Welcome to Recipe for Romance!
Welp, winter showed up in Cheyenne. We actually got cold temperatures and snow. This year has been so weirdly warm and dry, and we really need the moisture.
That said, I don’t like being cold.
So I’m sharing a great story about starting over AND comfort food. I’m sharing a snippet of IN PLAIN SIGHT, book 15 in the multi-author Summit Springs Sapphic Romance series. Triss is on the run, trying to start a new life where she can be herself. Emily has been in her position and has vowed to help those who need it.
Available Now: In Plain Sight
Emily nodded toward the hallway. “I live right across the hall in 7378, if you need anything. Do you have a cellphone?” Her brown eyes sharpened.
Triss shook her head. “No. I had to leave it, and I didn’t want to get a random phone that he could track.”
Emily nodded. “That’s fine. We’ll get you a new phone when the weather clears, that you can pay month to month with cash.”
“Okay.” Triss looked back through the door to the hallway. “What’s with the numbers on the door? Seems weird for apartments to have such large numbers.”
“Not when you know how I think.” Emily smirked, her eyes crinkling at the corners and pulling the skin taut against the scar that became visible along the left side of her face, from temple to jaw. “Each one is a four-digit code. Your door spells HOPE. Mine spells REST.”
“And the last door, 5337?”
“It’s a large storeroom, and spells KEEP. It was another way to keep people from knowing which were the apartments.” Emily rubbed the scar. “You go ahead and get settled. I stocked the cupboards with a few items like saltines, peanut butter, jam, bread, cheese, cream, small quart of milk and turkey cold cuts to get you through until you can get out to buy some real groceries. When you’re out, set up a PO box at the post office. You can actually get a street address for the box to accept packages and throw off anyone looking, including the cops. The postmaster here, Evangeline Brewster, knows all about making the cops and the Feds work for their information.”
Triss raised an eyebrow. “Really?”
“Oh yeah. She’s a real stickler for search warrants, and even when they have one, she’ll drag her feet and take her time to find what they’re looking for.”
Gluten-Free Cheesecake Cookies
These delicious cookies are a really easy and tasty way to get a little cheesecake that can be shared (if you share, lol).
INGREDIENTS
5 tablespoons butter, softened
1⁄3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup gluten free 1:1 baking flour
3⁄4 cup sugar
1(8 ounce) packet soft goat cheese, softened
1 egg
2 tablespoons goat milk
1 tablespoon lime juice
1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
DIRECTIONS
Heat oven to 350 F (177 C).
In a small bowl, blend thoroughly butter, brown sugar and flour with a fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Scoop out 1 cup of the mixture and set aside for topping.
Press remaining mixture into an 8x8x2 inch baking dish sprayed lightly with cooking spray; bake for 15 minutes.
In a large bowl, combine sugar and cream cheese, mixing until smooth.
Thoroughly beat in egg, milk, lime juice and vanilla.
Spread over the baked crust using your spatula, and sprinkle evenly by hand the remaining brown sugar mixture.
Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool, then chill for at least 1 hour (turns out better after 2 hours). Cut into 16 or more squares; serve.
