Karen’s Killer Fixin’s
**AUTHOR SPECIAL**
with Anya Summers!
Welcome to my Friday bonus feature called Karen’s Killer Fixin’s **Author Special**!! Today, in lieu of one of my own recipes, I’m going to introduce you to a new author who will share one of her favorite recipes. Not only will you and I occasionally learn how to make something new and delicious, but we’ll get a chance to check out some wonderful authors. Introducing author, ANYA SUMMERS and her favorite recipe for CANDY CORN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CAKE!
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MY ROCKSTAR DOM
Pleasure Island Book 5
BY ANYA SUMMERS
BLURB
Julia Dailey has a secret. She’s an imposter planted on Pleasure Island, an undercover agent who’s investigating visitors to the exotic, exclusive getaway. Until now, she’s been able to pretend at face value that she is part of the lifestyle. But that all changes when she receives a new set of instructions from headquarters. She’s to get close enough to their latest suspect that she will be forced to do something she’s never considered herself capable of doing – submit.
Collum Robinson is an Australian guitarist with the band The Harbingers, with a dark and lonely past he’s never fully escaped. At clubs around the world, he has women fighting over the chance to end up in his bed for the night. Never one to turn down a willing, soft body, he enjoys the fairer sex, frequently. But he’s never met a woman who wanted more than a night with the fabled rock star – or one he wanted to keep. Until he meets Julia.
As they become intricately intertwined, Collum wants to make Julia his, but when her identity is revealed, can he forgive her betrayal? And will Julia be able to convince him where her loyalties lie and that he is the only man for her?
Publisher’s Note: Book five in Anya Summers’ bestselling Pleasure Island series contains explicit scenes and adult language.
MY ROCKSTAR DOM
Pleasure Island Book 5
BY ANYA SUMMERS
Excerpt
Julia would examine the video feed. Perhaps he had found another submissive for the night and was already engaged. Not that she wanted to watch him bang another chick, but perhaps if she studied him in his bungalow, she could discern his pattern. Then she’d be better prepared to go after her mark in the morning.
Cruz wouldn’t be happy. Tonight’s dismal failure had shrunk her window of opportunity before he pulled her from the case. If she reviewed the footage when she arrived home, she should be able to salvage what was left of her mission.
Without a second thought, she stripped out of her barely there clothing, tossed it on a nearby lounge chair, and dove in. The water was warm from the heat of the sun. She surfaced, her body lengthening as she swam the length of the pool. Swimming was a catharsis. It calmed her, always had. She wasn’t certain why. Perhaps it was because it was the one time she was alone. She enjoyed the way the water sluiced over her skin. The way it seemed to seep into the core of her being and bring her peace.
She surfaced, and ran smack dab into a solid wall of distinctly male muscle.
“Gah!” She swam backwards, her heart pounding, nearly sinking back below the surface.
“Steady there. I didn’t mean to frighten you,” the voice flowed, sounding like a fifty-year-old single malt scotch. Strong hands gripped her biceps, hoisting her up. An unexpected heat flared in her, her skin singed where he touched her, her nipples hardened into taut peaks, and the resonance of his voice curled within her chest.
“Like hell. Give a girl a heart attack, why don’t you? Are you insane?” she snarled, and glared up at the sinfully handsome visage of Collum Robinson. Her mission to investigate him, get close and uncover his secrets, was tossed out the window. In the darkness, shadows played with her vision, hiding what she knew were his dark chocolate eyes amidst his rugged appearance. Even though he was her intended target, she didn’t want to feel anything for him, not even desire. And it bothered her that a simple touch ignited her blood: it hummed deliciously through her veins, and need for him pulsated in her body.
His angular jaw was clenched with a muscle ticking in his cheek as she struggled to free herself from his hold. He murmured, “Careful how you speak to me, beauty.”
Meet Author Anya Summers…
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Anya grew up listening to Cardinals baseball and reading anything she could get her hands on. She remembers her mother saying if only she would read the right type of books instead binging her way through the romance aisles at the bookstore, she’d have been a doctor. While Anya never did get that doctorate, she graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-St. Louis with an M.A. in History.
Anya is a bestselling and award-winning author published in multiple fiction genres. She also writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance under the name Maggie Mae Gallagher. A total geek at her core, when she is not writing, she adores attending the latest comic con or spending time with her family. She currently lives in the Midwest with her two furry felines.
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Blushing Books https://goo.gl/ZpnXuQ
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Amazon Author Page
https://www.amazon.com/Anya-Summers/e/B01EGTVRKC/
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https://www.bookbub.com/authors/anya-summers
I hope you enjoy the recipe Anya is sharing today on Karen’s Killer Fixin’s. Happy Eating!
Karen
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CANDY CORN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CAKE
Note from Anya: This is one of my favorite fall recipes. It’s especially a fun treat for Halloween gatherings. Enjoy!
Ingredients: Chocolate Cookie Cake
3/4 cup salted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa (I use Hershey’s Special Dark)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 -3/4 cup of chocolate chunks or chocolate chips
1/2 -3/4 cup candy corn
Chocolate Icing:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup shortening
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup cocoa
2 tbsp water (or milk)
Instructions:
Chocolate Cookie Cake
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a 9 or 10 inch cake pan by placing parchment paper in the bottom of the pan and spraying the sides with a non stick spray.
2. Cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes.
3. Mix in egg and vanilla extract.
4. Add flour, cocoa and baking soda and mix until combined.
5. Stir in chocolate chunks and candy corn. Dough will be thick and sticky.
6. Spread the dough evenly into the cake pan. Bake for 18-20 minutes. The center may still look a little undercooked but it will firm up and continue cooking as it cools.
7. Remove from oven and let cool completely in pan, then carefully remove.
Chocolate Icing
1. Beat the shortening and butter until smooth.
2. Add cocoa, vanilla and half of powdered sugar. Mix until combined.
3. Add 1-2 tbsp water.
4. Add the rest of the powdered sugar and mix until smooth. Add water to get the right consistency.
Recipe from: http://www.lifeloveandsugar.com/…/candy-corn-chocolate-chi…/
Courtesy of www.lifeloveandsugar.com
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**SPECIAL GIVEAWAY**: Anya will give away a $10 Amazon Gift Card to one lucky reader who comments on her Karen’s Killer Fixin’s blog.
Thanks, Anya, for sharing your book and recipewith us!
Don’t miss the chance to read this book!
I enjoyed the excerpt and I’m looking forward to reading this book from this author. She’s a new one for me.
Thanks for another great recipe 😊
sounds tasty
Hmmm I never would have thought about putting candy corn in a cake. Might have to try this one. Thanks!
Good morning, Anya, and welcome back to Karen’s Killer Fixin’s. Like Glenda, I would have never thought to use candy corn in cake. Sounds yummy. Book sounds yummy, too! Thanks for sharing with us today!
Well now! This is a grabber! Guess I’m adding Anya to my reading list, for sure!
Thanks Karen, for the introduction and excerpt and thanks Anya, for both writing the book and the fun recipe! 🙂
I love cookies, but to be truthful, the candy corn kind of puts me off… never have been a fan of it. Maybe I will try it for my nephew!
That Chocolate Cookie Cake sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing your book and recipe with us.