Da Rules of the Contests

Blog-a-Thon time at Paranormal Romantics means you can enter every single blog contest. Leave a comment on any or every blog to enter that authors contest. You can scroll all the way to the beginning to add comments to win and are encouraged to. 

For the grand prize: Winner’s Choice between a Kindle Touch, Nook Wifi, or 100$ gift certificate at either Amazon or B&N.  All comments during the Blog-a-Thon will be entered. The more you comment, the more entries you have.

For example: If you comment of four blogs then you have four entries in the hat for the grand prize.

Winners will be announced on Oct. 31 in the afternoon to allow our pacific time friends a chance to enter all the contests.

Spooky Treats by Ashlynn Monroe

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays because you can act foolish and eat way-way-way too much sugar.  I think the whole day is about being a kid at heart.  I love to watch my kids dress up and go out to trick-or-treat.  There’s something exciting about the whole day that makes me smile.  It’s fun to see uptight co-workers get funky in wild costumes, and even the folks at the DMV seem a little friendlier.  My favorite tradition is making caramel apples and caramel corn with the kiddos before they go to bed, then I curl up with a good paranormal romance or two.

One of the reasons that Halloween is extra special to me this year is that my new release from Silver Publishing, Don’t Take Candy from Werewolves is released on October 30^th! 

Jenica Bradley isn’t ordinary. She’s the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter and one of the last of the Atlantian race. Now, to save her people, she must complete a pact her people made long ago, and mate with the Alpha-male of the local werewolves.

Malone Luna returns to lead his father’s pack. He soon finds himself with a confusing need to protect the little Atlantian witch—bitch—who’s to be his mate, but all she wants from him is freedom. He’s sure he can give her that, but not before, he’s had her.

This story was fun to write and it is the perfect length to enjoy with a nice hot cup of apple cider or Brandy slush after the little ghouls have gone to bed.

Brandy Slush

9 C. Water                                                       1-12 oz. can frozen orange juice

2 C. Sugar                                                       2 tea bags       

1-12 oz. can frozen lemonade                         1 or 2 C. brandy

Boil 7 cups of water; add sugar, lemonade, and orange juice.  Boil 2 cups water and pour over tea bags.  Let stand 5 minutes.  Combine with lemonade mixture.  Add brandy.  Freeze in a 5-quart ice cream bucket.  To serve, fill glass ¾ full with slush mix and add 7-up. 

VARIATION: Omit tea bags and use 3 cups sugar.  Gin or vodka can be substituted for brandy.

Homemade Caramel

2 C. sugar                                                        1 C. cream

1 C. brown sugar                                             1 tsp. salt

2/3 C. white corn syrup                                   2 tsp. vanilla

2/3 C. butter

Cook to softball stage for popcorn and a little longer for apples.

Ashlynn Monroe
 
Crafting Romance, one word
at a time.  
http://ashlynnmonroe.com

Leave a comment to win an ebook from Ashlynn Monroe backlist and swag.

It's Friday...

And there are Tricks and Treats all over the net. Here's a few you just can't miss!! Including our very own...

Paranormal Romantics HALLOWEEN Blog-a-Thon:
This weekend, starting on Saturday Oct. 30 at NOON and going until Oct 31 at MIDNIGHT, we're kicking off our annual Blog-a-Thon.
Every hour a new blog will be going up with a new contest. Everyone has until Monday morning to enter before close of each thread. Until then, you can go back and comment on as many blogs as you want.

As an extra THANK YOU to all our readers, we at Paranormal Romantics (Annie Nicholas, Rebecca Royce, Sandra Sookoo, Sara Brookes, J. Hali Steele, DL Jackson, and Stacey Kennedy) are giving away a NOOK. To enter in this drawing, seven questions will be posted Saturday Oct. 30, and the answers will be within the blogs that will be running all weekend.
You will need to E-MAIL the answers to: PARANORMALROMANTICS@YAHOO.COM. Don't worry, this will all be posted again tomorrow. There's much fun to be had.

Booknibbles Blog Tour:
Happening now!! Eye candy galore and lots of treats for those risky Trick or Treaters! Start here: http://booknibbles.com/blogtour/ then have a drink on me. BOOO!!
And you've got to visit the Halloween Scavenger hunt at Long and Short Review - more goodies and fun. It starts tomorrow. See info at: http://www.longandshortreviews.com/promo.htm

So there, fill your bags with as much as you can carry!!

Happy Halloween

Growl and roar-it's okay to let the beast out.-© J. Hali Steele