Title: The Joy of
Comfort Eating
Author: Suzanne
Jefferies
Series: The Joy of Series (#1)
Genre: Chick Lit/Romance /Contemporary
Publisher: Fire
Quill Publishing
Release Date: Nov 17
Edition/Formats: eBook & Print
Blurb/Rating:
It’s the
worst day of Charlie Everson’s
life. Not only can she no longer fit into her clothes—disaster for any public
relations director—but also her first love, the sexy super-successful Brian
Tendai, is her new CEO, the last person she ever expected to run into. Seeing
him again tumbles Charlie back into her past. There are still so many
unanswered questions: he’s
convinced she left him, she’s
convinced he left her. Charlie minimizes the ‘ex’ factor. Tell that to her
emotions that are running wild.
But Brian’s
not there to rekindle their romance. He’s overseeing Queenswood Communications’ recent merger after a
hostile takeover. Guess whose name is at the top of the list?
They agree to one night together, just the one, then it’s back to business as normal. Or
is it?
The Joy of Comfort
Eating is a contemporary romance novel set in cosmopolitan Johannesburg.
Her gaze dropped before she had a chance to stop her
thoughts. Beautiful hands, long fingers….
Remember what those fingers used to do?
“It’s been...” he started.
“Years,” she finished.
“Oh. You already know each other.” Shelley twitched her
nose.
“You could say that.” Brian grinned. “You haven’t changed a
bit.”
That voice. How could she have forgotten that voice? He’d
always sounded like he should advertise premium deep-roasted coffee.
Charlie adjusted her waistband as she felt the elastic dig
into her flesh, and pulled her sweater further down over her backside. “What
happened to the big music career?”
Brian scratched behind his ear. “Well, that was a long time
ago. What have you been up to?”
He looks exactly the
same. Dark coarse hair close cut, solid frame, the only difference being
the dark beard around his lips. He smelled of lemons and spices, and of a time
long ago when they’d had dreams and acres of future waiting to be explored.
“What have I been up to? Not much, really.” Charlie took in
the pink shirt, the rolled-up sleeves, and the opened collar.
Brian-Badass-Tendai does corporate. And he does it well.
Charlie noted the change in temperature, the heat rising,
the sound of hearts beating in sync.
Had to be nostalgia. One never forgot their first love, did
they? Just hormones.
But if she had to look at those hands again, the curve of
his mouth. Chocolate fudge brownies—
“It’s good to see you again,” he said.
With lashings of cream oozing over the spongy goodness—
“I have to get back to my desk,” she explained.
And crushed pecan nuts tossed over—
“Charlie. It’s good to see you again,” he repeated.
She walked over to her desk.
Chocolate-fudge-brownies-with-lashings-of-cream-oozing-over-the-spongy-goodness-and-crushed-pecan-nuts-tossed-over—
And a big-eyed fly stuck fast in the sauce.
Definitely the worst day of her life.
Suzanne Jefferies
loves to write contemporary romance and paranormal fiction. She believes in
happily-ever-afters, in fiction. As a member of ROSA (Romance Writers of South
Africa), she knows that she’s not the only believer in romantic tension and
emotional power smacks to keep the romance reader hooked. A movie fanatic, she
spends most of her time writing scripts, fielding production for short films,
and trying again. Working in communication, she has done more than her fair
share of corporate and investor PR, and now lectures in between editorial jobs
for big, glossy company magazines. The Joy of Comfort Eating is her first
contemporary romance novel.
