SUMMER LOVIN' BOOK SPOTLIGHT
Batter
Up by Robyn Neeley
Blurb
She mixes more than flour and sugar into her cake batter, and he’s
about to find out if a little bit of magic is to his taste…
Bakeshop owner Emma Stevens has a secret, a delicious, slightly
unorthodox secret. Each Monday, she mixes up a premonition to share with the
bachelors of Buttermilk Falls, and sets one lucky man on the path to true love.
When reporter Jason Levine finds himself mixed up in a Las Vegas
bachelorette party, he hears the strangest rumor: the marriage is happening
thanks to magical cake batter. Seriously skeptical and sick of frauds, Jason
journeys to the backwater town of Buttermilk Falls to expose the baker and
release the townspeople from her evil clutches.
But when Jason meets
Emma, tempers flare and sparks fly. Will Jason cling to his logic, at the
expense of a future or will he let himself fall under Emma’s spell?
Excerpt
Emma
spooned up a huge dollop of batter. “So, Jason, are you ready?” she asked in a
suggestive voice.
“Sure.”
He closed his laptop. His eyes danced with amusement.
“Here’s
what I need you to do. Close your eyes.”
He
obediently shut them. Emma couldn’t help but take this opportunity to stare at
his handsome face. Her eyes lingered on his full lips. Stop it, Emma. He’s the enemy.
“Everything
okay?” Jason opened one eye.
“Shut
them.” She reached for his hand and inserted the spoon. “Repeat after me.
Batter
I’m about to taste.
Show me my true love, and make haste.”
Abby
giggled. Emma put her finger to her lips, motioning her cousin to be quiet.
Jason
repeated the chant, eyes still closed. “Now what?”
“You
eat the spoonful. You have to do it in one large swallow, got it?”
“Okay,
easy enough.” He shoved the spoon into his mouth. Within seconds his eyes
flew open and he
reached for his throat, gasping for air. “Water,” he choked out.
Abby
rushed over with a water pitcher and glass. He drank the full glass and
demanded another.
His eyes were red and watery. Little droplets of sweat began to form on
his forehead.
Emma
smiled and picked up the mixing bowl, hugging it tight to her chest. “I think
you
should leave now.
This stool is no longer available.”
Jason
stood and shook his head. “You got me good, Ms. Stevens.” He grabbed his laptop
and started for the
door, still coughing.
Abby
rushed over and handed him a bottle of water. “For the road.”
“Thanks.”
Turning
back to Emma, she grinned. Something was forming in her cousin’s pretty
little head. “So,
Jason, does anyone call you J?”
“What?”
Jason turned around. He twisted the bottle cap and took a large swallow.
“You
know. Just by your initial?” She handed him a napkin.
“My
mom did.” He took another drink and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
“I see.” Abby shot
Emma a smug expression.
Emma
walked over and crossed her arms, her voice firm and in control. “Get out of my
bakery, Mr. Levine.
There’s no story here.”
About Robyn
Robyn Neeley is an
East Coaster who loves to explore new places, watches way more reality TV than
she cares to admit, can’t live without Dunkin Donuts iced coffee, and has truly
never met a cookie she didn’t like. If you have a must-read romance suggestion
or a fabulous cookie recipe, she wants to know.
Oh I want to read this!!! Wish I could buy it right now but can't :(
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