Simple Sexy Food by Linda De Villers, PhD – Book Review
This review for Simple Sexy Food by Linda De Villers is a guest post by author, Joyce Anthony. Joyce has been sharing reviews with me for years and she’s given me permission to share them on my site. Enough from me – let’s get on with the review…
Simple Sexy Food by Linda De Villers, PhD
Throughout the ages, thins like oysters and chocolate have been considered enhancers of love, or aphrodisiacs. There are so many others there you may not be aware of, as well as ways in which to use these foods for optimal results. Simple Sexy Foods covers both the kinds of food aphrodisiacs out there and shares 101 recipes, divided by time of day they are most likely going to be enjoyed, to use these. That is only the beginning!
This book is just under 250 pages and the amount of information it includes is incredible. Author Linda DeVillers, Ph.D., an 
internationally-recognized authority on human sexuality, has pulled out all stops with this one. The book starts with a list of foods considered aphrodisiacs. This is no simple list. For each item, there is a section that covers the folklore and fun facts of that ingredient. Then a section on what nutrients make this ingredient great in the love department is included.
The book then gets into individual recipes, divided into sections such as “Tease Me Anytime” and “Late-Night Rendezvous”. The recipes are simple, healthy–and yet something you can be proud to serve to a lover you want to impress. Along the borders of the pages, you will find results of a love poll, little hints on sexy touches to add into your life, kitchen hints to incorporate changes in the recipes and fun historical facts your history books did not teach you.
Ms, DeVillers isn’t finished yet. After the “love-epies” there is a section on “must-have” accessories in both the bedroom and the kitchen. Finally, there is a section of further resources and an extensive reference section.
All of this information is set up so you can read whatever you prefer, in whatever order, and don’t have to spend hours trying to get all the information to get started today. May I suggest trying the recipes on pages 132 or 178? They are both excellent.
In case you’re curious –
Page 132 – Cold Fresh Strawberry Soup – with strawberries, white wine, nutmeg and more
Page 178 – Scallops with Garlic and Cilantro – with scallops, garlic, chili sauce, zucchini, cilantro, and tomato
More Details About Simple Sexy Food and A Fun Contest to Enter -
Do aphrodisiacs work? What exactly are they? How can I use them? We answer these questions and many more during the Simple Sexy Food virtual tour with clinical sex therapist and foodie – Linda De Villers, PhD. There are many ordinary foods that can have aphrodisiac effects – and we help you understand them.
Linda De Viller, PhD, Clinical Sex Therapist and Foodie, shares her knowledge about the myths and truth about aphrodisiacs. She also share over 80 recipes and a wealth of love and sex tips. Get your copy at – http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Sexy-Food-Linda-Villers/dp/097095655X/. We invite you to participate in the Simple Sexy Food Recipe Photo Contest – http://www.lovecoachjourney.com/recipe-photo-contest – the grand prize winner will get a one on one aphrodisiac consultation and five runner ups will receive a digital copy of Love Skills by Linda De Villers.
About Joyce Anthony
Joyce A. Anthony is a copywriter, novelist and mental health writer. When not writing, she spends her time advocating for animal rights. You can find some of her work at Examiner.com as the Erie, PA Mental Health Examiner – http://www.examiner.com/mental-health-in-erie/joyce-anthony. Visit http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/id1.html for more information on her novel, Storm.
Check Out the Details for the Aphrodisiac Recipe Photo Contest – Its FREE to Enter
Homemade Tomato Ketchup. 30 Delicious Ketchup Recipes
I had never thought about making my own ketchup and I’ve tried just about all the mainstream brands on the market. Nothing tops a juicy burger or a stack of crisp fries like thick tasty ketchup.
So, when I had a chance to review this book, I had to do it. It was interesting to find out how ketchup is actually made, and the many variations in the recipe depending on your personal taste.
