Planning and plotting

More Crazies

Happening TODAY!

Did someone say cookies?

Hey , 

Well, I am back from my travels, and holiday meals, and I have a confession. I missed you!

It was spectacular to visit with my girlfriends, to catch up and be one of the pack again. The sunrises over the Atlantic Ocean and the beach were beautiful, too. Still, I missed connecting with you. I missed the regularity of writing. I missed my writing group, and I missed my characters. Yeah, you read that write. I missed my characters. Because when you write enough, they become your friends.

WARNING: LOTS OF OFFERS BELOW END TODAY!

Say Goodbye to the Double Dare! Not the dare itself. I promise that the new series will still revolve around a dare to marry. It kicks off all the action.

Why the change? My early readers have related so well to the Crazy Eights, that group of friends who plot and scheme on behalf of each other, who have each other’s back no matter what, and who meddle so effectively. How could I not respond to their enthusiasm?

Exit, double dare, enter Crazy Eight Romance series. New titles, new character names, and a new launch schedule, beginning in Spring 2022.

 I will be releasing newly edited versions of every Beguiling Bachelor novel between now and then. I am excited about the updates, and about returning the series to Amazon after a year away. For you Insiders, watch for the revised prequel, Bewildered, in your in-baskets before Valentine’s Day. The plots remain fundamentally unchanged, but the books are all professionally edited and crisper.

To get ready for the rerelease and the new series, I’ll be reintroducing some of my favorite Bachelor characters to you in upcoming blog posts and newsletters, including Sloane—the heroine we all love to hate and the Crazies and their friends, twelve wicked-smart women and at least twelve hunky men.

In the meantime, I imagine you are busy with holiday baking and decorating, working your gift lists and wishing you had more time to laze with a book. Keep reading for some help in that arena.

Are you into holiday baking? Personally I am into holiday eating, but even I am tempted by the latest bundle from Ultimate Bundles (see stuff I love below).

To kick it off Ultimate Bundles have teamed up with Cate Brubaker, blogger at International Desserts, to present a FREE class called: German Holiday Treats that Will Delight Your Taste Buds and Impress Your Friends. You can learn to make cookies, cakes, even mulled wine – but ONLY TODAY! The class is being offered only one time, TODAY at 3pm EST.

Cate helps busy home bakers make desserts, sweets, and snacks from Europe (and beyond!) that get lots of oohhhs and aahhhs from family and friends. She used to live in Germany, has worked on four continents, and now shares her favorite recipes from her North Carolina kitchen.

Register for German Holiday Treats that Will Delight Your Taste Buds and Impress Your Friends right here.  

Also happening now:

SAVE ME offers billionaire, steamy, new adult and contemporary romance novels on sale now. Find a new author you love, and a new book boyfriend or two. Runs through TODAY.

Make it Right focuses on contemporary, new adult, steamy or billionaire romance categories, free during this promotion. Also runs through TODAY.

LIke I said, I am not much of a cook, but I do enjoy eating. Ditto with baking which is why I got so excited about this bundle of menus and recipes for the holidays.

The Ultimate Holiday Cooking Bundle is available now. If you are ready to impress your friends, try something new or create some fabulous holiday gifts, this bundle is for you!

For less than $20 you will receive  23 products worth $307.07! Talk about holiday cheer. What could be better than recipes and secrets to make your holidays brighter for a bargain?

Here’s what you will receive the moment you purchase this bundle:

COOKIES!

• 12 Days of Christmas Cookies by Rose Atwater (eBook) $7.99 Kick off your holiday baking with 12 classic Christmas cookie recipes made with pantry staples and are easy enough to have your kids help! These recipes will bring baking JOY to your kitchen this holiday season!
• 20 Treats to Give as Holiday Gifts by Jane Mouttet - Plan Ponder Play (eBook) $4.95 Want to give gifts from your kitchen? Here are 20 treats to give as gifts.
• 25 European Favorites: Easy dessert recipes to add to your everyday, holiday and special occasion meal plans by Cate Brubaker (eBook) $14.00 Learn how to make 25 easy and impressive European desserts, sweets & snacks from scratch using mostly pantry ingredients.
• Cake Sketch Book by Colleen Gershey (Printable) $15.00 The Cake Sketch Book was lovingly created by a baker for bakers—a handy guide including templates, a decoration section, note sheets, example sketches, and order forms (if you sell). Just print out the sheets you need and let the creativity begin!
• Cute Cookies for Christmas by Rachel Britz (eCourse) $18.00 Learn how to decorate cut-out sugar cookies like a pro!
• Exploring the World with Christmas Cookies by Laura Rizer (Printable) $6.00 Use treats from around the world as a springboard for learning geography, science, and more in this fun holiday themed homeschool unit study!

