Today we have Hildie McQueen with us guest blogging about her favorite cocktails, along with sharing an excerpt from her book, as part of her blog tour for Desperate Betrayal. Help me in welcoming Hildie McQueen to Cocktails and Books!
I’m exciting to be here at Cocktails and Books. I love both! Today I’m sharing five of my favorite cocktails and what instance in my past they each remind me of.
Sangria - During my stint in the army, I went on R&R to Lloret De Mar, Spain for seven days. Every evening, I would sit on the hotel veranda and drink a pitcher of freshly made Sangria. When I think back to those days, I realize it was a “wow” moment. I was nineteen, on a white washed balcony overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and, I was super skinny.
White Russian – I lived in Hawaii for nine years. A friend of mine had an apartment in a high rise in Honolulu. From the balcony we could glimpse Pearl Harbor. As a single mom at the time, I loved the routine of visiting my friend and drinking White Russians together while my two girls swam in her pool.
Margarita – When I discovered this cocktail I was in love! Unfortunately, thanks to this cocktail, one of my most embarrassing moments happened. I went on a blind date to a fancy jazz club. The guy was cute, the atmosphere romantic. Bad twist, to calm my nerves, I had a couple shots of alcohol on an empty stomach, prior to leaving my house. So I was quite intoxicated. When my Margarita was served, salt plopped off the rim onto the tabletop and yes, gulp… drunk Hildie licked the table. (No he didn’t ask me out again) (Shocker)
Southern Comfort and 7up – Thanks to this cocktail, I met a hunky rugby player. I’m talking over six, three, blond blue eyed sex on two feet. Enough said.
Wine – Too many wine memories, so I’ll just share the last one. Leaving a wine festival with my hubby I fell butt first into a bush. Hubby was laughing too hard to pull me out. A kind couple ran across the street and the wife successfully extricated me from the bush. (I think her husband joined mine and was laughing). I thanked them and assured the worried woman it was a comfortable bush.
The prevalent cocktails in Desperate Betrayal are wine and beer. Now that I think about it, I should have written a couple margaritas into the story when the heroine Emma and her girlfriend Wendy are hanging out. Darn it missed a margarita moment!
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About the Book
Desperate Betrayl
By Hildie McQueen
Cynden Frasier (Cyn) is a member of a group of immortal warriors, the Protectors, assigned to protect humans in Atlanta, Georgia, the epicenter of a major uprising in demon activity. When Cyn is approached by a beautiful woman in a dirty alley, he is intrigued by the fact that she can see him for what he is, a terrifying demon slayer, and still dares to approach him.
Emma Blake, a half-demon, has to convince Cyn to help rescue her sister from powerful demons. Terrified that the Protector will kill her if he realizes what she is, she still goes against every instinct and approaches Cyn for help. Despite knowing that she is leading them both into territory so wrought with treachery, neither of them may survive.
Can Cyn and Emma overcome betrayal, the ancient rules that prevent Protectors from taking a wife, unless she is his one true mate? And if they do, will it even matter?
Available now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Excerpt
CHAPTER ONE
Shadows.
Emma Blake always felt at home in the shadows. It was where she lived, always concealing the truth from those around her.
Now as she hid in the doorway of an abandoned building, she couldn’t help but compare the current situation to her life. The dampness of the brick wall behind her seeped through to her skin, as she pushed further into the dark to avoid being noticed. The putrid smell of trash and urine barely registered, as she was mesmerized by the scene unfolding before her.
The scene invoked images of the endless battle forces of dark and light had been waging since the dawn of time.
Although beautiful to behold, the warrior who fought before her wasn’t exactly an angel, but he was as close to one as she would ever get. In desperate need of his help, she took a big chance sticking around; because once he caught her there were only two possibilities for her.
He’d either help her or he would kill her.
The air blew chilly on this damp, drizzly day in Atlanta, a city that for some unknown reason, in the last few years, had become a hotbed for demons. With such an influx of demons, human assaults were on the rise.
Emma continued to watch from the shelter of the doorway, as the Protector fought his aggressors. Ten huge low-level demons armed with medieval-type swords.
She tensed, but didn’t flinch as a demon’s severed arm flew past her and hit the ground next to her foot with a sickening thud.
Emma had no doubt as to whom the victor would be in the end. The fluidity of the Protector’s movements and the speed of the fight enthralled her. Her gaze locked on his biceps. Muscles bulged on his right arm, as he swung his sword in a way that seemed almost effortless. Impressive, for the weapon he wielded had to weigh at least twenty pounds.
He dodged a blow and struck out with his sword to slash through one demon’s chest. A dagger flew from his left hand and found its target in another’s heart.
About the Author
She grew up on the San Diego/Mexico border, joined the military at seventeen and never returned. After living in Germany, Texas and Hawaii, she finally settled in the beautiful southern town of Augusta, Georgia.
Biracial, half Mexican and half African-American, Hildie’s native language is Spanish, but English is her favorite way of communicating now.
Her mission in life is to make as many people as possible to feel normal. It’s an easy thing to do, for others to feel normal around her, because she’s anything but.
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Thanks for having me here today. I can't wait to hear some of your 'cocktail' memories!!!
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