Tinsel and Teacups Blog Tour: Guest Post + Giveaway

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the TINSEL AND TEACUPS by Elle Rush Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

TINSEL AND TEACUPS (Holiday Beach #3)
Author: Elle Rush
Release Date: October 13, 2022
Publisher: SBD Entertainment
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 230

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T'is the season to fall in love in Holiday Beach with four Christmas romances in one great collection!

Tinsel And Teacups - A bubbly barista and a shy, single-father antique dealer must set aside their rivalry to find the best Christmas teacup ever when they're nominated to run the Holiday Beach food bank fundraiser. Will the spirit of Christmas overcome their competitive streaks?

Sweet Christmas - Love is in the air at Butterlicious Bakery, and Santa may bring a second chance to two star-crossed sweethearts.

The Christmas Tree Caper - Two locals hot on the trail of evergreen thieves find love among the clues they need to solve this holiday mystery.

Ring In The New Year - Who is getting engaged this holiday season?

Available in e-book and paperback

ELLE RUSH – TINSEL AND TEACUPS – Recipe

Teacups and Treats

Christmas romances have a lot going for them. Falling in love during the most wonderful time of the year. Guaranteed presents under the tree. Friends. Family.

And food.

The food at Christmas is the best. The turkey. The mashed potatoes. And especially the desserts.

That’s probably why one of my stories in “Tinsel and Teacups” has a baker heroine. Gaby Boudreau owns Butterlicious Bakery loves making tasty treats for all the residents of Holiday Beach…and one firefighter in particular. (Check out Gaby and Devon’s story “Sweet Christmas.”)

Like Gaby, I have a culinary Achilles’ heel. I don’t make pie. Mrs. Grocery Store and Mr. Bakery take care of those needs when the situation arises. But I love doing all the rest of my holiday baking. Personally, I’m a cookie fiend. Bars and fudge and cake are good, but at Christmas, I am all about the cookies.

Here is one of my new favourite recipes. I found it a couple of years ago and it was a big hit on the dainty tray. It’s also kid-friendly if you have little elf helpers. The best part of these cookies is that they are literally a “one-bite” dessert. Don’t give into the temptation to make them bigger; their tiny size is a big part of their appeal.

CHRISTMAS CONFETTI BITES

1 cup cold butter, diced ⅔ cup white sugar ½ teaspoon (almond extract 2¼ cup all-purpose flour 2½ tablespoons coloured sprinkles (red, green, white*)

Mix the butter, sugar, almond extract and flour until the dough becomes crumbly.

Add 2 tbsp of sprinkles and mix again (the mixture will remain crumbly).

Place the mixture in a parchment-lined 8” square pan and press into an even layer. Sprinkle the remaining ½ tbsp of sprinkles on top and press in gently. Put in fridge for 15 minutes to chill.

Remove the dough from the tray by gently lifting the parchment paper. Cut dough into ½ inch squares. Do not cut larger than that.

Bake in a pre-heated oven at 350°F (180°C) for 12-15 minutes. The bites will spread a little so leave room between the squares on the pan. Let cool.

These freeze very well. They’re also great at filling up the empty spaces of a dainty tray.

* These colours make the cookies look very festive, but you can easily colour-code the sprinkles according to the occasion. (Orange and brown for Halloween. Pink, yellow, and white for Easter.) You can also always use regular mixed sprinkle colours.

Elle Rush is a contemporary romance author from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. When she’s not travelling, she’s hard at work writing books which are set all over the world. From holiday romances to heroes on horseback, her sweet romances will always leave you with a happily-ever-after.

Elle has a degree in Spanish and French, barely passed German, and has flunked poetry in every language she ever studied, including English. She also has mild addictions to tea, her garden, bad sci-fi movies, and HGTV. You can sign up for her newsletter for updates, new releases and other news.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

10/24/2022	A Dream Within A Dream	Guest Post
10/25/2022	@bookreviews_byalison	IG Spotlight
10/26/2022	The Momma Spot	Guest Post
10/27/2022	Bookdreamr	Review/IG Post
10/28/2022	Jael Just Reading	Review/IG Post

Week Two:

10/31/2022	Mom with a Reading Problem	Review/IG Post
11/1/2022	Fire and Ice	Review
11/2/2022	Nagma | TakeALookAtMyBookshelf	IG Review
11/3/2022	The.bibliophile.michelle	IG Review
11/4/2022	Review Thick And Thin	Review/IG Post

Book Blitz + Giveaway: Nick and Eve by Elle Rush

 

Nick and Eve (North Pole Unlimited #3)
Author: Elle Rush
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Publication Date: November 19, 2018

Description:

Nick’s plan: dodge his grandmother’s matchmaking attempts by claiming Eve is his date for Christmas. He probably should have asked Eve first.

Although Nick Klassen is grateful when Eve rides to his rescue after he breaks down outside of December, Manitoba, he can’t run fast enough when his meddling grandmother tries to set him up with the pretty tow-truck driver. Then he gets an idea.

Between juggling extra hours at work and a never-ending Christmas to-do list, Eve LeBlanc doesn’t have time for a new man in her life. But ever since she picked Nick up on the side of the road, she’s been running into him everywhere.

His flirtations started innocently enough but when his grandmother invites “his girlfriend” to the family’s Christmas dinner, Nick realizes if he wants to stop pretending about Eve, he must come clean. Once Eve learns of his deception, he’ll need Santa’s help to turn their fake relationship in the real thing.

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Eve rolled to a stop in the driveway. “This is impressive.” Strings of unlit Christmas lights framed his grandmother’s two-storey house and circled the spruce tree in the front yard. Plastic candy canes stuck in the snowbanks lined the sidewalk, and a pinecone-studded wreath twice the size of the one on the tow-truck’s grill hung from the screen door.

“You should see the inside. Can you wait till I’m certain her car will start? She hasn’t run it in a couple weeks,” Nick said.

His grandmother must have been watching from the window, because the front door opened before they hit the first step. “Come in, it’s freezing out here,” she said.

The entranceway and the adjacent living room were fully Christmas-bombed, from the reindeer-shaped sofa cushions to the double-decker white candy bowl stand, which had a Frosty face and top hat stuck to the top of the wire frame. Nick held back a snicker as Eve spun in a three-sixty and breathed a quiet, “Whoa.”

“You’re not kidding,” he whispered back.

“I’m Adelaide Klassen. Who might you be?” his gran asked. She was dressed for her appointment. After a lifetime of seeing her in business suits at the office, it was always a shock to Nick’s system to see his grey-haired grandmother in jeans and a plaid, flannel shirt.

Eve gave Adelaide’s hand a hearty shake. “Eve LeBlanc, tow-truck driver.”

“It’s lovely to meet you. Are you a special friend of Nick’s?”

Nick sighed. She was starting, and they’d been in the house for thirty seconds. “No, Gran, she’s not my girlfriend.”

“I just picked him up on the side of the road. I must say he is the cutest stray I’ve come across in a while,” Eve added with a smile.

“Don’t encourage her!”

Elle Rush is a contemporary romance author from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. When she’s not travelling, she’s hard at work writing books which are set all over the world. From Hollywood to the house next door, her heroes will make you sigh and her heroines will make you laugh out loud.
 
Elle has a degree in Spanish and French, barely passed German, and has flunked poetry in every language she’s studied, including English. She also has mild addictions to tea, yarn, Christmas decorations, and HGTV renovations shows.

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