Friday Freebits LOVE BY DESIGN Guilty pleasure music #frifreebits #excerpt

Everyone has guilty pleasure music and Derrek is much like me- I can't turn the station if I hear "Jessie's Girl" come on! What about you? Are there certain songs you really don't want to admit that you HAVE to listen to when you hear them? C'mon- Share them with me... I'll share a few more of my guilty ones, too, in the comments if you do!

(And I'll even throw you a freebie- Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" for starters. Hehe!)

“Yeah, what can I say? Guilty pleasure music.”

“Me, too.”

Derrek drummed the steering wheel with his thumbs when a Rick Springfield song came on. Before she knew it, Derrek was singing along. She fought the urge to join him, but couldn’t help herself any more than he could.

When the song ended, he turned a huge grin on her.

“We’re pretty good together.”

Jasmine found another reason to blush. His words were intimate and held so many connotations. When a duet came on, she started to turn it, feeling the song was much too sappy and romantic for the moment.

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I still maintain- A party's not a party, till the gang's all here!
(And even better if we can rock it out all weekend long!)

Friday Freebits LOVE BY DESIGN "The confusion...left her breathless." #frifreebits #excerpt

How has everyone's week been? Busy and productive, I hope, with just enough fun and playtime to make it bearable! Turning our attention to Jasmine's acceptance of a day out with Derrek, we travel along with them, from Jazzy's POV. Enjoy!

Soon they were on the road, traveling down the sun sprinkled coast. Sunbathers, blankets, and giant bright umbrellas peppered the beaches with colors as varied as the rainbow. Daydreams of a lazy day at the beach in Derrek’s arms flickered through her thoughts, his kisses on her skin warm like sunbeams caressing her.

She turned her gaze out the window and let the breeze wash away the heated flush that rose to color her cheeks in the side door mirror. Derrek said very little as he drove. The sky sat before them, clear with tiny puffs of clouds dragging across the heavens. They were so vibrant, soft and fluffy Jasmine thought if she reached out, she could take them down and put them in her pocket.

She took a deep breath, her plans to avoid Derrek tossed out the window. The confusion still wound itself around her heart, tightening in a way that left her breathless. A quick glance in his direction caught him studying her.

“Would you like some music?” His hand went to the knob on the radio and switched it on as he turned his attention back to the road. “Here, you pick.”

She reached across the small distance and pressed the preset buttons until she landed on a channel she knew played songs from the nineteen-eighties.

“You like the good old stuff, huh?”

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I still maintain- A party's not a party, till the gang's all here!
(And even better if we can rock it out all weekend long!)

Friday Freebits LOVE BY DESIGN "I'll tell him you're hiding... from him." #frifreebits #excerpt

Welcome back again on this Good Friday! I hope everyone's got lovely plans for this Easter weekend and the weather is enjoyable. Diving back in- Juniper is still teasing Jasmine to go with Derrek...will she?

Here's my offering for the next excerpt, my "free bit" again from my upcoming contemporary romance release, LOVE BY DESIGN.

“Then call him back and go.” Juniper’s words were emphatic. “If you won’t call him to come get you, I will.”

“Juniper….”

“I know his number, too, so don’t think I won’t do it. I’ll tell him you’re hiding out here…” Juniper reached for her cell phone that lay on her patio table, "from him.”

“You wouldn’t.” Jasmine lunged toward her.

“You want to make a bet?” Juniper raised an eyebrow. Juni wouldn’t joke about something like that. She would do it.

“Fine,” Jasmine reneged. She swiped her finger across the screen with a few quick motions, found his number in her contacts and dialed him back.

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I still maintain- A party's not a party, till the gang's all here!
(And even better if we can rock it out all weekend long!)

The Way to a Man's Heart- Oven Baked Fajitas #goodeats #recipes

 ~The Way to a Man's ♥~

 Oven Baked Fajitas

This is actually a recipe that I got off Facebook- and usually, under normal circumstances, those kinds of recipes are usually an epic fail for me. Not this one. This one is awesomesauce, even if the kids aren't fond of it. I did have to make some cooking time adjustments for it, but now that I have it down it's good to go.

Oven Baked Fajitas

Ingredients:
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
2 TBSP vegetable oil
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes with green chiles (Rotel- I have to use 2- 10 oz cans because I don't think they make a 15 oz can of it- I use one can original, one can hot for a very spicy fajita)
1 medium onion, sliced
1/2 red bell pepper, cut into strips
1/2 green bell pepper, cut into strips
(I have been known to use yellow and orange ones as well and quite often the entire pepper sliced up rather than just 1/2)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400º. Spray a 13X9 baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Place raw chicken strips in a large bowl.
3. In a small bowl, combine oil, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, dried oregano and salt and stir until well blended.
4. Pour over chicken and stir until chicken is well coated
5. Next, mix in the Rotel, peppers and onion to the bowl, stir until well mixed and then transfer to greased baking dish.
6. Bake uncovered for 25 minutes, remove from oven and stir (chicken will not be done)
7. Return to oven and bake another 25 minutes or longer- Until chicken is cooked all the way through and the veggies are tender.

 Serve in warmed fajita shells with your favorite Mexican extras (refried beans, sour cream, rice)