Oh boy! I’m participating in two blog hops at once! Welcome to my stop on the Celebrate Romance Blog Hop! Since this hop is all about love and the gushy-sentimental stuff, I decided to treat you all to some yummy-tasty stuff! Along with some great reads and a giveaway, of course.

I love romantic dinners. I think it is the perfect time for two people to sit down, eat some great food, and enjoy each other’s company in an intimate setting. You can find out a lot about a person by just sharing a meal with them. I love Italian food–chicken francaise is my all time favorite meal. I could eat it breakfast, lunch, and dinner! But I also love dessert, and sharing a tasty dessert with your hunny by candlelight or by a crackling fireplace (Oh-lala!) can be romantic and delicious! So I am sharing an awesome dessert recipe by a good friend and fellow author, T.F. Walsh.

Share this treat with a significant other! You’ll have them begging for more. 😉

No-Bake Cheesecake Cupcake Recipe (by T.F. Walsh)

Ingredients

• 250g Arnott’s Butternut Snap Cookies (or any sweet cookies you prefer)
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 4 ½ tablespoons caster (superfine) sugar
• 250g cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 heaped teaspoon gelatin melted in ¼ cup boiled water
• ¾ cup cream, lightly whipped

Method

1. Crush the cookies until they resemble fine crumbs in a food processor or blender. Mix in the melted butter until well combined.

2. Spoon half a tablespoon into a cupcake patty and press mixture down. The quantity used for the base of the cheesecakes can be varied depending on how thick you like it. Place the patties with bases into the fridge while you make the cheesecake mixture.

Tip: Place the patties with the prepared bases into baking trays – this ensures they hold their shape when you add the cheesecake mixture.

3. In another bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla extract until smooth. Add the melted gelatin and combine into the mixture.

4. Fold the lightly whipped cream into the cheesecake mixture.

5. Spoon the cheesecake mixture into the prepared cupcake patties, then refrigerate for at least a few hours before serving if you can’t wait. Otherwise best left overnight.

6. Decorate your cupcakes or experiment with different fillings. I added half a teaspoon of caramel condensed milk into the centre of the cheesecake cupcake before refrigerating for a surprise filling. Or sandwich cheesecake between two cookies.

Now, onto the really good stuff–the books!

HIS HAVEN

Ignorance isn’t always bliss…

Handsome and diligent Avrum Brenin should have died in the fire with his mother and older brother. Instead, he is saved by the powerful and wealthy immortal, Lord Henri. Placed under his care, Avrum shares in his world of endless splendors. He must do one thing in return—look after Haven, a human and Lord Henri’s newest rescue.

The simple task proves to be more complicated than it seems. Haven is disobedient, ungrateful, and hostile, yet she is beautiful and mystifying at the same time. One night, when Avrum stumbles across Haven barely clothed and bound at the wrists, the world he has trusted in unravels before his eyes. He soon discovers that no one—from Lord Henri and Haven to his closest friend, Lysander—are who they seem to be.

Now faced with the truth, will Avrum choose to surrender to the man who rescued him, or will he have the courage to save the woman who captivated him?

Paranormal/Historical Romance

Heat Level: Sensual

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EXCERPT:

“With your blood still coursing through Henri’s veins, you can be tracked. I need to get you back to the manor before he wonders where you are and realizes you’re gone.” Avrum held out a hand to her. She stared at the open palm with wide, fearful eyes. The skin there glistened against the amber lights of the manor windows. It was marked with faint scars. Each one seemed to overlap the others.

“We keep the scars we have earned as humans,” he told her, as if reading her thoughts. “I have many of my own to bear.”

For some reason, his words made the warmth in her chest grow even more and the pains in her body ease. She stretched her own hand out, the raw and marred marks around her wrist standing out against the paleness of her skin.

Avrum offered her a tender smile―a smile that told her that this time she wasn’t alone. “Come back with me,” he told her. “I will protect you with everything I am. I swear it. Please…”

Haven hesitated for a moment, their hands hovering close. In the space between them, all her doubt and fears lingered. Could she really trust him? He was one of them after all. A vampire.

She sucked in icy night air and, taking a step forward, placed her shaking hand in his.

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For this blog hop, T.F. Walsh’s paranormal romance and debut novel, Cloaked in Fur, is up for grabs! Winner will be picked April 11th. So, what do you have to do?

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW OVER. THE WINNER IS DONNA N.

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CLOAKED IN FUR

Paranormal suspense with strong romance.

As a moonwulf, Daciana never expected to fall in love with a human. Hell, she never imagined that she’d abandon her pack, endanger everyone around her, and break the worst rule possible. But she did.

A rogue werewolf is killing Daciana’s friends, and she sets on capturing the creature. She’ll do whatever it takes to stop the beast. The police and her boyfriend, Inspector Connell Lonescu, are starting to question her involvement in the murders, which is endangering the pack’s secret existence. But when the pack alpha kidnaps Connell, revealing the awful truth about the creature and its connection to the pack, Daciana must choose between saving the man she loves and saving her pack family from certain death.

Series: #1 | Genre: Paranormal Romance | E-book ISBN: 978-1-4405-7161-9

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~H.A.B.