Jencey's Corner

Welcome to the fifth annual Author’s In Bloom Giveaway.  The grand prize will be an ereader of your choice.  There are also prizes for runners up.  Then there are prizes at Writer’s Corner.  Don’t forget to visit all of the sites to get your entries in.    I also have prizes here.  First I will share my recipe and then stay tuned for the prizes.  Please enter at the rafflecopter below.  My recipe is Blondies.  What are blondies?  Some  restaurants serve it on their dessert menu.  They essentially are chocolate chip cookies in brownie form.   1cup butter 3/4 cup sugar ( or splenda if you want to decrease calories) 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 eggs 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour ( I recommend rice flour or cup for cup if you are gluten free.) 1 teaspoon baking soda  1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups Hershey's Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips 1 cup chopped nuts (optional) Heat oven to 375.    In large mixer bowl  cream butter, sugar, brown sugar and v

Photo Credited by Channa Vance Welcome to Jennifer Laam to Writer's Corner.  She is sharing her novel The Tsarina's Legacy. Then... Grigory "Grisha" Potemkin has had a successful long association with the powerful Empress Catherine of Russia. But Catherine and Grisha are older now and face new threats, both from powers outside of Russia and from those close to them. Haunted by the horrors of his campaign against the Muslim Turks, Grisha hopes to construct a mosque in the heart of the empire. Unfortunately, Catherine's much younger new lover, the ambitious Platon Zubov, stands in his way. Grisha determines that to preserve Catherine's legacy he must save her from Zubov's dangerous influence and win back her heart. Now... When she learns she is the lost heiress to the Romanov throne, Veronica Herrera's life turns upside down. Dmitry Potemkin, one of Grisha's descendants, invites Veronica to Russia to accept a ceremonial position as Russia&