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Featured Author: Jamallah Bergman – The Lady of Gladstone Manor

Another new release and we’ve got it here!  Author Jamallah Bergman has a new one out called “The Lady of Gladstone Manor”.  The cover is so elegant! Title:  The Lady of Gladstone Manor Author:  Jamallah Bergman Genre: Romance Length: 111 pages Blurb: Jackson Belle, the son of a prominent family of landscapers and architects whose work has been the “Showcase of the South”, goes to take what he thinks is a routine job for his father who is soon in bed after a fall. He soon finds himself going to Gladstone Manor, a home well known in town as a house that once would host grand balls and parties for the town. But is nothing more than a shell of its former glorious self. Soon Jackson finds himself diving deep within the mystery of Gladstone Manor and its owner Brooke Langley. Brooke Langley’s life at Gladstone Manor at one time was wonderful and… Continued

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Five Fierce Women of March – Entertainment Edition

March is a huge birthday month in my house.  Two of my three children were born in March, I’m at the end of March, and many of my favorite women (and men) were born in March.  Since March is a focus on Women’s History, let’s take a look at five of them. Chaka Khan From Wikipedia:  Chaka Khan was born Yvette Marie Stevens on March 23, 1953 into an artistic, bohemian household in Chicago, Illinois. She was the eldest of five children to Charles Stevens and Sandra Coleman, and has described her father Charles as a beatnik and her mother as ‘able to do anything’ (bolding mine) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QUwDBF53bc]  Gloria Swanson From Wikipedia:   an American actress, singer, and producer perhaps best known for her role as Norma Desmond, a reclusive silent film star, in the critically acclaimed 1950 film, Sunset Boulevard. She was one of the most prominent stars during

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Featured Author: Eden Royce – Open All Hours (Carnival Magic 2)

This is fresh off the press, new release this very day!  I have had the distinct pleasure of beta reading this author’s work and I am eager to read her newest story.  Yes, I have tendency to prattle on and on, but I’m going to – barely – restrain myself and let the work speak for itself. Title:  Open All Hours (Carnival Magic 2) Author:  Eden Royce Publisher:  Changeling Press Genre: Paranormal Romance Theme: Interracial/MultiCultural, Shapeshifters (Other), Magic, Big Beautiful Women Series: Carnival Magic (#2) Length: Novella Page Count: 72 Blurb: Leesa Cobb has been cursed to shift form into a black cat. Can Vol, the owner of a nearby diner and a grizzly bear shifter himself, help her reverse the spell? If not, can he convince Leesa that he wants her — no matter what her species? Excerpt:  “Aw, darlin’, how’d you get in here?” The small black cat let

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Recipe Wednesday – One Bowl Brownies

I had to make a decision between another recipe and this one, and decided on this one because, well, chocolate.  This is an easy, one bowl mix that I was able to mix up in less than fifteen minutes.  Depending on the type of chocolate you use, this recipe can be a rich semi-sweet fudgy brownie, or a sweeter, more milk chocolate taste. Whatever chocolate you want to use, enjoy these quick brownies. Ingredients 9 ounces of chocolate  – (the darker the chocolate, the richer the taste) I used semi-sweet chocolate chips 4 ounces of salted butter (1 stick) 1 cup sugar 1 cup all purpose flour 2 large eggs and 1 yolk 1 tsp vanilla   1.  Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. 2.  Grease a 8 x 8 inch pan.  (Or line it with parchment paper 3.  Using a glass bowl (microwave safe), melt th butter and

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Movie Quotes of the Seventies – My Picks

You all know that I go on kicks, and right now is the movie quote kick.  So, in order not to leave you out of my musings, here’s some seventies movie quotes that are near and dear to me.  Of course, feel free to use them, share them, tweet them or simply read them and laugh, then go find the movie they’re from, cuz some of those movies were pretty good. Either way, enjoy! The Godfather – The best thing about this line is not only was it practical, it was also improvised.  Why go through all the trouble of buy cannoli, then leave it in the car with a dead man?   Superman – Christopher Reeve, the one, the only Superman.  And when he catches Lois Lane?  She’s not all calm, cool and collected…who would be?  This man is ….flying!!!   Anyone who has been following me the past

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