Welcome to another LoveCats DownUnder Sunday Smooch!
Today we have a smooch from Michelle Douglas but first
... the winner of last week's Sunday Smooch Giveaway is Franca Poli!
Can you please contact michelle (at) michelle - douglas (dot) com to receive your copy of First Comes Baby...
And now for today's Sunday Smooch from THE MILLIONAIRE AND THE MAID
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... the winner of last week's Sunday Smooch Giveaway is Franca Poli!
Can you please contact michelle (at) michelle - douglas (dot) com to receive your copy of First Comes Baby...
And now for today's Sunday Smooch from THE MILLIONAIRE AND THE MAID
The woman who made him smile again…
Housekeeper Jo Anderson gets the shock
of her life when she meets her new boss! Six months ago millionaire Mac
MacCallum was a charismatic celebrity chef—now he’s scarred and
reclusive…
The last thing Mac wants is a woman
determined to make him confront his demons—especially when Jo clearly
has her own! Why else would someone so full of beauty and zest for life
feel like the plainest woman in Australia? Maybe it’s time Mac helped
her realize just how special she really is…
Scene set-up: Jo wants to learn how to make a macaron tower...and she'll use fair means or foul to get Mac to help her. Mac isn't above using a few foul tactics of his own to get what he wants either. He demands a kiss--on the lips--in return for his help. Jo agrees on that proviso that it's mouth-on-mouth contact only. Ah...but can they stick to the rules?
Jo’s lips slammed to his and Mac was determined to kiss her until she finally believed she was beautiful.
Except her lips touched his and every thought, his very ability to think, dissolved as if rational thought had never existed. All that was left was sensation. Kissing Jo was like standing on a storm-tossed headland, with the wind whipping past and thunder clapping overhead and lightning creating jagged patterns across the sky. It was crazy and elemental and not to be withstood.
He didn’t try to withstand it. He’d never felt more alive in all his life.
He curved his hands around her face to deepen the kiss.
‘No hands,’ she murmured against his lips, before her tongue tangled with his and her hands went to the back of his neck to pull him closer.
Where he was hard she was soft. Where he was famished she spread a banquet at his feet. Where he thirsted, she bathed him in water until he felt quenched. He never wanted to stop. Kissing Jo didn’t just make him feel alive. It made him feel free.
He groaned when she eventually reefed herself out of his arms. She stood there staring at him, her chest rising and falling and her fingers pressed to swollen lips. He reached out a hand to her, but she backed up and shook her head.
‘Did I hurt you?’ he managed to croak out.
She pulled her hand away. ‘Of course not. I… It’s just—’ She tried to glare, but it didn’t quite come off. ‘I thought you promised me gentlemanly behaviour?’
So had he. ‘I lost my head.’ He glared too. ‘This whole thing we decided—that kissing is a bad idea—that’s a load of hogwash. Kissing you is the best idea I’ve ever had. I like kissing you, Jo. I like it a lot. I think there should be more of it.’
She shook her head. ‘No. Not a chance. No way.’
If you had a chef at your disposal, which dish would you have him teach you?
Jo’s lips slammed to his and Mac was determined to kiss her until she finally believed she was beautiful.
Except her lips touched his and every thought, his very ability to think, dissolved as if rational thought had never existed. All that was left was sensation. Kissing Jo was like standing on a storm-tossed headland, with the wind whipping past and thunder clapping overhead and lightning creating jagged patterns across the sky. It was crazy and elemental and not to be withstood.
He didn’t try to withstand it. He’d never felt more alive in all his life.
He curved his hands around her face to deepen the kiss.
‘No hands,’ she murmured against his lips, before her tongue tangled with his and her hands went to the back of his neck to pull him closer.
Where he was hard she was soft. Where he was famished she spread a banquet at his feet. Where he thirsted, she bathed him in water until he felt quenched. He never wanted to stop. Kissing Jo didn’t just make him feel alive. It made him feel free.
He groaned when she eventually reefed herself out of his arms. She stood there staring at him, her chest rising and falling and her fingers pressed to swollen lips. He reached out a hand to her, but she backed up and shook her head.
‘Did I hurt you?’ he managed to croak out.
She pulled her hand away. ‘Of course not. I… It’s just—’ She tried to glare, but it didn’t quite come off. ‘I thought you promised me gentlemanly behaviour?’
So had he. ‘I lost my head.’ He glared too. ‘This whole thing we decided—that kissing is a bad idea—that’s a load of hogwash. Kissing you is the best idea I’ve ever had. I like kissing you, Jo. I like it a lot. I think there should be more of it.’
She shook her head. ‘No. Not a chance. No way.’
Come back next Sunday, when the winner of today's giveaway will be announced and a smooch from Helen Lacey's The CEO's Baby Surprise will be posted!
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Happy Easter to those that celebrate the day.
ReplyDeleteI love this smooch. I'm looking forward to reading the book. "No Hands" ~ this leads into what I'd like a chef to teach me. It's not a dish but I'd love to acquire some serious knife skills although I'm sure my hand-eye coordination wouldn't be up to the lessons. I'd probably chop off a finger or two. Maybe I should stick to making a edible Creme Caramel.
