JUNE ~ The Pianist

I admit that I enjoy holiday stories, especially the ones around Christmas with the "happily ever after" (HEA) and lots of cheer, snow, and music. And my enthusiasm for the season is the reason I planned "A Musical Christmas" with three novellas and three female main characters who find romance at last. I also admit that I played the violin in high school like my second character Adelene, and briefly played the piano, like June in "JUNE ~ The Pianist."  

So sit back this season and enjoy the first novella. "ADELENE ~ The Violinist" will be released in December.                             

                                      Just released

 JUNE ~ The Pianist

The first novella in

 THE MUSICAL CHRISTMAS SERIES

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A sweet novella to warm your heart.

When concert pianist June Westberry inherits her late grandfather’s music shop, she returns to her small hometown in New York to renovate and run it. But she never expects to clash with the town’s ornery old music teacher, Nettie Jones who demands she find a lost, fifty-year-old holiday musical score.

Single parent and contractor, Leo Ciaffonni, enjoys restoring old buildings, and the A# Music Shop with its pretty new owner is no exception. When he’s injured, June finds herself caring for Leo and helping his little daughter bake cookies for her class.

As the holidays close in and the shop’s renovations continue, the problems June tries hard to solve only seem to become more chaotic. A# Sharp Music Shop is broken into. A harvest recital for her new students requires multifaceted planning. And the perpetrator and the lost musical score have not been found.

 Will she be able to find peace and order in her new life this Christmas—and the love she’s always dreamed of?

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Bon Appetite: Pumpkin Pie

I have to admit, pumpkin pie is one of my favorite pies. When fall arrives, so does the thought of pumpkins. Although the usual color of pumpkins is orange, they come in lots of other colors, such as green, yellow, red, white, blue and tan.

Pumpkins are considered part of the winter squash family and are used as decorations and Halloween jack-o-lanterns. The ever-famous fall pumpkin contests bring people together to witness the giant ones which have been known to exceed a ton in weight.

Pumpkins can be consumed in pies, soups, purees, cakes, and cookies. Even the seeds are roasted and eaten. In some countries, the leaves are consumed. Whether they are boiled, steamed or roasted, the pumpkin is part of our country’s traditional autumn harvest.

Here is my recipe for pumpkin pie.

 

Pumpkin Pie

¾ cup granulated sugar

1- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

½ tsp salt

2 large eggs (beaten)

1 – 15 ounce can of pumpkin

1 can evaporated milk

1 deep dish pie shell

Mix sugar, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a large bowl. Stir in pumpkin, and then beaten eggs. Gradually stir in evaporated milk. Pour into the prepared pie shell. Bake in preheated over at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 40 to 50 minutes more until a knife or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool and serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.  Calories: 230

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