It’s been a busy week here in the Deadly Force world!! ONE DARK WISH, the second book in the Deadly Force series, debuted on Tuesday and EVERY DEEP DESIRE (the first book in the series) became an Amazon bestseller!!!
While my family and I have been celebrating, I’ve also been spending time with Sarah Munro (the heroine of ONE DARK WISH) and today is the last installment of Carina’s Fundraising Party–the one that I crashed with Sarah.
And this week’s recipe is one of my absolute favorite desserts: Coconut Cake.
Sarah Munro ~ “We have so much to celebrate tonight! My book (the one where I fall madly in love with my hero Nate Walker and almost lose everything due to a group of secret assassins and a psycho arms dealer) has just been released!! I’m so excited and ready to do some calorie damage with serious carbs!
I’m not sure if Carina is just annoyed at me or at everyone, but since she noticed that I brought Sharon with me to her party Carina has been bossier than ever. In fact, because a mosquito had the audacity to bite her, she moved the entire party inside her mansion. Apparently, when you’re uber wealthy and also a U.S. Senator, you have enough staff to redirect a party of over a hundred people without them even noticing.
Now we’re in her ballroom where waiters are serving coffee, cognac, and Coconut Cake. Once we find a corner to hide our shame (because we each have TWO slices of cake and multiple glasses of prosecco), Sharon raises her glass and says, “To Nate and Sarah and their book ONE DARK WISH. It was the hardest book I’ve ever written but also one of my favorites. May you and Nate be happy forever!”
We click glasses and I sip my sparkling wine when I realize something. Sharon actually has to power to change my happily ever after in later books. Now, with my hand shaking, I offer my toast. “To Sharon, now an Amazon Bestselling Author.” I figure any suck-up time I get with the woman in charge of the Deadly Force world should be exploited.
Since Sharon knows me so well, she just winks. “Everything with you and Nate will be great… for now. Try not to worry.”
Easier said than done! But as I eat the delicious cake, and Sharon and I watch Carina smoothly and silently reorder her world while walking around on stilettos and glaring at wayward guests, Sharon whispers, “I promised you and Nate a happy future. And I’ll deliver. But not everyone is going to fare so well.”
“You mean Carina?” I say around a bit of sweet coconutty frosting.
“Maybe.” Sharon raises her glass one last time. “To Happily Ever Afters. May they happen to all of us.”
“Cheers.” I clink again and bite into my second piece of cake. Considering what I know about the villains in the Deadly Force world, I’m not quite as confident as Sharon. But, for tonight, I’m willing to believe.”
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