DECORATING WITH JEANIE--GUEST AUTHOR DARLENE DELUCA SUGGEST SUNFLOWERS FOR YOUR GARDEN

Darlene Deluca writes women’s fiction and contemporary romance, and likes to explore relationships—what brings people together or keeps them apart. Her characters seem like real people with real issues that readers can relate to. Her debut novel, Unexpected Legacy, advanced to the quarter-finals in Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award. Learn more about Darlene at her website. 

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but flowers come in a close second. Flowers are the language of love—and what can cheer a girl up faster than a bright and colorful bouquet of fresh flowers? Okay, chocolate and a massage might be up there as well, but today, we’re talking about flowers!

As a gardener and florist, Megan Monroe, the heroine in my sweet contemporary romance, Meetings of Chance, is surrounded by flowers. But since her mother’s death, cheer is hard to come by. Not only was her mother the force behind the beautiful Monroe gardens, she was Megan’s business partner in Fresh Flowers, the floral business they operate from their charming turn-of-the-century farmhouse.

Without her mother, doubts creep in. Can Megan and her grieving father keep up the gardens? Can she run the business alone? Does she even want to? Confused and saddened, she wrestles with those questions—until a bride-to-be and her mother arrive to interview Megan for a wedding job. That’s when she learns there’s a rumor going around town that Megan’s mother was the real talent behind the business. With pride and reputation at stake, Megan sets out to prove them wrong. The answer? Flowers, of course! And not just any flower – sunflowers, one of the cheeriest flowers of all.

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It’s what sunflowers do.” —Helen Keller

While her mother was partial to the myriad shades of roses growing in their gardens, Megan has an affinity for the whimsical, less formal blooms. The bride’s swatches of eggplant-colored fabric for her bridesmaid dresses ignite Megan’s imagination. Sunflowers against that deep purple hue equal instant impact!

On the day of the wedding, Megan rises before dawn to clip stems of sunflowers, snapdragons and zinnias. Starting with sunflowers as the central focal point, she crafts dramatic and eye-popping centerpieces and bouquets.

The result, in spite of the bride’s anxiety, a cut finger and a lost spool of ribbon? A gorgeous wedding, renewed confidence, and a much-needed spray of cheer!

A Few Facts About Sunflowers . . .

~The scientific name of the sunflower is Helianthus, Helia for sun and Anthus for flower.

~Sunflowers are a great choice for planting to attract birds to your yard.

~A well-known sunflower characteristic is that the flowering heads track the sun's movement, a phenomenon known as heliotropism.

~Sunflower plants can stand from 3 to 18 feet tall, and can grow easily in many types of soil as long as they have direct sunlight and a constant source of water.

~There are two kinds of sunflower seeds -- black and striped. Oil is made from black seeds; snacks are made from striped seeds.

~There is only one flower on each sunflower stem, and each head can contain as many as 2,000 seeds.

~Sunflowers originated in North America. Today, there are more than sixty different kinds of sunflowers growing in the United States, Europe, Japan and Russia. Some aren’t even yellow!

Additionally, sunflowers are the state flower of Kansas, my home state. Many times while driving from Kansas to Colorado I’ve had the pleasure of seeing fields of crop sunflowers—rows and rows of big yellow blooms that stretch as far as the eyes can see. It really is a spectacular site. And a sure way to put a smile on your face!

Meeting of Chance

She wants her old life back . . . He wants to leave his behind.

After her mother’s death, Megan Monroe is convinced her life has been tossed into a high-speed blender. Normal is long gone. While dealing with a grieving father, single-handedly running the family’s floral business and trying to re-shape her own career, she’s suddenly confronted with a troublesome new neighbor and an explosive secret from her mother’s past.

She can’t tell her father, and her sister refuses to believe, so Megan presses on alone, forced to carry a secret she didn’t even want to know. Determined to uncover the truth, she finds herself turning to a man she’s not sure she can trust.

Tom Blake has fled his city life to escape the publicity of a high-profile divorce. Planning to lie low, he has no intention of being drawn into someone else’s family angst. But he runs into more than he bargained for when he meets his new neighbors. In an unexpected turn of events, he finds himself thrust into the role of confidante and on the last path he wanted to travel – a path that threatens his plans for the future.

