Taryn Raye welcomes @MarilynBaron, #author of The Edger to #TuesdayswithTaryn

Tuesdays with Taryn

Marilyn Baron

Help me welcome fellow author and one of my Triberr tribemates, Marilyn Baron. 

What book(s) most influenced you as a writer? I first wanted to become a writer after I read Little House on the Prairie and the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. 

What book do you read over and over again? I may be the only one who doesn’t do this, but I don’t typically reread books. There are so many great books out there, that I can’t wait to read the next one.

Tuesday Trio- My favorites

1)      Movie-Casablanca

2)      Music-Chances Are by Johnny Mathis, which is “our song” for my husband and me

3)      Decadent Dessert-Chocolate Chip, Peppermint or Cinnamon Ice Cream  

What’s the most interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a novel? After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Bermuda was surrounded by German U-boats. Although the move cut off vital supplies, the islands were never invaded. Why did the Germans stop short of capturing that tiny speck in the ocean, when the value of controlling such a strategic possession could have altered the course of the war? That fact was the inspiration for my novel, Under the Moon Gate, a romantic thriller set in contemporary and WWII Bermuda that will be released by The Wild Rose Press in 2013. It is my fictional account of why Bermuda was spared. 

Novels on your Nightstand:

Who/what are you currently reading? Okay, get ready for a long list: Ken Follett, Winter of the World;  Sandra Brown, Low Pressure; Telegraph Avenue, Michael Chabon; 1493, Charles C. Mann; and I just finished Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. I also loved Don’t Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman and Stephen King’s new novel, 11/22/63.

Whom would you cast as your Main Characters/Hero/Heroine if your book became a movie? I think George Clooney would make a great hero in my women’s fiction, The Edger. Check out the lawn man on the cover. I can totally see George in the role. I haven’t thought as far as the heroine yet because I’m too busy imagining George without a shirt. My sister and co-author, award-winning Florida artist Sharon Goldman, wants me to call George personally and offer him the role. And I tell her to dream on.

Blurb: The Edger is a humorous mainstream fiction novel about landscape artist Alexandra Newborn’s shocking reunion with her college art professor, Nick Anselmo—once a celebrated Italian artist, now a homeless lawn man—which sows the seeds for murder, mystery and romance.

In gratitude for food, art materials and company, Nick, or The Edger, as Alex comes to think of him, drops off a new sketch in front of Alex’s house every week when he comes to do her lawn. Nick’s provocative artwork is the key to revealing a dangerous liaison between Alex’s husband, Mark, and Bitsy Diamond, owner of the gallery where Alex dreams of having a one-woman show. When a deadly hurricane takes a dangerous turn the night of Nick’s opening, Mark’s body washes up behind Bitsy’s beach house, leaving readers to wonder whodunit?

Available at the following—

Amazon Kindle
Barnes & Noble Nook
Smashwords

You can find out more about Marilyn at her shared Author Blog

Petit Fours and Hot Tamales

Marilyn's Bio Page on the Blog

Taryn Raye's #sixsunday ~ Shades of Blue

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Welcome Sixers.

For those who might not know here's what 6 Sentence Sunday is all about-

Pick six (6) sentences from anything you like (it can be from a Work in Progress (WiP), something you recently sold, something you hope to sell or even something already under contract and available for purchase – and don’t worry, Six Sentence Sunday is for published AND unpublished writers). Then post them on your blog on Sunday. That’s all there is to it!

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Heading back into my currently unpublished contemporary romance, Love by Design.

Love by Design

Jasmine Galloway sees beauty in all things but it’s not a thing of beauty when she meets Derrek Martin, a shallow, arrogant playboy celebrity. When her sister Juniper, a blockbuster actress, recommends her interior design business, Décor Dreams, to Derrek, it’s sure to be a disaster. Jasmine is uncertain she can hold her tongue and get the job done, but she takes it, never one to let her opinions of others stand in the way of professional success and she’s not about to let some pretty boy win her over whose ego is as big as his blockbuster movies. It isn’t long before Derrek’s gentle, affectionate manner and country boy charm gets the better of her. She curses herself for allowing the tabloid fodder to contaminate her impression of a man who might well put his designs on her heart.

Derrek Martin counts himself lucky his acting career took off shortly after his arrival in California. Even more since his parents’ deaths left him the guardian of his little sister. The new house is nice, but it needs a woman’s touch before he brings Paige out from Indiana to live with him. He knows his reputation in the tabloids depicts him far from who he really is, but he has never met with a more chilly reception than the moment he meets Jasmine Galloway, Interior Designer to the Stars. He’s sure she has read everything bad ever published about him and disregards all the good. His private life is simply that, private. Derrek intends to keep it that way—until he meets Jasmine.

