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Time to Spice Up Your Life—and Your Reading!

by Chautona Havig · 1 Comment

Scrumptious Independence released this week, and the Independence Island authors are getting all spicy today on my blog. Check out our faves! via @chautonahavig

Have I lost my ever-lovin’ mind?  Am I now writing “Christian erotica?”

Excuse me while I laugh and hurl at the same time.  Oops. One more.  Just a second.

Okay, now that I’m back down to chortles and snickers at the idea I could even manage it if I wanted to (anyone who knows me knows I’m the last person who would try that genre even if there wasn’t that pesky Bible thing about keeping thought lives pure.

independence islands series

The Independence Islands series authors have been having boatloads of fun (appropriate, don’tcha think?) on this week-long foodie celebration of Melissa Wardwell’s Scrumptious Independence!

scrumptious independenceIf you’ve been following along, you’ve seen…

Find Our Best Meal Plates on Melissa Wardwell’s blog.

See Our Favorite Places to go when we don’t want to cook over on Kari Trumbo’s blog.

Drool Over Our Favorite Desserts shown here on Rachel Skatvold’s blog.

Check Out Our Favorite Kitchen Gadgets over at Tabitha Bouldin’s blog.

Our Favorite Meals (or yours!) at Carolyn Miller’s site

And today., like I said, it’s…

spice up with scrumptious independence

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Time to Spice Up Your Life—and Your Reading!

Yep!  Today you get to vote on… SPICES.  We’ve all shared our “favorite” spices below. Pick which one is your favorite and get your entries in to win an eBook of Scrumptious Independence.

Melissa Wardwell
(the comfort cooking queen!)

spice

Kari Trumbo
(who knows how to write, cook, and delegate with aplomb!)

spice

Rachel Skatvold
(she’s the icing on our cakes!)

spice

Tabitha Bouldin
(just call her inspector gadget!)

spice

Carolyn Miller
(she’ll make you green with envy over her favorite meals)

spice

Chautona Havig
(that’s me!  The Spice Queen! Snort)

spice
Seriously, all the tastiness of a bay leaf in anything and you never have to dig it out!

Sandy Barela
(our fabulous publisher who keeps everything nice and tidy!)

spice

Whew!  We’re spicy ladies. Look at all that hot stuff right there.  (Methinks we may have a few tenderfoot-in-mouths like me!

Stay tuned! 

Tomorrow is the last day in the seven-day bash celebrating Melissa and her fabulous book (read it with a snack. Trust me), Scrumptious Independence.

You can find tomorrow’s giveaway and voting opportunity HERE.

Secret Beach BoyfriendNext month’s release for the Independence Island Series is Kari Trumbo’s Secret Beach Boyfriend (Such a good book, too!  I’m so excited about these books!).

Here’s a LINK  in case you can’t make the widget work!

 

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  1. Marsha Holtz says

    August 31, 2020 at 1:18 pm

    My favorite spice is cardamom. Love it. & adobo.

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