FUDGING THE BOOKS IS OUT + bonbon #recipe + book #giveaway from @DarylWoodGerber

Whee!! Hope you'll pick up your copy. It's been earning some great reviews.

"This is a sweet treat of a mystery, full of genial characters and 

leading to an emotionally satisfying conclusion."

~Kings River Life Magazine

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Also, our very own Peg Cochran has a new one out, too. 

BERRIED SECRETS!  CONGRATS, PEG!

In the opening chapter of Fudging the Books, there is a mention of chocolate cherry bonbons. One of my fans read the excerpt I posted on my website and said, “Boy, I hope that recipe is in the book.” Well, oops! It’s not, but I have an explanation why not.

When I write A Cookbook Nook Mystery, I try to include all sorts of delectable cookbook titles and food. After all, foodies are my readers. However, I must admit that sometimes I dream up a tasty treat because that’s what I want to eat at the time, and I don’t have the recipe. That's right. I write fiction. However, I've learned a really good lesson.  I included a recipe for 5 mac 'n cheese in The Long Quiche Goodbye (the first Cheese Shop Mystery) and someone begged me for it. I whipped that puppy up in a matter of hours and sent it off to her. That recipe went viral! 

So I now browse cookbooks and the Internet looking for delicious ideas and then add them to the story. And I keep notes when I "create" a fictional recipe - notes of what inspired me to think of  the treat.  That helps when a fan begs for a recipe. 

This recipe is so easy that my protagonist Jenna Hart, an avid reader and former ad executive who has come home to Crystal Cove to help her aunt open a culinary bookshop and café, can make them. FYI, Jenna isn’t much of a cook, but she is a foodie! She considers herself a gourmet. So she is learning, with the help of Chef Katie and her Aunt Vera, to make one easy recipe at a time.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY BONBONS

Ingredients:

1 5 oz. bag dried cherries

3 tablespoons chocolate chips

1 tablespoon cocoa

1 tablespoon milk

2 tablespoons coconut flour

extra cocoa for coating (about 4 tablespoons)

Directions:

Put all the ingredients into a food processor. Process for about 1 minute. It will still appear that there are hard “chocolate chip” chunks in the mixture, but when you scoop out the mixture, it will be a sticky paste. That’s good.

Roll the mixture into 10-12 walnut-sized balls and set them on parchment paper. Remember to smooth them by rolling between your palms.

Then put the extra cocoa into a shallow bowl, and roll each ball in the cocoa. Shake off the excess cocoa. Note: This can get messy, but it’s fun!

You can eat these right away, or set them into the refrigerator to let them get firm. They'll keep in the refrigerator for at least a week, maybe more…if you can resist!

About Fudging the Books:

Pirate Week is sweeping through Crystal Cove and keeping Jenna Hart and her bookstore, the Cookbook Nook, plenty busy. But she’s not too swamped to also host the local Chocolate Cookbook Club’s meeting—especially because the guest of honor is her friend, candy maker and cookbook author Coco Chastain.

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Jenna whips up a delicious event amidst the rowdy festivities, but the mood is soon broken by robberies, simmering tempers, and a dead body—Coco’s editor, Alison. The suspects turn out to be more plentiful than a pot full of gold doubloons, so to prove Coco isn’t responsible for the dastardly deed, Jenna will have to stir up some clues and figure out who’s the real sticky-fingered killer…

NOTE: This is not about “real pirates.” Pirate Week is a fun romp where folks dress up like pirates, climb rock walls, go whale watching, and take in Pirates of Penzance or hunt for missing gold doubloons.

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Also:

I'm still doing a blog tour. A few more to go, so make sure you check them out via my calendar so you can enter those giveaways!

I will be on a radio show on Saturday, Suspense Radio. Tune in! There's a link on my news and events page. 

TODAY'S GIVEAWAY:

Today's giveaway, as a thanks for being my fans, one of you will have your choice of the first three Cookbook Nook Mysteries + some fun swag. Leave a comment, with your email (cryptic, if you must) so I can contact you!  

And tell me...what recipe have you tried from my books or from those posted on Mystery Lovers Kitchen?  

Daryl Wood Gerber aka Avery Aames
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