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WHAT'S LEFT OF ME by Jennifer Loring
The Firebird Trilogy, Book #2
Publisher: LIMITLESS PUBLISHING
Release Date: July 26, 2016
SYNOPSIS —
Recovering from years of living the superstar hockey life wasn’t easy, but now
Aleksandr Volynsky finally has everything…
He’s married to the love of
his life, expecting a daughter, and has a new job as an assistant coach with
his old team, the Buffalo Gladiators. His happiness is short lived, however,
when a sexual assault allegation surfaces, and Alex is forced to cooperate with
an investigation for a crime he didn’t commit.
Stephanie Hartwell is
juggling her dream job with marriage and motherhood, but she’s not convinced
she’s doing any of it well…
Stephanie’s stress level goes from bad to
worse when she’s diagnosed with a serious illness. Battling declining health
and the critics who question her commitment to Alex in light of the allegation,
she makes a decision that could change their relationship forever.
Alex
is afraid he’s about to lose everything—especially when he sees Stephanie’s
friend kiss her…
Devastated that his life is spiraling out of control
again, Alex turns to his friend, Natasha, a Russian pop star. Convinced that
Stephanie and her friend Brandon are having an affair, Alex resumes his
self-destructive behavior.
What Alex doesn’t know is Stephanie has been
conducting a secret investigation of her own. She learns the truth behind the
sexual assault—a truth no one, especially Alex, expects.
With everything
now out in the open, can Stephanie and Alex commit to a fresh start for the
sake of their daughter, or will the ghosts of their pasts finally tear apart
everything they have left?
THE FIREBIRD TRILOGY
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Tea
Time with Alex
You’ve probably had black tea at least once in your life.
You’re doing it wrong.
Where I come from (Russia), we take tea very seriously. In
fact, we have an entire tea culture. So no, we’re not just sitting around
drinking vodka all day. Today I’m going to teach you how to brew a proper cup
of tea, and you can thank me later.
First, you’ll need a samovar, a metal container traditionally used to
heat and boil water. It has a faucet near the bottom and a metal pipe running
up through the center. We fill the pipe with fuel to heat the water. After the
water boils and the fire is extinguished, the smoke-stack on top is removed and
a teapot placed there to be heated by the rising hot air. We use the teapot to
brew a strong concentrate called zavarka. Then we serve the tea by
tempering the concentrate with boiled water. Here’s how you do it:
1. Boil the water. Rinse the inside of your
teapot with boiling water then,
while the teapot is still hot,
add one heaping teaspoon of tea leaves per cup. Immediately cover to steam the
leaves.
2. After 5-10 seconds, add the boiled water.
We typically add fresh fruit jam at this point as well, so the tea and fruit
can steep together.
3. Steep the tea for at least fifteen
minutes to get the best flavor.
4.
After
it has brewed, place a tea strainer in your tea cup, and pour in equal parts zavarka
and boiled water.
5. Serve the tea with containers of jam,
honey, or sugar—or all of the above, so your guests can enjoy it as they wish.
Should you need to have a lot of tea on hand, save at least half the zavarka
in your teapot, and add more boiling water and jam to keep the tea replenished
for several hours.
This is a
strong, flavorful tea, not your typical weak American tea. Even my tea-hating
wife is starting to come around.
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