For dry January we have some fun mocktail recipes. Since the Lunar New Year is just weeks away we have guest author, Deserie Kelly, with some book previews.
A bullied orphan. A life-changing martial arts contest. An ancient rivalry showing its bloody claws…
Chinatown, New York City. Silver is tired of never fitting in. After years of teaching at her adoptive uncle’s kung-fu school, the loyal seventeen-year-old is depressed to see a mediocre student promoted above her. So she’s thrilled at the chance to redeem her honor by competing in a high-level tournament where the winner performs the complex dragon dance during Chinese New Year.
Training hard to win, the determined young woman forces herself to ignore the instant attraction she feels to a handsome boy at a rival school. But after she emerges victorious, Silver is horrified when her triumph is rewarded with a deadly attack by a demon-in-disguise.
On the run from a sinister enemy she can’t remember, with only the cute kung fu master as an ally, will this accomplished fighter discover her destiny before her flame is eternally extinguished?
Kuàilè Shu has just settled into a new life and found her place in Silver’s Kung Fu school where she has both admiration and respect from other students, friends, and immortals. She’s now a junior in high school with all the hopes and dreams of any girl, mortal or otherwise: finding the perfect prom dress, going to college, finding love. Then, Monkey shows up…..
Thrown in the whirlwind of jealousy, insecurity and a mission she has left incomplete, Kuàilè bets all on a mortal existence. But is giving up immortality the right choice when a demon capable of possessing even the immortals themselves is after her and those she loves the most?
Kelly, one of the Zodiac Shifters, has a terrible secret that has kept her from pursuing love. She has all but given up on ever having happiness, but life is full of surprises. Jamin, for all his size and strength, is just as shy. Despite their personal hangups, it looks like the stars might finally align on the couple until tragedy strikes.
Silver is ready to have her baby when the magic begins to fade around her. Damian is off battling demons that have the worst timing, and that says a lot for a dragon capable of freezing time. Silver isn’t sure she’s even ready to be a mother. Fushi is there to help, but Silver needs Damian, now!
Can Kelly overcome her own dangerous secrets to save the love of her life or has time run out on her as a Zodiac Shifter? Will Silver have her baby on the earthly plane or make it back to the Jade Palace in time with Damian? Find these answers and more in the latest Tales of the Zodiac Shifters story: No Time for Regrets-Tales of the Zodiac Shifters Book 3
Tales of the Zodiac Shifters series has more books to come so catch up now before you are left behind.
Cranberry Mojito Mocktail Recipe
Before we get started, since I have diabetics in the family, I also offer substitutes for sugar whenever possible in my recipes.
Ingredients:
2-3 Tablespoons fresh or frozen cranberries
5-6 cranberries to garnish
1/2 ounce simple syrup/ or sugar free lemon lime soda
1/2 lime for juice
1 slice lime for garnish
1 sprig (7-8 leaves) mint for mix
1 sprig mint to garnish
Seltzer
(Optional) Alcohol free/ sugar free rum flavoring
Ice
You’ll also need:
Mortar and pestle to muddle cranberries and mint
Spoon to mix
Glass with ice and straw to serve
How to:
- Muddle cranberries and mint together until flavor is released
- Mix in simple syrup or sugar free lemon lime soda
- Pour over glass filled with ice and garnish with lime wedge, cranberries, and sprig of mint.
- Serve and enjoy
If you have trouble finding cranberries and mint you can use mint flavored seltzer and unsweetened cranberry juice or use cranberry juice cocktail (sugar free cranberry juice mixer) and omit the simple syrup/sugar free lemon lime soda.
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