Summer is here! Well, depending on where you live, summer is here. And all I want to do is nap in the sun with an alcoholic beverage with a good book. My needs are very simple. But if an attractive man or woman wants to also feed me ripe fruit while I’m lazing about, I won’t say no.
Our book this month is Paige Tyler’s To Love a Wolf, so head’s up to all of our shifter romance readers out there! This is the fourth book in Tyler’s SWAT series, which is about a SWAT team made up of badass shifters and has hints of romantic suspense. Expect a lot of drool-worthy Alpha brooding and definitely some action.
If you follow us on Twitter or Instagram, you got a sneak peek of what I’d be making, and many of you certainly know your cocktails. Cooper’s Bite (Landry Cooper is the hero) is pretty much a spicy Moscow mule and it’s sooooo good.
The cover itself has some heat – great biceps, a man in the midst of action, and warm tones of a sunset (though I’d personally like to interpret that as an explosion – an explosion of luuuurve®).
And of course, I wanted to make a drink with an animal in the title, though I promise Landry isn’t a were-mule, though if anyone wants to write about one, give me a shout.
Shopping list:
Vodka
Ginger beer
Limes
Orange liqueur
Jalapeno
Seltzer (optional)
Proportions:
4 oz ginger beer
2 oz vodka
1 oz orange liqueur
1 1/2 oz lime juice
A couple slices of jalapeño
Directions:
- According to your spice tolerance, muddle a few slices of jalapeño at the bottom of a shaker.
- Add in vodka, lime juice, and orange liqueur and shake!
- Pour into a Moscow mule mug (if you have one handy) filled with ice.
- Add in ginger beer and give it a stir. It’ll make the drink taste better if you rotate your hips along with the stirring action.
- Optional: Top off with seltzer. This is how I prefer it, but it’s not necessary. It just tempers the spice a bit because I’m a big baby.
Modifications and notes:
- If you have time in advance, you can infuse your vodka with jalapeño instead. Just dice up for your preferred amount and put that in a jar or container full of vodka. Let that sit for a few days in the fridge.
- One lime produces about an ounce to two ounces of juice, I’d say. No biggie if you’re a little over or a little short.
- Ginger beer comes in all different strengths and flavors, so choose whatever when suits your taste. I find Gosling’s (the brand I used and not at all picked because it has a seal on it and reminded me of Ryan Gosling) to be strong in terms of a ginger taste. But Crabbie’s has several flavored ginger beers. I think their spiced orange flavor would go well with this.
- And of course, add seltzer if you’d like. Or leave it out!
We also have a great giveaway, courtesy of Sourcebooks Casablanca! One (1) winner will receive a set of the first three books in the SWAT series, which includes: Hungry Like the Wolf, Wolf Trouble, and In the Company of Wolves.
To enter, comment below with your perfect shifter + occupation combo! Do you want to read about a were-bear CPA? How about a bartender who turns into a bobcat during the full moon? Comments will close and a winner will be picked at random Sunday, 12 June at noon EST.
Standard disclaimers apply. We are not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to US/Canadian residents where permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18 and have your full moons marked accordingly on your calendars. Bring an extra change of clothes for shifting, because you aren’t going to get lucky with some Hulk shorts placement. Those clothes are gonna get shredded. And mated shifters, keep the PDA to a minimum, please.
UPDATE: Congratulations to Peggy, who would love to see “a bayou wolf investigating political corruption” based on The Big Easy!
Were-peacock fashion designer (who got famous desiging clothing lines for shifters, obvs.).
While I’m waiting for my favorite werelions wedding maybe a wereraptor pediatrician book.
Were-jackalope barista and aspiring author of the next Great American Novel.
Were-owl Navy SEAL (hey, don’t laugh, owls are big fierce birds with claws and fly silently). Night action would be perfect for someone with the eyesight of an owl and stealth pouncing.
Thanks so ,much for featuring me! 🙂
*hugs*
Paige
I think monkey/handywoman just imagine how handy a tail would be working around the house.
A were-phoenix (yes, the mythical bird!) who is a firefighter. That combination would be amazing.
A were-wolf
werewolf and cop/detective
I think all shifters should be either military, police or P. I.’s. It fits with the alpha, over protective persona.
One of my favorite movies=The Big Easy with Dennis Quaid…perhaps a bayou wolf investigating political corruption
The wereraptor pediatrician sounds AMAZING. How inconvenient to want to eat one’s patients during every full moon.
I dare someone to write a giant were-spider because…how would you even pull that off? Maybe that would be the villain of the story, and he could have a day job as an owner of a men’s exotic dance club.
While I’m kinda over the shifter thing (especially because they are ALWAYS super Alphas and it gets annoying), I’d totally read about a werewolf who was a park ranger, maybe set in Yellowstone. Would he protect the endangered species, or eat them? 😉
We’re-panther
Job- tracker. When all other resources have been used up, they send him in to do the impossible.
Gumption & Gumshoes by Alex Kidwell about a chinchilla shifter who opens his own detective agency.
Weretiger who is a chef and his buddy who is a weregoose that loves playing in water…doing the dishes.
Russian werebear ballerinas. Don’t ask. Also, I think it would have many humorous possibilities.
@kitkat I bow to you. I would pay money for that book.
Mine? Wereunicorn kindergarten teacher.
A spy who is a were-chameleon….or a were-fly (“fly on the wall”). But flies are icky, so definitely were-chameleon.
would like to see a panther shifter doctor.
My favorite is from Laurenston’s books, a honey badger photographer.
A were-baker would be interesting…
I am sort of new to the shifter genre, but so far I have to say these books sound like my perfect combo–wolf shifters who have a badass job like secret agent or bodyguard or something.
i would like a were-octopus water polo player, please and thank you.
I’d have to say… a honey badger doctor like Dr. Doolittle from the Kate Daniels series 🙂 thanks for sharing!
A were-hummingbird gardener. It would be adorabs, in my opinion.
A were-panther lawyer.
Were-shark lawyer
A were-spider weaver and all-around yarn/thread crafter, skill set including but not limited to knitting, crocheting, embroidering, spinning, etc.
Grizzly bear/ bodyguard. One of those big, buff, scowling bodyguards.
I could do a weregiraffe firefighter. No need for a ladder! Perfect for getting hoses to weird angles, helping children slide down from upper-story windows, and rescuing kittens from trees.