Kiss A Cowboy For Only .99!

If you haven’t yet given romance titles by Adele Downs a try (and why haven’t you?), there’s a selection of .99 short stories and novellas to choose from at every major ebook sales outlet. The .99 titles include western romances KISSING HER COWBOY and HER CHRISTMAS COWBOY; and HOOK ME UP, a firefighter novella.

KISSING HER COWBOY by Adele Downs

A Lunchbox Romance Short Story

Only .99!

An Amazon Top 100 Bestselling Western, Western Romance and Short Romance

A cowboy with a fractured back and a cop with a broken spirit heal on a Texas ranch with the help of a stallion named Big Blue.

Excerpt:

“Oh, Lord.” Treymont Woods kicked up dust on his boots as he sauntered from the stables to the woman who just had to be his new riding student. Her flaming red hair swooshed from one side of her shoulders to the other as she watched his stallion, Big Blue, canter inside the corral. Her hands, knuckles white, clutched the fence and every muscle in her tall, slim figure looked tight. Before he could get to her, she pivoted toward the parking area, moving her feet like she was fixin’ to run.

“Hey there!” He called out as a distraction. By the time Trey reached the woman’s side, he could hear her breathing like she’d raced a Texas mile. Before he could introduce himself, she turned to him with wide green eyes and shouted, “He’s huge!” Pink splotches bloomed under the freckles on her pale skin.

She licked her bottom lip and shook her head. “No, no, no, no….” and started backing away. “I can’t do this. Keep my deposit. I’ll figure something else out.”

Trey lifted his hands in mock surrender. “Okay. No problem. You don’t have to ride if you don’t want to.”  Her jeans looked too tight for riding, anyway, and that white blouse would be smudged inside five minutes. Hadn’t the woman ever been to a ranch before?

She stopped moving then and frowned at him, causing twin lines to form above her nose. Her adorable nose, now that he’d gotten a decent look. In fact, everything about the woman seemed downright appealing, despite her reaction to Big Blue. Who in their right mind wouldn’t love the greatest horse that ever lived, on sight?

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HER CHRISTMAS COWBOY is an Amazon Top 100 Bestselling Western, Western Romance and Short Romance and the stand alone sequel to KISSING HER COWBOY.

A Lunchbox Romance short story. Only .99!

National Margarita Day-Unique Tequila Recipes!

February 22 marks a truly momentous occasion–National Margarita Day!

Since the Margarita is my favorite adult beverage, I decided to share a few unique recipes. Tonight I’ll tip a few of the traditional lime version. :cheers!:

Candy Apple Margarita

Photos and recipes courtesy of Sauza® Tequila. Used with permission.

Ingredients: Serves 9

1 can Limeade

6 parts Sauza® Blue 100% Agave Silver Tequila

3 parts Cinnamon liqueur

8 parts Candy Apple Soda

To Make:

Combine all ingredients in a pitcher filled with ice. Salud!

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Tequila Lime Shrimp

You’ll Need:

1 lb. large shrimp in shell (21 to 25 per pound), peeled and deveined

¼ cup Sauza® Gold Tequila

1 tbsp. lime juice

2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. kosher salt

2 tbsp. butter

¼ cup green onions

¾ cup cream or sour cream

To Make:

Toss shrimp with salt, green onions, lime juice, kosher salt and ¾ teaspoon coarsely ground pepper.

Heat butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until foam subsides, then sauté shrimp, turning, until pink and just cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce heat and add Sauza® Blanco Tequila, then increase heat to medium high. Tilt skillet over gas burner to ignite Tequila (or ignite with a long match; use caution, as flames may shoot up high). Cook, shaking skillet gently once or twice, until flames subside. Remove from heat and stir in cream. Serve sprinkled with chili powder.

With shrimp, lime and a splash of tequila, our tequila lime shrimp recipe can be ready in minutes!

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Here’s a fun recipe for Margarita cupcakes. This yummy snack will fill your kitchen with the smell of sweetness and capture the spirit of the day.