I have canned food in the past – and the sections on sterilizing, heat treatment etc were very well written and should be sufficient for a person who hasn’t done this before. I also enjoyed the section about what you need to try these recipes – having the right “tools” is critical.
Overall – I really enjoyed this book and recommend it to people who are curious about the ketchup making process and I plan to try some of the recipes I bookmarked — very soon.
The Amazing Dragonfly (Amazing Facts About Insects)
Let me start by saying that bugs are not my thing – always liked the song “I don’t like spiders and snakes….”
But I do like to learn new things about plants, animals etc around me — so I really enjoyed this book about dragonflies. I learned many things I never knew and enjoyed the personal intro, the phases of a dragonflies life and much more. I mean, who knew there were so many interesting things about them. Which makes me want to check out the rest of the books in this series. Looking forward to the next one. One small thing – I would’ve enjoyed a few more pictures to illustrate the text, but overall, I really enjoyed the book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BACVTV6/
Chocolate Marshmallow Fudge (My Famous Fudge Recipes)
Don’t you just love yummy fudge that melts in your mouth? Then you have to check out this recipe. There are pictures of each ingredient 
and each step of the process to make this chocolate marshmallow fudge. I think you deserve to treat yourself to this easy to follow recipe – wouldn’t you love some fresh fudge today? I know that I would….
http://www.amazon.com/Chocolate-Marshmallow-Famous-Recipes-ebook/dp/B00BQM5BX2
Common Sense Customer Service – Improve Your Job Skills & Provide A Great Customer Experience (Review)
Customer service is a pet topic of mine and has been for many years. When I was a kid, my grandfather talked to me many times about how important awesome customer service is to a successful business. Interesting side not – even 20 years after he died, any time I meet someone who knew him, the first thing they say is they vividly remember how great he treated his customers. So, obviously I had a great teacher.
Over the last 19 years – I’ve worked in many jobs that required customer service skills and they have definitely been challenging at times. 
Many times when I managed various businesses and with my own business – I’ve often wondered why no one had written an all inclusive handbook on HOW to give great customer service. Well, now it is available. I highly recommend this to anyone working in a position where they deal with the public and there is even a bonus chapter for managers and business owners – and these people definitely need to know how to give awesome customer service.
The title is Common Sense Customer Service – and honestly, from my perspective, these should all be common sense, but anyone who has been to the store lately knows that great customer service does NOT seem to be common sense. I think this content should be mandatory reading for anyone entering the work force.
These are some of the valuable topics in this book – Attitude and Personality, Telephone Basics, Communicating with Customers, Dealing with Different Types of Customers (awesome section and you will run into each of these types of customers), Under promise and Over Deliver, Know Your Limits, Deal with Stress, Good Note Keeping and much more.
The short wrap up – if you work with the public in your job you NEED to read this book. I think people who have never worked with the public should read it to get a perspective on the people they mistreat when they shop – but that’s just my thoughts…
Get Your Copy
Kindle Version - http://www.amazon.com/Common-Sense-Customer-Service-ebook/dp/B00BSHJYAQ
Paperback - http://www.amazon.com/Common-Sense-Customer-Service-Experience/dp/1482746158
B is for Baseball (ABC Sports Picture Books)
This book is a cute idea and educational for children. I even learned a couple of new terms. One of the things I loved is that there was even 
a girl included – and sports are definitely for boys and girls. One small concern is that some of the words in the description may be unfamiliar to young children. But as an author I understand the challenge of finding appropriate rhyming words. These words do create an opportunity for parents and care givers to teach children new words about baseball and other terms as well.
http://www.amazon.com/Baseball-Learn-Alphabet-Sports-Picture/dp/1482536927
3 Hot Amazon Keyword Research Tools Reviewed by Bill Platt
I got this information in an e-mail this morning from Bill Platt and its perfect for a discussion I saw yesterday. So – for more information about several of the hottest Amazon Keyword Research Tools, read on…. If you aren’t familiar with Bill’s work – check the link to his website at the bottom of the page.
