Once my love and I were caught in a rainstorm while driving
a convertible (& we couldn’t close the top). I was so wet and cold it was
painful. My mother-in-law gave us shelter, warm towels and corn soup. It was
blissful.
In this excerpt, Phillip (the rake) has been caught in a
rainstorm.
Phillip accepted a bowl of corn soup with a hunk of
cornbread and tasted the soup. “Oh, God! That’s incredible.”
Tristan smiled, pleased to have someone appreciate his
culinary efforts. “Glad you like it.”
“Like it? If I wasn’t engaged to your couch, I’d marry this
soup. We’d have babies… cream of corn soup.”
The vulgar imagery made Tristan snort.
“Tris, you’re dirty! I know you’re thinking of me having my
way with the soup. Giving it my hot, creamy goodness.”
Tristan howled with the sheer silliness of the adorable man
sitting practically naked by his fire.
Here’s the Recipe Tristan used for the Corn Soup
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped (150g)
1 garlic clove, crushed
4 cups chicken stock (made from cubes is fine)
1 cup frozen corn kernels
310 g canned creamed corn
1 medium potato, chopped coarsely (200g)
1⁄4 cup cream (optional)
white pepper
50 g plain corn chips (optional)
ground black pepper
2 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped
Directions
Heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the
onion and garlic and cook, stirring, over a medium heat until soft.
Add the stock, creamed corn and potato. Then bring
to a boil then simmer, uncovered, for about 15 minutes or until the potato is
soft.
Blend or process the soup until smooth adding
white pepper to taste. Return the soup to the same pan then stir in the
remaining corn and cream. Stir over a low heat until corn is tender.
(Tristan got the recipe from: http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/sweet-corn-soup-165823)
The
Librarian’s Rake Blurb
Opposites might attract, but
is acting on that attraction wise?
Librarian Tristan Cooper
can’t steer clear of sexy, motorcycle-riding bad boy Phillip—the man is hot—but
Phillip is bound to and quiet, bookish Tristan boring, like all Tristan’s
boyfriends. Tristan yearns to explore his wild side, the part of himself he’s
only allowed into his fantasies, and maybe rakish Phillip is just what he needs
to feel free.
Sexperienced hairdresser
Phillip is more of a believer in happy endings than happily ever afters.
Experience has taught him not to hope for more— until he meets sweet,
vulnerable Tristan, who seems genuinely interested in his heart. But Phillip
can’t trust enough to see himself as a man Tristan might want for more than a
night.
With the help of a pair of matchmaking grandfathers, Tristan and
Phillip might and the courage to step beyond their comfort zones and discover
what has been missing from their lives....
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