My mother makes
hot cocoa that could cause third-degree burns. When I was a kid, I’d get really
impatient waiting for it to cool enough to drink.
Now I realize
that the only way to have hot cocoa is to have it HOT, HOT, HOT!
MoreThan Cocoa, Book Five in my Maple Leaf Series, was inspired by scorching
hot cocoa. The heroine, Detective Rachel Lorensen, likes her cocoa on fire from
her favorite bartender, Grady O’Donnell at The Clumsy Grasshopper, a Boston
tavern. What’s even better is that she gets free hot cocoa forever from Grady
because she saved his life once.
Another thing
Rachel likes hot is the hero of More Than Cocoa, Harris Wilder. He’s
made some mistakes, paid for them, and is now wondering what the next phase of
his life will bring.
Maybe it’ll bring
hot love.
Here’s the
official back cover blurb for More Than Cocoa:
Detective Rachel Lorensen has played so many
roles in her undercover work with the Boston Police Department that she’s not
entirely sure who she is anymore. Taking down the bad guys satisfies her and
she loves the thrill of solving difficult cases, but something is missing in
her life. Something she thought she had once. Something she wouldn’t mind
having again.
Former news anchor Harris Wilder just
completed sixteen months in jail for making some bad decisions. Though his
brother has offered him a place to crash, he is eager to get his life back on
track, but ties to his former journalistic glory have all been cut. He’s facing
a complete reinvention of himself and doesn’t know where to start. He’d thought
life on the outside would be easier than prison life. Now he isn’t so sure.
When one steamy kiss mistakenly gets Harris
involved in Rachel’s latest undercover case, the safety of seventeen missing
women is on the line.
So is the mending of two broken hearts.
MoreThan Cocoa is available for pre-order right now. If you haven’t started
my Maple Leaf Series yet, start with Book One, More Than Pancakes, for
FREE! (Although the books are stand-alone reading as well.)
How do you like
your hot cocoa? Scorching? Lukewarm? Cold?
Toodles,
Chris
The Maple Leaf Series – More Than Pancakes, Book
One is always FREE!
