A Taste of Heaven
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Favorite dishes include Scottish specialties such as Cullen Skink and Chef Adamson’s signature Haggis with Pancetta. There are some new items on the menu as well, including a hearty Seafood Risotto and a delicate pasta dish—Sophia’s Linguine with Cream Sauce. Everything was seasoned perfectly and garnished with fresh herbs and whimsical flowers. The dessert menu was most impressive. Miss Cady Brown made a point to inform us she inspired the Peach Shortbread Trifle.
It was refreshing to see Chef Adamson with a smile on his face. He visited all the tables to inquire about our meals and chatted amicably with the patrons. I also noticed he could not keep his hands off the lovely Sophia Brown—which she didn’t seem to mind in the least.
When I questioned part-owner “Uncle Rory” about Chef Adamson’s change of attitude, he just winked at me and pointed to Ms. Brown.
Chef Brown is even more adorable in person than on television. I do believe it’s Sophia’s warmth and enthusiasm that imbue this bistro with its charm and personality. During all of our visits, she was beaming with happiness.
My overall impression of WIFE NUMBER FOUR: spectacular. I highly recommend this delightful restaurant. And if you’ll forgive the horrible pun, it was certainly a “taste of heaven.”
All my best,
Alistair MacDaniel
About the Author
PENNY WATSON is a native Pittsburgher whose love of romance started at the age of twelve when she discovered Gone With The Wind in the middle school library. This resulted in numerous attempts at a first novel involving a young lady with windswept hair who lived in a tree house.
A biologist by training, Penny has worked at various times as a dolphin trainer, science teacher, florist, and turf grass researcher (don’t ask). After taking time off to raise her two spirited children, she decided to rekindle her passion for storytelling. Now she gets to incorporate her wide array of interests—including gardening, cooking, and travel—into her works of fiction.
Penny lives outside of Boston with one fly-fishing crazed husband, two lively Filipino kids, and a wiener dog.
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Apples Should Be Red
“Hilarious and sweet, a delightfully romantic gem of a story.” —Laura Florand, Bestselling author
of The Chocolate Series
2015 Colorado RWA Award of Excellence Finalist
2015 DABWAHA Finalist
One of the “Best Romance Novels in 2014” at About.com
Recipe for Thanksgiving Dinner:
Start with sixty-two year old politically incorrect, chain-smoking, hard-cussing curmudgeon.
Add fifty-nine year old sexually-repressed know-it-all in pearls.
Throw in a beer can-turkey, a battle for horticultural supremacy, and nudist next-door neighbor.
Serve on paper plates, garnished with garden gnome.
Tastes like happily ever after.
Penny Watson presents an over-fifty romantic comedy novella. 21,000 words. Story includes copious profanity and botanical references.
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The Klaus Brothers Series
“SWEET MAGIK will surely help readers get into the Christmas spirit . . . suspend disbelief and go along for a ride to the North Pole.” —RT Book Reviews
What if the legend of Santa Claus is real? What if Santa has five strapping sons who help him run his empire? Five single, sexy sons looking for romance?
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Sweet Inspiration
Klaus Brothers Series #1
Nicholas Klaus is a master pastry chef, a strict disciplinarian, and the eldest son of the legendary Santa Claus. One look at café owner Lucy Brewster sends him into an unexpected tailspin of lusty desires. When Lucy is injured, Nicholas makes a decision that catapults both of their lives into turmoil . . .
Lucy Brewster, the free-spirited proprietor of Sweet Inspiration, has a flair for concocting sugary confections but no time for adventure. She gets more than she bargained for when she awakens in the North Pole...rambunctious elves, a fitness-obsessed Santa, and the man of her dreams.
Does she have what it takes to become the next Mrs. Klaus?
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Sweet Magik
Klaus Brothers Series #2
“To borrow a little German, this book was wunderbar.” —Romancing Rakes
Oskar Klaus’ job is killing him. Not even his favorite hobbies (extreme snowboarding and browsing old bookstores) are enough to snap him out of his funk. It’s not easy living in the shadow of four successful older brothers and a father named Santa. Little does he know that a kiss on New Year’s Eve is about to turn his life upside-down.
Kiana Grant’s Manhattan life is a world away from her childhood in Oahu. She traded sunsets and surfing for a respectable career in library science, but Oskar Klaus is a temptation that’s hard to resist. Before she knows it, she’s in the midst of an outrageous adventure in the North Pole, dealing with mischievous elves, wicked demons, and a devastating attraction to Santa’s youngest son.
There’s just one problem...a bitter elf hell-bent on revenge threatens the future of everyone in the North Pole, even Santa himself...
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Sweet Adventure
Klaus Brothers Series #3
“Fans of the Klaus Brothers books will eat this one up.” —Babbling About Books
Sven Klaus, Chief Toy Designer for Klaus Enterprises, will protect his family at any cost. He’s prepared to battle the most threatening adversaries to do it—frost flowers, snowstorms, Yeti. And beautiful tenacious tabloid journalists.
Andi De Luca’s reporting career is built on lies—about corrupt politicians, greedy Hollywood stars, and Bigfoot. Now she’s determined to uncover the truth about Klaus Enterprises, and she always gets her story. Even if it means revealing her own secret desires to Santa’s son.
After all the lies and deception are exposed, will Andi and Sven survive this North Pole adventure? Or will YETI MAKE THEM DEADY?
Penny Watson presents a 45,000-word holiday romance novella, #3 in the Klaus Brothers Series. Includes paranormal phenomena, Christmas spirit, and yes . . . an abominable snowmonster.
SWEET ADVENTURE can be read as a stand-alone story.
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Lumberjack in Love
“The delicious beard! The magnificent log!
This city-girl-meets-lumberjack tale is a crazy sexy hairy delight.”
—Carolyn Crane, author of The Disillusionists Trilogy
City slicker Ami Jordan was just dumped by her backstabbing boyfriend, has no job prospects, and can’t find a decent cup of coffee in the entire state of Vermont. The last thing she needs is a sexy, bearded lumberjack complicating her life. Even if he’s smart, talented, and has the hottest ass she’s ever seen.
Tree house builder, environmental champion, and Bulldog owner Marcus Anderson has no patience for flatlanders with an attitude. But when landscape designer Ami Jordan shows up at his log cabin, he suddenly develops a hankering for a high-maintenance city gal. Now his house looks like a jungle, his recycling is in disarray, and his libido’s on fire.
He’s a lumberjack in love.
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