His Mistake - Melissa Lowes, Author

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Red Velvet Bars Recipe a Melissa Lowes Favorite
Ingredients

For Cake:

For Cream Cheese Layer:

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9 x 13-inch baking pan lightly with cooking spray; set aside
 In a large mixing bowl, beat with mixer on low speed, cake mix, butter, egg, and food coloring until combined. Press cake mixture into prepared pan; set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar on medium speed until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, beat to combine. Spread cream cheese mixture over cake layer.
Bake in preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until bars start to pull away from sides. Cool completely before cutting.

His Mistake – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
 
“Are you alright?” she said.  Her body was shaking.  “I’m so sorry, I couldn’t see.  You’re not hurt, are you?”  She waited for a response.  When none came she quickly reached for the door of the car.  A hand then came up and squeezed her shoulder.  He again spoke in German.  His foul breath was like a slap in her face.  “I-I don’t speak German,” she stammered.  Without a word, he grabbed her and threw her face down against the hood of the car.  She felt the motor running beneath her.  He then turned her over.  Even though she was facing him now, she could not make out the details of his face.  He ripped her dress from her body and pushed her harder against the car.  She punched at his stomach.  When he did not relent, she dug her fingernails into his neck, which prompted him to hit her in the face.  She let out a muffled cry as she realized that it was all over.  Over for Frances Thompson, formerly Briggs.  Her life, from this moment on, was to be forever changed.’
 
Frances Thompson, originally from London, had met and married Reginald Thompson who worked for The Times as a war correspondent. As World War I began, his profession ended up taking him to Germany where he later took Frances to live.  As the war progressed, Frances found “Reggie” away more times than home.  This left her doing her best to be the perfect wife for her perfect husband.  And she succeeded, until she met Derek Jacobs.
 
His Mistake has got to be one of the most beautiful love stories I’ve read in a long time.  I found myself wanting to hate some of the characters along the way, only to find myself loving them even more as their lives took them through World War I and into the beginning of World War II.  Ladies…this is a must read book.
 
106 Pages
2011
Virtual Tales
ISBN# 978-1-935460-34-3

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