WHAT'S HOT IN INSPIRATIONAL SUSPENSE?

Wondering what's HOT in Inspirational Suspense this week? THE LONE RICE BOWL by USA Today Bestselling Author Camy Tang!!

A Hawaiian Christmas, an undercover investigation—and maybe a second chance at love.

Mimi Sakai has held the infamous title of the Oldest Single Female Cousin in her family for many years now, but her independent streak enables her to ignore the nagging and pitying looks. When she spends Christmas in Hawaii to help her favorite aunty out at her high-end cosmetics store, Mimi is reunited with Tosh, a boy she wronged when she was much younger and much more stupid. She tries to meet with him to apologize, but she unexpectedly becomes embroiled in his undercover work.

Security consultant Tosh Kusunoki has become a loner after being hounded by the gossip about his father’s fatal car accident, which happened to also kill his girlfriend. He never expected to see Mimi again after all these years, nor could he have predicted that she would be caught up in his investigation into drugs on the North Shore.

Mimi agrees to help Tosh, and as they work together, they fall back into the comfortable friendship they had in the past. But Mimi struggles with loneliness, with regret over who she used to be, and uncertainty over who she wants to become. She knows she’s just a mass of emotional baggage and Tosh should run away screaming.

Despite all that, could Mimi possibly hope to receive the gift of a Christmas romance in paradise?

THE LONE RICE BOWL is Book #1 in the Mahina Security Christian Romantic Suspense series and you can get your copy at THIS LINK! 

I hope you LOVE it! ~ Marji Laine

Tis the season....for holiday novels! And a give-away Roxanne Rustand

Many novels transcend the limits of a seasonal theme...clearly set during particular times of the year of course, but a holiday season isn’t integral to the story.  

And then we have holiday themed novels--which I love to read, and to write. I enjoy seeing all of the beautiful Christmas book covers that start to show up in October and continue through December!

I would love to hear your feedback on this question:  are holiday books appealing to you, or do you prefer novels that don’t have a holiday theme?  If you do like holiday theme novels, do you have particular holiday favorites?

My November release, Montana Mistletoe, actually hit the shelves in our local Walmart in mid-October, which was earlier than I expected. It surprised me!   

For those who leave a comment,  I draw one winner an e-copy of this book.

And--in the holiday spirit, I want to share with you my mom's favorite cranberry salad.  She always made it at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and we still serve it in her memory.  It's a nice, light, zingy salad that's perfect with a heavy holiday meal.

Arline's Crimson Mold

One  3 oz pkg SF raspberry gelatin (regular or sugar-free is fine)

One   3 oz pkg SF lemon gelatin      (regular or sugar-free is fine)

2 cups water, boiling

10 oz pkg frozen raspberries

1 1/3  cups cranberry orange relish (commercial, or make your own)

8 oz   SF  lemon-lime soda (Like Diet Sprite)

Mix boiling water and the gelatin, stir until dissolved. Cool 10 minutes.

Stir in frozen (not thawed) raspberries, stir until they are thawed

Stire in cranberry relish. 

Chill until cool but not set.

Gently stir in the lemon-lime soda. Pour into a mold or glass cake pan.

Chill four hours before serving 

Happy holiday in advance!

Roxanne Rustand