Holiday House Swap by Sarah Madison

Author:Sarah Madison [Madison, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63533-093-9
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-12-21T00:00:00+00:00

NOAH WAS elbow-deep in a mixing bowl when Connor walked into the kitchen. The timing couldn’t have been better; the first batches of sausage balls had come out of the oven and the kitchen was filled with the delectable aromas of baking cheese and bread.

“There you are,” Noah said cheerfully, ignoring the sulky look on Connor’s face. “Here, tell me which you like better, the regular sausage or the spicy?”

He didn’t wait for Connor’s response; he dusted off his hands and collected a couple of sausage balls off the cooling rack, then took them straight over to Connor and held them out. If Connor had picked up on any innuendo there, he wasn’t letting on.

“What’s all this?” Connor asked, but his nose twitched, and his expression looked less thunderous.

“Secret family recipe,” Noah intoned. Then in his normal voice, he added, “Only I decided to experiment with it this year, and I’m not sure about the results. So I need your opinion: regular or hot?”

Connor took the first ball, baked to its cheesy golden-brown perfection, if Noah did say so himself. It was nice working with a well-equipped kitchen. Biting into it carefully, Connor chewed, his eyebrows rising. He popped the remainder of the appetizer into his mouth. “Not bad,” he said. “As a matter of fact, pretty darn good. You got any more of these?”

“Enough for us to snack on for a few days and still have plenty for the party. Now here, what do you think of these?” He offered Connor the second sample, refusing to acknowledge the flicker of annoyance on Connor’s face at the mention of the party. “Careful, this one just came out of the oven.”

Connor took the sausage ball from Noah and bit into it. “Oh wow,” he said, chewing as he spoke, his face lighting up with a smile. “Okay, the others were good, but these are fantastic. The hot sausage has just the right kick to it.”

“Excellent.” Noah couldn’t help but beam at him. “I’ve got most of them rolled out, it’s just a matter of baking them now.” He went back to his bowl, pinching off a small amount of the flour-cheese-sausage combo and rolling it briskly in his palms until he had a tight little ball. He added it to the stack of balls waiting to be baked.

Connor snuck his hand behind Noah, reaching for the cooling rack.

“Hey.” Noah swiped at his hand, flinging bits of grated cheese and flour. “Save some for the party!”

“You said there was plenty.” Connor scooped up two balls and ducked out of Noah’s range.

“Can you hear yourself? Do you always whine like that?” Noah sighed and pushed the container of already-cooled snacks toward Connor with his elbow. “I might have seriously underestimated the bottomless pit you call your stomach.”

“Yeah, but you can make more, right?”

Noah rolled his neck and stretched his shoulders. “Yes, but I forgot how much work they were. I haven’t made them in years. Didn’t seem to be any point when it was just me.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.