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COOKING WITH CLORIS--GUEST AUTHOR M.S. SPENCER MAKES JELLY

Although she has lived or traveled in every continent except Antarctica and Australia (bucket list), romance author M. S. Spencer has spent the last thirty years mostly in Washington, D.C. as a librarian, Congressional staff assistant, speechwriter, editor, birdwatcher, kayaker, policy wonk, non-profit director and parent. She currently divides her time between the Gulf coast of Florida and a tiny village in Maine. Learn more about her and her books at her website. 

Up until my thirties, I traveled a great deal, living in many countries with amenities that many would consider below standard. So it wasn't until I married and settled down in an old farmhouse with an acre of land that I could indulge my fantasy of growing my own food. We planted apple, plum, peach, fig, hazelnut, and cherry trees; gooseberries, strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries; all kinds of vegetables, including an ill-fated attempt to grow artichokes; and finally, lots and lots of herbs. I built a formal herb garden and planted thyme, lovage, rosemary, chives, tarragon, sage, and lemon balm. The one thing I couldn't get to grow was mint. Yes, the gardeners among you will scoff, but it took me years to get a plot to flourish. When it did, I had to do something or it would take over the entire acre.

So I called upon my sister-in-law, to whom Whirlwind Romance is dedicated. She directed me to an old recipe for mint jelly. Once the mint invasion was under control and I'd mastered the technique, I spent whole summers working up recipes for herb jellies. It was great fun. Despite the fact that I'm not really fond of jelly, they made excellent Christmas gifts.

As I started Whirlwind Romance, I thought about what my heroine, Lacey Delahaye, would do for a living. She lives alone in Florida, her one son grown. I thought of the innumerable ecosystems in Florida, from pine uplands, to coastal plains, to palm hammocks—all of which are host to many wild fruits, most of which can be made into jelly. Ah hah! She'd be a jelly maker.

For fun, I added the recipes to each chapter. I hope you enjoy them as much as you do Lacey and Armand's love story.

Cocoplum

Cocoplum Jelly

The cocoplum is native to South Florida and occurs naturally in cypress hammocks and wetland areas. Evergreen, it forms a dense, clumping bush. The fruit is a dark purple drupe one to two inches in diameter, and ripens May through August. The nut is also edible.

Ingredients:

200 cocoplums to make 2 cups juice

2 cinnamon sticks

4 cups brown sugar

1 box (1.75 oz.) powdered pectin

Place peeled plums and cinnamon sticks in water to cover. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 1-1/2 hours, or until liquid is dark purple. Remove from heat and strain, reserving the nuts. Add water if necessary to make two cups of liquid.

Shell the nuts and chop. In a jelly pan add the juice, nuts, and pectin and bring to a rolling boil. Pour sugar in all at once and bring back to a rolling boil. Boil exactly one minute.

Standard Procedure: Remove pot from heat, skim off any foam, and ladle into hot, sterilized jelly jars to within ¼ inch of the top. Wipe rims and place the two-piece canning lids on the jars but do not tighten completely. Turn the jars over and leave upside down for five minutes on a padded rack. Turn upright and tighten the lids completely. Makes about 4 pints.

Alternate method: Process filled, tightly closed jars in boiling water for 15 minutes. Cool.

Whirlwind Romance

In the aftermath of a hurricane, Lacey Delahaye finds herself marooned on the Gulf coast of Florida with a mysterious man. They are immediately drawn to each other, but before Armand can confess his identity, they are kidnapped and taken far from civilization to a tiny, remarkable island in the western Caribbean. With the help of her son Crispin, a small, but proud young boy named Inigo, and a cadre of extraordinary characters, Lacey and Armand must confront pirates, power-mad ideologues, and palace intrigue if they are to restore the once idyllic tropical paradise to its former serenity and find lasting happiness.

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CRAFTS WITH ANASTASIA--GUEST AUTHOR MARGARET FIELAND'S ALIEN LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS

Born and raised in New York City, Margaret Fieland has been around art and music all her life. Her poems and stories have appeared in journals such as Turbulence Magazine, Front Range Review, and All Rights Reserved.  She is the author of Relocated, Geek Games, and Broken Bonds, and of Sand in the Desert, a collection of science fiction persona poems. Learn more about Margaret at her website. 

