Happy New Year from Donna Fasano @DonnaFaz

As 2018 comes to an end, I’d like to thank my readers for their continued support. Without readers, a writer is nothing. I am so grateful to all of you!

My New Year’s Wish for You:

May your troubles be less

and your blessings be more

and nothing but happiness

come through your door!

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These titles have been on sale for 99¢ for the whole month of December. But January is just 2 days away and the sale will be over. Save now!

TWO HEARTS IN WINTER (regularly $3.99)

On sale for 99¢

Book 2 of the Ocean City Boardwalk Series

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AN ALMOST PERFECT CHRISTMAS 

(regularly $3.99) On sale for 99¢

Book 4 of the Ocean City Boardwalk Series

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GROWN-UP CHRISTMAS LIST

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Book 5 of the Ocean City Boardwalk Series

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Happy Reading!

Roasted Butternut Squash and Apple Soup #Recipe

This was my first attempt at making butternut squash soup. I found a recipe online that looked good and, as usual, I ended up doing some tweaking. I added coconut milk to this Roasted Butternut Squash and Apple Soup recipe, and I was delighted when my husband called it “restaurant quality.” I took a container to a friend for a second opinion and she called the soup “past delicious” and “truly fabulous.” Have I talked you into trying the recipe? I hope so.

Roasted Butternut Squash and Apple Soup 

1 Butternut Squash, about 2 lbs, roasted

      (see instructions below)

1 tablespoon olive oil (to roast squash)

1 tablespoon coconut oil (or butter)

1 medium onion, diced

2 tart apples, peeled, seeded, diced

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground coriander

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon cumin

3 cups vegetable stock (or chicken stock)

1 13.5 ounce can coconut milk

For garnish use your choice of:

Tart apple, diced and tossed in lemon juice to prevent discoloring

Dollop of sour cream

Jalapeño pepper, sliced very thin

To roast the squash:

1.     Pre-heat oven 400° F. On a firm surface, cut squash in half, lengthwise. Remove seeds with a spoon and discard seeds. Coat squash with olive oil. Place squash on a baking sheet, cut side down.

2.     Roast for approximately 30 minutes or until soft when a knife is inserted. Remove from oven and cool.

3.     Scoop out the pulp into a bowl.

To make the soup:

1.     Melt coconut oil in a large saucepan. Add onion and sauté until translucent, about 5-7 minutes.

2.     Add roasted squash, apples, salt, pepper, cinnamon, coriander, ginger, cumin, and stock. Simmer for 20 minutes. Add coconut milk and bring back to a simmer. Turn off heat.

3.     Puree in small batches, using a blender, or a food processor (or an immersion stick blender). Be very careful when pureeing hot liquids! Do not overfill the blender or food processor. Serve immediately with garnishes of your choice. 

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Her Mr. Miracle - #NewRelease Holiday Romance @DonnaFaz

I’m excited to share my New Release with you. Her Mr. Miracle is the 8th book in my Ocean City Boardwalk Series. 

The awesome thing about Her Mr. Miracle is that the story went in directions I was not expecting. I love it when that happens. One secondary character in particular showed up out of the blue, and she made a decision that I found, well… shocking. But once the scenes were written, I found myself coming to a place of compassion and understanding for her.

Here’s a little more about Her Mr. Miracle:

Veronica “Ronnie” Clark has had it up to here with her family. So she shoves her suitcase into the trunk of her car along with that billowy, lacy, monstrosity of a bridal gown and hits the road. Unfortunately, her old Volvo gives out, leaving her stranded on Christmas Eve in the nearly deserted seaside town of Ocean City, Maryland. Oh, boy, does she ever need a miracle!

And like Christmas magic, her Mr. Miracle appears. Adam Rone stops to offer her assistance, and once the tow truck drives away with the Volvo, he suggests she stay at Ocean Dreams, the hotel he owns and operates in the tourist town. 

Ronnie is drawn to the compassionate single dad, and the attraction they feel is undeniable. But when she learns all he’s going through to keep his family together, she can’t bring herself to reveal to him that she’s running from hers. All she wants is for him to take her in his arms and kiss her, but he keeps asking about that stupid wedding dress!

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About me: USA Today Bestselling Author Donna Fasano has written over 40 romance and women’s fiction novels. Her books have won awards and have sold 4 million copies worldwide. Her work is available in paperback, audiobooks, and ebooks for Kindle, Nook, Kobo, iBooks, and Google Play. Learn more about her at her blog, check out her books, and connect with her on Facebook,Twitter, and Pinterest. She loves to hear from readers.

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Grown-Up Christmas List - Don't wait for #BlackFriday for #Kindle Savings!

Why wait for Black Friday? 

Kick off your holiday with this Kindle Christmas Sale! Save $2 off the regular price of GROWN-UP CHRISTMAS LIST, now available for 99¢ in the Kindle Store.