3 Amazon Keyword Research Tool Reviews
Ghosts of Manhattan by Douglas Brunt
I really like Megyn Kelly and one afternoon, she interviewed her husband – the author of Ghosts of Manhattan. I’ve read a number of books and articles about the events that brought down the financial system, so when I heard that is an integral part of Ghosts of Manhattan, I decided I had to read it. The book was very different from what I initially expected, but it was an interesting look inside the financial system in Manhattan.
Nick Farmer is our guide into the life of bond traders and the world they work in. We get an up close and personal look at the excesses 
in the industry – money, play, women, sex, drugs and alcohol. Its interesting that we see newbies just coming into “the life” and we see men who have been there for over a decade – and how the different people react to the life they have chosen. Frat boys run amok is a fairly accurate description and we see that ability really isn’t a prerequisite when these people were hired – having the connections to get an interview is the big issue. If you went to the right school and have a friend in the industry, they can get you in the door to be considered for a job.
We also see how Nick’s unhappiness and the lifestyle that goes with his work – affects his marriage. We also see how various marriages and relationships are impacted by the business they are in.
So – will Nick and his wife make it? Do they want to make it?
Will the hard living take its toll on the people around Nick? Will a couple of them pay the ultimate price for his excesses?
How will be attractive journalist figure into Nick’s professional and personal life?
What about the risk assessment report?
And there is an underlying element of the book that shows us how parts of the financial crisis began and grew to an unprecedented size and scope.
Ghosts of Manhattan is a very interesting look behind the scenes at the industry and the financial crisis that is spawned. It will be interesting to see Douglas Brunt’s next book.
About Douglas Brunt
Until 2011, Douglas Brunt was CEO of Authentium, Inc., an Internet security company. He now writes full time and is currently working on his second novel. A Philadelphia native, he lives in New York with his wife Megyn Kelly and their two children.
Ghosts of Manhattan – Book Description
Ghosts of Manhattan is a wryly comic, first-person fiction debut offering a withering view of life on Wall Street from the perspective of an unhappy insider who is too hooked on the money to find a way out, even as his career is ruining his marriage and corroding his soul. It’s 2005. Nick Farmer is a thirty-five-year old bond trader with Bear Stearns clearing seven-figures each year. The novelty of a work-related night life centering on liquor, hookers, and cocaine has long since worn thin, though Nick remains keenly addicted to his annual bonus. But the lifestyle is taking a toll on his marriage and on him. When a nerdy analyst approaches him with apocalyptic prognostications of where Bear’s high-flying mortgage-backed securities trading may lead, Nick is presented with the kind of ethical dilemma he’s spent a lifetime avoiding. Throw in a hot financial journalist who seems to be more interested in him than in the percolating financial Armageddon and the prospect that his own wife may have found a new romantic interest of her own, and you have the recipe for Nick’s personal and professional implosion. By turns hilarious and harrowing, Ghosts of Manhattan takes readers into the rarefied world of a winning but flawed character as he struggles to find the right path in a complicated urban heart of darkness.
Author Interview Lisa V Proulx aka Veronica Moreau
Introducing - Lisa V. Proulx aka Veronica Moreau
1. Where you are from and where are you now? I was born in Washington DC and grew up in Maryland where I have lived my whole life.
2. How did you get started writing? I began writing horror stories when I was in elementary school and my first horror poem, SCREAMS OF NO REPLY, was published when I was in 9th grade.
3. What do you do when you are not writing? I have raised Rottweilers for over 14 years and they are a passion of mine. I also 
love to work outside, work in the garden, be in the forest, deal with antiques and I have been a belly dancer for the last few years.
4. What would readers like to know about you? I don’t know, I guess you’d have to ask them! 
5. What inspired your first book? My first book was the vampire novel PUNCTURE that was released in 2004. I wrote it out of anger toward the man that I was with at the time. It’s actually based on a true event and it was either kill him or write a book about what happened. All of my books and short stories have a ring of truth to them. That is how I write; I write what I know.
