenston’s November Releases
Author Guest / October 29, 2013

Although October is typically quiet for me as I work on Dragon #7, November 5th will see the release of my latest Dragon Kin novella, “A Tale of Two Dragons” and the re-release of DRAGON ACTUALLY. Now just as a reminder, the DRAGON ACTUALLY PRINT re-release is an expanded edition with the PRINT version of “A Tale of Two Dragons” included. There is no other way to get the newest novella IN PRINT unless you buy theDRAGON ACTUALLY re-release with that story included (there’s a new cool cover so you can tell the difference in the store if old copies of DRAGON ACTUALLY are lying around). But, you may say, I already have the original release of DRAGON ACTUALLYand don’t want to buy it again. No problem! You can get the e-edition of “A Tale of Two Dragons” for your reading pleasure. Please please PLEASE keep in mind that the e-version of DRAGON ACTUALLYis not a re-release, will NOT be expanded, and will NOT have the newest novella included. That e-version is put out by another publisher. So please remember that when you go a-searching in November. To help, here’s some links to send you to the right place:   DRAGON ACTUALLY re-release from Amazon. DRAGON ACTUALLY re-release from Barnes…