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Here’s one of my favorite summer recipes:

Grilled Ham Steaks and Pineapple Rings

Ingredients

2 1 lb. ham steaks
1 pineapple, cored and sliced
1/4 cup melted margarine or butter, mixed with 1 teaspoon dried thyme and 1/2 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning salt (sauce for the ham)
2 tablespoons melted butter, mixed with 2 tablespoons rum, 1/3 cup brown sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon (sauce for the pineapple rings)

Directions

Ham: Put the steaks on the grill at medium heat and brush the ham sauce on top. Flip the steaks after about five minutes and brush sauce on

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Character Spotlight ~ Robert Liparulo’s Taksidian with signed giveaway!

Today the spotlight shines on…………………………..Taksidian

I was hoping Bob would be able to share some insight on his bad, bad guy, Taksidian from his Dreamhouse Kings series in this spotlight but something went seriously wrong! I think I’ll let Bob explain ~ I’m not going to rock Taksidian’s boat, that’s for sure!

Over to you, Bob:~

First, a word of explanation. It wasn’t until after midnight that I sat down to answer your queries about Taksidian, the man who causes so much trouble for the King family in my chronicle of their adventures, the Dreamhouse Kings. I like …

Book Club Interview with Cheryl McKay on Never the Bride

I’m thrilled to share Part 2 of my Book Club’s interview, this time with screenwriter, Cheryl McKay. Never the Bride is Cheryl’s story in more ways than one 🙂 We hope you enjoy this Q&A with Cheryl.

The Screenwriter

RBC:~ Did you ever envisage your screen play as a novel?

Cheryl:~ After Rene adapted The Ultimate Gift into a novel from the screenplay, we started talking about if we should team up for her to do more of those. So even though I didn’t write Never the Bride with a novel in mind, I wrote the script the same …

Book Club Interview with Rene Gutteridge on Never the Bride

My Book Club had the wonderful opportunity to interview Rene Gutteridge and Cheryl McKay when we chose their recent collaboration, Never the Bride, for our final selection for 2009. I am delighted to share the interview with you, starting with Rene’s take on our questions. I will post Cheryl’s responses to some of the same questions and others just for her, tomorrow.

A big thank you to my members for contributing these questio

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Enjoy!

The Novelist

RBC Book Club:~ How long did it take to write the book?

Rene:~ About seven months. It went a lot …

Author Alert ~ Robin Caroll

I have recently discovered another fabulous author through an ARC of her 2010 romantic suspense novel, that I would like you to get to know.

With seven Love Inspired titles to her credit, this author is no stranger to the world

of publishing ~ let me introduce Robin Caroll and the first novel in her new series, Deliver Us From Evil.

Deliver Us From Evil releases from B&H Fiction in February, 2010 but here’s a look at a partial synopsis and a snippet from my review.

After a blizzard takes down a small plane carrying U.S. Marshal Roark Holland

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Character Spotlight ~ Sandra D Bricker’s Cassie & Richard

Today the spotlight shines on…………………..Cassie Constantine & Richard Dillon

Sandra D Bricker has been writing for years and has eleven novels to her credit. Her latest novel, for Summerside’s Love Find You series takes the reader to Holiday, Florida for an unusual and fun take on a mature love match!

Enjoy this look behind the scenes:~

Brief physical description

Cassie and Richard are 50-somethings, both of whom have been married to someone else and widowed.

Cassie is somewhat petite and very perky for her age, apple-cheeked and pretty and Richard is an avid Florida golfer, so he’s suntanned and …