Hotel Liaison by JLee Meyer

Author:JLee Meyer [Meyer, JLee]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Lesbian, Contemporary, Romance
ISBN: 9781602820173
Google: HSzw-3jGiWIC
Amazon: 1602820171
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2008-05-20T00:00:00+00:00

Sika put a sheaf of papers and magazines on Stef’s desk and sat down, folding her hands in her lap. “Two things. We need an interior designer for the hotel rooms, especially the executive suites, and we need a designer for the restaurant. The kitchen itself I have ideas about, but I am calling a friend who I met in Paris when I was there. She and her partner live out here now, in West Marin County. She doesn’t cook professionally any longer, but she and I could design a beautiful kitchen together.”

Stef had known this day was coming but had been so immersed in putting the bones of the place back together and thinking about Laurel, she’d put it on the back burner. She’d made sure that the whole hotel would have the infrastructure to support any technology someone might need, now and in the future, and doing so had cost three times what she had estimated, mostly because of the security features she was hoping to put in place. She might not have the money to do everything immediately, but the technology was changing so quickly, they were constructing so that even the wiring could be changed out rather easily, without ripping walls apart.

Now, here was Sika with a real situation. Someone had to design what the public would see. The rooms, the lobby, the common areas, and the aesthetics of the hotel had to be unique. Stef was a meat-and-potatoes kind of girl, very good at making sure the building could survive an earthquake and the visitors would have all of their technology needs met and feel safe, zero in the design-for-the-eye department.

“We have a problem,” she said. “The infrastructure renovations have eaten up a lot of money. I’m not sure how much we’re going to have for the designer. I know how important it is, too. I’m looking for a loan add-on to pay for it.”

Nodding, Sika seemed not at all concerned. “That’s what I thought was happening. The hotel designer I’ve chosen is famous in Europe and is sought after in the United States, when she chooses to work. She has agreed to forgo her fee until after the hotel is up and running.”

“You’ve chosen someone? How good is she if she doesn’t want her fee?”

Sika gave her the look, and Stef squirmed. Privately, Denny and Stef laughed about that expression, but it was no fun to be on the receiving end.

“Stefanie, who is in charge of this part of the project? Who did we decide, because of your and Denny’s lack of interest and my eye for color and texture, would pick those people? We have to get them going on their plans, and we have to do it now. She doesn’t need the money. She’s willing to trade.”

“Who is this woman?” Stef couldn’t keep the skepticism out of her voice.

She wished Denny were here because sometimes they could gang up on Sika. Denny was spending all of her time working with Jock and keeping an eye on the subcontractors.

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