Dina Griffin flees a dangerous situation and ends up in Ocean City, Maryland where she hopes to spend the holidays in hiding. Trusting no one, she wants only one thing this Christmas—to feel safe. Then Officer Gav Thomas threatens to arrest her for shoplifting. Shoplifting? 

Gav is certain there’s something Dina isn’t telling him about her visit to his seaside town, so he devises a means to stick close to the vulnerable beauty. An unexpected attraction sparks, fierce enough to heat up the salt-tinged, wintry nights.

But the trouble Dina had hoped to escape arrives at her doorstep, bringing with it stark-raving fear and the realization that she must place her trust in someone.

Is Gav really just a local cop… or is he Dina’s guardian angel?

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Look for all the titles in the Ocean City Boardwalk Series:

Following His Heart, Book 1

Two Hearts in Winter, Book 2
Wild Hearts of Summer, Book 3

An Almost Perfect Christmas, Book 4

Grown-Up Christmas List, Book 5

The Wedding Planner's Son, Book 6
Second Chance Valentine, Book 7

Her Mr. Miracle, Book 8 (Coming Dec 1st)

The Ocean City Boardwalk Series, where life isn’t just fun 

in the sun—love is waiting on those sandy shores! 

Pumpkin Roll for Autumn - #Recipes for #Foodies

November brings cool, crisp temperatures, gorgeous colorful leaves, delicious family feasts, and Pumpkin Roll! My family goes crazy for Pumpkin Roll. In this Pumpkin Roll recipe, I use a ready-made spice blend that includes cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and allspice… all the tastes that celebrate autumn.

Pumpkin Roll

Ingredients for the Pumpkin Roll cake:

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice blend

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 large eggs, room temperature

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

2/3 cup canned pumpkin

Ingredients for the Pumpkin Roll filling:

1 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened

1 cup powdered sugar

4 tablespoons butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

More powdered sugar for garnish if desired

Instructions:

1. For cake: Preheat oven to 375° F. Grease a 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan; line with parchment paper. Allow 2-inches of overhang on the 15-inch sides of the pan for easy removal. Spray the parchment paper with baking spray.

2. Combine flour, baking powder, spice mix, and salt in small bowl. Beat eggs and the white and brown sugars in larger mixer bowl until thick. Beat in pumpkin. Gently stir in flour mixture. Spread evenly into prepared pan.

3. Bake for 13-15 minutes or until top of cake springs back when lightly touched. Immediately loosen and turn cake onto a clean, dry cotton towel. Carefully peel off paper. Roll up cake and towel together, starting with narrow end. Cool on wire rack.

4. For filling: Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla in small mixer bowl until smooth.

5. Carefully unroll cooled cake; remove towel. Spread cream cheese mixture over cake. Re-roll cake. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate Pumpkin Roll at least four hours. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving, if desired.

Made In Paradise by @DonnaFaz FREE for Kindle, Nook, Kobo, iBooks, Google

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MADE IN PARADISE, Book 2 of A Family Forever Series

A Secret Made in Paradise…

Her child is alive! For ten years Amber has believed her child was lost to her forever. Then an unexpected inheritance leads the lovely doctor back home… to the man she’s always loved. There she discovers her beloved Jon is a bachelor father, and the little girl he is raising is their daughter!

Jon has vowed to protect and cherish his child, yet he opens their lives to let Amber in. But this dedicated father is no longer the young lover Amber remembers. Can she uncover the tender man she has never forgotten, and convince him to take a chance on their newly formed family, and their own true love?

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Many people say family is everything. There is nothing more beautiful than two people coming together for the sake of a child, finding love, and forming A Family Forever. Look for other stand-alone titles in the series:

A Beautiful Stranger

A Reason to Believe

An Accidental Family

Nanny and the Professor

Love, Christmas 2 - 26 All-New Christmas Stories #mgtab

I’m participating in a new holiday project! 

26 All-New Romances for just 99¢

Sprinkle a little Christmas magic into your life with 26 ALL-NEW, never before released romances. Each title - exclusive to this set - is inspired by a favorite holiday movie, spun into a fantastic love story by a NY Times, USA Today, and/or award-winning, bestselling author and delivered to you in this wonderful collection full of cheer for the coming season.

My story in the bundle is Her Mr. Miracle. Veronica is stranded in Ocean City on Christmas Eve and is quickly rescued by Adam. She quickly learns how important family is to this amazing single dad... so how can he tell him she's running from hers?

Here's where you can find Love, Christmas 2 for 99¢!

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Nook

iBooks

Kobo

Other bundles in the Holiday Series:

Love, Christmas 1 – Songs of the Heart

(20 Holiday Stories for $0.99)

An Early Christmas Gift for You! @MimisGang1

Ready to get your Christmas Party started? 

