The Winemaker's Dinner: No Reservations

By Everly Drummond

Jaden Thorne is living the dream. Well, not exactly the dream, but her dream--if you call working sixteen-hour days in a hot kitchen a dream, which she does. She's the executive chef at the hottest new restaurant in Miami Beach, and she's worked her ass off to get there. When her boss suddenly falls ill, she's gifted two tickets to the premiere food and wine event of the season. Jaden jumps at the opportunity to network, and with her best friend, Tasha, in tow, she's soon on a road trip to Sarasota, Florida, for the Winemaker's Dinner--and a good time.

No Reservations is a short-story prequel to the highly anticipated fictionalized erotic romance The Winemaker's Dinner: Appetizers by co-authors Dr. Ivan Rusilko and Everly Drummond. No Reservations is an introduction to the romantic heroine in the series, Jaden Thorne, and is written by erotic romance author Everly Drummond.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Omnific Publishing
• Release date: Jul 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781623429003

Everly Drummond

Author of the best selling series, City of the Damned, and co-author of The Winemaker's Dinner. Now available through Omnific Publishing.Recently named executive chef at one of Miami Beach’s hottest restaurants, Jaden Thorne is determined to make her culinary mark and fulfill her professional dreams. When Jaden is given highly coveted tickets to the ultra-exclusive Winemaker’s Dinner, she jumps at the opportunity to meet South Florida's wealthiest and most influential food and wine enthusiasts.Jaden’s eyes are drawn to the VIP section even before the appetizers appear, but she soon finds herself thinking less about networking and more about the intriguingly sexy stranger eying her from across the room. After dinner, what begins as a light-hearted flirtation unexpectedly catapults into a night of explosive passion. But when morning dawns, Jaden leaves her sleeping Mr. Oh So Sexy behind, sure they’ll never see each other again.Dr. Ivan Rusilko, a handsome, young physician, boasts an extensive resume’ and a well-established position on Miami Beach’s social scene. But despite his success and glamour, he’s routinely had to suffer uninspiring dates and doomed relationships. With a romantic heart, Ivan’s not the love-‘em-and-leave-‘em type. But when he awakens to find that the girl in the red dress has done exactly that, he resolves to find her--only if it’s just to ask why she left without even a kiss goodbye.The Winemaker’s Dinner is a fictionalized erotic memoir inspired by the romantic triumphs and tragedies of Dr. Ivan Rusilko’s real life. Weaving fact with fantasy, authors Everly Drummond and Dr. Ivan Rusilko have gifted readers with a swoon-worthy flesh and blood romantic hero and the intoxicating bouquet only a heartfelt tale of passionate love can create.For more info, visit the website atwww.TheWinemakersDinner.com

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The Winemaker’s Dinner: No Reservations, Copyright © 2012 by Everly Drummond

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The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

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Drummond, Everly.

The Winemaker’s Dinner: No Reservations / Everly Drummond – 1st ed.

ISBN: 978-1-62342-900-3

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No Reservations

DAMN IT! JADEN CURSED under her breath as she jumped back from the stove, spilling creamy sauce over the stovetop and her already smeared kitchen whites. A stray lock of ebony hair fell in front of her eyes, and she hastily tucked it behind her ear. Where the hell is Geoff? she asked no one in particular. Tossing the spent pan aside, she immediately prepared to create another batch.

Why did Geoff have to choose tonight, of all nights, to hide? Fridays at Bianca were always slammed, and this particular evening there was a party of twenty waiting to be seated. Jaden had also been at work since eleven in the morning, interviewing more than thirty candidates for the sous chef position before starting her prep for the night ahead. Tired, cranky, and a little resentful that Geoff had disappeared, she slammed down