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Book Excerpt: Kneaded to Death

Kneaded to Death A Bread Shop Mystery Winnie Archer Chapter 1 Santa Sofia is a magical town, nestled between the Santa Lucia Mountain Range and the Pacific Ocean on California’s Central Coast. I’ve always seen it as the perfect place. Not too big, not too small. Historic and true to its commitment to remain a family-oriented place to live. They accomplished this goal by having more bikes than people, concerts

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Book Excerpt: Storiebook Charm

Storiebook Charm Spellbound, book 1 By Melissa Bourbon   Prologue Eight years ago… Whiskey Creek, Texas, wasn’t far from Austin, but to Reid Malone, it might as well have been light years away. Thank God for the lake. No matter how much he hungered for city life, this place—especially on a day like today—was his solace. He parked on the bluff in between the trees near the old haunted fishing

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Book Excerpt: Silent Echoes

Silent Echoes, Chapter One San Julio, Texas. Present day. Vic Vargas stood on a grassy knoll in the corner of his several hundred acre ranch, where it intersected with three adjoining properties. A group of men—his neighbors—along with Deputy Derek Braido, stood there with him, looking grim. Vic deliberately kept his eyes off the goat carcass at his feet and instead gazed up at what he could see of the

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Brand New Releases!

March 2020 means 3 new books! 4 if you count the boxed set. I’m thrilled to let you know Silent Echoes and Silent Obsession, from the Deadly Legends romantic suspense books, and Storiebook Charm, the first in a light paranormal romance trilogy, are now available!

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Quarantining With Kindness

I think we could all use a little kindness about now. Isolation and sheltering in place is no fun! For the next 30+ days, I’ll be posting a question, prompt, or task each day on my Facebook page. I hope many of you will play along by responding, but also engage with each other by responding to someone else’s comment. We could all use some smiles and human engagement right

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A savory torta
Recipes

Traditional Mexican Tortas

  A torta is a traditional Mexican sandwich. It's filled with savory meat and served on a soft roll. Add sauce and toppings  (avocado, salsa, lettuce) to make it extra special. This recipe is for the soft roll needed to serve the torta, and a savory filling.Miguel makes tortas for himself and Ivy at Baptista’s Cantina and Grill in Crust No One, the second Bread Shop Mystery. Enjoy!

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Chocolate Babka
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Chocolate Babka

  Yeast of Eden mostly sells traditional long-rise bread, but every once in a while, Olaya makes something sweet. In The Walking Bread, the 3rd Bread Shop Mystery, she makes Babka. Because we eat gluten-free in our household, I included the gluten-free version, which is so good!Excerpt:One by one I pulled the loaf pans filled with Babka dough from the walk-in refrigerator. We’d spent the entire day before making the

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Three conchas stacked together
Recipes

Tasty Mexican Conchas

  Tasty Mexican Conchas are a staple in Mexican markets and special gatherings, and these are so good.Choosing recipes to include in each book is one of my favorite parts of writing the Bread Shop Mysteries. In Kneaded to Death, I knew I wanted to include a traditional Mexican treat in honor of Olaya Solis and her bread-making heritage. These conchas fit the bill.Excerpt:We spent the next hour measuring and

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Decadent Gruyere and Black Pepper popovers in a popover pan
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Light and Airy Gruyère and Black Pepper Popovers

  Popovers are one of my favorite baked treats, and these gruyère and black pepper ones are light and airy. And decadent! This recipe is shared in the very first Bread Shop Mystery, Kneaded to Death.Excerpt:The chalkboard had today’s baking plan: Gruyere and black pepper popovers. I’d never actually had a popover, but if the illustration, with its muffin-shaped base and the billowy, full top looked anything like it would

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Decadent Chocolate Molten Lava Cake
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Decadent Chocolate Molten Lava Cake

  Decadent Chocolate Molten Lava Cake is actually quite easy to make, yet it appears to be such a time-intensive and indulgent dessert.I’ve been crazy about Chocolate Molten Lava Cakes ever since I went on a cruise and pretty much OD’d on them. I’ll fit them into a book somehow, sometime. In the meantime, try them. They’re so easy to make, and so decadent.

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Vegetarian or meat tacos
Recipes

Tacos Buenos

These tacos are not only tasty, they stretch the meat, thereby helping your budget. Whether our budget needs stretching or not, we make our tacos like this because they are just too good not to.

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Heart Healthy Pico de Gallo Recipe
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Pico de Gallo

What makes pico de gallo different from, say, salsa borracha? It comes down to the fresh tomatoes verses the blanched tomatoes. Salsa is a cooked sauce; pico de gallo is all fresh ingredients. Try this muy bueno recipe for pico de gallo when tomatoes are in season, cilantro is fragrant, and you’re craving fresh Mex.

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