My baguette last night had Camembert inside it, which had been trendy thirty years ago but was uncontroversial now.
“Some feta, quite a bit of Boursin. Small amounts of three or four others, salad quantities, really.”
“Then”—I paused to kiss his breastbone—“we use the tomatoes, the Boursin, and a few of the olives for a savory tarte tatin, very pretty next to a chop, braise the fennel as you planned, and if I may have a couple of liters of stout, we’ll make apple-Guinness crumbles. Two kinds of tarte tatin will confuse the diners. You do have a lot of boats?”
“I’m not sure what I have is what you’re asking for; we’d best check. But—” Tommy looked concerned when my knees creaked on my way to upright. Blame twenty-plus years of concrete flooring. “But since I screwed up my purchases, I shouldn’t depend on you to extricate me.”
I extricated him from the loveseat, taking the opportunity to pull him close once he was on his feet. “I’m here, I’m willing. Put me to work.”
“You’re here now.” Tommy held me and didn’t complete the thought aloud.
“Yeah, I have an expiration date. I’m on tour again the middle of next month for around three weeks. Not negotiable; I have to be there. Then planning and filming for the eels and whatever else, so I’ll at least be in the vicinity if you’re still talking to me, and we decide after that.” I had to warn him. “Tommy, I am an irritating cuss. You might be glad to get rid of me.”
His arms went tight around me. “Then again, I might not.”
About the Author
PD S INGER lives in Colorado with her slightly bemused husband, two rowdy teenage boys, and thirty pounds of cats, all of whom approach carefully when she’s in a writing frenzy. She’s a big believer in research, first-hand if possible, so the reader can be quite certain PD has skied, been stepped on by rodeo horses, acquired a potato burn or two, and will never, ever, write a novel that includes sky-diving.
When not writing, playing her fiddle, or skiing, she can be found with a book in hand. Her husband blesses the advent of ebooks—they’re staving off the day the house collapses from the weight of the printed page.
Follow the adventures at http://pdsinger.wordpress.com .
Copyright
Prep Work ©Copyright PD Singer, 2011
Published by
Dreamspinner Press
4760 Preston Road
Suite 244-149
Frisco, TX 75034
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
Cover Art by Anne Cain [email protected]
Cover Design by Mara McKennen
This book is licensed to the original purchaser only. Duplication or distribution via any means is illegal and a violation of International Copyright Law, subject to criminal prosecution and upon conviction, fines and/or imprisonment. This eBook cannot be legally loaned or given to others. No part of this eBook can be shared or reproduced without the express permission of the publisher. To request permission and all other inquiries, contact Dreamspinner Press at: 4760 Preston Road, Suite 244-149, Frisco, TX 75034 http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/
Released in the United States of America
August 2011
eBook Edition
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61372-072-1
“Some feta, quite a bit of Boursin. Small amounts of three or four others, salad quantities, really.”
“Then”—I paused to kiss his breastbone—“we use the tomatoes, the Boursin, and a few of the olives for a savory tarte tatin, very pretty next to a chop, braise the fennel as you planned, and if I may have a couple of liters of stout, we’ll make apple-Guinness crumbles. Two kinds of tarte tatin will confuse the diners. You do have a lot of boats?”
“I’m not sure what I have is what you’re asking for; we’d best check. But—” Tommy looked concerned when my knees creaked on my way to upright. Blame twenty-plus years of concrete flooring. “But since I screwed up my purchases, I shouldn’t depend on you to extricate me.”
I extricated him from the loveseat, taking the opportunity to pull him close once he was on his feet. “I’m here, I’m willing. Put me to work.”
“You’re here now.” Tommy held me and didn’t complete the thought aloud.
“Yeah, I have an expiration date. I’m on tour again the middle of next month for around three weeks. Not negotiable; I have to be there. Then planning and filming for the eels and whatever else, so I’ll at least be in the vicinity if you’re still talking to me, and we decide after that.” I had to warn him. “Tommy, I am an irritating cuss. You might be glad to get rid of me.”
His arms went tight around me. “Then again, I might not.”
About the Author
PD S INGER lives in Colorado with her slightly bemused husband, two rowdy teenage boys, and thirty pounds of cats, all of whom approach carefully when she’s in a writing frenzy. She’s a big believer in research, first-hand if possible, so the reader can be quite certain PD has skied, been stepped on by rodeo horses, acquired a potato burn or two, and will never, ever, write a novel that includes sky-diving.
When not writing, playing her fiddle, or skiing, she can be found with a book in hand. Her husband blesses the advent of ebooks—they’re staving off the day the house collapses from the weight of the printed page.
Follow the adventures at http://pdsinger.wordpress.com .
Copyright
Prep Work ©Copyright PD Singer, 2011
Published by
Dreamspinner Press
4760 Preston Road
Suite 244-149
Frisco, TX 75034
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
Cover Art by Anne Cain [email protected]
Cover Design by Mara McKennen
This book is licensed to the original purchaser only. Duplication or distribution via any means is illegal and a violation of International Copyright Law, subject to criminal prosecution and upon conviction, fines and/or imprisonment. This eBook cannot be legally loaned or given to others. No part of this eBook can be shared or reproduced without the express permission of the publisher. To request permission and all other inquiries, contact Dreamspinner Press at: 4760 Preston Road, Suite 244-149, Frisco, TX 75034 http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/
Released in the United States of America
August 2011
eBook Edition
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61372-072-1
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