Chapter One
"So . . . how did your date with Brian go?"
Caira glanced up from the three tiered wedding cake she'd just finished icing and watched her best friend, Nikki, breeze in through the back entrance of her bakery.
Blue eyes wide with anticipation, Nikki rubbed her palms together and grinned. "Tell me everything. I want all the juicy details. Every last drop."
Caira quirked her lips and gestured toward the cake. "Let's just say I won't be making one of these for myself any time soon."
Nikki plopped herself onto a nearby stool and scrunched her nose. "Was it that bad?"
"I think the word
bad is an understatement." Caira brushed powered sugar from her fingers and continued. "Try painful. I spent hours listening to Brian recite stories about how wonderful he is, and then he intimately introduced my tonsils to his tongue when he tried to give me a go ...
read full excerpt from Alluring Tales--Awaken the Fantasy ebook