Rae clutches the book out of his reach, grinning. "Nuh-uh, sorry! It's out of your hands now. Bar feels I should read it, so I'll have to do it."
Tragic, yes.
Terribly amused, Sunshine holds the book up and begins the read the blurb on the back of the book in a very dramatic tone of voice, complete with loving emphasis on words of particular drama (or salaciousness), and commentary. The baker may be injured, but that doesn't mean she has to have developed any shame.
"'When not busy serving customers' it's missing a comma there, 'the girls at the coffee shop have a pastime that they find particularly... stimulating; watching and flirting with the firefighters at the station across the street. Alyssa has had her eye on one particular hottie, Evan London, but to her frustration nothing beyond friendship seems to develop between them - until the night her apartment building goes up in flames!' So friendship blossoms into professional obligation? I think that's a step in the wrong direction, Alyssa. 'Upon rescuing her from certain death, he offers her a place to stay until she gets back on her feet.' Thaaat's not contrived at all, nope. 'Despite the tragedy' - another comma missing there - "Alyssa sees this as an opportunity to secure her hunky firefighter once and for all!'"
To Sunshine's credit, she makes it all the way through without dissolving into laughter. But just barely. There's a reason this isn't a genre she reads much of.
Re: Sunshine awake
Tragic, yes.
Terribly amused, Sunshine holds the book up and begins the read the blurb on the back of the book in a very dramatic tone of voice, complete with loving emphasis on words of particular drama (or salaciousness), and commentary. The baker may be injured, but that doesn't mean she has to have developed any shame.
"'When not busy serving customers' it's missing a comma there, 'the girls at the coffee shop have a pastime that they find particularly... stimulating; watching and flirting with the firefighters at the station across the street. Alyssa has had her eye on one particular hottie, Evan London, but to her frustration nothing beyond friendship seems to develop between them - until the night her apartment building goes up in flames!' So friendship blossoms into professional obligation? I think that's a step in the wrong direction, Alyssa. 'Upon rescuing her from certain death, he offers her a place to stay until she gets back on her feet.' Thaaat's not contrived at all, nope. 'Despite the tragedy' - another comma missing there - "Alyssa sees this as an opportunity to secure her hunky firefighter once and for all!'"
To Sunshine's credit, she makes it all the way through without dissolving into laughter. But just barely. There's a reason this isn't a genre she reads much of.