Bidding on the Bachelor by Kerri Carpenter

Author:Kerri Carpenter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-10-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

For someone with almost no experience in the catering field, Carissa Blackwell has managed to pull off two yummy events so far here in town. Too bad she can’t enjoy her success with Jasper, because I’ve heard that our resident Ross and Rachel are taking a break...again. What could be the cause this time? Dear readers, I certainly hope it wasn’t something I said!

Carissa hadn’t apologized to Jasper yet. She’d thought about it. A lot. She still didn’t know how the Bayside Blogger had found out her ex-husband had cheated on her. She supposed the Blogger could have just Googled her. In any case, she knew that she owed Jasper an apology for flying off the handle.

She told herself she hadn’t called him because she’d been devoting every waking hour to her new business, which was true. With Elle’s artistic help, she’d designed a logo for Save the Day Catering and was able to order business cards. She’d even started a website, including some sample menus and a list of the types of events she was available for. It was pretty basic as far as websites went, but it would do the trick for now. She had plans to start photographing her food and adding pictures and descriptions.

Once she had more jobs under her belt she could consider a marketing campaign. Right now, word of mouth would have to suffice, but eventually she’d like to make up flyers or postcards, offer discounts and specials, and maybe one day, hire some help.

Because of the successful ladies’ tea, she’d received three more jobs. Since she now had Mrs. Dumont as a reference, she no longer had to worry on that score. Besides, no one else in Bayside realized that she hadn’t been a professional caterer back in Chicago. As far as Carissa was concerned, her informal experience was helping her just fine.

She’d set up a makeshift office in the living room. Or tried to. Currently, she was sitting on the floor between the couch and the coffee table, trying to organize the files she’d recently created. Just a couple more folders and color-coded labels and she would be on her way.

She let out a long sigh of relief. She could do this. She would do this. She wouldn’t end up like her father and she would never rely on a man—or any person—ever again. She would keep full control of her life and no one else would be able to take it away from her again.

Bayside Blogger—check now.

At the sight of Elle’s text message, Carissa’s heart sank. This couldn’t be good news. It wasn’t as if the Bayside Blogger would report something happy about her. Like, “Oh that Carissa Blackwell has amazing hair and is really killing it as a caterer.”

She quickly grabbed her laptop from the couch and pulled up the—she hated to admit it—bookmarked page on the Bugle’s website. As her eyes quickly scanned the contents of today’s blog, Carissa didn’t read anything that caused alarm. It was annoying, sure.

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