Piece of Cake: The Wedding

By Gun Brooke

Kendal Moore knows she’s being used shamelessly by her boss, Holly McAllister. What’s more, Kendal has willingly agreed to it. Holly needs a wife to remain in the US despite an expired visa. Now it’s their wedding day. Kendal is about to marry the woman she secretly loves, but she is afraid. What if she fails Holly by getting last-minute cold feet?
Holly McAllister tries to keep up her usual stern demeanor. If she doesn’t marry, all she’s worked for is lost. She is surprised that the only person she can imagine marrying is her assistant, Kendal, whose loyalty she always relied on. Now Holly’s heart and conscience insist she must talk to Kendal and call off the wedding. She can’t take advantage of the woman she’s grown to love. Kendal deserves more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
• Release date: Aug 16, 2016
• ISBN: 9781626397613

Gun Brooke

Gun Brooke resides in the countryside in Sweden with her very patient family. A retired neonatal intensive care nurse, she now writes full time, only rarely taking a break to create web sites for herself or others and to do computer graphics. Gun writes both romances and sci-fi.

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Piece of Cake

By Gun Brooke

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Synopsis

Kendal Moore knows she’s being used shamelessly by her boss, Holly McAllister. What’s more, Kendal has willingly agreed to it. Holly needs a wife to remain in the US despite an expired visa. Now it’s their wedding day. Kendal is about to marry the woman she secretly loves, but she is afraid. What if she fails Holly by getting last-minute cold feet?

Holly McAllister tries to keep up her usual stern demeanor. If she doesn’t marry, all she’s worked for is lost. She is surprised that the only person she can imagine marrying is her assistant, Kendal, whose loyalty she always relied on. Now Holly’s heart and conscience insist she must talk to Kendal and call off the wedding. She can’t take advantage of the woman she’s grown to love. Kendal deserves more.

Praise for Gun Brooke’s Fiction

Fierce Overture

Gun Brooke creates memorable characters, and Noelle and Helena are no exception. Each woman is more than meets the eye as each exhibits depth, fears, and longings. And the sexual tension between them is real, hot, and raw.—Just About Write

Coffee Sonata

"In Coffee Sonata, the lives of these four women become intertwined. In forming friendships and love, closets and disabilities are discussed, along with differences in age and backgrounds. Love and friendship are areas filled with complexity and nuances. Brooke takes her time to savor the complexities while her main characters savor their excellent cups of coffee. If you enjoy a good love story, a great setting, and wonderful characters, look for Coffee Sonata at your favorite gay and lesbian bookstore."—Family & Friends Magazine

Sheridan’s Fate

Sheridan’s fire and Lark’s warm embers are enough to make this book sizzle. Brooke, however, has gone beyond the wonderful emotional explorations of these characters to tell the story of those who, for various reasons, become differently-abled. Whether it is a bullet, an illness, or a problem at birth, many women and men find themselves in Sheridan’s situation. Her courage and Lark’s gentleness and determination send this romance into a ‘must read.’—Just About Write

Course of Action

Brooke’s words capture the intensity of their growing relationship. Her prose throughout the book is breathtaking and heart-stopping. Where have you been hiding, Gun Brooke? I, for one, would like to see more romances from this author.—Independent Gay Writer

September Canvas

"In this character-driven story, trust is earned and secrets are uncovered. Deanna and Faythe are fully fleshed out and prove to the reader each has much depth, talent, wit and problem-solving abilities. September Canvas is a good read with a thoroughly satisfying conclusion."—Just About Write

Soul Unique

This is the first book that Gun Brooke has written in a first person perspective, and that was 100% the correct choice. She avoids the pitfalls of trying to tell a story about living with an autism spectrum disorder that she’s never experienced, instead making it the story of someone who falls in love with a person living with Asperger’s. …Soul Unique is her best. It was an ambitious project that turned out beautifully. I highly recommend it.—The Lesbian Review

The Supreme Constellations Series

"Protector of the Realm has it all; sabotage, corruption, erotic love and exhilarating space fights. Gun Brooke’s second novel is forceful with a winning combination of solid characters and a brilliant plot. The book exemplifies her growth as inventive storyteller and is sure to garner multiple awards in the coming year."—Just About Write

Brooke is an amazing author, and has written in other genres. Never have I read a book where I started at the top of the page and don’t know what will happen two paragraphs later. She keeps the excitement going, and the pages turning.—MegaScene

Piece of Cake: The Wedding

© 2016 By Gun Brooke. All Rights Reserved.

ISBN 13: 978-1-62639-761-3

This Electronic Book is published by

Bold Strokes Books, Inc.

P.O. Box 249

Valley Falls, New York 12185

First Edition: August 2016

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission.

Credits

Editor: Shelley Thrasher

Production Design: Bold Strokes Graphics

Cover Design by Jeaning Henning

By the Author

Romances:

Course of Action

Coffee Sonata

Sheridan’s Fate

September Canvas

Fierce Overture

Speed Demons

The Blush Factor

Soul Unique

A Reluctant Enterprise

Supreme Constellations series:

Protector of the Realm

Rebel’s Quest

Warrior’s Valor

Pirate’s Fortune

Exodus series:

Advance

Pathfinder

Novella Anthology:

Change Horizons

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Len Barot, my publisher, for asking me to be part of a series of novellas that have everything to do with marriage: the proposal, the planning, the wedding, and the honeymoon. I think this is a wonderful topic since the law was changed in the US in 2015 for marriage equality. I couldn’t be happier about that.

Thank you to my beautiful and bright editor, Dr. Shelley Thrasher, who once again saw me through yet another editing phase. Shelley, you know I adore you, and you make the editing fun, and the times you point out something I did particularly well…that makes my entire week.

All the rest of the Bold Strokes Books crew—Sandy, Connie, Stacia, Cindy, Lori, Sheri, Paula, Kathi, and those I don’t know the names of—you all are the glue that keeps us together. I’m in awe how you keep the quality up year after year like you do—amazing!

My family…my darling Elon; my kids, Malin and Henrik; my son-in-law Pentti; and yes, here comes the gang of grandkids—Alexandra, Angelica, William, Sami, and Elina. My dogs deserve a shout-out—they are the ones that keep me physically in as good a shape as it is possible with the darn MS. Jarmo and Hoshi, you are my fur-buddies. Ove and Monica, you are THE best brother and sister-in-law ever.

My first readers—Laura, Maggie, Sam, and Eden—you totally rock and make writing even more fun that it is in itself. Soli, my friend here in Sweden, whom I