The reappearance of svelte, reserved Janet Baxter in Brenda’s life is nothing less than a gift, worthy of every enticement Brenda can conjure up.
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This week I’m reaching back to an early sapphic romance, The Lady Wants More, which is on sale this week for 99 cents. You can read the story behind this book HERE.
Set-Up
Janet has agreed to meet Brenda at the ballet and come over for dessert afterwards – will Brenda’s high hopes be realized? She’s tempting Janet with what she knows is her favorite… and you can, too. The recipe follows the excerpt.
EXCERPT
Ten sentences…
Checking the timer, Brenda waited impatiently for the crème brûlée to finish. She seldom used a timer when she cooked, which was a rare event in itself, but she didn’t want to rush the dessert, even though her heart had been beating rapidly ever since she’d returned to her loft earlier in the afternoon.
She glanced at the wall clock. She shouldn’t feel so rushed—there was plenty of time before she had to leave to meet Janet. She still had to take a bubble bath, do her nails, and shave relevant body parts.
She wanted everything to be just right for Janet. There were no guarantees, but she certainly hoped Janet wouldn’t back out at the last moment. Their brief conversation the evening before had left her in more doubt about what to expect tonight than their previous chat had. Janet had seemed more aloof, more distant, less sure of herself. Was Janet having second thoughts?
And a little more…
Probably third and fourth, if Brenda knew Janet at all. That woman could analyze anything to death. But she’d sounded ready, almost eager, only a few days earlier.
Brenda set out wine glasses, dessert spoons, and napkins on the kitchen table. She double-checked the timer. Plenty of time. Needing to stay busy, she headed for the bathroom. Soaking in a lavender bubble bath should calm her nerves.
THE RECIPE
White Chocolate Crème Brûlée
Preheat oven to 275.
Melt 6 oz White Chocolate into 2 cups heavy whipping cream. Let cool to room temp.
Whisk 6 egg yolks. Whisk in one third cup of sugar. Whisk in cream/chocolate mixture. Whisk in 3 tbs cognac
Set aside. Sprinkle shavings of bittersweet chocolate into bottoms of 6 ramekins. Divide custard mixture between the ramekins. Sprinkle more bittersweet chocolate on top.
Place ramekins in baking pan. Fill pan with warm water halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Bake 35 min.
Refrigerate 2 hours – 2 days.
Before serving, sprinkle with sugar and blowtorch (or place under pre-heated broiler) until the sugar is caramelized.
BOOK INFORMATION
Title: The Lady Wants More
Author: Adriana Kraft
Cover Artist: Alessia Brio
Publisher : B&B Publishing (October 24, 2014)
Length: Novella, 22,000 words, 83 pages
Genres: Erotic Romance, Sapphic Romance, Later in Life, Second Chance
BLURB
Janet Baxter keeps her post-divorce life neatly compartmentalized: Secure job, spacious Westchester County home, successful adult children, dependable community volunteer activities. Why is she drawn—for the first time ever—to attend her twenty-year college reunion in New York City?
Always a free spirit, Brenda Cassidy is comfortably bisexual and has no plans to ever settle down. But a fling? The reappearance of svelte, reserved Janet Baxter in Brenda’s life is nothing less than a gift, worthy of every enticement Brenda can conjure up. Can Brenda seduce Janet into an endless night of the lovemaking they enjoyed too briefly as college roommates? What if the lady wants more?
BUY LINKS
Want to support keeping LGBTQ Romance available for everyone? If you purchase The Lady Wants More (or any of the books in this week’s reading challenge) through the link on the book’s I Heart SapphFic page, a small portion of the price goes to help keep the website running. Definitely a worthy cause.
The Lady Wants More is exclusively on Amazon and is on sale for $0.99. It is also available on KU.
https://iheartsapphfic.com/bookinfo/the-lady-wants-more/
If you live outside the U.S., this universal link will take you to the appropriate Amazon outlet:
https://books2read.com/u/bzn6RL
Creme Brulé! That should set the hook nicely! Nice snippet.
A good bath always does the trick 🙂