Moonlight Cove by Sherryl Woods

Author:Sherryl Woods
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Psychologists, Contemporary, General, Romance, Bed and Breakfast Accommodations, Fiction
ISBN: 9780778329794
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2011-04-26T00:00:00+00:00

When Jess got back to the inn late on Saturday afternoon, the kitchen was empty except for an obviously panic-stricken Ronnie.

“Thank goodness,” Ronnie said to her when she walked in. “I’ve been calling your cell phone for over an hour.”

She reached into her purse, then muttered a curse. “Sorry. I guess I left it in the office.” She mentally berated herself even as she admitted the oversight. Forgetting the phone broke one of her cardinal rules on the weekend: never to be out of touch with the inn. What was wrong with her? This was the kind of slipup that drove her crazy.

“You’re here now,” Ronnie said. “We’ve got a problem.”

“What?”

“Gail got sick and had to leave. She told me to take charge, but I don’t know what I’m supposed to do, and the restaurant’s going to be packed tonight. I took half a dozen reservations myself before I knew she was going to take off.” He gave Jess a pleading look. “Maybe we should close.”

Jess wondered for an instant if he wasn’t right about that. Then again, even if she were dying, Gail wouldn’t have gone off and left Ronnie to take over if she didn’t think he could handle it.

“Let’s take a look at the menu,” she suggested, trying to approach the problem methodically to minimize her own increasing panic. “Tell me which of the dishes you think you can handle.”

He glanced over the three main courses, then shrugged. “I’ve helped her with all of them. I guess I could manage as long as there’s some help in here.”

“I’ll get you help,” Jess said.

She picked up the phone and called Kevin. “I have a crisis.”

Fifteen minutes later, her brother arrived with Abby and Gram in tow. Jess regarded her grandmother with dismay.

“Gram, I can’t ask you to pitch in around here.”

Her grandmother gave her a withering look. “I don’t see why not. I’ve cooked for a crowd many a time. And, truth be told, I’m far better at it than your sister is. If Abby stays, I stay.”

Jess recognized the determined lift of her chin and nodded. “Okay, then, thank you.”

She turned to see that Kevin and Ronnie were already huddled over the menus and Gail’s laminated pages of recipes. Her brother glanced up.

“Abby, you’re on salads,” he said. “You can’t screw those up. Gram, Ronnie says the desserts are made, but they need to be cut into proper portions, put onto serving plates. He says Gail usually adds a swirl of raspberry sauce or chocolate for decoration, but you can skip that.”

“No problem,” Gram said. “I know how to jazz up the presentation of a dessert.”

Jess watched the four of them go into action. “Thank you, you guys. You’re amazing. You, too, Ronnie. Gail obviously has a lot of faith in you for good reason.”

He beamed at her. “Thanks. I guess this is going to be my indoctrination by fire, huh?”

“I guess so. I’ll be out front seating people, so let me know if you need anything at all.

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