Welcome to Book Fun Friday and Happy Friday and Happy Third
Day of Autumn. Can you believe Autumn is upon us? Wow….my favorite months are
ahead. And you’ll love the Fall lineup I have. Lots of spooky themes for the
month of October, holiday jewels starting November 30th through
early January. I’ll roll out a list of upcoming guest authors in the next
couple of weeks.
Author
Bio:
Born in the
Finger Lakes of Upstate, New York, Katie O’Boyle loves the area in every
season. That’s why she set her Lakeside Porches romances in Tompkins Falls on
Chestnut Lake. To the outside world, she’s a tech-savvy college professor. To
friends and readers, she’s the author of warm-hearted romance.
Book
Title: Finding the Way Back to Love (contemporary romance)
Log
Line:
When their love
shatters, can they find their way back?
Book
Tag Line:
Gwen comes from a wealthy, loving
family and devotes her life to helping alcoholics in recovery. Peter, the
scarred-for-life son of a hopeless drunk, is dedicated to law enforcement.
They’re hot together! She’s a recovering alcoholic herself, though, and he
never lost his disdain for alcoholics. When the going gets tough, will their
differences destroy their love?
Book Blurb:
Gwen Forrester, gifted
psychotherapist and beautiful widow, is stuck in a rut, dating hotties on the
fast track. She really wants a life partner, a family, someone to make a
difference in their home town. New in town, Officer Peter Shaughnessy, 30, has
recovered from the gunshot wound he suffered in a drug bust, but he’s still
smarting from years of abuse from his alcoholic father. Gwen thinks it’s fate
when her pregnant niece Haley trips the security system at Gwen’s lakeside home
and Officer Shaughnessy takes the call. By joining forces to help Haley, Peter
and Gwen discover they’re a good team. Long, exhilarating canoe trips convince
them they’re on the same page with life. Then a destructive squall lands them
on the rocks, and a night of passion reveals painful truths that drive them
apart. Will they go to any length to find their way back to love?
Book
Blurb:
Gwen took a nervous sip of almost-cold coffee. “I’m
sure her mother was no help. Ursula is completely self-absorbed. She probably
threw Haley out on the street.” She used a piece of bagel to push the rest of
her omelet into the center of the plate and rested the bagel on top. “Haley and
I didn’t get into the hard questions last night. All I know is she came here by
bus with a duffle full of dirty clothes—none of them maternity clothes—and a
stash of cash.”
“She told me last night she walked here from the bus
station,” Peter said.
“I didn’t even know she was coming.” Tears burned
Gwen’s eyes. “I realized this morning, she had left me about six messages from
four o’clock on. I should have been here for her.”
“Gwen, you were here for her.” Peter’s voice was
gentle. “Your timing was just off a little. And maybe it’s not a bad thing that
the police confronted her for breaking in last night. It’s a wake-up call that
she’s making some desperate decisions. Bad ones.”
“You’re a wise man, Officer Shaughnessy.” Gwen
dabbed at her eyes with her napkin and gave him a grateful smile.
“I have a sister. She made some bad choices at that
age, too.”
He drank down
his juice and slid off the stool with a fluid motion that rippled the muscles
of his torso, under his tight, white T-shirt. A thrill shot through Gwen.
Question
for You Dear Read (leave your question in the comments below!)
Do you have a favorite cookie
recipe?
Here's One From Katie:
Gwen is
a psychotherapist, but she doesn’t need a Ph.D. to know food is the way to a
man’s heart and cookies save the day when the going gets tough! Occasionally,
she chooses a recipe that had healthy ingredients. The better to rationalize
seconds...
Here’s
Gwen’s recipe for Almond-Butter Quinoa Bars. I’ve modified it to use a
non-sodium baking powder and no salt, but you may want to use a teaspoon of
baking powder and ¼ tsp. salt.
Almond-Butter Quinoa Bars
¼ cup
unsalted butter, softened
¾ cup
crunchy almond butter
2 large
eggs at room temperature
¾ cup
packed light brown sugar
1 tsp.
vanilla
¾ cup
quinoa flour
1 tsp.
Featherweight baking powder substitute
1 cup
bittersweet chocolate chips
Use a
pre-heated 350-degree oven and an 8-inch foil-lined baking pan.
Beat
butter and almond butter until creamy. Beat in eggs, brown sugar, and vanilla.
Whisk
together flour and baking powder. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients
and mix until combined. Stir in chips.
Bake
25-35 minutes until toothpick in center comes out clean. Let cool for 45
minutes. Lift from pan to cutting surface and cut into 24 squares.
Cool
completely. May be stored up to 5 days in the refrigerator (if they last that
long!)
Each bar
has 247 calories and 3 grams of protein.
Contact
Katie Here:
Website: http://www.katieoboyle.com
Twitter:
@TompkinsFalls
Facebook:
Katie OBoyle Author
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Link….
Finding
the Way Back To Love, http://tinyurl.com/n8n79gw
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