Mason Stewart is in
a pickle. He and his brother are the co-owners of the Black Elkhorn
Lodge and Resort. Their dream stands at the precipice of utter ruin
because their previous chef embezzled every last dime of savings they
had for the lodge. In a last ditch effort to save his business from
the brink of annihilation, Mason hires a new chef for their
restaurant; sight unseen.
Nothing
can prepare him for Emily, the red-haired siren who waltzes into his
resort, carting a set of chef knives and demanding to see her new
kitchen. She challenges his authority. She inflames his every wicked
desire. She is everything he has ever wanted. And he can’t touch
her. He’s her boss. And it would be wrong to give in to the
incendiary heat between them… wouldn’t it?
Excerpt
“If
you want to lug a heavy suitcase, be my guest, sweetheart. I think we
need a demonstration, a sample of your skills, before we go any
further. Don’t you?” Mason challenged, letting his annoyance
creep into his voice. She’d accepted the position without the
clause of needing to see the kitchen first. So she thought she could
toss in an extra demand, put a wrench in his plans to bring the lodge
back from the brink, test who was in charge? It wasn’t her. Miss
Fox could try but she would fail. This was his place and he would
fight like a rabid dog to save it, to protect it further from outside
harm. He wouldn’t ever allow the lodge or himself to be overrun by
a pretty face.
She
smiled. The air was charged between them, electrified, as she stared
him down, then said, “Cowboy, once you’ve had my cooking, you
will be my slave and beg me to stay.”
An
image of Emily, collared, naked, and on her knees begging him to take
her flashed through his mind. The unbidden thought unleashed a
windfall of lust and it roared through his bloodstream. Mason tensed,
beating back the unsolicited desire. Compartmentalizing the unwanted,
erotic images, he narrowed his gaze. “Doubtful. I could take my
pick from twenty line cooks today from one of the restaurants in
town.”
She
rolled her eyes in an exasperated fashion and asked, “Then why did
you call me?”
“That’s
what I’m beginning to wonder,” Mason retorted, not admitting that
he wanted a chef at the top of their game. That he believed if they
offered culinary delights not found at other resorts or restaurants,
they would attract customers, and maintaining the current menu that
was a crowd favorite was paramount.
She
was their Hail Mary Pass, even though she didn’t know it. Nor would
he tell her that. She already had an overabundance of confidence.
Cole
intervened, severing the electric livewire connection as he stepped
between them. Mason finally inhaled a deep breath while Cole gave him
a brief glance with his brows raised high enough they nearly
disappeared beneath his Stetson, and a ‘what the hell?’
expression. Then Cole shifted fully toward Miss Fox, his face calm
with the pleasant smile he typically used to win over a sub, and
said, “Emily, why don’t I take you over to the restaurant and you
can see if it’s to your liking? We updated the kitchen two years
ago and have all the latest equipment. Not that I have any idea what
all those gadgets do.”
It
was the gamine grin, the spread of her pale pink lips exposing her
straight, white teeth, and transforming her face into breathtaking.
And it was directed at his brother. It shoved Mason toward caveman
status. He wanted to snarl at Cole to back off, not to touch her,
that she was his. Which was fucking asinine, and only fueled his
internal engines to near record levels.
“That
would be fabulous. Thank you. Is he always like this?” she asked
Cole, indicating Mason with a jaunty tilt of her head. Her hair
shifted, making it shimmer.
A
half grin spread over Cole’s face and he replied, “No. Sometimes
he’s worse.”
Emily’s
full-bodied, sexy laugh sucker-punched Mason in the sternum. The
sound skittered along his spine and pooled in his groin. The throaty,
jazz singer sound made him wonder what she sounded like when she
came. It made him yearn to discover whether she was a screamer or
issued almost silent, throaty moans. There was a part of him that
wanted to bend her over his desk and fuck her until his legs buckled.
“Good
to know,” Emily responded with another shake of her head which made
the waterfall of red tresses shift and move like flames. The color
was so vibrant, Mason ached to feel the strands in his hands. Would
they be as soft as he imagined, or would they singe his flesh?
“It
is; better to be armed and prepared. If you’ll follow me,” Cole
murmured, diffusing the situation and ignoring Mason.
“Honey,
I’d follow you anywhere,” Emily flirted. With his brother.
Jealousy gripped Mason, which was idiotic at best. He couldn’t want
Emily. Wouldn’t allow himself to desire her. One, she was his
employee and there were some roads that were better left untraveled.
Two, he wasn’t sure he liked her. She was brash and mouthy, and
most likely as vanilla as they came.
But
that didn’t seem to matter to his dick, who liked the thought of
playing boss and naughty secretary with her a little too much.
Except
then Cole picked up the ball Emily had lobbed his way and responded,
“Likewise, sweetheart. Mason, you coming?”
Almost.
And
from a damn fantasy. He shook his head, attempting to distill the
lust raging through his veins. He bit out, “I’ll be right behind
you two.”
About
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4 comments:
Welcome back to Beyond Romance, Anya. This sounds like a fun story! I love a heroine with attitude.
I really enjoy her books!
Thanks for having me back!
Love the excerpt!
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