A #Holiday #Recipe from romantic
suspense author @Kris_Bock
Crock Pot Cheese Fondue Dip
This is a wonderful treat
for a holiday party!
1 (10.75 oz) can cheddar cheese soup
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1 cup milk
1/4 cup or more green chiles (these can often be found canned in the Mexican section of the grocery store)
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup or more green chiles (these can often be found canned in the Mexican section of the grocery store)
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp. chives
1 Tbsp. garlic
1 Tbsp. garlic
Serve with corn chips,
celery sticks, cauliflower, etc.
- Combine all ingredients in a fondue pot or small crock pot.
- Heat on medium, stirring frequently, until smooth and well blended.
- Adjust heat to warm and serve in the pot, with chips or veggies on the side. If it starts to get too thick, stir in a little more milk.
See “the dead man’s treasure bonus material” in the left-hand column of Kris Bock’s website
for more New Mexico recipes.
The Mad Monk’s Treasure
The lost Victorio Peak
treasure is the stuff of legends—a heretic Spanish priest’s gold mine, made
richer by the spoils of bandits and an Apache raider. When Erin, a quiet
history professor, uncovers a clue that may pinpoint the lost treasure cave,
she prepares for adventure. But when a hit and run driver nearly kills her, she
realizes she’s not the only one after the treasure. And is Drew, the handsome
helicopter pilot who found her bleeding in a ditch, really a hero, or one of
the enemy?
Erin isn’t sure she can
trust Drew with her heart, but she’ll need his help to track down the treasure.
She heads into the New Mexico wilderness with her brainy best friend Camie and
a feisty orange cat. The wilderness holds its own dangers, from wild animals to
sudden storms. Plus, the sinister men hunting Erin are determined to follow her
all the way to the treasure, no matter where the twisted trail leads. Erin won’t
give up an important historical find without a fight, but is she ready to risk
her life—and her heart?
“The story has it all -
action, romance, danger, intrigue, lost treasure, not to mention a sizzling
relationship....”
“Great balance of history,
romance, and adventure. Smart romance with an “Indiana Jones” feel.”
Well-written with an attention to detail that
allowed me to picture exactly in my head how a scene looked and played out.”
Excerpt:
Among all the legends, all the fact and fiction,
one story stood out. The Victorio Peak legend had it all. A Franciscan priest
and a swindler. Torture, murder, a government cover-up. Where was the truth,
among all the stories? Erin wanted to find out. Over time, and with Camie’s
encouragement, she’d started to take the treasure hunt more seriously. It wasn’t
so much for the treasure itself—that would most likely belong to the government
or the landowners. But it would make her reputation, open up new job opportunities—change
her life in ways she hardly dared dream.
She touched the book gently. The pages were falling
out; she didn’t want to risk carrying it around. Instead, Erin snapped a
picture of the petroglyphs with her phone. That would be enough to show Camie
for now.
The timing was perfect; she just had to turn in
grades and field a few tearful last-minute requests for extensions, and she’d
be done for the semester. What better way to spend the summer, than hunting for
buried treasure?
Erin shook her head. Who would’ve thought that she,
the quiet, studious girl who’d spent her entire adult life in academia in one
way or another, would be planning such an adventure?
Erin wheeled
the bike around the front of her house and mounted. At the corner, she paused
and looked both ways. The long frontage road was dangerously narrow, with a
cement wall on one side and a ditch on the other. Fortunately, traffic was
normally light, and at this time of day the road lay empty. Erin pushed off,
still grinning from her find. She rode on the right side, by the ditch, instead
of facing traffic, because it was just too frightening to ride alongside the
wall when a car passed.
She’d gone a block when she heard the hum of a car
engine as it pulled out from a side street behind her. She rode along the very
edge of the pavement, even though the car would have plenty of room to pass her
without oncoming traffic.
Erin glanced over her shoulder. The black SUV 20
feet behind her hadn’t bothered to pull out into the road at all. Jerk. When
would drivers learn to share the road with bicyclists? Erin pulled onto the
two-foot wide gravel strip between the pavement and the ditch. She couldn’t
stop without risking a skid, but she slowed so the SUV could pass.
The engine roared. Erin glanced back again.
Black metal bore down on her. Her heart lurched and
the bike wobbled. This guy was crazy! She whipped her gaze forward, rose up in
the seat, and pumped the pedals with all her power, skimming along inches from
the ditch. He was just trying to scare her. She’d get his license plate and—
She felt the bumper hit her back tire. The bike
seemed to leap into the air, and she went flying. The dried mud and weeds of
the ditch seemed to rise up to meet her.
She didn’t even have time
to scream.
Kris Bock
writes novels of suspense and romance with outdoor adventures and Southwestern
landscapes. The Mad Monk’s Treasure
follows the hunt for a long-lost treasure in the New Mexico desert. In The Dead Man’s Treasure, estranged
relatives compete to reach a buried treasure by following a series of complex
clues. In The Skeleton Canyon Treasure,
sparks fly when reader favorites Camie and Tiger help a mysterious man track
down his missing uncle. Whispers in the
Dark features archaeology and intrigue among ancient Southwest ruins. What We Found is a mystery with strong
romantic elements about a young woman who finds a murder victim in the woods.
In Counterfeits, stolen Rembrandt
paintings bring danger to a small New Mexico town.
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