6. How many books have you written? I have six books out and one is a remake of another. They are all in eBook except for the first PUNCTURE which came out in paperback and I later re-vamped it and re-released it as an eBook. My latest one, LICK AND A PROMISE~Diary of a Rock Star Groupie is coming out in paperback this month.
7. What are the titles of your books and what genres are they? PUNCTURE, vampire novel, DRAGGED INTO DARKNESS, horror, KING OF SHADOWS, horror, BENEATH THE BATTLEFIELD, Civil War ghost story, THE RAINBOW WON’T WAIT, inspirational about my mother dying of cancer, LICK AND A PROMISE~Diary of a Rock Star Groupie, erotic romance (under my pen name Veronica Moreau)
8. Why are you specially qualified to write about this topic? As for horror, I loved the scary movies as a kid and it took a lot to scare me. My mother was a third generation psychic/medium and I grew up in the world of spirits so I really had no choice but to go in that direction.
Inspirational, I have a calling to help people, to heal the world and to make it a better place.
Erotic Romance, again this latest book is based on a true story.
9. How do you manage to keep yourself focused and on track when you’re writing a book? I don’t! I have ADD and get very distracted easily, oh wait a squirrel! Ha! Ha! Seriously, I have to have peace, quiet and no distractions. No music, no TV, no wanting me or talking to me for any reason. Once I get off track, I am derailed and sometimes it takes a while for me to get focused again.
10. Do you write to make money, for the love of writing or both? Well, in my day job, I work from home for my local newspaper where I am a feature writer and weekly columnist. I absolutely love it! I have been doing it for about 12 years. So I make money doing that. As for my books, my goal is to become a full time writer this year so I can be successful as a novelist.
11. What are some unique methods of marketing you have used? Which were the most successful? Honestly, I don’t have any secrets, I just try everything without pushing my books down people’s throats. I have found though that it is more important to build a friendship with people instead of trying to win over readers. People can smell a fake a mile away and I am no fake. I am a genuine, kind and loving person who enjoys talking to people on FaceBook, Twitter my blogs, etc. Be a friend to others and not a salesman.
12. Do you sell through a website? If so, what’s the address? If not, why not? My website is www.lisavproulx.com and you can find out how to buy my books there. They are on many sites.
13. Where can people order your books? Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/
under my pen name Veronica Moreau http://www.amazon.com/Lick-
All Romance Books https://www.allromanceebooks.
and many other sites.
14. What format are your books – e-book, print, audio etc? The first PUNCTURE is in paperback, the rest are in eBook and LICK AND A PROMISE~Diary of a Rock Star Groupie will be out in paperback this month.
15. Will you write more books? Of course!!! I have no choice, I have to write!!!
16. What do you have in the works now? The second book in the Rock Star Series, a story about an experience my mother had 
back in 1954, a completed book about a young girl growing up with a prostitute mother during the Depression (looking for an agent) and a bunch of stuff! My mind is always working!
17. What does the future hold for you and your books? I want it all! I want to be on the NY Times Best Seller List, I want to be on TV and I want to be famous! I have been signing my autograph since I learned how to write! I would also love to be a public speaker (I studied this in college)
20. What makes this book special to you? It’s one of the best things I have ever written. It’s real, it’s raw and it’s based on a true story.
21. What sort of comments have you gotten about the content of the book? So far, my reviewers have loved it! It’s pretty sexy and for an 18 and older audience.
22. What makes this a book that other people MUST read and WHY? It’s different than a traditional romance. Although it has a happy ending, it’s full of raw and steamy sex and clearly shows the life of a teenage runaway who lusts after her rock star crush and becomes a groupie in an attempt to meet him and get him into bed.
23. What people NEED to read this book and WHY? It will be a real turn on and will give you a backstage pass into rock and roll groupiedom! It will also be fun to try and figure out who the rock stars are that are being talked about in the book!
