She holds 2 Eppie awards, numerous reviewer awards, several RWA Chapter awards, and MEXICAN HEAT was a 2009 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Best Gay Romance, winner of several RWA chapter awards and WINNER of the EPPIE AWARD for best romantic suspense. Manlove is not traditional gay fiction, but erotic romances written specifically for the romantic-minded reader, male or female.Īmong her numerous awards over the years, Laura is the 2017 RWA New England Chapter Reader's Choice Award Winner for best Romantic Suspense Novel, with her new series #1 REESE HOLT: THE DARK SIDE, and the 2017 Winner of the RWA Passionate Plume Award for best Novella with her title JACKSON & NICK. Her favorite genre to work in is manlove or m/m erotic romances. And while blanco tequila is traditional, try reposado for an earthier agave kick.Named 'a pioneer of M/M romance' by ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, Laura Baumbach is the author of numerous short stories, novellas, novels and screenplays. Out of grenadine? Swap in an equal amount of pomegranate molasses. Add a little orange liqueur if you prefer a sweeter drink or a few tablespoons of lime juice if you like tart flavors. Or customize the original tequila sunrise recipe to suit your palate. To make a tequila sunset, swap the orange juice for grapefruit and/or the grenadine for crème de cassis or blackberry brandy, depending on which bartender you ask. Like many semiclassic cocktail recipes, variations abound. Top each with ice cubes and the tequila mixture and garnish with orange slices for extra aromatics and, sure, some vitamin C. Simply mix orange juice and a few ounces of tequila in a pitcher and then put a dash of grenadine syrup in as many tall glasses as people you plan to serve. The tequila sunrise was also reportedly the unofficial drink of the Rolling Stones’ 1972 tour, and the Eagles’ 1973 album Desperado included a song called “Tequila Sunrise.”Įven if you don’t have a shelf full of Grammys, the storied drink is easy to whip up. As legend has it, Mick Jagger and Don Henley soon became fans.

In the early 1970s, Sausalito-based bartenders Billy Rice and Bobby Lozoff transformed a mostly forgotten Prohibition-era cocktail into the drink we know today. You don’t need to know what’s in a tequila sunrise to become a rock star-but it may help.

Tequila Sunrise by Laura Baumbach