Margarita Cupcakes

Ingredients:

2 sticks butter, softened

2 cups granulated sugar

4 large eggs, plus 1 large egg white as room temperature

2 tbsp. vegetable oil

2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour

2 ½ tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

¾ cup plus 2 tbsp. whole milk

2 tbsp. fresh lime juice

½ tsp. vanilla

Zest of 3 limes

Ingredients for the frosting:

1 stick butter, softened

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar

2 tbsp. Sauza® Blue Reposado 100% Agave Tequila*

1 tsp. salt

2 tbsp. fresh lime juice

Zest of 2 limes

To Make:

Pre-heat your oven to 350° degrees. Line 2 cupcake pans with baking liners. Using an electric mixer, beat 2 sticks butter and the granulated sugar until creamy. Gradually beat in the eggs, egg white and oil.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a glass measuring cup, stir together the milk, 2 tbsp. lime juice and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract. Mix in one-third of the wet mixture to the butter mixture, then one-third of the dry mixture. Repeat until it is all combined, but do not over mix. Mix in the lime zest.

Fill each cupcake liner about three-quarters full with batter. (I like to use an ice cream scoop to fill the cups). Bake 25 minutes or until the cupcakes spring back when gently poked. Let cool completely before icing.

While the cupcakes cool, make the icing. With an electric mixer, beat the remaining 1 stick butter until creamy. Beat in 1 cup confectioners’ sugar, 2 tbsp. Sauza® Blue Reposado, 2 tbsp. lime juice, ½ teaspoon vanilla, and lime peel and 1 teaspoon salt until smooth and creamy. Beat in the remaining 1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar one-third at a time until just soft enough to spread.

Spread the frosting on the cooled cupcakes. Be creative: top each cupcake with a piece of lime zest or sprinkle with sanding sugar, or put a wedge or round of lime or a lime wedge candy on top. If you want you can add a drop of green food coloring to the frosting, too.

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Photos and recipes courtesy of Sauza® Tequila.

Visit www.sauzatequila.com for more entertainment ideas.

Happy National Margarita Day!

Margarita Tips From a Fireman!

It’s Friday! What better time to enjoy a fun adult beverage than the weekend?

Here’s the perfect autumn pumpkin margarita recipe from one of my favorite sites Sauza Tequila®.

The Sauza® Harvest

Ingredients:

Spoonful of pumpkin puree
1 part Maple Syrup
2 parts Sauza® Signature Blue Silver 100% Agave Tequila

How to make:

Rim glass with brown sugar. Add ingredients to an ice-filled shaker. Shake and strain over ice into a margarita glass. Garnish with star anise.

See a photo: https://us.sauzatequila.com/recipes/sauza-harvest 

The Traditional Margarita:

If a lime margarita is more your thing, here’s one of my favorite videos to teach you how to mix your own. With a hot fireman and a kitten as your tutors, your next margarita is bound to be delicious. Salud!

(Posted with permission from Sauza® Tequila.)

Easy, Yummy Strawberry Chocolate Tequila Cocktail Recipe for Your Valentine

Perfect for Valentine’s Day or Girls Night In. Looks elegant and is easy to make. (Especially if we practice and sip, practice and sip, practice and sip beforehand!)

STRAWBERRY CHOCOLATE TEQUILA COCKTAIL

An adult beverage for those over age 21.

You’ll Need:

Serves 4

1 part Sauza® Blue Silver 100% Agave Tequila*
1 part strawberry puree or daiquiri mix
3 parts chocolate milk
Chocolate covered strawberry for garnish

*If Sauza® Blue Silver isn’t available, try Sauza® Silver

To Make:

Combine chilled chocolate milk, Sauza® Blue Silver and strawberry puree in a tall glass. Stir vigorously to combine. Pour into a glass and garnish with a chocolate covered strawberry.

Photo and recipe courtesy of Sauza Tequila. Posted with permission.