Guest Blog from Samantha Kane
LOVE’S SURRENDER by Samantha Kane
Book 9 in the Brothers In Arms series.
Lady Vanessa Carlton-Smythe is from one of England’s most well respected families and the daughter of an earl. She has lived an exemplary life—the perfect daughter, the perfect lady. Until one Christmas Eve she meets two men who unleash her secret desires. She can’t surrender her heart, only her body, and only for the next twelve days. After Twelfth Night their affair must end and she will return to a life that is slowly suffocating her.
Veterans Nick and Oliver have been constant companions since Waterloo. They share everything, including women and a bad reputation. When Lady Vanessa catches them in a compromising position, they are seduced by the longing in her eyes. Cool, distant, unattainable—the more she protests, the more they want her. Vanessa’s desires prompt the two men to finally give in to their feelings and become lovers. When desire becomes love, can they convince Vanessa to leave her privileged life behind and surrender to them forever?
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For anyone who hasn’t read my Brothers in Arms series, all the books are m/m/f. The m/m romance between the heroes is as important in the books as their romances with the heroine. The books in this series all end with a true menage happily ever after.
I thought I’d share my family’s favorite holiday recipe. Watch out, though! This recipe is as easy as it delicious. Don’t be surprised if it becomes a family favorite at your house, too. It’s the perfect offering for holiday pot luck parties.
Cranberry “Salad”
2 cans of jellied cranberry sauce
1 crisp red apple of your choice, diced (do not peel)
1 pint of heavy whipping cream
powdered sugar, to taste
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- Mix jellied cranberry sauce with diced apples and put in a glass container suitable for freezing. (I use a bread loaf pan, but a casserole or baking dish would also work).
- Whip the whipping cream with a mixer until stiff but spreadable, adding powdered sugar as you whip. I add about 6 tablespoons. The sweeter the better, because it balances out the tartness of the cranberry and apple. Taste as you go.
- Fold walnuts into whipped cream, reserving 1 tablespoon of walnuts.
- Spread whipped cream over cranberry/apple mixture. Do not mix! Spread it like frosting.
- Sprinkle top with remaining walnuts.
- Freeze for several hours, until firm.
- Let sit for several minutes before serving. Servings should be cut small.
This isn’t really a “salad,” but that’s what we’ve always called it at my house. It can be served with the meal, or after as a dessert. If you serve it frozen, it’s almost like a Popsicle. I like to let it warm up a bit before I eat it.
Contest
Tell me your favorite holiday food and enter to win an ebook copy of Love’s Surrender. I’ll contact the winner on Christmas Eve! The first book in the series, The Courage to Love, is available for free on Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and at Ellora’s Cave and ARe, through December 18!
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My favorite holiday food is green bean casserole! My granny makes it every year because it is my favorite!
Hi Samantha,
Happy Release Week! My favorite holiday sweet are my sister’s pecan bars. She only makes them once a year, and I could eat the whole pan by myself they are so sinfully delicious.
Happy Holidays
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Squee! I just love these books.
And my favorite holiday recipe is a little something my mom makes, which I like to call Hillbilly Pate (and if I knew how to make that little line thingy over the “e” I would).
Mix equal part braunschweiger and cream cheese, a handful of dried onion and a couple of dashes of Worchestershire sauce, mush it up well, and serve on crackers. High fiber crackers, preferably, because you need to balance out the artery-clogging-ness of this!
One of my fave holiday foods is a candy cane pastry we always make for Christmas morning. So delicious!
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My 5 yr. old said last night Christmas was about getting presents. But as we get older, I think it’s about the food. lol Of course, my 11 yr. set her straight that it was NOT about presents. He knows the score.
All this talk of food is making me hungry!
Love the spiral cut ham and the soup my Dad makes from the bone.
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I love Brothers in Arms! I thought I had them all but it looks like you snuck one in on me.
My favorite holiday food is my grandma’s sweet potato pie. She passed away several years ago and I can’t get mine to taste quite the same. Maybe it was that special Grandma magic.
Love, love, love all of your books.
Our favorite Christmas food is something that my mom started making about 15 years ago and the grandkids have all grown up on it. They were so upset one year she did not make it and I got appointed to make it that afternoon and every year since. I have been treatened with bodily harm if I fail to make it…LOL
We call it Green Fluff and it is cool whip, Jello Pistachio pudding mix, pineapple chunks in heavy syrup. You slowly add and fold (not stir or whip) the pineapple with syrup and pudding mix into the cool whip, let it sit in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour (overnight is best) and serve.
It is so simple and everyone young and old seems to love it. We usually have it with ham and it seems to offest the saltiness just perfectly. We serve it as one of many side dishes. Try it and enjoy!
My fav is my mom’s peacock soup! So delicious!
I also love to make coconut ice cream with caramel ice cream, this is a traditional dessert in my family on Christmas Eve.
Merry Christmas for you and for Samantha!
Oh I gotta pick, I love it all. well its gotta be Mom’s Pecan Pie. I love this series Brothers in Arms. Thanks for the contest. Your fan, Tammy
Happy Holidays!
Wow, all these recipes sound so good! I’m going to have to try some of them. I think I want to shake up the holiday menu a little, lol. There may be mutiny, however. Thanks for stopping by, everyone!
Amanda Hopwood is the winner of Love’s Surrender! Amanda, I don’t have your email address. Contact me at mail@samanthakane.us . I won’t be able to respond until after Christmas. Thanks to everyone who commented! Merry Christmas.