You're Going to LOVE this:

Book Bites 11 is a FREE collection of first chapters of the twenty-six, brand new love stories in LOVE CHRISTMAS 2. Read these samplers and discover a new favorite author from New York Times, USA Today and Award-winning, international, bestselling authors. A wonderful and surprising treat for all lovers of entertaining romances for these special holidays! Available Everywhere!

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That being said, please hop over to Love Christmas 2, the Sequel everyone’s been chatting up. 

When was the last time you’ve seen a movie turned into a book? Well, now you’ve seen it – twenty-six, in fact!

Plus, we have a contest! Please scroll down:

Sprinkle a little Christmas magic into your life with 26 ALL-NEW, never before released romances. Each title - exclusive to this set - is inspired by a favorite holiday movie, spun into a fantastic love story by a NY Times, USA Today, and/or award-winning, bestselling author and delivered to you in this wonderful collection full of cheer for the coming season.

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WOW!! Plus so much fun for Sept. A fabulous contest, a Rafflecopter with a $50 prize, 2 X $25 Amazon Gift Certificates, 2 gifted paperbacks, 3 ebooks from the Billboard's collection: Enter Here> https://authorsbillboard.com/

The Authors:

Mimi Barbour – A Wonderful Life - Though Mary works with troubled teens, can she and an angel help a man living a nightmare? 

Leanne Banks – A Royal White Christmas - Can a secret prince be a Christmas wish-come-true for a small-town girl?

Joan Reeves – Brianna’s Season For Miracles - Her seductive persona hides what she's ashamed of... What will happen if the man she's fallen for discovers her secret?

Mona Risk – Jingle With My Princess - The doc and the princess... He saves lives, but she may save his heart.

Rebecca York – Can She Get Home for Christmas? - Will a killer stop her from getting home for Christmas?

Jacquie Biggar – Mistletoe Inn - A grieving man finds the greatest gift is love.

Alicia Street – Miracle on Christmas Tree Street - A single mom discovers her business partner is more than he seems.

Nancy Radke – The Holiday (Christmas) - Jodi's house-swap to Maui came with a small dog and a shipwrecked sailor.

Katy Walters –Letters from the Snowman – The snow revealed a precious love.

Stephanie Queen – Holiday Affair - Melissa goes from riches to rags but will she find gold in a holiday affair?

Aileen Fish – Christmas in Connecticut - Can a wounded warrior learn to trust her celebrity chef crush after discovering his secret?

Rachelle Ayala – A Christmas Creek Carol - A reclusive writer is given a one-star review on her life by characters from her past, present, and future.

Dani Haviland – The Polar Xpress - She prefers dogs to men…until she rescues the doctor.

Traci Hall – Love, Actually (By the Sea) - Two strangers. One intimate night. Reunited a year later, can it actually be love?

Taylor Lee – The Ref-er-ee - With a family this discombobulated, it will take a referee to save their Christmas.

Donna Fasano – Her Mr. Miracle - It’s Christmas Eve and Veronica is stuck in a nearly deserted seaside town... She needs a miracle. 

Cynthia Cooke – A Christmas to Remember - A Christmas storm. Wedding plans in peril. Has a lost love been found? 

Susan Jean Ricci – A Joyous Holiday Inn - Can Twigg restore the joy of Christmas to Chloe’s indifferent heart?

Tamara Ferguson – Two Hearts Home for Christmas - Can a long ago promise of love bring two lonely wounded warriors home for Christmas?

Suzanne Jenkins – Christmas with the Clouds - Tracy isn’t interested in love until an unexpected Christmas visitor changes her heart.

Natalie Ann – How Gavin Stole Christmas - Can Jolene help Gavin find the Christmas spirit when he’s the epitome of Mr. Bah Humbug?

Ev Bishop – A Sharla Brown Christmas - For single parents Sharla and Jake, Christmas is the loneliest time of the year…until it’s not. 

Alyssa Bailey – In the Spirit of Christmas - Chase can protect Tara from danger, but can he protect his heart?

Stacy Eaton – Finding Love on Christmas Vacation - Christmas isn't the same for Lucy without her father...until she meets his friend Maverick.

Jen Talty – The Christmas Getaway - A mix-up in reservations leaves a mother and her son to share a cabin with a broken-hearted stranger.

Melinda De Ross - Boyfriend Wanted for Christmas - A thirty-something singleton’s desperate yet humorous quest to find a boyfriend in the seven days before Christmas.

Please, Do Enter Our September Contest - Each Author's Cover Reveal Makes You Eligible to Win Our Special Prizes! 2X= $25 Amazon Gift Cards, Three of our Collections, Individual Prints and eBooks

Merry Christmas! xoxo