I got a great recipe for Lemon Cheesecake from Craftydana – check out her link on my interesting sites list.  Yummy cheesecake!  Remember, you can win a copy of my upcoming Contemporary, Beauty and the Feast, by submitting a sexy recipe – the contests will last until April 1.  Project Bacon, also on my links, suggested a great sandwich yesterday so we tried it with phacon instead of bacon, being the devoted lacto-ovo vegetarians that we are.  Honey, that sandwich was one of the high points of my culinary life.  It is hellaciously good!

Larissa gave me a wonderful review of Captured and she hasn’t read much science fiction – here’s the link:  lala’s book corner – http://www.larissaslife.com/

She says, “I loved the growth both characters go through and how much they teach each other and come to rely in one another. It’s a beautiful love story and both Ekkatt and Mari are great leading characters and sooooo hot together.”

I better gear up to write a sequel because that’s what everyone is asking for, including Larissa.  C’mon brain, dream!  Dream!

Ooh!  In other news, Captured received a Recommended Read from Dark Diva Reviews.  I am thrilled.  Thanks, Stacey!

Stacey’s Review: Julia Barrett created a unique, new world and plot with Captured. The characters were so well fleshed that I became a part of their lives and never wanted the book to end.

Mari is a strong female lead. Despite the tragedies of her past and being forcibly taken to a new planet as human meat, she remains upbeat and in control. I could relate to her: from her feelings after waking up naked in a cage, to wanting a seemingly impossible future with her alien lover. She’s a rough-around-the-edges woman that you have to root for!

Ekkatt is conservative and traditional with a heart of gold. His life progresses smoothly until he captures Mari. With her flaming red hair and large dragon tattoo, he is drawn to her. She questions everything happening to her on the voyage to his planet and forces him to acknowledge that humans are not mindless animals. He risks everything to help the little earthling and soon becomes enchanted by her feisty personality.

The sex is hot, and Ekkatt is certainly one alien to be desired! Nothing is rushed between the two, but progresses naturally and believably. I’m skeptical to even call this an erotic read because the book doesn’t use sex as a crutch at all. The plot is strong and stands alone. The dialogue is laugh-out-loud funny, at times, and always true to the characters.

Even after finishing the book, I had a smile on my face and kept imagining Mari and Ekkatt’s future together. Sigh. I was rooting for a HEA and was not disappointed. There is even the potential for a sequel.

My only complaint is the hours of lost sleep because I couldn’t stop reading! Bravo to Ms. Barrett. I will definitely be picking up her future novels and highly recommend, Captured.

Rated 5 Delightful Divas and a Recommended Read by Stacey!

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Project Bacon has some major sexy food-related stuff going on right now and this month is all about food – remember?  Beauty and the Feast!!!

http://projectbacon.wordpress.com/

Wait!  I take it back!  Project Bacon has an even more decadent post today!  I am a vegetarian, but I am so obsessed with this site!

Still waiting for those recipes.  I have three copies of Beauty and the Feast to give away.  Leave them in a comment or email them to me at Julia@JuliaRachelBarrett.net

I’m on the Examiner.com

http://www.examiner.com/x-5288-Salt-Lake-City-Romance-Novels-Examiner~y2010m3d5-Help-me-welcome-Erotic-Romance-author-Julia-Barrett

Check out the interview, I love to read your comments!

Let’s see if Mia Watts, Fran Lee, Katalina Leon, Stacey Espino and C.J. Black are playing tag!  You can find their links on the right side of my website.

Many thanks to Sandy M. and the Duck Pond for the surprise book promo and fun interview earlier this week.

http://goodbadandunread.com/

Announcements!

Coming from Resplendence on March 9th, The Devil to Pay by Pamela Labud!

http://www.resplendencepublishing.com/

My Fair Lady meets The Devil and Daniel Webster – a regency paranormal romance – Could a book sound any more delicious?

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Beauty and the Feast

releases with Resplendence on March 16th.

The contemporary romance includes Eva’s recipes – you can find them at the end of the story.

To celebrate, I’m hosting a recipe contest.

Send me your sexiest, your most sensual recipe sometime over the next month, and I will choose three winners!  I’ll feature your recipes and your fake names (real names if you like) on my blog and send each of you a copy of Beauty and the Feast.

Feel free to leave your recipe as a comment here or email your recipe to me at Julia@JuliaRachelBarrett.net

I’ll announce the winner on April 1st, along with the winning recipes.

I’ll start!  Here’s one of Eva’s favorites!

Eva’s Wet Sauce

1 cup tomato sauce

1 small can tomato paste

½ cup dark balsamic vinegar

½ cup dark brown sugar

¼ cup molasses

¼ cup Worcestershire sauce

¼ cup soy sauce

1 tsp. granulated garlic

1 tsp. kosher salt

1 tsp. fresh ground black pepper

1 tsp. smoked paprika

2 tsp. Tabasco

Whisk together and store in fridge.  Use as a marinade or dipping sauce.

Enjoy!

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Nothing relaxes me like baking

and I adore the smell of chocolate chip cookies.  There is nothing to compare to the taste and texture of a just out of the oven slightly under-baked chocolate chip cookie.

With the possible exception of chocolate cherry cookies or maybe my grandmother’s melt-in-your-mouth cookies.  Baking all three today and on Saturday, I’m baking my grandmother’s chocolate sheet cake for hubby’s birthday while he’s off clamming.

Cooking, baking, sex – all smell taste and sound good.  Real good.  Course, I’ll just have to work out harder for a few weeks to burn off the extra calories.  But it’s worth it.

The holidays are all about family, home, hearth, warmth, light and life and around here we are a warm, loving, passionate, argumentative, open, dysfunctional, opinionated, eclectic bunch of cookie eating folks.

Back to baking!

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