A huge thanks to
Raven for hosting me on her blog today J
(Oh you're very welcome. I love the sound of this story)
When I first came up
with the idea of Dinner For Two, I
knew I wanted to combine two of my favorite things – food and Italy. I love to
eat good food and I love to travel. I’ve been fortunate enough to backpack my
way across some of the most beautiful parts of Italy several times and often
recount my travels by the meals I’ve enjoyed there. One of my favorite things
to indulge in is gelato. I’ve tried to get it in the US, but it’s just not the
same as what I’ve eaten while in Florence, Venice or Pisa. During one trip on a
particularly brutally hot day in Pisa, I stopped into a tiny gelateria in the
hopes of resting my tired feet and cooling off with a small cup of gelato. The
older gentleman was extremely proud of his wares, boasting that they were all
freshly made each morning by him and his wife. I ordered the lemon gelato,
thinking it was the one that would be most refreshing in that sweltering heat.
To say it was the best gelato I’ve ever eaten is an understatement. I even
think I moaned out loud while eating it. It had the perfect combination of
sweet and tart flavors, combined with the silkiness you can only find in true
Italian-made gelato. (It even had lemon seeds in it, which I was ecstatic
about!) After I was finished, I told the gentleman that I had never tasted
anything so wonderful and it had made my trip to Pisa that much more special.
I’m still searching for a place that serves decent gelato near me, but I’d like
to think that maybe Tony and Sonia in Dinner
For Two might try their hands at making it and just might actually get it
right J
Dinner For Two
by: Eileen Griffin
Genre: Erotic Romance
Length: Romance On The Go – Short Story
Published: December 17, 2013
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
BLURB:
Sonia Davenport has dreams of coordinating and planning
special events. When she’s given the opportunity to plan a dinner for her boss
and his shareholders, she jumps at the chance to make everything perfect.
Helping her plan the special night is the head chef of the restaurant, Tony
Mancinni, who is not only charming but goes out of his way to make Sonia feel
special during the entire planning process.
The dinner party almost turns disastrous when an employee
mixes up the orders and sets out the wrong food. In a mad rush to save the
dinner, Sonia and Tony realize their attraction to each other when things heat
up in the kitchen. However, Tony has to convince Sonia that he wants more than
just an extra set of hands in his restaurant – he wants her to stay the night
so he can convince her to stay for good.
EXCERPT:
Tony gently rubbed his
finger along her bottom lip. "I had hoped everything would be perfect
tonight because I wanted to impress you. When you came in for brunch that first
Sunday and laid out your plans, not only were you beautiful, but you had a
detailed description of what you wanted. On the catering side of things, you
have no idea how attractive that is. Then, when you came in for your tasting, I
didn't think I was going to make it through the afternoon without asking you
out. But I have a strict rule: Don't date the clients until after the function
is over. So I waited. Do you have any idea how hard it was to wait?"
Sonia shook her head
slightly, then let her lips part. Instead of replying to him, she slid her
tongue out to meet his finger, gently caressing the tip. He hissed in a breath,
his eyes fixated on her tongue and lips. Feeling emboldened by his words, she
leaned closer and drew his finger deeper inside her mouth, wrapping her lips
around it as she laved it with her tongue.
"Sonia," he
whispered. "You're so beautiful. But I didn't ask you up here for
this."
She leaned back, his
finger sliding out of her mouth. All the nerves and doubts she'd felt earlier
were replaced by a heat that was coursing through her. She'd felt it all night
in the kitchen with him and it was stronger now that she knew he wanted her as
badly as she wanted him.
"I'm glad you asked me up here, Tony. But if we're being
honest with each other, I think dinner can wait. You see, I've lost my
appetite. For food, that is."
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EILEEN GRIFFIN BIO:
Eileen Griffin lives in the Southwest
but loves to travel and has spent many summers crossing Europe with nothing but
a backpack on her back. She enjoys TexMex, lives for good wine, and has a
certain penchant for purple unicorns. She loves reading all genres of books,
but her current obsession is writing M/M with lots of boykissing.
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/eileengriffin77 @eileengriffin77
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Thanks for having me on your blog today Raven :) ~Eileen
ReplyDeletesounds great and i love that cover!
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