Her blatant dislike for him pushes a button no one else ever has and Derrek finds he’s desperate to prove that he isn’t what the tabloids make him out to be. More than that, he’s determined to make her his leading lady, but will an ex with a secret steal the spotlight away?

Before she could jump out of the way, he ran the brush of the edger down the side of her cheek.

Jasmine’s jaw fell open as the cold liquid ran down her cheek and dripped across her chest.

“How dare you,” she squealed, flipping the paint pan in his direction, splashing his stomach and jeans with the murky shade of blue.

“How dare I? You started it.” Derrek watched her with a smirk.

If you missed previous Six Sunday posts from Love by Design and would like to check them out, look at the top of the page in my pink tabs for SSS Posts where you can easily find links to each previous post.

Taryn Raye's The Way to a Man's Heart- Stroganoff

 The Way to a Man's ♥

Taryn's Stroganoff

A while back, I got the notion that making beef stroganoff couldn't possibly be that hard and would probably taste better homemade than out of one of the quick dinner boxes or one of those "helper" meals- so I decided to try it myself. This is, of course, another favorite of my husband's and my kids.

Ingredients:
1- 1 1/2 pounds round steak, cubed
1 small onion, diced
1 package of fresh mushrooms, sliced (Your choice)
1 (13-3/4 oz) Can of Beef Broth
salt, pepper to taste
Wide Egg Noodles
2 Tablespoons All-Purpose Flour
1 8 oz. of Sour Cream

Instructions:

I prepared the meat, onion, mushrooms, broth, salt and pepper early in the morning for a supper meal. Place all these ingredients in the crock pot and cook on low all day.

Cook noodles (8-12 oz) package until tender, drain water from them.

Drain broth from crock pot into a pan and mix together with the 2 Tablespoons of All-Purpose Flour and the 8 oz. of Sour Cream until thickens and is creamy, then mix all ingredients- meat/onion/mushrooms with noodles and sauce. Add additional salt and pepper to taste, if needed. 

Serve hot and with rolls and a side if you wish.

Have a SCENTsational Saturday!

Who's in the Friday Spotlight and on SALE? This girl right here! Castaway Hearts #TMPress @FictionWitches

Today is my Friday Fiction Witches Spotlight. Through my publisher, Turquoise Morning Press, we've been doing this for the majority of the year, sharing book info and giving promo love to our fellow authors at TMP each Friday. Today just happens to be my day and you're in luck!

And since this is my spotlight day and because my publisher KJ is so awesome, I'm proud to announce my  

"Diving into NaNo" Sale~

Right now, you can get Castaway Hearts at 30% off the eBook list price- Now (actually yesterday), through the weekend, you can get swept away to 1790s coastal Virginia and fall in love with two of my favorite characters~Dawson & Catherine~ and fall in love with their story, as well, for only $2.79 instead of $3.99!

All you have to do is follow the link on the image below to the Turquoise Morning Press Bookstore!

Swing by and get your copy now before the sale ends.

CASTAWAY HEARTS

Twice orphaned, Catherine Barrett arrives in Virginia a stranger to her closest kin and secretly engaged to the one man her family would disapprove of- her seafaring grandfather’s apprentice. Add to her troubles, the rich and intriguing older brother of her secret betrothed, Dawson Randolph, a plantation owner who is as heartless as he is handsome. Heartbroken when her intended sets sail for his maiden voyage, Catherine finds it difficult to adjust to her new life, hoping to befriend the one man who is, undoubtedly, the match her grandparents wish for her. Dawson’s distaste for her secret engagement to his brother makes it clear he has no designs for marriage to anyone. Especially her.
Ten years since the tragic loss of his young wife and infant son, Dawson Randolph is convinced love and marriage is a fool’s game and resents being pardon to his brother’s hidden engagement. Damned by his instant attraction and his own growing desire, Dawson vows to befriend her against his better judgment. Determined to bring her happiness in a time of fear and uncertainty, Dawson puts aside his animosity to become her confidant, only to realize Catherine holds the key to his heart. When tragedy strikes at sea, Catherine’s guilt pushes Dawson to the fringes of her life as madness consumes her.
Can his love save her before she drowns in her own grief? Or is he doomed to love her from a distance, always in the shadow of her love for his dead brother?

Castaway Hearts is also available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, as well as several other online booksellers (you can find the lists in the lefthand column) but you'll only find it on sale this weekend on Turquoise Morning Press!