By
M.S. Kaye (Guest Blogger)
What
better way to enjoy Christmas than some delicious cookies? I’m
rather picky about my cookies; of course, anything with sugar is
probably good, but I like soft cookies much more than crispy and dry.
This recipe delivers. I hope you enjoy!
Ingredients
1 cup butter
1½
cup packed brown sugar
2
large eggs
1
tsp vanilla
2½
cups flour
1
tsp baking soda
½
tsp salt
1
bag desired chips
Drop
onto a cookie sheet and bake for 6-8 minutes at 400°.
Now
for a great book to read while you eat these tasty cookies! Once &
Forever is the 3rd book in my Once series, but
each of them is a standalone read.
Once
& Forever
Book 3
by
M.S. Kaye
Who is the
mysterious Santa who leaves toys on the convent steps?
After
a twelve-year separation, Eden is finally reunited with her brother,
Thomas, but why hadn’t she reached out to him in all those years?
Eden, a nun, is constantly struggling against her dark past of living
on the streets, and her attraction to Trace, an ex-convict farm
worker. As Eden and Trace confess their pasts to each other and grow
closer, will they be able to resist getting too close?
Once
Book
1
Her
first and also her once.
Jonathan
and Rebecca’s paths cross at exactly the right moment, when each
most needs to hear what the other has to say.
But
Jonathan is three days from entering the priesthood, and Rebecca
leaves him to his peace. But he is unable to find peace.
Without
each other’s comfort and strength, they must each struggle to forge
a new path, with only memories of the one day that changed
everything.
But
are they able to forget and let go?
Once
& Again
Book
2
She
was once his secret desire… Will she be again?
Father
Aiden, an ex-marine and new priest, falls in love with Maylynn, but
he struggles to stay away from her. He’s successful for many years,
though he can’t keep her out of his dreams.
Then
one day she shows up for a pre-marital counselling session with her
fiancé, Davis. Aiden soon realizes Davis isn’t who he says he is,
but what does that mean for Maylynn, and for himself?
Excerpt
Book 3:
“You
know what he did to git sent to prison?” one of the convenience
store clerks murmured to the other.
Trace
could just hear them over the horrible rendition of “Jingle Bells”
playin’ through the speakers. He ignored them, like he always did.
He tried to come into town late in the evening to avoid people as
much as possible, but that also meant it was quiet enough that he
could often hear what people murmured about him. Once he’d grabbed
some protein bars and a can of beer, he headed up to the counter to
pay.
The
clerk with a buzz-cut told him the total, and Trace handed him some
cash.
Neither
of the clerks made eye contact with him, but they both hovered over
the cash register as if he might snatch it and run.
Buzz-cut
closed the cash drawer right quick and handed Trace’s change back.
“Thank
you.” Trace stuffed the change in his pocket, took the bag of
protein bars in one hand and his beer in the other, and walked out of
the store.
He
headed for the back lot toward the alley. He could get through most
of downtown by way of the alley. This late at night it was almost too
dark to see where he was goin’, but that was part of what he liked
about it.
“Bitch,”
someone growled. And then the sound of something—or
someone—smacking into the brick wall of the back of the convenience
store.
Trace
moved more quickly and turned the corner, and he caught sight of a
skinny, young woman punching a man in the face. His head snapped
back. But then another man slammed his fist across her jaw. She
looked so frail that the punch seemed like shooting a cannon ball at
a piece of notebook paper.
“Hey!”
Trace roared and ran at them. “Git away from her.”
About the Author
M.S.
Kaye has several published books under her black belt. A transplant
from Ohio, she resides with her husband Corey in Jacksonville,
Florida, where she tries not to melt in the sun. Find suspense and
the unusual at www.BooksByMSK.com.