Alien Landscapes

In mid-September of 2010 I decided to write a science fiction novel. My main motive for this was a desire to overcome my phobia about writing in the genre. As a long-time sci-fi fan, I'd read reams of the stuff but never written any. At the time, my middle son was in the army and doing a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Looking back, I believe that played into my choice of a desert landscape for the alien planet, Aleyne, where I set my story. NaNo (National Novel Writing Month) was about six weeks away, and I quickly joined an online sci-fi and fantasy writing group.

Most of the advice I got was to lay out the plot in as much detail as possible. However, since the world-building was giving me anxiety attacks, I concentrated on that. The planet I envisioned had glittering sands that sparkled with red, blue, purple, and gold in the light; mountains of purple stone; and brightly colored flowers. My alien city had wide boulevards paved in sparkling stone that glittered with the colors of the desert sands. The stone houses by-and-large had center courtyards, tiled roofs and were surrounded by the fragrant flowers. The foliage was red instead of green—I have long been fascinated with red leaves and by the idea of red ground cover—and the trunks of the trees gray. The flowers I pictured as mainly purples and reds.

I could visualize the landscape in my head, but I wanted to see it. Fortunately, I'd already discovered GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program), a freeware program with many of the features of PhotoShop. I set about generating digital drawings of the landscape as well as manipulating some of my own photos. Not only did I draw pictures from scratch using GIMP, I manipulated the colors of my photographs as well as 'painting' over parts of them. Pictured ere are a few of the many images I generated. You can see more of my digital artwork here.

Broken Bonds

Sex with aliens? How about romance with aliens? A treason accusation? Brad Reynolds has his hands full. When Major Brad Reynolds is assigned to head the Terran Federation base on planet Aleyne, the last thing he expects to find is love, and certainly not with one of the alien Aleyni. How can he keep his lover, in the face of political maneuvering and of Ardaval's feelings for his former partners -- and theirs for him?

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BOOK CLUB FRIDAY--GUEST AUTHOR KATHY AARONS

Cozy mystery author Kathy Aarons admits research for her Chocolate Covered Mystery series was a hardship: sampling chocolate, making chocolate, sampling more chocolate, and hanging out in bookstores. Today she takes time out from all that research to sit down for an interview. Learn more about Kathy and her books at her website. 

When did you realize you wanted to write novels?

When my youngest was in preschool five mornings a week. She’s now off to college!

How long did it take you to realize your dream of publication?

Since I was writing as a hobby, it took quite a while. Once my oldest went off to college, I decided to take getting published more seriously, and I signed with an agent in under a year. A few months later, I was offered a contract for the Chocolate Covered mystery series.

Are you traditionally published, indie published, or a hybrid author?

Traditionally

Where do you write?

Through the years, I wrote using paper, an Alphasmart and a laptop outside a lot of theater rehearsals as well as swim, soccer and basketball practices. Now I have a very messy office of my own.

Is silence golden, or do you need music to write by? What kind?

I use a mixture, but find my writing “flow” works better with instrumental music, usually movie soundtracks, that fit what I’m working on. For example, when I’m writing “funny”, I always have the soundtrack from Benny and Joon in the background. When I need energy, I listen to Broadway soundtracks. Right now, I’m addicted to Once: A New Musical.

Real settings or fictional towns?

Fictional – I like the ability to create a setting that best fits the story.

What’s the quirkiest quirk one of your characters has?

There are too many to choose from! Henna is a widow who creates large butterflies made of wood, wire and sheer material. She paints them with elaborate designs using colors not found in nature.

What’s your quirkiest quirk?

 You’ll have to ask my husband that one. J

If you could have written any book (one that someone else has already written,) which one would it be? Why?

I’d love to say Harry Potter, but I’ll go with my favorite book of all time, Belong to Me by Marisa de los Thomas. I love her characters and her elegant but accessible prose.

What’s your biggest pet peeve?

Slow drivers in the fast lane. I live in southern California, which explains a lot.

Ocean or mountains?

Ocean! I love walking on the beach a few times a week.

City girl/guy or country girl/guy?

Suburbs for me. I’m too old for city life but the country is too empty – if you were in trouble, no one could hear you scream!

What’s on the horizon for you?

