Did Someone Say Cookies?

Have you all met Angela Felsted yet? She's a fellow writer/blogger with a soul-baring style that really shines in her poetry. And now she's written a full length novel, Chaste.

I don't think she'll mind if I share a little of the email she sent me recently concerning the release of her novel:

"It’s coming out in December when everyone is busy mailing Christmas cards and spending time with friends and family. And I decided I’d much rather add to the joy of the season than add to the stress. So I’m writing to ask if you’d be interested in participating in “Quinn’s Cookie Exchange,” named after the main character of CHASTE, a teenage boy who knows how to cook."

Um, yes! What a brilliant, creative, low-key but fun way to spread the word about your novel.


So, first, here's the blurb for Chaste:

When he steps into his physics class on the first day of senior year, Quinn Walker is too exhausted from staying up all night with his three-month-old nephew to deal with moral dilemmas. As a devout Mormon who has vowed to wait until marriage for sex, the last thing he needs is a very hot and very sexy Katarina Jackson as his physics partner. Regrettably, he has no choice.

Kat feels invisible in her mansion of a home six months after losing her older brother in a fatal car crash and will do anything to get her parents’ attention. Since her pastor father has no love for Quinn’s “fake” religion and her ex-boyfriend refuses to leave her alone, she makes an impulsive bet with her friends to seduce her holier-than-thou lab partner by Christmas.

Catch the book trailer here. And buy the e-book for your Kindle here.

And now here are the cookies:


I brought Double Delicious Cookie Bars for the exchange. I only make these at Christmas, even though they are probably the easiest thing in the world to make. If you're rushed for time and need oh-my-god-these-are-so-good cookies, try these.


You'll need:

1/2 cup margarine or butter
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (NOT evaporated milk)
1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup peanut butter or white chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (325 for glass dish). In 13x9 inch baking pan, melt margarine in oven. Sprinkle crumbs evenly over the margarine. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over over the crumbs. Top with the chips (you can also add coconut or walnuts if you want) and press down firmly. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool before cutting into bars. Insert into mouth. :)


Got a favorite cookie at the holidays? Or a coveted book you're hoping will be under the tree? Wowzer, what do you think of Katarina's plans for a little holiday seduction?

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