Sneak Peek Sunday

The wonderful Sara Walter Ellwood is to be commended for coming up with this great idea -- Sneak Peak Sunday, where we showcase six paragraphs of our work. Today, I've posted six paragraphs from Romancing the Seas. Pippa is cooking for Jonathon and his guests. He has very much annoyed her and this is her rather headstrong reaction!

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The goddamn cheek of the man, sticking his finger in her work. Urgh. She placed the sauce pot in the sink and ran water into it to disperse it down the plug hole. Starting from scratch, because there was absolutely no way she would serve that now.

“Rob?” Pippa raised her voice, looking for her helper. She stalked into the cold room and gathered the ingredients anew, mind working furiously. A bit spicier, hey. She’d give him spicy. Her hands flew whilst chopping the ginger and she moved onto the chili, glancing at her watch. 

She had to work fast.

Without stopping to think, she chopped more chili and, after placing most of the ingredients into a main pot for all of the other guests, started a small pot. Especially for Jonathon. A little bit spicier indeed.  Take that! There. Done. 

No turning back now, although a remote part of her stood apart with crossed arms saying, What the hell are you doing?

“I’m here, chef.” Rob materialized beside her, looking over at her with bemusement. Pippa straightened her face with an effort.

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What a giggle, hey. Next Sunday, I shall post what happens next -- it's fun!

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