FULL MEALS

• A Hearty Christmas by Luschka van Onselen (eBook) $12.40 Festive recipes for multi-function kitchen machines.
• Christmas Dinner Cookbook by Nora Breyer (eBook) $18.00 Your solution for an ingenious Christmas dinner!
• Christmas Favorites Recipe Book by Carrie Lindsey (eBook) $9.99 Breakfast, dinner, side dishes and sweet treats for your favorite holiday!
• Delicious, Allergen-Free Comfort Food by Rachel Abernathy (eBook) $9.99 Find tips for cooking without allergens, along with delicious comfort food recipes
• Gluten-Free & Paleo Holiday Recipes by Raia Todd (eBook) $5.00 Fulll of simple, delicious savory and sweet foods the whole family will enjoy
• How to Host a Stress-Free Holiday Meal by Tara Ziegmont (Printable) $6.99 In the pages of How to Host a Stress-Free Holiday Meal, you will learn how to plan and prepare a simple, easy, and amazingly delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas feast.
• Plant Based Holidays Survival Guide by Kim Murphy (eBook) $27.00 Thrive during the holidays with healthy plant based holiday recipes, holiday party organization checklists & menu planner, tips for staying plant based during the holidays, and learn how to turn your traditional Holiday recipes into plant based versions.

AND MORE

• Healthy Holiday Tips To Stay on Track This Season by Danielle Nazir (eBook) $14.79 An amazing 24 page guide with stay on track tips to enjoy a balanced and healthy holiday season ending the year strong!
• Holiday Cocktail Guide for the Home Bartender by Susan L. Schwartz (eBook) $14.99 Make festive, holiday cocktails that wow your guests with the Holiday Cocktail Guide for the Home Bartender! Learn how to build, stir, and shake any cocktail, classic or holiday favorites, including the Snowball and Grasshopper!
• Holiday Self-care planner (35 pages): Nourish your mind, body and soul during this Holiday season by Sonia Motwani (Printable) $9.00 A 35+ page Holiday Self-care planner to nourish your mind, body and soul during the holiday season and bring peace and calm by prioritizing your needs, one day at a time.
• How to Host a Cookie Swap by Laura Sampson (Printable) $10.99 The ONLY resource you need to learn how to run your own fun holiday cookie swap. 
• 2021 Holiday Planner: Get your holidays organized by Pam Hoepner Use this 23-pg planner to keep holiday shopping organized and on budget, track packages and cards, organize holiday baking, plan the menu and grocery shopping for your Christmas Day meal, and learn how to organize and store your holiday decorations.
• Christmas Recipe Book by Lisa Sharp (Printable) $5.00 Create your own Christmas recipe book to keep all of your favorite holiday recipes organized.
• The Holiday Planning Bundle by Sue Nelson and Diane Ferriera (eCourse) $20.00 Have Your Most Organized Holiday Ever
• How to Host a Stress-Free Holiday Meal by Tara Ziegmont (Printable) $6.99 In the pages of How to Host a Stress-Free Holiday Meal, you will learn how to plan and prepare a simple, easy, and amazingly delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas feast
• Make-Ahead Holiday (Meal) Planner by Amylee Udell - Productive Mama (eCourse) $5.99 Serve up a low-stress, homemade holiday meal by prepping dishes using this Trello-based plan that is FULL of useful recipes and strategies for making your meal AHEAD of time.
• Mindful Meal Planning: Relieve holiday cooking stress, create more mindfulness in the kitchen by Jenny Eden Berk (eBook) $27.00 A mindful method to stay conscious in the kitchen, nourish your bod throughout the week, and find your meal planning mojo.
• Ultimate Mompreneur Holiday Planner Bundle by Cousett Hoover (eCourse) $30.00 Super Mompreneur Holiday Planner - Christmas Planner + Meal Planner + Meal Planning eBook
•  Free flour gnocchi cooking class on January 8 from Chicca's Cooking Club worth $36.00 Online cooking classes, live from Tuscany. Join Chicca, your charismatic Italian friend, to cook authentic dishes from her heritage in your own kitchen.

This holiday bundle is available for only three days beginning today, December 6-8, so grab yours now. See you in the kitchen!

Happy reading, and happy baking!

P.S. Don't forget, this holiday bundle is available 3 days only, and the cooking class with Cate is TODAY! Sign up now!

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