Besides adjusting to an empty nest, I’ll be getting back the edits for Truffled to Death, the second book in the series, soon and I’m already writing the third. I’m also working on another series idea.

Anything else you’d like to tell us about yourself and/or your books?

I am passionate about expanding creative writing education for youth and believe that the arts are an important part of life at every age.  I volunteer for the Canyon Crest Academy Writing Conference, the only free high school writing conference in the country. One of the speakers noted that because of the inspirational and educational workshops it provides, San Diego is going to have more than its fair share of accomplished authors and writing professionals in the future. I also recently joined the board for Playwrights Project http://playwrightsproject.org/ which expands playwriting education and opportunities for youth and adults.

Death is Like a Box of Chocolates

Whether it’s to satisfy a craving for chocolate or pick up the hottest new bestseller, the locals in charming West Riverdale, Maryland, are heading to Chocolates and Chapters, where everything sold is to die for…

Best friends Michelle Serrano and Erica Russell are celebrating the sweet rewards of their combined bookstore and chocolate shop by hosting the Great Fudge Cook-off during the town’s Memorial Day weekend Arts Festival. But success turns bittersweet when Main Street’s portrait photographer is found dead in their store, poisoned by Michelle’s signature truffles.

As suspicion mounts against Michelle, her sales begin to crumble and her career seems whipped. With Erica by her side, Michelle must pick through an assortment of suspects before the future of their dream store melts away…

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TRAVEL WITH SERENA--AUTUMN IN MAINE WITH GUEST AUTHOR NINA PIERCE

USA Today bestselling author, Nina Pierce, grew up in a house full of readers. So becoming enamored with books was only natural. She discovered romance stories in her early teens, falling hopelessly in love with knights in shining armor and the damsels who saved them. Eventually, reading about fated loves and soul mates wasn’t enough. She now spends her days at the keyboard writing her own stories, blissfully creating chaos for her characters by throwing in a villain or two, a little murder and a whole lot of mayhem as they struggle toward their happy-ever-afters. Learn more about Nina and her books at her website.

 A Trip Through Maine’s Splendor

Maine. I’ve lived here all my life. And right up until I headed off to college I’d taken it for granted. Of course I don’t think anyone realizes what they have until it’s no longer there. I grew up with my toes in the sand, the screech of gulls in my ears, and a gentle ocean breeze blowing through my hair. We spent time at the many pristine lakes and rivers in our area, swimming and ice skating. We rode the bus to school on dirt roads and snowmobiled through miles and miles of wooded forest.

Maine is a place where summers are hot, winters are too long (in my humble opinion) and the spring brings both relief and a fresh sense of renewal. But when you talk to many Mainers you’ll find a huge majority of us love the fall. There’s nothing like going apple picking in the fresh autumn air with the foliage dressed in the vibrant colors of red, orange and yellow.

Though many people enjoy the ocean and lakes during Maine’s warmer months, the tourist industry has found the last few years that hotels, bed and breakfasts and camping areas overflow with “leaf peepers” from mid-September through late October. Until I moved away and came back, I never realized Maine’s maples, beech and quaking aspen trees created one of the best fall shows on the Eastern coast. If you’ve never had a chance to visit Maine, why not plan an autumn excursion to catch our forests in their autumn finest?

With so much to love about Maine in the fall, it’s no wonder that my newest release, a romantic thriller, In His Eyes, is set on the Maine coast in my favorite season.

In His Eyes

It’s always wonderful to be noticed … or is it?

To those around her, Maggie Callaghan appears to have the perfect life…a handsome husband, three beautiful children, and her own business. But beneath her thin veneer lies a dark past and self-doubts. When evidence of her husband’s infidelity surfaces, Maggie leases a cottage on the Maine coast and prepares for her inevitable divorce. But a serial killer is on the hunt—and he’s marked Maggie as his next victim. Now her beachside retreat is the focus of an undercover FBI investigation targeting the murderer who’s left a trail of bodies across two states. As lies and secrets are revealed, Maggie realizes her life depends on knowing who’s protecting her—and who’s got her in his sights.

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HEALTHY LIVING WITH GUEST AUTHOR LINDA COUSINE

Linda Cousine writes romantic comedy and tells people she holds a master’s degree in menopause and a B.S. in BS. When she isn’t standing in front of the freezer or taking ice baths, she can be found at her computer writing something with the word “Hot.” Learn more about Linda and her books at her website. 

