Author: KC Enders
Publication date: February 2020
Lyla Dupree
She’s a bubbly, sugary sweet pastry chef. Living her best life in the
Big Apple. Luxury apartment. Successful patisserie. Everything is great–better
than great. It's absolutely perfect.
Raleigh Jacobs
He’s grumbly and growly–and so very out of his element–working on a
temporary assignment in NYC. He wants to do his job and get out. Back to the
clean air in the mountains near Denver.
Throw them together.
Mix things up.
Turn up the heat and what you get is, quite simply, alarming.
After all, 425 Madison is the perfect place to fall in love.
Excerpt
Copyright @ KC Enders 2020
The door next to me swings open, and a giant of lean muscle, scruffy
cheeks, and deep dark brown scowling eyes steps out into the hallway, startling
me.
With a really unladylike gasp, I stumble backward until my back hits the
doorjamb. “Oh, I’m so sorry,” I squeak. “You scared me. Welcome. Kent emailed
me that he’d sublet his place for a couple of months, though he didn’t tell me
anything about you. Not that he needed to, I mean, it’s none of my business,
really. I’m Lyla Dupree, it’s lovely to meet you.” I thrust my hand out to
shake, but he just stares, so I let it fall back to my side.
I’m rambling, and I can’t seem to stop. It’s my thing when I’m nervous,
but my roommate Sasha tells me it comes off as bubbly and kind of sweet. From
the look on this guy’s face, though, I wonder if she’s just been blowing
sunshine up my butt because he looks pissed. And that just makes me even more
nervous, so the bubbly word vomit continues.
“You picked an amazing place to live while you’re here in the city.
Where are you from? Somewhere out west, maybe? I mean, not that I know. I
already told you that, so it’s just a guess, but with the flannel and the
beanie…” Dear Jesus, now would be a perfect time for me to shut up. “Anyway, I
just finished testing a new recipe, I’m a chef. I don’t know if Kent mentioned
that when you talked about the sublet, but he should have. I mean, I do
pastries, and my roommate Sasha does more of the real food. Oh my God, she
makes the best mac and cheese, truly she’s amazing. Kent said it was a good
thing he had to leave for this temporary assignment in London. Something about
gaining weight if he lived next to us for too much longer. I don’t know,
though, I think something might have happened between him and Sasha, you know?
They both kind of started acting funny and then the next thing I know he’s
taking a job in England for a year. But, whatever. Do you like sweets? Cakes,
cookies, pastries? Any food allergies I should know about?”
And, cue uncomfortable silence.
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Author
Info
Karin is a
New York Girl living in a Midwest world. A connoisseur of great words, fine
bourbon, and strong coffee, she’s married to the love of her life and is mother
to two grown men, she is proud to
say can cook and clean up after themselves, and always open doors for the
ladies (you’re welcome, world).
And when
life gets a little too calm, she tends to adopt big old rescue dogs: short on
brains, large on personality.
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