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    Santa Barbara Spinach Salad
    1 bag fresh organic spinach leaves
    1 container of Gorgonzola cheese crumbles
    1 cup grape tomatoes
    2 sliced cucumbers
    Olive oil & vinegar
    Sunflower seeds (optional)
     
    Toss all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle sunflower seeds on top if you want a nutty crunch added to your salad. Oil and vinegar can be substituted with French dressing.
     
     
     

Spicy Shrimp with Coconut
    ½ pound fresh cooked domestic shrimp
    ½ cup mayonnaise
    2 tablespoons sweet or spicy chili sauce
    Zest of 1 lemon
    Zest of 1 lime
    ½ cup coconut flakes
    Lemon and lime wedges
     
    To make the chili dip, mix half the mayo with the sweet chili sauce in a bowl. Chop the zest of the lemon and lime and mix with the remaining mayo and coconut flakes. Arrange shrimp on a platter, place dips next to shrimp and garnish with lemon and lime wedges. Serve with a giant tossed salad for a healthy, protein-packed meal.

Coconut & Macadamia Pie
    7 eggs, beaten
3/4 cups of melted butter
3/4 cups of honey
3/4 cups of granulated sugar
1 cup of flaked coconut
1 (9 inch) pie shell
1 1/2 cups of chopped macadamia nuts
1 cup of heavy cream, whipped
    Sliced fresh pineapple
     
    Mix eggs, butter, honey and sugar until smooth. Sprinkle coconut over pie shell; top with egg mixture. Sprinkle macadamia nuts over filling. Bake in preheated 325 degree oven for 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Garnish with whipped cream and sliced pineapples.
     
     
     
     

 
     
    WHILE YOU’RE ENJOYING A CALIFORNIA-INSPIRED TREAT
     
    TURN THE PAGE
     
    & GET LOST IN AN EXOTIC WORLD OF TANGO, ROMANCE, & MYSTERY!

Island Tango
     
    Silver Goddess Series
    Book One
     
     
     
    Anisa Claire West

This is a work of fiction.  The names, characters, places, and events depicted in this book are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.  Any similarity to actual people, either living or deceased, is purely coincidental.
     
     
     
     

Dawn of a new Goddess, what color shall she be?
    Ruby red or royal blue
    Glittering gold or sterling silver
The Goddess shall choose the paint of her eternity
    On Vinova she resides, over the island she presides
    Land of fruit orchards and sun-kissed skies
    Addicted to the wine, she thirsts for one sip more
    Banishing the one she loved, on joy she slams the door.
     
    ---Verse One of The Immortality Abyss

Prologue
    Island of Vinova
    An Uncountable Hour of
    The Immortality Abyss
     
    She stared at the empty goblet on the table and stomped one foot on the porcelain floor.  Where was the man?  He was infuriating.  But, she must remember that he had only recently attained immortality and was still entrenched in the ways of the world.  He might have become lost offshore, perhaps tangled in some overgrown vegetation.  Or maybe he was exhausted from the rising solar energy of midday.  She had trained him to embrace the dusk, and he could no longer cope with the stresses of diurnal life.
    Bedazzling in metallic shine from the tip of her crown to the heels of her shoes, the Silver Goddess paced restlessly in her castle.  When would that oaf return with her elixir?  She hadn’t sipped a drop of red wine all day, and she could not drink it virgin.  She needed that precise mixture of herbs and spices to infuse the wine with a palate that no one on the island could resist.  One taste of the magical wine and she would drift into blissful oblivion.  The blinding sun outside would darken and cool.  One of her virile manservants would fan her, as she sank gracefully onto the silver bedspread of the canopy to be lifted into a hallucinatory sleep.
    Glancing in the heart shaped mirror affixed to the dining room wall, the Silver Goddess smiled, her mood instantly brightened by the hauntingly beautiful reflection that greeted her.  A lushly curvaceous woman with shiny dark hair streaked with a single stripe of silver, the sorceress knew how