CANADIAN CRAVINGS release day 2023-04-12

Wednesday, April 12, 2023, was release day for CANADIAN CRAVINGS, part of the Passport To Pleasure series from The Wild Rose Press for their Scarlet Rose line of sensual romance.  Check out the story of Addie Burton and Knox Mallory, college friends who reunited after twelve years apart.

BLURB:

Addie Burton has a successful career as a photojournalist for an international travel magazine. When her new assignment in Canada brings her in contact with a friend from college she hasn't seen in twelve years, the attraction is instantaneous. She's ready to mix business with pleasure.

Knox Mallory is shocked to discover the photojournalist doing the magazine article on his company is a woman who had sparked his lust during his college days. Family circumstances had prevented him from acting on his desire, but he's hoping to resurrect what might have been.

Can two weeks satisfy their Canadian cravings or will it lead to more?

G-Excerpt #4:

“When you get back from the train excursion for your article, we’ll go someplace special for dinner. Won’t you still have a couple of days before you need to return to Seattle?”

“I might be able to work out a couple of days of wiggle room before I need to be in my office at the magazine. However, I can’t think of any place more special than that beautiful inn on Vancouver Island where we spent the weekend.”

They talked for a few more minutes before terminating the call. Addie had tried to avoid thinking of the end of her assignment, of the day she needed to return home and throw herself into writing the article and making the final selection of the appropriate photographs to illustrate it. The drive between Seattle and Vancouver was less than three hours. It would be easy to spend weekends together.

Then a dark cloud of doubt and concern settled over her. The time she had been in Vancouver, the time they had spent together, had it only been the convenience of them being in the same place at the same time? Twelve years since they last saw each other, and the moment he walked through the door of Greg’s office, it was as if they knew each other but were meeting for the first time.

Would he want to maintain a long-distance relationship? Granted, it wasn’t that far, but it precluded having lunch together or a last-minute decision to have dinner or go to a movie. They would be limited to weekends and nothing spontaneous. He headed a successful corporation in Vancouver and couldn’t relocate to Seattle. Her job could allow her to settle in Vancouver and still take assignments from the magazine, but it was a moot point. He hadn’t indicated anything permanent, hadn’t mentioned anything beyond the immediate future of a couple of days after she returned from the train tour.

Her ringing phone startled her out of her thoughts. Assuming it was Knox again, she answered it without checking the caller I.D.

“Hi, Addie. I hope I’m not calling too late.”

“Corey!” A quick surge of anger darted through her. “I told you not to call me again.”

“You didn’t tell me you were in Canada…specifically in Vancouver.”

“How did you know that?”

“Your magazine told me you were there on assignment.”

“Well, I’ll have to talk to them about that when I get back. They’re not supposed to give out personal information on me to strangers.”

“I’m not a stranger. I’m your fiancé.”

“Perhaps once, long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away. But not here, not now, and very definitely never again. I don’t know how much more succinct I can be. Am I going to have to take out a restraining order on you? Do not call me. Do not try to see me. Do not try to contact me in any way. Have I made myself clear? Do you understand?”

G-Excerpt #5:

The train whistle interrupted her thoughts signaling their departure. Then the train slowly started to move. A little flutter of excitement flitted around in her stomach. She watched out the window. The train gradually gained a little speed as it pulled away from the platform. Then movement and commotion on the platform caught her attention. Someone tossed a suitcase in the open door of the car behind hers then grabbed the handrail and swung up to the stairs, boarding the train literally at the last second before it had gained enough speed to prevent the action.

She couldn’t stop the amused chuckle that escaped her throat. Is that normal procedure? Last man on the train as it’s pulling out of the station? Or has a late arriving employee almost missed showing up for work?

She continued to watch until the train cleared the platform, left the station, and headed down the tracks. The clackety-clack of the train wheels on the rails told her the excursion had officially started.

She returned to her work as she checked the daily itinerary Jimmy had given to the guests. Before she could become absorbed in making notes for her article outline, the sound of someone knocking at the door of her cabin interrupted her.

One of the guests taking me up on my offer to answer any questions or to give their opinions about the trip even though we just left the station? Or maybe wanting to comment on a previous trip they had taken?

As soon as she opened the door, she felt as if all the oxygen had been sucked out of the room, that she couldn’t breathe. Then overwhelming joy quickly replaced the shock. Tears of happiness welled in her eyes. On the other side of the door, looking more desirable than anyone had the right to, stood Knox Mallory.

“What are you doing here?” She blurted out.

A teasing grin tugged at the corners of his mouth. “That’s not a very friendly greeting, especially after I risked life and limb leaping onto a moving train.” He reached out and lightly touched her cheek. “May I come in?”

CANADIAN CRAVINGS is part of the Passport To Pleasure series from The Wild Rose Press www.thewildrosepress.com for their Scarlet Rose line of erotic romance. 

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On my blog next week, Sunday April 23, 2023, I'll be doing an interview with Addie Burton and Knox Mallory—the two main characters from CANADIAN CRAVINGS.