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the skinny on cocktails just in time to release BOOK 10!

We so excited about our recent release Knot Daddy’s Valentine, that it’s like a party here! We have a great recipe for you below, perfect for people trying to stay on lower carbohydrate diets.

We had hoped to have this book out pre-Valentine’s Day but SNAFUs happen, so it’s taken us a little bit longer. We hope that means you’ll enjoy it even more.

While puppy Mooshu is on mend from his latest episode(flare up of his bleeding disorder), we’re keeping our eyes on him and making sure we’ve stocked up on his meds in case another unannounced snow storm catches us off guard.

Both puppies Butler and Mooshu are spoiled. They get steamed salmon for omega 3s, carrots for prebiotics, and frozen blueberries for antioxidants and polyphenols in addition to a specially formulated diet and more than their fair amount of treats. We’ve added glucosamine for Butler who is nine and a half and we want to keep his joints as fit as a six month old puppy. Mooshu has his own issues and spontaneous bleeds always make us gasp. Fortunately, even with an incurable disease, we have a treatment plan in place for him and he’s doing well.

Our book sales help with some of the treatments and of course the insane cost of pet insurance, so thanks for reading and sharing. We couldn’t do it without you.

It has been the craziest winter in NJ and I’m waiting anxiously for spring. I think even the puppies that run around like little snowballs are over it too. Fingers crossed this weekend marks the turn of the season, because getting these puppies up an hour earlier is going to be insane.

Despite the delay, we hope you love our latest book in the All Tied Up series.

https://www.amazon.com/Knot-Daddys-Valentine-Tied-Knots-ebook/dp/B0GQNYB1D2

Skye has dreamed of doing the flying trapeze since she was a young girl. In pursuit of the goal, there just isn’t time for romance. Valentine’s Day is coming up, and she’s resigned herself to be alone for yet another holiday. She’s working for Johnny as an aerial silk artist for parties and events. It’s a long way from her work in the circus but she’s hoping it’ll make the difference between being stuck in the silks or flying high on the trapeze.

Tommy, an MMA cage fighter, is a gentle giant of a man that has left the rodeo circuit to save the family farm. He’s been attending Johnny’s events, hoping to find a nice girl he could bring home to mama that’s still into his brand of kink.

Will Skye follow her dream? Is Skye be the perfect match for Tommy and his appetites? Will they naturally click together, or do they need a little push from Johnny?

Hope you have as much fun with this book as we did!

Onto the cocktails!

Skinny Hurricane for our Knot Daddy's Valentine release party — Skinny Hurricane

Since our heroine Skye is managing her weight for aerial arts, we’ve opted for a skinny Hurricane.

Skinny Hurricane Recipe

What you need:

Glass

Ice

Straw- fancy if you have one

Cocktail ingredients below

Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces White Rum
1 ounce Light Orange Juice or Sugar-free Orange Drink
1 ounce Light Cranberry Juice or Sugar-free Cranberry Drink
1 ounce sugar-free or reduced sugar Passionfruit Juice
Enough ice to fill glass
Garnish with a Maraschino cocktail cherry or two

How to:

1. Fill your glass with ice

2. Add white rum

3. Add Fruit Juices

4. Stir

5. Garnish with cherries and serve

6. Enjoy responsibly!

Thanks for joining us again for another Liquid Friday.

I think most of us began as fearless children, the ones that wanted to jump the highest on the trampoline, swing highest, build a ramp and take it at top speed, sit on the edge of a cliff and looked down, rode the Cyclone as many times as they’d let us in a row(trust me it was a lot)… we set the bar high.

What separated us from the rest of the pack wasn’t a lack of imagination of the bad things that could happen with our stunts. To the contrary, we probably had the best imaginations of the horrors that could occur, we just didn’t let fear stop us. We didn’t let anything stop us. We ate that fear like it was sugar coated cereal on a Saturday morning.

While our friends cringed and covered their eyes, ours were wide open. We waited for that little terror to make us giggle and make us feel alive. We were the first to tell spooky stories by the campfire and approached Halloween with religious reverence. (Still the best day of the year)

We played out Horror movies in backyards and parks and got into character, complete with black trash bag capes and weird smelling leftover plastic Halloween masks. The thrill was everything.

And with classic horror movies like Nosferatu, The thing With Two Heads, Mars Needs Women, Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Black Cat, Fall of the House of Usher, the Phantom of the Opera… we got hooked on the terror and the monster themselves. In the 1908’s we saw so many great monster movie remakes. They were brilliant and we were so ready for them.

Then came slasher movies like the Nightmare on Elm Street, Sleepaway Camp, Halloween. Puppet Master… How many of us bought that Freddy Krueger glove and sat in the movie theater for the third or fourth time scaring the wits out of unsuspecting people? Okay, I did but it was all in fun.

We’ve watch so many great vampire films like Near Dark, the Hunger, the Lost Boys, Fright Night… and laughed at so many cheesy ones like Modern Vampires, Vampire’s Kiss, Subspecies, My Best Friend is A Vampire, Vamp… while we were reading incredible books like Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (we’ll chat about that movie later).

And we ate up movies with jump scares like Poltergeist, the Evil Dead, Pet Sematary, the Exorcist, IT, Cujo, the Descent, Hell House and others because we couldn’t get enough. It’s in our blood.

Highschool ended and I packed up my things (movie posters included) to take with me to college. The first day I went room to room knocking on every door trying to find all the horror film fans I could and I brought out my shoebox of vhs horror films and we sat and giggled our asses off watching them. They were also the same group that went to comic book conventions and got the very best vampire/monster/horror comics, some wrapped in brown paper for mature audiences only-but they got them all the same in vinyl bags with backboards or cruised the mall for the bookstores and read every scary word they could find. You know your people and where to find them.

Now we are streaming horror films and playing the audio in our cars or as ringtones on our phones and why not? It’s all in fun, right? Break out the popcorn for viewers in the back while we drive to the latest horror film, horror book signing, vampire convention, book store hunt, or other dark broody adventure.

So, in that same adventurous giddy horror bound spirit, I give you Autumn Ravenwood, our heroine in Desperately Seeking Vampire: Help Wanted Romance Series now available free on Amazon KU, for ebook or paperback purchase. https://www.amazon.com/Desperately-Seeking-Vampire-Wanted-Romance-ebook/dp/B0CLXV6GNG?

If your the choosy connoisseur and prefer a signed copy, those will be available directly from me at Vampires of New Jersey Convention on November 18, 2023 from 2p to 8p at QXT’s Night Club, 248 Mulberry St, Newark, NJ.

I think we’re going to have a fabulous day with lots of people in the horror movie industry, writers, vampires… who knows. You don’t want to miss it, so get your tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vampires-of-new-jersey-convention-tickets-655033150787

I’m going to be there and we’re going to have some fun, talk about horror films, books, comics… Promise I’ll keep the Freddy Krueger glove at home, so the scares will have to come from someone else this time (maybe).

Claire will be vending jewelry to die for and I’m going to have some kooky things like filled coffins, goodies, give aways, and we’ll also have Deserie Kelly’s Zodiac Shifters books.

What’s your absolute favorite horror film?