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Liquid Friday with Eden Freed, My Book

Liquid Friday- the Audible Edition

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May 30th, 2025

It’s almost officially summer! As a summer baby, I love the beach, carnival rides, and of course being outside with my children, both human and canine variety. Since I’m often the one packing for our adventures, I always toss in a couple books or my Kindle, home to lots of books and my comics.

For car rides, I put on Audible books. Family friendly adventure books work out if I play them on the speakers in the car, or I can go with spicier books if I use my Beats headphones.

Since my hands are often busy with tasks, I’ve found that I can use my Kindle for narration for books I don’t have a chance to page turn. Knowing that lots of readers prefer to have an audible version of books available, I have gone ahead and listed my books available for Audible download through Amazon. We used an ai voice instead of a human voice so we could get it out to you sooner. That being said it may have some of the more comical ai pronunciation mishaps I’ve heard in other books, so if you catch and error please message me and I’ll try and get it corrected. If you have a prime account on Amazon, you may even be able to get these books free-just click the links and check. I’m hoping to have the next book in the Help Wanted Romance Series available in late June and the next book in the All Tied Up In Knots series should be coming out in time for Halloween, edits, edits, edits…

Remember these books are all stand alone books, so you can read just one or all of them. I just didn’t want readers that missed a book to feel overwhelmed when the next one comes out and they feel like they have two to read or need to read them in a specific order. I despise cliffhangers. As a reader, waiting for that next book to drop while I’m stuck on a cliffhanger ending just kills me, so you get a complete story in every book.

Please, also check out your local authors. The only thing holding them back from reaching bigger audiences may be your five (5) star review. Ah, algorithms!

Since this is a Liquid Friday listing, I am also including today’s drink.

Ready for Summer Iced Tea-(serves 4)

What you need:

Tea pot (to brew the tea)

Pot to boil the water (it’s ok if you boil the water in a glass pot and add the loose tea in that, however you make tea works)

4 Glasses

6 cups water

2-3 Tablespoons loose assam tea in a tea ball or 2-3 of your favorite teabags(you can get creative and mix and match flavored teas or go for high antioxidant teas for your health)

Sliced lemon or other fruit

Ice

Flavored alcohol/spirits (optional- I’m going without so I can hydrate today)

How to:

  1. Bring the water to a boil and carefully pour over tea leaves in a pot/carafe… whatever heat safe container you have. Nothing stings like a burn, so be careful here and if you’re using glass make sure its heat safe borosilicate glass with no defects or cracks.
  2. Steep the tea. I like bitter so I do 5 minutes or omit the tea ball completely and just leave the loose tea to settle and continue to steep. You can do 2-3 minutes if you like a more mild taste.
  3. Let the tea cool before you add the fruit, so you get some vitamin c
  4. Add lemon slices, fruit, herbs… to reach the right flavor profile. I’ve done everything from cranberries to grapefruit and mint, so good.
  5. Optional: Add 3 to 6 ounces of flavored alcohol to the carafe for guests over 21 (should be .75 ounce to 1.5 ounce per serving). I like Peach Schnapps or Blackberry Brandy, but I’ve heard Lemonade Flavored Vodka is great, too. It’s always a good idea to list the ingredients for your guests, since lots of people have allergies or choose to opt out of alcohol. Serve teas with alcohol exclusively to adults and get juice boxes or water bottles to younger guests so there are no mix ups.
  6. Serve and enjoy

Now, onto the books. I have links below to the books, just select the audible versions. If you have an Audible Premium Plus account, they should be free, otherwise they are the low price of $3.99 plus tax.

Here are the links:

My monster series, ’cause every good girl loves things that go bump in the night.