24. What sparks your creativity? Any tips to help others spark their own creativity? It’s kinda weird but I write better horror if I am sad about something. I also write better at night.
25. What do you think motivates people to become authors? What motivated you to get into this unusual industry? Who knows! I think a lot of people think they want to write to become famous but it is not for them. Most people are not willing to put in the time and dedication it takes to make this work. If you want to be successful, you have to be proactive when it comes to your work. If you are good, then show people how good you are. If you sing like Barbara Streisand, wouldn’t you knock on every record producer’s door until someone gave you a contract? I would! It’s the same with writing. You have to believe in yourself and be thick skinned.
As for me, a born writer has no choice.
28. Why does the topic of your book interest you? Why would it interest potential readers? Give us a hook to reel in new readers. I think most women have a rock star crush or a country music crush. A man (or woman) who they secretly lust after and if they had the chance or could get away with it, they would jump at the chance for one night with them. It’s sexy, it’s erotic and a real turn on to read about the sexual exploits of a girl who actually got to live out her fantasies with a rock star.
29. Did I miss anything you want to tell my blog readers? I loving hearing from my fans and will answer all of my mail personally. I am very approachable and would love for you to stop by and say hi!
My FaceBook Fan Page is: https://www.facebook.com/
My Author Blog is: http://lisavproulx.wordpress.
My email: Magicforest@peoplepc.com
I am always for looking for reviewers and authors to interview so please contact me if you are interested.
Review – The Fear and Anxiety Solution
The Fear & Anxiety Solution – A Breakthrough Process for Healing and Empowerment with Your Subconscious Mind by Friedmann Schaub, MD PhD
Fear and anxiety are on the rise – any time you watch the news or check the local newspaper, you are likely to find information that makes you worried about your future and the future of your children. People can let fear and anxiety take over their lives and it can be have a negative impact on your life in a wide variety of ways.
However, there are ways to maintain and deal with the fear and anxiety that we all face in our lives. Even when we feel our concerns are worse than others – there are steps that can be taken to find the root cause of the fear and anxiety. Once the root cause is found, there are ways to work through these issues and to limit the impact fear and anxiety have on your life.
Dr Feidemann Schaub has developed a program that helps you find the root problems and shows you for to deal with these causes 
of fear and anxiety. Many people take various medications to ease their fears and anxiety – however that is a temporary fix. On the other hand, Dr Schaub’s program works in a way that will help you find the problems and FIX them – not just mask them temporarily.
The Fear and Anxiety Solution is based on his program and walks you through the steps to find your solution to fear and anxiety. He says that “the person who starts the book is not the same person who will finish the book”. That’s a powerful statement and if you read the book and apply the various steps as he outlines them – you can and will notice a difference in YOUR life.
This is the table of contents for The Fear and Anxiety Solution to give you an idea of some of the topics that are covered.
Part I – Awareness
- Chapter 1 – An Overview of Fear and Anxiety
- Chapter 2 – The Principles of Change
- Chapter 3 – Facts and Fiction about Fear and Anxiety
Part II – Flexibility
- Chapter 4 – The Subconscious Mind and the Root Causes of Anxiety
Part III – Choice
- Chapter 5 – How to Find Out What You Want and How to Get It
- Chapter 6 – Look Who’s Talking! Addressing Negative Self-Talk and Mind-Racing
- Chapter 7 – To Wholeness and Beyond: Resolving Inner Conflicts
- Chapter 8 – Time to Let Go: How to Release Emotional Baggage from the Subconscious Mind
Part IV – Readjustment
- Chapter 9 – Core Alignment
- Chapter 10 – Breaking Through to Self-Empowerment
- Chapter 11 – Keep Moving Forward: How to Stay Empowered and in Balance
Share my On Air with Nikki Leigh interviews with Dr Schaub
Fear, Anxiety and Your Relationships – 30 minute interview
Find The Fear and Anxiety Solution – 30 minute interview