Author Ambush & Giveaway with Boone Brux

Hello everyone! 

Book Monster Reviews and LITERAL ADDICTION are happy to welcome Boone Brux back to our sites today.

 Boone is an award-winning writer, crafting everything from humor to dark fantasy, but has a warm spot in her heart for demons.  
Her novel, “Shield of Fire”, is out with Entangled Publishing and her stories appear in the ezines Digital Digest and Everything Erotic. 

She’s lived in beautiful Alaska for nearly two decades and spent many of those years in the bush, where the internet and flush toilets were a luxury.  Now in civilization, she’s a full-time author, spinning tales for us thirsty souls.

As mentioned, Boone is the proud creator of the BRINGER AND THE BANE series which currently consists of “Shield of Fire” (formerly titled “Resurrection”) and “Kiss of the Betrayer”, which will be released in just a couple of days – 12/11/12!

For our readers new to Boone’s series, here are the synopses and quick buy links for “Shield of Fire”, and the upcoming and eagerly anticipated “Kiss of the Betrayer”:

“Shield of Fire”

BRINGER AND THE BANE Book #1:

Buy from Amazon | B&N

Protecting humans is the Bringers’ duty. Sending demons to the
Shadow World is their pleasure. 

In one night, Ravyn’s life plunges  from barely tolerable to deadly. Forced to flee the only home she’s known, she stumbles headlong into the clutches of Icarus, a powerful demon intent on  stealing her powers. Unfortunately for him, she has no intention of
cooperating.

When Rhys realizes the woman he’s rescued from the Bane Demon is no mere human, his obligation as a Bringer dictates he protect and train her in the ways  of his people. But he’s unprepared for the intense desire he feels for the fiery  Ravyn. To surrender to his need may mean her death.

As the Demon King’s desire for ultimate power escalates, fathers are slated against sons, and foes are made allies. The Bane threat upon them, Rhys and Ravyn must quest to unite the last of the Bringers—and explore a passion too powerful to ignore.

“Kiss of the Betrayer”

BRINGER AND THE BANE Book #2:

SCHEDULED RELEASE 12/11/12 [though you can actually already order it from the sites below ;-)]!

Order from Amazon | B&N

For fifteen years Luc Le Daun has blamed himself for the death of the woman he loved. His secret guilt has led him into a life of   danger, risking all and committing to none.

Killing Luc Le Daun has been all Jade Kendell has thought about for years. But when her plan goes awry and she’s brought into the Bringers’ fold, her own dark secret threatens to be revealed. Desire for a better life wars with a promise made long before she understood the ramifications.

In  a deadly mission, Jade and Luc embark on a journey into the Shadow World. As  they attempt the impossible, ignoring the attraction growing between them  becomes harder to deny. The slightest misstep could mean the loss of their souls  and give the Demon King exactly what he needs to open the Abyss of Souls and
annihilate the Bringers

Are you salivating (and we don’t mean just over those lickable covers!)?  Make sure that you get them added to your TBR ASAP and track them down from your favorite bookseller.  For now though, in celebration of the release of “Kiss of the Betrayer”, we let Boone take over our sites for the day.  Let’s see what she had to say…

Eating Humble Pie

Holiday food, yum! Who can resist the slow cooker full of Swedish meatballs, or the peppermint goodness of baked goods we only get to enjoy during the festive season? Even cubes of cheese taste more delicious with a toothpick stuck in them and served on a tray. Food and the holidays have gone hand-in-hand since the beginning of time.

My new book, Kiss of the Betrayer, is set in medieval times and food plays a part in not only feeding my characters, but setting the feel of the scene. I’ve cringed while researching common dishes prepared back then and thought I’d share just a bit of what a person might have enjoyed during the medieval holidays.

Mince pies still exists, but carry less of a religious meaning today. Made with shredded or minced meat, the pies were baked into oblong cases that represented Jesus’s crib. Three spices were added, cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg, which symbolized the three gifts given by the Magi. It was considered good luck to eat a small mince pie every day during the twelve days of Christmas. I do the same thing with doughnuts.

A popular main course was goose. Now, let me interject my favorite goose story here. It was Christmas time and I lived in Barrow, Alaska at the time. One of the residents, a wonderful native lady named Juanita, invited me to her house for dinner. I opened the pot lid and dipped the large wooden spoon in the delicious smelling soup and stirred. On my second swipe the head of the goose floated to the top. I still remember the tiny little teeth smiling back at me. You know, because all the flesh had been boiled from its carcass. There were even a few tiny feathers floating in the broth. I ate very little that night.

Anyway, back to the medieval meal. While the lords and ladies ate the choicest cuts of deer meat, the peasants and servants dinned on humble pie. Humble or umble pie, was made from the heart, liver, brains—well you get the idea—of a deer. These bits of the animal were called the humbles, thus the name and the origin of eating humble pie.

Christmas pudding evolved from a medieval dish frumenty, a spicy, wheat-based dessert. Many other sweets were made as welcome treats for those arriving to celebrate the holiday within the host’s home.

Though food has evolved over the centuries, the meaning and its importance is just as prevalent in our holiday celebrations today.

Here’s wishing each of you a happy and delicious holiday season filled with the love of your family and friends. Merry Christmas!

Boone is offering up eCopy of each book in the BRINGER AND THE BANE series to a winner from Book Monster Reviews and another winner over at LITERAL ADDICTION.

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