Gingerbread and Deadly Dread by Addison Moore

Author:Addison Moore [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.
Published: 2018-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Winter has spread her wings over Honey Hollow, turning the entire tiny town into a virtual icebox. By the time I closed up the bakery, it felt as if I had stepped out into a snow globe with the lights, the carolers, and the virtual powdered sugar falling softly from the sky. Thick crowds stormed Main Street, clutching packages in one hand, steaming cocoa in the other, and laughter in their mouths. There is no better time to be in Honey Hollow, to be alive than December.

After an entire day of nonstop baking, Dutch and I head for home. There were six different holiday parties the Cutie Pie Bakery catered today. Lily helped me zip across town making all of the deliveries, which consisted of mostly iced sugar cookies, but there was a fair amount of double chocolate cookies, cranberry white chocolate cookies, braided peppermint candy cane cookies, molasses drops, German spice cookies, dark chocolate truffles, and rum balls—we can never forget the rum balls. The bakery smelled divine, and even now as Dutch and I make our way up the steps, I take in the thick scent of sugar and vanilla. It’s better than any perfume on the planet.

A small yellow piece of paper sits taped to the door.

“Huh. What’s this?” I pluck it off and read it.

Come over in five minutes. I would say turn around and head on over right now, but Pancake probably deserves his dinner.

Love, Noah

“Aww. Would you look at that?” I turn toward his cabin-like rental and give a hearty wave before heading inside and giving Pancake a double helping of his Fancy Beast cat food. Salmon delight, his favorite. I always figure when I’ve had a rough day both Pancake and I should be treated.

I steal a quick moment to freshen my hair and dab on a little lipstick. I consider perfume, but then think better of it. There’s not a man on the planet who doesn’t prefer the scent of a fresh baked cookie. And just like that, Dutch and I speed across the street before giving a gentle knock on Noah’s door.

It swings open, and Noah greets me with a slow blooming, devilish smile. His frame is wide and daunting, and suddenly I have the urge to explore every menacing inch of it. The scent of his cologne envelops me first, and I note a roaring fire crackling behind him. It’s perfectly romantic, and it only adds to the fact I’m exploding with lust for him.

“Why hello, you handsome man,” I say as he reels me into a hearty embrace. “You look stunningly like my boyfriend, same vibrant green eyes, same chiseled features, that dark glossy hair I would love to run my fingers through all night long, and that facial scruff that just drives me wild. But since he’s far too busy to spend any time with me at all, maybe you and I can have a little fun instead?”

His head pitches back, and he moans a dull laugh. “Fine.

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