September is National Menopause Awareness Month

First, I’d like to thank the lovely editor Anastasia Pollack for having me today. Truthfully, I would rather have been giving this interview to the other Anna—Anna Wintour—the editor of Vogue, but I’m persona non grata ever since I wrote that article titled “Finger-Licking Good” promoting a new line of potted and flavored lip gloss. Apparently, Ms. Wintour found my article too sexually suggestive for her readers. But any excuse to talk about myself is a good one, so let me formally introduce myself …

I’m Lexi Taylor, former international supermodel-turned-shoe-mogul (it was design shoes, or housewares—the washed-up-model hell where all aging models go to die.) I’m a not-so-fabulous fifty whatever, and my friend-slash-frenemy—depending on the day—Linda Cousine, writes satirical books about me struggling to keep my life, my looks, and my libido on track in the face of impending menopause. Linda likes to say the books are loosely based on her life, but come on, Linda; you were on, what, one measly billboard in L.A.? I was on the cover of every major fashion magazine for over thirty years. And you know what they say … Those who can, do … and those who can’t, write about it.

Linda has dubbed her/my books the Middle-Aged Hottie series. In Hotter than Ever, the first book in the series, I wind up in a menopausal nuthouse after a family intervention convinces me I need some professional help. (I swear it was a total accident that I pinned my husband to the door of the garage with my car and broke his leg. My stiletto was stuck under the accelerator. It was sheer coincidence he had just asked for a divorce and was holding his suitcase in his hand.)

In Too Hot to Hold, Richard and I try to patch things up, but it’s rough going when he moves back in and brings his buddies from his newfound career—pro-wrestling—with him. (I know, right? Pro wrestling? Don’t even get me started.) You don’t know what chaos is until your home is invaded by a gentle giant, a cannonballing midget, and a monkey with a police record. If my hormones weren’t finally on track with the help of all those doctors at Sunnyvale Sanitarium: Home for the Mostly Menopausal, I just may have lost it—again.

And so, in recognition of National Menopause Awareness Month, let me share some menopause facts as presented by www.menopauseawarenessmonth.org 

• By the year 2030, roughly 1.2 billion women will be suffering from menopause.
• The average woman will hit menopause around the age of 50.
• Smoking increases your odds of early menopause.
• 80% of menopausal women suffer from hot flashes.
• Caffeine and alcohol can increase the severity of hot flashes.
• 40% of all women suffer from mood swings caused by hormonal dips.
• Prior to menopause, women are three times less likely to have a heart attack than men. After menopause, the odds are equal.

Now for the good news!

A Gallup survey done in 1998 reported that 51 percent of American women between the ages of 50 and 65 who have reached menopause said they are more fulfilled and happier than ever. Many treatments are now available to women to help with menopausal symptoms. Both Linda and I are proponents of HRT (hormone replacement therapy) and use bioidentical hormones. As all women have different health issues, check with your doctor to see if HRT is right for you.

Menopause is not a disease or a disorder; it’s unavoidable and is perfectly natural. (But so is death, and I’m not ready to give into that yet, either.)

Thank you for letting me share, and remember, ladies … We’re not getting older; we’re getting hotter!

XOXO,

Lexi Taylor

Too Hot to Hold

Lexi Taylor is no stranger to midlife crisis. After all, a menopausal meltdown landed her at the Sunnyvale Sanitarium Home for the Mostly Menopausal for a ninety-day stay. Since finding her sanity there, this former supermodel’s faculties are back on track. She puts family first, and is on the road to patching things up with her ex-husband, Richard, who seems intent on turning up the heat between them.

But when Richard moves back in, he brings his buddies from his pro wrestling career with him—a gentle giant, a cannonballing midget, and a monkey with a police record. Lexi’s Bel Air home has become a regular three-ring-circus. Add a new ex-husband with erratic mood swings, and a questionable vitamin therapy, and Lexi wonders if she’s making the right choice. After a spa weekend with her daughter that turns out to be a visit to a nudist commune, a modeling gig that’s actually an ad for adult diapers, and extortion for a sex video she didn’t know existed, Lexi feels close to losing it—again. But this time, hormones are the least of her worries as Lexi must find a way to keep her family together and save her ex-husband from jeopardizing his health. She faces one of the biggest challenges of her menopausal life: does her past have a place in her future? Or is it time to move on?

