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Julie Kenner is our guest blogger during the week of November 9th. If you have any questions for Julie Kenner, add a comment to any of her posts.

Here is more information on Tainted:

Lily Carlyle has lied, cheated, and stolen her way through life.

But in death, she'll really get to be bad...

When her little sister is brutalized, a vengeful Lily determines to exact her own justice. She succeeds at the cost of her own life, but as she lies dying, she is given a second chance. Lily can earn her way into Paradise by becoming an assassin for the forces of good.

It's the job Lily believes she can really get into-but she doesn't realize that she may not be able to get out.

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Katharine Kerr is our guest blogger during the week of November 9th. If you have any questions for Katharine Kerr, add a comment to any of her posts.

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"Prepare to get lost in the magic" (VOYA) of Katharine Kerr's newest Deverry fantasy.

The Horsekin are assembling along Prince Dar's northern border, and the Deverry alliance simply does not have the men and resources to prevent their enemies from moving into the wilderness areas known as the Ghostlands. But suddenly, the Dwrgi folk and the dragons come to Dar's aid, tipping the balance in their favor and offering Dar's people a chance to defeat the Horsekin once and for all.

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Getting together with friends and family over the holidays can be full of conflicting feelings: You love your relatives, you want them to go home immediately.  You appreciate the wisdom of your parents, you want them to stop telling you where you went wrong.  You're happy to blow off steam at the annual office Christmas party, you don't want to see Suzy from accounting get drunk and remove her top.  Holiday gatherings often fill one with the desire to find another strong drink or the door, or both.  And if you are giving in to ritual, you may want to host your own gathering, but feel a bit uninspired while watching the cranberry sauce slowly slide out of the can into the pot. 

Enter beer.

A breath of fresh air in the cold weather.  An offering that will make your holiday party stand out among all others.  Pairing beer with classic holiday dishes keeps the boredom out and enhances the food as well as any wine or spirit could.  In fact, slipping some craft beer in next to traditional dishes is a great way to educate your guests' palates.  And this time of year is full of fall/winter ales that hold all of the flavors of the season: Pumpkin, nutmeg, fig, pine trees, etc.  Here are a few pairing suggestions we offer as a way around the ordinary holiday happenings.