{"id":5190,"date":"2014-11-02T07:38:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T07:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=5190"},"modified":"2014-11-02T07:38:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-02T07:38:43","slug":"chocolate-too-theres-a-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=5190","title":{"rendered":"A new story&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5229\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/KC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5229\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/KC.jpg\" alt=\"K&amp;C\" width=\"240\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The second romantic anthology from Choc Lit &#8211; romance and recipes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m very excited to say I have a new short story available in a wonderful new anthology &#8211; Kisses and Cupcakes.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a great selection of stories from the Choc Lit authors &#8211; many of whom are among my favourite writers.<\/p>\n<p>My story is called &#8216;A Piece of Cake.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Regular readers will know I lived in New York city for a couple of years. This is the first thing I have written set in that city. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t reflect my experiences there &#8211; but I hope it captures some of the feeling you get when you suddenly find yourself in a whole new world.<\/p>\n<p>Short stories don&#8217;t give you a lot of room to build a character &#8211; or in this case, start a romance. But it&#8217;s such a lot of fun writing short fiction.<\/p>\n<p>This anthology, like the first Choc Lit Love Match selection, includes recipes. Each recipe given by the author and in some way related to their story.<\/p>\n<p>Before contributing the recipe, of course, I had to test it out&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5222\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CL-JG-Summer-pudding-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5222 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CL-JG-Summer-pudding-2.jpg\" alt=\"Because there is fruit involved, there are no calories... right?\" width=\"400\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Because there is fruit involved, there are no calories&#8230; right?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can buy the anthology from <a title=\"Kisses and Cupcakes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Kisses-Cupcakes-Choc-Match-Selection-ebook\/dp\/B00P38CZZM\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1414834476&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=kisses+and+cupcakes\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> &#8211; and please, visit my <a href=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/?page_id=32\">free reads <\/a>page to check out some of my other short stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m very excited to say I have a new short story available in a wonderful new anthology &#8211; Kisses and Cupcakes. 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