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COOKING WITH CLORIS--GUEST AUTHOR LYNN CAHOON & RISOTTO

USA Today and New York Times, best-selling author Lynn Cahoon is an Idaho native. If you’d visit the town where she grew up, you’d understand why her mysteries and romance novels focus around the depth and experience of small town life. Currently, she’s living in a small historic town on the banks of the Mississippi River where her imagination tends to wander. Learn more about Lynn and her books at her website. 

From ala peanut butter sandwich to easy risotto, in one lifetime

Working a full time job and trying to be an author can limit the time you have for other activities in your life. Like cooking dinner. What’s a girl to do? My husband, the cowboy, is good with an occasional meal of Hamburger Helper. (Don’t laugh, it can be dinner in a pinch.) But I get bored with just the meat and potatoes route.

I always shied away from the fancier recipes. Or what I considered fancy. I come from a lower-socio-economic family. Heck, we were poor. Living on a farm, we always had food. Even if it was the mystery meat my mom liked to mix into the spaghetti or meatloaf. Seriously, elk, deer, and bear meat do not taste like beef. Even with a package of dry spaghetti mix to mask the flavors. I could always tell we were having mystery meat by the way she watched me take that first bite.

I ate a lot of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches growing up.

So fast forward, to grown up Lynn. I’ve become a bit of a food snob. Not to the Julia Child level. I couldn’t even stomach making an aspic. But I do love trying recipes and finding new ways to make old favorites. My only challenge is finding the time to cook. I’m sure many readers can relate. With kids to run to practice, or community obligations, it’s hard to find time to play in the kitchen.

Watching several seasons of Top Chef and Hell’s Kitchen, I became obsessed with risotto. I poured over online recipe blogs reading different versions and wondering. Would it turn out? Would I like the taste when it did? I made soufflés once.  Neither I nor the hubby were impressed. On the other hand, I spent a year obsessed with a cheesy grits and sausage recipe I’d found and made my own.

One weekend night, I decided to experiment. When the risotto was done, one taste and I was in love. Since that time, I probably make my version of risotto once a week, especially when I have too many veggies in the fridge.

 

Quick and Easy Risotto

Ingredients:

3-4 cups chicken stock (If you have a day job, like I do, as soon as you get home, put a pot of chicken stock on the stove to warm. If you don’t have homemade chicken stock, boil water and add 3-4 bouillon cubes to make a stock.)

Chop assorted veggies – mushrooms, onions or green onions, asparagus (I usually do the onions pretty fine, but the others can be course chopped or sliced.)

1-2 tablespoons olive oil

1-1/2 cups Arborio rice

fresh spinach (optional)

Heat a large skillet and when warm, add a touch of olive oil. Sauté the onion and mushrooms until the onion wilts, but doesn’t brown. Then add rice to the skillet. Keep stirring as the rice browns (think Ricearoni) for a minute or two. Then add a ladle or two of the chicken stock. Stir to mix.  Add Asparagus.

Let risotto cook as you prepare your choice of meat for dinner. (Or add a can of chopped clams later on, and this can be a complete meal.) Continue to stir, adding stock when rice appears dry. When the stock is all added, and the rice is creamy, you’re done.  Takes about 30 minutes total.

If you want a veggie boost, add a handful or two of spinach leaves with your last bit of chicken stock. The leaves will wilt into the risotto and give you a nice color and extra nutrients.

Mission to Murder

In the California coastal town of South Cove, history is one of its many tourist attractions—until it becomes deadly…

Jill Gardner, proprietor of Coffee, Books, and More, has discovered that the old stone wall on her property might be a centuries-old mission worthy of being declared a landmark. But Craig Morgan, the obnoxious owner of South Cove’s most popular tourist spot, The Castle, makes it his business to contest her claim. When Morgan is found murdered at The Castle shortly after a heated argument with Jill, even her detective boyfriend has to ask her for an alibi. Jill decides she must find the real murderer to clear her name. But when the killer comes for her, she’ll need to jump from historic preservation to self-preservation …

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