This email will be quick because it's already Thanksgiving here in Okinawa and I've got to make this feta tapenade tarte de soleil before we go to dinner at a friend's house. (Click on the image for a link to the recipe!)

I'm also making my chocolate raspberry mousse cake cups again this year. Click on the image to go to the recipe with detailed instructions on my website.

In the mood for a holiday read? Don't miss WINTER HAWK: A Raptor Holiday.

Raptor operative Nate Sifuentes isn’t thrilled to find himself back on the job on the first day of his winter vacation, but he can’t say no when his brother asks a favor. At least he’ll earn an easy Christmas bonus—after all, driving a fired military contractor home after she’s been escorted off base by military police can’t be that hard.

In a matter of minutes, Leah Ellis has lost everything, and now she’s stranded in the nation’s capital on the first night of Hanukkah without money, phone, or bed. All she has is a mysterious driver who might be after her technical knowledge of the US military’s drone operations.

The former Green Beret’s protective instincts—and skills—kick in when he discovers the alluring AI engineer is being hunted. On the run, they escape the winter cold by generating their own heat, but will they find answers in time to stop a terror attack on Christmas Day?

YULE BE MY DUKE by Darcy Burke is only 99¢

It was loathe at first sight when Cecilia Bromwell met John Rowley, the Earl of Cosford five years ago at a party where his ill-conceived prank and irascible temper ruined not one but two of her new gowns. Now, at a Yuletide house party, Cecilia learns their parents seek to match them in wedded bliss. However, she has no interest in even speaking with the “Menace,” especially after he spills wine down her bodice, ruining yet another gown.
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John has no desire to be paired with the “Shrew” for the Yule log hunt. But if they can suffer each other’s company for a short time, perhaps they can convince their parents that they do not suit. When they’re separated from everyone else and a snowstorm drives them to seek shelter alone in a cottage together, it may not matter what they want.
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With marriage all but imminent, can these enemies become lovers by morning?

New Release Spotlight

STONE'S THROW by Patricia D. Eddy

I'm a fan of Patricia's Away from the Keyboard series and I can't wait to read this spinoff series!

Three years after vanishing without a trace, Grace Stone is found alive—but with no memory of the man who never stopped searching for her.

AJ would burn the world to keep her safe, but the shadows of her past aren’t finished with her yet.

Together, they’ll have to fight for her life, her freedom…and a love worth remembering.

Grace doesn’t remember her husband—or the years stolen from her. But AJ remembers every second of the loss, and he’ll risk everything to protect her from the men who want her back. Even if it means going to war to keep the only woman he’s ever loved.

She woke up broken, with no memory of the life she once had. He never stopped loving her—and won’t stop fighting until she’s safe. But when danger closes in, will love be enough to bring Grace back to herself…and to AJ?

I'm giving thanks for many things this year, not the least of which is the incredible opportunity to live in Okinawa and explore this amazing and beautiful part of the world.

Happy Thanksgiving!