Desperately Seeking Vampire, Book 1: Help Wanted Romance Series

https://www.amazon.com/Desperately-Seeking-Vampire-Wanted-Romance/dp/B0F9BD4LGZ

Desperately Seeking Vampire Hunter, Book 2: Help Wanted Romance Series

https://www.amazon.com/Desperately-Seeking-Vampire-Hunter-Romance/dp/B0F9BBV3NQ

All Tied Up In Knots Series, spicy fun reads

Knot An Actress

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F9B91Q66

Knot A Criminal

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F9B8H8RW

Knot A Geek (short read)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F3GVRPRH

Knot His Superior (short read)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F4NP6T8L

Knot Daddy’s Girl (short read)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DNGG5KZL

Knot A Photographer

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F9BBG7TH

Knot A Bunny

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DZDCCWQ6

Knot A Princess

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F9BBSKFG

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Don’t forget your purchases support our crazy Chinese Crested puppies. Mooshu is still fighting his blood disorder like a champion and Butler is giving him all the love a big brother can.

Thanks so much! Have a fun summer!

Books worth checking out, Liquid Friday with Eden Freed, My Book

Knot A Criminal

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Tonight’s featured book is Knot A Criminal from Eden Freed’s All Tied Up In Knots Series. Scroll down to see tonight’s cocktail and a note from the author, herself.

Holly is on the run from the past that involves a double homicide. She has no recollection of the events and wants to keep it in the past for a reason, she might just be the killer.
Focusing on the future has Holly hopeful to learn pyrotechnics from a master of more than one skill. As she begins to fall for him, her past starts catching with her. Now, she is torn between her desire for love and the fear of what she might be capable of.

From Eden-

I’ve always considered myself to be a people watcher., but at best you only observe a small piece of their story. Imagination has to fill in the gaps. Could the people a few feet away from you in a shopping center be a couple in love, people going about their daily routine, spies, or aliens… whatever they are is left up to the flights of fancy your mind wants to take you on, no basis in reality required. Often we draw our own conclusions based on our own real world scenarios, hopefully none of them involve aliens, but I won’t judge either way.

The hardest thing to do is get people to stick to each other like magnets and if you’ve ever tried to fix up two of your friends or associates, you know what I’m talking about. You might push them in the right direction and find out their poles didn’t align and they just bounce off of each other. I do the same thing when I write, seek out the couples that need to flip around until they just fit right and connect in a way that is meaningful and lasting.

Knot A Criminal is the second full length BDSM novel in the All Tied Up In Knots Series. A little mystery, a lot of kink, and some New York excitement all go into making this book an interesting read. I hope you enjoy Holly and Johnathon’s adventure as much I did writing their story for you.

Excerpt from Knot A Criminal

“It was my fault. I shouldn’t have bragged that I could do it blindfolded with my hands behind my back. I didn’t expect him to take me up on it.” From a distance DJ Sean smiled at Crystal and gave a little thumbs up while picking up the coffee.

“Do exactly what blindfolded?” Crystal stood up. Her expression changed from one of curiosity to vexation. The sound of her knuckles cracking told me everything. She was getting ready to stomp over to Mr. Riley’s and let all hell break loose.

“Calm down, just the balloons,” I said and motioned for her to sit. “I made a death’s head moth and an owl.”

“Next time tell me that first. I was about to go open up a can of whoop-ass on him, boss or no boss. To think of everything that I went through to set it up so Johnathon would play you right after the interview, I’d have to go over there and stomp him into next week if this didn’t work out,” Crystal said.

“You didn’t!” I exclaimed.

“The hell I didn’t,” she laughed. “Remember when you were with Paul, how you said that you submitted an application for an interview with Johnathon Riley. I nearly pissed myself. Johnathon and I had a nice conversation about you. I never gave him your last name, so he wouldn’t know you from any other Holly on the street. Then, I made him wait until I was certain you had an interview for the job. No harm in keeping a man waiting.”

“That’s illegal at the very least, isn’t it?”

