Claiming
Carlos
(Sanchez Sisters #2)
By Rachelle Ayala
Out
October 22, 2014
Synopsis
Choco Sanchez is stuck in a rut. She’s never hit a softball and has been friends forever with Carlos Lopez, the head cook at her family’s Filipino restaurant. When flashy restaurant consultant Johnny Dee hits her with a pitch, she falls head over heels and gets a makeover.
Carlos Lopez is not about to lose one for the home team. When Johnny launches a full scale change on the menu, Carlos sends him straight into the dumpster. Claiming Choco’s heart proves more difficult, especially when her secrets threaten to doom their love. But never underestimate a man who can cook hot, spicy, and steamy, and we ain’t talking just food.
Steamy love scenes
and language. Suitable for readers 18+.
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I stick to par on that
hole. Ha, ha. These miniature golf courses have many trick holes. There’s one
where the ball has to go over a bridge, and of course there are all the curbs
to bounce off. But the worst are the mounds. Carlos sucks at those.
Livy, meantime, maxes
out at six shots each hole. “My club’s crooked. Can we trade?”
“I don’t see anything
wrong,” I say.
Carlos takes her club
and balances it. “Ah, you see here? It’s curved and off balanced. Here Livy,
have my club.”
Oh no he doesn’t. Then
he’ll have an excuse why he lost. Besides, the clubs were handed out by height.
“Livy, take mine. His is
too long for you.”
“Whatever.” She grabs
it.
After she’s out of
earshot, Carlos whispers, “My club’s definitely too long for you.”
“You wish.” I tally the
scores, my cheeks burning. “You’re still five strokes behind.”
He bends toward me and
waggles his eyebrows. “I’ll make up those strokes tonight. Where would you like
them?”
“You nasty boy.” I wait
until he lines up for his putt before pretending to trip and bump into him.
“You’re not even up to par. Tsk, tsk, tsk. You sure you can keep up with me?”
“I know how you like me
driving into your hole.” He winks and swats the ball. It rolls into the hole,
and he does a golfer’s fist pump. “As for keeping up with you? I can go all
night.”
“I don’t know about
that. You’re going into the water trap.” I line up the ball near the windmill.
“If it gushes like you,
I’ll gladly take the plunge.” He bumps my hip and my ball hops and skips into
the running water.
“Why you!” I gingerly
climb over the fence and duck under the bridge.
“Ha, you’re all wet.” He
helps me climb back. “Just the way I like it.”
“Shhh … Livy,” I
hiss, but fortunately she’s staring at her smartphone.
The next one is a right
angle shot. If I can hit that diagonal perfect, it’s a straight shot into the
hole. I line up my shoulders, square my hips, and wait for Carlos to jeer. I
fake up, about to swing.
“Wait, wait.” He claps
his hands right beside my ear. “Your ball still wet? You better compensate for
the drag.”
“I think your club’s all
wet.” I quickly take a swing and whack the ball hard. It flies straight at the
diagonal, then rolls down the green toward the hole. The carpet is uneven,
dang. I didn’t account for it, but it goes closer and plop. It lands in the
hole.
“Whoo!” I raise my club
in the air and jump up and down. “A hole in one. Ha, ha, you’ll never catch me
now. Loser cooks.”
He puts his finger down
his throat, gagging. “The way you cook, I better lose.”
“You guys are silly.”
Livy yawns, bored with our antics.
“Let’s see how silly you
are when you fall in love,” Carlos says. He gives her a noogie and she screams,
“Ewww. Love is yucky.”
I screw up the next two
holes. Did Carlos say he was silly because he’s in love? The thought it could
be me is so delicious, I quiver, the same way I do when a dessert is super
sweet and cold.
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Meet Rachelle Ayala
Rachelle Ayala is an author of dramatic romantic suspense and humorous, sexy contemporary romances. Her heroines are feisty and her heroes hot. She writes emotionally challenging stories but believes in the power of love and hope.
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Fiction: Michal’s Window, Broken Build, Hidden Under Her Heart, Chance for Love Boxed Set, Knowing Vera, Taming Romeo, Whole Latte Love, Played by Love, Playing the Rookie, A Father for Christmas, Claiming Carlos.
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Thanks so much for having Choco and Carlos on release day. Appreciate it, Rachelle
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