The Moment: A Little Bit Cupid

By Pelaam

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR PELAAM

From the A Little Bit Cupid collection

When Jason takes the chance on a blind date, it's then that his eyes are finally opened.

Wealthy winery owner Jason is happy to claim that he's too busy to have a love life or a romance. He has all he needs with his personal secretary taking care of his business life and an old friend looking after the yacht where they live.

When he's invited to a Valentine's masked ball, Jason asks his assistant Kris to find him a date for the evening. To Jason's shock, instead of someone Jason knows and is comfortable with, Kris sets him up with a blind date—one he claims will be a perfect match. Trusting him, Jason agrees.

His date appears dressed as Princess Buttercup, and Jason is surprised at just how comfortable he is with the unknown person.

But when Buttercup is abused by another party attendee, Jason follows his distraught guest and his eyes are fully opened.

When the moment' comes, will Jason grab it with both hands?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pride Publishing
• Release date: Feb 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9781839430060

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Pride Publishing books by Pelaam

Single Books

Dragon’s Lair

French Lessons

Firebird

The Devil’s in the Details

Sex Spells

A Little Bit Cupid

THE MOMENT

PELAAM

The Moment

ISBN # 978-1-83943-006-0

©Copyright Pelaam 2020

Cover Art by Claire Siemaszkiewicz ©Copyright February 2020

Interior text design by Claire Siemaszkiewicz

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When Jason takes the chance on a blind date, it’s then that his eyes are finally opened.

Wealthy winery owner Jason is happy to claim that he’s too busy to have a love life or a romance. He has all he needs with his personal secretary taking care of his business life and an old friend looking after the yacht where they live.

When he’s invited to a Valentine’s masked ball, Jason asks his assistant Kris to find him a date for the evening. To Jason’s shock, instead of someone Jason knows and is comfortable with, Kris sets him up with a blind date—one he claims will be a perfect match. Trusting him, Jason agrees.

His date appears dressed as Princess Buttercup, and Jason is surprised at just how comfortable he is with the unknown person.

But when Buttercup is abused by another party attendee, Jason follows his distraught guest and his eyes are fully opened.

When ‘the moment’ comes, will Jason grab it with both hands?

Dedication

To my partner, with whom I’ve shared many moments

Trademark Acknowledgements

The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

Aperol: The Campari Group

Cointreau: Cointreau Corporation

The Princess Bride: William Goldman

Pirates of the Caribbean: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Treasure Island: Robert Louis Stevenson

Batman: DC Comics General Partnership

Wonder Woman: DC Comics General Partnership

Frozen: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Moana: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Chapter One

From his recliner on the deck of his yacht, Jason took a deep breath of the sea air and gazed out over the ocean. Life is beautiful. At the ping that let him know he’d received a notification, Jason dragged his gaze away from the amazing view of Napier and the ocean where his yacht was anchored and onto his laptop.

A message from Lola. Let’s see what she wants, he muttered. Jason opened the message and groaned out loud.

Let me see. It’s February, she’s a hopeless romantic and loves parties. Am I on the right track? Manu, the captain of his yacht, cocked an eyebrow.

Jason offered Manu his best glare, but that only resulted in his friend laughing out loud.

How did you guess. Jason injected as much sarcasm as he could into the non-question, and Manu laughed even louder.

With his seemingly ancient denim cut-offs, T-shirt and tribal tattoos, Manu looked more like a local fisherman than a man who could pilot a large and complex craft like The Freedom. But there wasn’t much that went wrong with the ship that Manu couldn’t fix himself.

He was as much a part of Jason’s life aboard his yacht as Kris, his secretary, was in his work life. Each was essential in his own way.

Ah, what the hell. Jason laughed. I’m a lucky man. Not many people can make a fortune doing what they love and still be loving it after all this time. When I started out over twenty years ago, I never expected to live aboard a yacht and be able to sail wherever I want, pretty much whenever I want. If my penance is attending parties where I fend off Lola’s ideas of potential partners, well, I can live with it. It’s a small price to pay.

She’s persistent. I’ll give her that. Manu took another sip of orange juice and Jason nodded.

"Very. But it’s done in such a way that you just can’t take offense. Knowing Lola, she won’t just send out emails, though. I fully expect a proper card, with all the trimmings. And she’ll send it to