Writing a romance called The Sweetest Thing, which centers around a decidedly NOT sweet heroine, amused me. Tara Daniels is wound a little tight and likes things her way. She’s also a former southern belle who appreciates the fact that she’s right. A lot.
The Sweetest Thing? Not exactly.
But her heart’s in the right place, always. And, as it turns out, there’s a man who melts her like butter on a hot roll. Not only that, he can soften her in a way that she isn’t sure she likes. See, Tara thinks she has it all together, but it turns out she doesn’t. She doesn’t know a lot about herself. About all she has is the fact that she can cook like nobody’s business. Oh, how she loves to cook.
Tara was a challenge for me. Because here’s where I admit, I got a lot of her recipes from my husband. True story. I’m married to a big guy who works with his hands and is the ultimate Alpha Man -- and yet he can cook. Don’t try to figure him out, it’ll hurt your brain, trust me.
The recipe Good Morning Sunshine Casserole that Tara cooks in the book is all his. Just don’t tell him I “borrowed” it and am telling the world that it’s my heroine’s. It’d just go to his head.
P.S. For an ebook of Tara’s recipes, look for Heating Up The Kitchen
wherever ebooks are sold. 
Jill Shalvis
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Jules here...Thank you for stopping in today Jill. We're all really excited about The Sweetest Thing ~ it's outstanding! I gave it 4.5 JEWELS in my review earlier :) I've also already pre-ordered my copy of Tara's recipes -YUM.
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Well I have just started to learn to cook so everything I make I need recipe! I think my favorite thing to make so far is garlic pork chops. So yummy.
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Simple but good!
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I love to make carrot cake for my husband - from a recipe, not a box. I don't even like carrot cake, but it makes him so happy! The best compliment I ever got for it was that "it tastes just like store-bought!"
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This sounds cute! I would love to be entered in the drawing. My favorite thing to make from a recipe is cupcakes! I've made banana cupcakes with a cream cheese molasses icing (courtesy of the Nealy's on Food Network) and I'm soon going to try chocolate cupcakes with homemade peanut butter frosting AND a delicious converted Paula Deen recipe for pink lemonade cupcakes (Paula's recipe is for pink lemonade layer cake).
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My favorite thing to make from a recipe is some bread dip that my family calls "Evil Bread Dip" because it is SO good. My sister made this for Thanksgiving last year and that was all it took. I got the recipe from her and I make it as often as I can. It is so delicious!
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I love to find fun cookie recipes. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I love to make my grandmothers noodle pudding
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My favorite thing to make from a recipe would be cheesecake and mostly any other kind of dessert! Love making and eating them! :)
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M favorite thing to make from a recipe is jambalaya. It's a prize-winning recipe that folks rave about. I got the recipe as a member of a 4-person cooking team and it's not to be shared. Whenever I make it, there's lots for everyone and some to freeze and enjoy later.
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My favorite thing to cook baked chicken with homemade mac and cheese. So simple yet it tastes like it took all day!!!
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My favorite thing to cook from a recipe is Indian food b/c that is my ethnic origin and I enjoy experimenting.
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My mom's peanut butter fudge recipe is amaaaazing! :)
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i make lasagna from a recipe but i have changed some ingredients and added some.
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It looks like a fun story. One of my favorite things to make from a recipe is brownies.
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About the only thing I pull out a recipe for is Pumpkin Crumb Cake at Thanksgiving...it is so yummy!
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I couldn't cook to save my life so I don't make anything from a recipe! Haha ;-)
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My favorite thing to make from recipes are cookies especially peanut butter ones
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I love to make chocolate chip cookies from my Good Houskekeeping cookbook my mother gave to me after I graduated high school almost 20 years ago.
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The book sounds great!
ReplyDeleteI love making my grandma's cake. Yum, just thinking about the chocolately deliciousness makes me hungry. I still haven't memorized the recipe so I'm lucky I wrote it down.
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I love to make cookies!
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I have read nice things about this book. She sounds like the kind of heroine that you need to get to know to appreciate.
ReplyDeleteI love to cook, and so does my husband. Luckily we are both decent at it. I have a Sour Cream Crescent Roll recipe that we love. They are rich and melt in your mouth. We save them for special meals and I need to make a double batch (4 dozen each).
Thanks for the giveaway.
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I love to deal with garlic, chop it, grind it, anything related to it :D
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My favorite recipe is for apple cake.
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My favorite brownie recipe came from my sister-in-law about 45 years ago, and now the family refers to it as Linda's Brownies.
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My favorite are different types of cakes.
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my favorite is Sorta Lasanga it is much easier than real lasanga but just as good! Thanks for the giveaway!!
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My favorite thing to make is Chicken & Dumplings. Love to read this book. Please enter. Thanks!
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My favourite recipe to make is lasagne from Betty Crocker's cookbook. I've had the book since I was 15, more than 25+ years!
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Favorite thing to make from a recipe: a specialty dessert of my mother's called "Pink Stuff."
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