Happy Easter to you too, Kaelee.
DeleteOoh, yes, knife skills! That's an excellent choice. Mind you, I'd hate to see my fingers at the end of such a lesson. Mmm..Creme Caramel. Love them!
Hi Michelle
ReplyDeleteOh I loved this story what a great one it is :) so heart warming and sensual and I am not sure if there is one dish that I would love a chef to teach me there are so many to choose from I would have to think on this one :)
Happy Easter don't eat too much chocolate
have Fun
Helen
Aw, so pleased you enjoyed the story, Helen. :-)
DeleteYou know, I'm starting to think if I had a chef at my disposal, I wouldn't be wasting the time on lessons, but getting him to cook me up a veritable feast. ;-)
Sounds like an idea to me Michelle :)
DeleteHave Fun
Helen
Helen, I do wish I'd taken your earlier advice -- have had far too much chocolate. So whatever the chef would be cooking up, it won't be chocolate. ;-)
DeleteOh I see, Ms Douglas, he can't use his hands but she's allowed to? Poor guy ;-)
ReplyDeleteMacaroon tower. What a perfect sentence :-)
LOL, Amy -- yes, Jo does put poor Mac through the wringer...but he gets his revenge in the best possible way. ;-)
DeleteAh, and it sounds as if you might have a sweet tooth. ;-)
HI Michelle - great smooch....looking forward to reading this one. And a chef at my disposal....ah, crème Brule.....no contest :)
ReplyDeleteCreme Brule? Ooh, yum! That's most definitely an excellent choice, Helen. :-)
DeleteThis looks great Michelle. . but can he make a lemon tart, my favourite ?
ReplyDeletewe will see. . . . :o)
Ah, well, Savannah... Mac my hero can make any number of delicious titbits, I promise. :-)
DeleteI would like to be shown how to make queen Anne pudding like my mother made --congrats on the release----Lyn
ReplyDeleteOh, Lyn, I haven't heard Queen Anne pudding mentioned in an age! What a fine thing to serve up for dessert. :-)
DeleteMichelle, I'm so looking forward to reading this one! It looks fabulous.
ReplyDeleteI've got a weakness for Crepes Suzette. A couple of times I've been in restaurants where they're made at the table - a little bit of theatre I enjoy and then there's the fact they're scrumptious. That would be my choice.
I hope you enjoy it, Annie. :-)
DeleteI mentioned Crepes the other day! I've never had Crepes Suzette, though, and I'm determined to try them in a restaurant...in Paris, sometime. ;-) I love the sound of the drama of them being made at the table. What fun.
I just want the chef to stay and cook all the meals :) Love it by the way all that kissing and no hands... ;)
ReplyDeleteLOL. Glad you liked the no-hands, Jan. ;-)
DeleteActually, I'm with you -- he can forget about the lessons and just cook.
One must not forget all that kissing ;) lol.....hmmm chocolate kisses sorry tasting the goods.... hehehe
DeleteLOL. ;-)
DeleteHi Michelle ... Looking forward to reading this book... I have a brother who was a chef before he retired and I love his sticky date pudding ..... the thing is I don't get it unless I visit him in Coffs Harbour
ReplyDeleteA brother who was a chef, Barb? Ooh, I'd be trying to bribe him to move back closer to where I lived and cooking me lots of yummy food. ;-) Sticky date pudding is one of my absolute favourites.
DeleteA lovely smooch.
ReplyDeleteTeach me??? I would just have him make the thing.
Yeah, I'm thinking that's probably the best options too, Mary. ;-)
DeleteUm.... can I say any of the recipes that Mac wrote to put in the recipe book he was writing in this book?
ReplyDeleteWell chosen smooch Michelle. I had wondered which scene would be chosen for today.
Ooh, yes, Lyn, and I'd love to have a copy of that recipe book.
DeleteAh, the smooch choice...yes, it can be challenging when one doesn't want to give too much away. ;-)
Gorgeous Smooch, Michelle. And I see that this is on the shelf now so I need to put it on my town list!
ReplyDeleteActually you've caught me at an odd culinary moment - I'm trying a duck confit tonight in the slow cooker... I suspect tomorrow I'll wish I had a chef to show me how it should be done! ;)
LOL. Can't tell you how happy I am to be on your town list! :-)
DeleteDuck confit? Wow, that sounds very fancy schmancy...and terribly yummy. I hope it turns out splendidly!
Great smooch. I would love to make a decadent dessert with a chef/
ReplyDeleteTammy, decadent dessert lesson from a (hot and hunky) chef sound like the perfect thing. :-)
DeleteI like Lyn's response about recipes. I don't have a yen for a certain food the chef could make, but I can always use new recipes - especially ones that don't have over ten ingredients.
ReplyDeleteTechnically, if I had a chef at my disposal, I would just want to watch him or her in action (Bam!), then sample the food (Yummo) - kind of like sitting at Rachael Ray's TV table/counter!