When I Fall in Love (Christiansen Family) by Susan May Warren

Author:Susan May Warren [Warren, Susan May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Romance, FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
ISBN: 9781414384634
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2014-06-20T00:00:00+00:00

One course down, three to go. Max still didn’t know how they’d hung on. Not against the hippies’ tropical ceviche or the military team’s ahi bisque in an orange cup or even the aloha siblings’ orange poi sauce over ahi. He’d clearly underestimated the competition.

He had to admit, however, that Grace might have saved the day with her brûléed orange supreme. She’d even named their dish, the words rolling off her tongue as she presented it to the judges: “Ahi tartar in a rice noodle cup, garnished with char orange supreme.”

It sounded like something out of a gourmet magazine. With their appetizer course, Max had stepped into a surreal world of culinary dominance, especially with the elimination of the military team.

In a crazy way, it felt as if he were in the Cup play-offs, only . . . better. Max wanted to shout or pump his fist in the air or . . .

Maybe just sweep Grace into an embrace, although that didn’t seem appropriate for the competition.

And definitely not safe for his heart.

But oh, she’d done something to him—he felt it, and it was more than just wanting to weave his fingers into her hair, take her in his arms. The feeling exploding inside went way beyond wanting to kiss Grace Christiansen.

He had changed clothes, perched himself on the Mustang, waiting for her as she emerged from the changing rooms. She wore shorts, a tank top, and carried a string backpack over her shoulders.

She high-fived him. “Way to go, master chef.”

Oh yeah, he was in trouble. He found his voice. “You’re in the driver’s seat tomorrow.”

She climbed into the passenger side. “I don’t know. We made a great team today, but I can’t plate like you can.”

“So I’ll plate, but you—” he got behind the wheel, grabbed his aviators—“you’re in charge of amazing.”

“Huh?”

He grinned. “I think you know what I mean.”

She smiled and slid down in her seat. “So where to today, cruise director?”

“Pearl Harbor. It’s time for some history.”

He found a country station on the radio and headed out of Honolulu, north toward Pearl Harbor. The endless blue sky arched over him, the sun kissing his skin as he sang along to Jake Owen. “‘I’ll go anywhere, anywhere with you.’”

Grace hummed with him.

They cut off the highway, followed the signs to Pearl Harbor, found a parking spot, and headed toward the monument.

“One of my favorite movies is Pearl Harbor,” she said, and he had the urge to hold her hand again.

He fished out his wallet, paid for their tickets despite her protest, and rented a couple headsets for the tour.

He’d visited Pearl Harbor before, during his first year in Hawaii, and the depth of the soldiers’ sacrifice had taken more from him than he’d expected. Too many young lives cut down. Destroyed. It skirted too close, so the next year, he’d avoided the monument.

Now he listened to a minute-by-minute account of the attack on the naval base, imagining the boys stationed here, fighting for their lives. He stood

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