“Where you see legal issues, I see opportunity…”

Hypnotic and Absinthe make this cocktail dazzling

Tonight’s Steampunk Themed Cocktail: Blue Skies Ahead

Ingredients:

1 ounce Absinthe

2 ounces Hypnotic- one of my absolute favorite’s to mix cocktails with

1/2 ounce sour mix

2 ounces 7-up

slice of starfruit and green cherry garnish

Fill half a glass with ice and pour in the ingredients (add the soda last for a little fizz), garnish with slice of starfruit and green cocktail cherry. It’s a simple drink with a great presentation. Remember: Drink responsibly and don’t drink and drive. Be safe and have fun.

Books worth checking out, Short Stories from Eden's Garden

All Tied Up In Knots Series Release

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I’m so excited that we, my partner in crime and I, are finally able to get some new stories out to you. Living with autoimmune illness can make shifts in weather dreadful, and this winter has been a beast. I’m waiting for my summer beach days where I can breath in the salt air or hit my favorite farm for tree ripened nectarines and a glass of homemade lemonade. In the meantime, I’ve decorated my window to the world for the next holiday and finished up this series (unless someone coaxes a sequel out of me).

Our All Tied Up In Knots series is bringing you new titles and some rereleases with bold new covers. Here is the list, you may recognize some of the works, but I have plenty of surprises in store for you. I’ll be posting the links as they become available. See below for our Perpetual Puppy, Butler’s take on things.

Knot An Actress- 1st in the series- formerly published as Violet Blooms, we’ve brought this story back with a new cover and a few changes. see if you can spot them. (Novel)

Knot A Geek- 2nd in the series- what could be more fun than a romp through a science lab? (Quick read)

Knot His Superior- 3rd in the series- I’ve heard that all is fair in love and war, but is it really? (FMF Quick read)

Knot A Criminal- 4th in the series- Balloons, Steampunk, and Kink, oh my! Holly is on the run from her past that includes a double homicide. She has no recollection of the events and wants to keep it in the past for a reason, she might just be the killer. Focusing on the future has Holly hopeful to learn pyrotechnics from a master of more than one skill. As she begins to fall for him, her past starts catching up with her. Now, she is torn between her desire for love and her fear of what she might be capable of. (Novel)

Knot Daddy’s Girl- 5th in the series- formerly: Sweet, With. Hint of Kink- Cala is a brat used to getting her own way. It’s simple, she only has to ask Daddy for something and she gets it. She’s about to find out that even the most powerful man she knows can be powerless to get her what she needs. Chef Pain is a man of principles, and no amount of money or power can intimidate him. He is a Dominant with his own power. He’s about to teach Cala, that power comes from within. (Short)

Knot a Photographer- 6th in the series- formerly: The Picture of My Heart- Julianne is an aspiring photojournalist making a living as a wedding photographer. Her muse is looking for something more and she finds it with Ann, famous artist Tadeusz Christov’s companion/model. The deeper Julianne probes, the more she discovers about Ann and Christov, until she isn’t sure what is real. The only thing she knows is what she wants, Ann. (FF short)

Knot A Bunny- 7th in the series- formerly: Rope Bunny- Candy wants nothing more than to be in Master’s Colt’s ropes. She’s new to the scene and hopes reality will one day match her fantasies, but when she meets DM Ethan Thompson she begins to wonder is she has been pining for the wrong Dom. (Short)

Knot A Princess- 8th in the series- Briar is a young mother and widow, struggling to cope with loss. No man can measure up to a hero that had given his life for his country, but that leaves Briar lonely. She bravely puts on Princess dress to entertain children at parties filled with rich snobs, so she can provide for her son. Then, this new age Cinderella gets noticed by the prince. Will this be just another gig, or happily ever after?

Butler the Perpetual Puppy has been spending his winter enjoying some well deserved snuggle time after his morning walks. Despite his ability to coerce snacks out of everyone, he is still a skinny energetic Chinese Crested powderpuff, with a very shaggy coat- the longest no shave November ever. This Spring he plans shave his winter coat, run around the dog park, and chase squirrels.