A warm welcome to author Lorelei Brown joining us today to talk about new release “Take Me Home”.

Take Me Home is a Thanksgiving novella. I know, isn’t that fantastic!? There’s not enough of those in the world, much less a lesbian Thanksgiving romance novella. I mean, seriously? I had such a fun time writing Keighley. She’s got a great family who gathers for the kind of Thanksgiving where there’s so many people at the grownup’s table that people end up stuck at the “kids” table into their twenties. The only fly in her ointment is a Christian fundie aunt who her mom refuses to un-invite for reasons. Stupid family togetherness. So Keighley cruises Craigslist, because who doesn’t when they’re looking for a way to piss off their aunt? There she finds Brooke, who’s looking for the Thanksgiving meal she doesn’t have. Match made in heaven, right? Yup, you know it.

 

So what’s served at Keighley family Thanksgiving table? Here’s the Top Five.

 

#5 Slow Cooker Swedish Meatballs: Okay, to be honest, the ones served at Ikea are probably better. Keighley’s mom starts with frozen meatballs after all. But then she seasons them up, lets them cook for a long time and there’s some sour cream involved. It’s hard to go wrong when there’s sour cream. The best part is that they’re part of her “appetizer bar” and are ready for eating as soon as people arrive. Because everyone knows you don’t eat breakfast on Thanksgiving morning and by the time you get where you’re going, you’re starving. These meatballs taste extra good when they’re the first thing you put in your mouth.

 

#4 Sweet potatoes. The mashed and blended kind, with a little brown sugar and a splash of orange juice. (That’s the secret, by the way. Don’t tell anyone that I told you.) Then they’re baked and covered in about two inches of marshmallows and people call it a side dish. Not dessert. Is that insane or what?

 

#3 Turkey: It had to show up somewhere, and it’s pretty good. Usually. If it doesn’t get burned. Keighley’s mom Cindy started brining the turkey about ten years ago. She lines a cooler with a 50 gallon trashbag and fills it up with salt water and herbs. The turkey soaks in that overnight and it’s really, really good. Never a dry turkey again.

 

#2 Green bean casserole: The totally unhealthy kind with cream of mushroom soup, of course. Give Keighley French fried onions or give her death, dude. But there’s no reason to make a big batch of that stuff, because it’s never as good on the second day unless she busts out a second can of fried onions. Three years ago aunt Daphne tried making a version with fresh green beans and a roux made from scratch and quinoa instead of the onions. No one ate it except her son-in-law. Kiss ass.

 

#1 PIE: All the pie. What, you think Keighley can pick one type? There’s no such thing as team apple or team pumpkin because it’s ALL GOOD UP IN HERE. The only bad pie is the one you forgot at home. Seriously.

 

You know…It’s possible that I think too much about the little things that sometimes don’t make it into a story. Honestly, I can’t remember how much if any of this actually made it into Take Me Home. Maybe just the bit about sweet potatoes. You should check it out and let me know.

 

 

About Take Me Home

 

Thanksgiving arrives in one week and one day. Feeling hemmed in by parental expectations? Are they disappointed by your sapphic proclivities? I can help! The only pay I want is the holiday meal!

 

I didn’t know what I was looking for until I saw her Craigslist ad.

 

I love my family. I’m lucky to have them—well, most of them. But my aunt? I’m so tired of her giving my mom crap because I happen to be a lesbian. So one pink-haired tattoo artist pretending to be my girlfriend will annoy my Christian fundamentalist aunt right back and make my Thanksgiving perfect.

 

Only . . . Brooke turns out to be cuter and more complicated than I expected. And before you can say “yorkiepoo,” we kiss . . . and abduct a dog together. I want to keep them both—but Brooke isn’t the kind to be kept. Lucky for me, I’m the kind to chase what I want.

Buy links:

Riptide Publishing

Amazon

About Lorelie Brown

 

After a seminomadic childhood throughout California, Lorelie Brown spent high school in Orange County before joining the US Army. After traveling the world from South Korea to Italy, she now lives north of Chicago. She writes her Pacific Blue series of hot surfers in order to channel some warmth.

 

Lorelie has three active sons, two yappy dogs, and a cat who cusses her out on a regular basis for not petting him enough.

 

In her immense free time (hah!) Lorelie cowrites award-winning contemporary erotic romance under the name Katie Porter. You can find out more about the Vegas Top Guns and Command Force Alpha series at www.KatiePorterBooks.com or at @MsKatiePorter. You can also contact Lorelie on Twitter @LorelieBrown.

 

Connect with Lorelie:

Website: loreliebrown.com/ Twitter: @LorelieBrown Facebook: facebook.com/lorelie.brow

 

To celebrate the release of Take Me Home, one lucky winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to an ebook retailer of your choice! Leave a comment with your contact info to enter the contest. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on November 12, 2016. Contest is NOT restricted to U.S. entries. Thanks for following the tour, and don’t forget to leave your contact info!