Love You Senseless
Susan Mac Nicol
London’s saucy up-and-coming chef, Eddie Tripp has just the right recipe to drive tragedy from the mind of Gideon Kent—and leave him senseless with desire.
From Soho to Norwich, there’s no escaping love.
A TASTE OF FOREVER
An award-winning chef with his own restaurant and an inexhaustible passion, Gideon Kent once had everything. Then came tragedy. It stole more than Gideon’s home. He hasn’t cooked since.
Until Eddie Tripp. Fun-loving and vivacious, the Norfolk redhead’s a real up-and-comer in Gideon’s kitchen—and other places. Slim where Gideon’s broad, easy-going where Gideon is growly, he and Gideon seem polar opposites, and yet Eddie conjures flavors that would tempt anyone with a taste for perfection. The sauce of love is already simmering, and this pair is about to dine on the most delicious dish they’ve ever prepared. Because Eddie’s been Gideon’s missing ingredient all along.
Categories: Contemporary, Erotica, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
Excerpt
Eddie kissed back, wanting nothing more than this moment, this man in his body and his lips on his. Somewhere a bell rang and for a minute Eddie thought it might be the sound of his own passion translated to tinkling sleigh bells and fireworks like in the cartoon movies when two people kissed. He smiled at that thought then as the bell got more insistent and irritating, he turned to Gideon only to find he was no longer there. Eddie scowled and reached across to where the annoying bell sound was….
He woke from his dream upright, sweating, sticky with come and tangled in musty smelling sheets that had seen their fair share of jack off action lately and needed washing. His hand rested on his mobile phone as it trilled incessantly with his Big Ben alarm. He blinked owlishly for a minute, wondering where he was, then as the dream faded, he fell back in a loose heap with a sense of loss.
About Susan
Susan Mac Nicol is a self confessed bookaholic, an avid watcher of videos of sexy pole dancing men, self confessed geek and nerd and in love with her Smartphone. This little treasure is called ‘the boyfriend’ by her long suffering husband, who says if it vibrated, there’d be no need for him. Susan hasn’t had the heart to tell him there’s an app for that…
She is never happier than when sitting in the confines of her living room/study/on a cold station platform scribbling down words and making two men fall in love. She is a romantic at heart and believes that everything happens (for the most part) for a reason. She likes to think of herself as a ‘half full’ kinda gal, although sometimes that philosophy is sorely tested.
Lover of walks in the forest, theatre productions, dabbling her toes in the cold North Sea and the vibrant city of London where you can experience all four seasons in a day , she is a hater of pantomime (so please don’t tar and feather her), duplicitous people, bigotry and self righteous idiots.
In an ideal world, Susan Mac Nicol would be Queen of England and banish all the bad people to the Never Never Lands of Wherever -Who Cares. As that’s never going to happen, she contents herself with writing her HEA stories and pretending, that just for a little while, good things happen to good people.
More about Susan
Rather than wax lyrical about myself and bore you all to death, let me simply highlight the top 20 choice words, phrases and observations people have made about me over the years; perhaps then you’ll get the picture of what it’s like to be me. More importantly perhaps, you’ll wonder how my poor family, friends, and colleagues ever managed to put up with me. I put my hands on my heart and promise the things below have all been said by someone close to me at one time or another..
- I apparently have the ability to tell someone to go to hell in a way that they enjoy the journey
- Complete nutter.
- Pig headed and stubborn
- Little Miss Know it All
- The best friend a person could have
- A walking talking dictionary
- Extremely intelligent (I like this one the best obviously even if it is my mother who keeps telling me this)
- I am ‘leg’ (pronounced ‘ledge’) – according to my daughter this means I am ‘legend’ and her friends like me. She is 19. PS I only have her word for that one and it could mean something extremely rude or offensive.
- Total control freak
- Someone you can trust with anything
- A no nonsense woman
- A delight to work with
- One of the best bosses I have ever had the privilege to work with
- Innovative and driven
- Too bloody awkward for words
- Little Miss Perfect (said in a voice that wasn’t being complimentary but casting negative aspersions on my character)
- Great sense of humour
- Total freak
- Best mum in the world (this one actually is the one I like the best disregard 7.)
- Most unusual person I have ever known (this can be taken a number of ways – I prefer to see it as a compliment because it is something I absolutely aspire to -i.e. Not being like everyone else.)
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Review
Title: Love You Senseless
Series: Men of London 01
Author: Susan Mac Nicol
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novel (160pgs)
ISBN: B00OC24JQI
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing (October 9 2014)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts
Reviewer: Cat
Blurb: One of London’s up-and-coming chefs, Eddie Tripp has just the right recipe to drive tragedy from the mind of Gideon Kent—and leave him senseless with desire.
THE MEN OF LONDON
From Soho to Norwich, there’s no escaping love.
A TASTE OF FOREVER
An award-winning chef with his own restaurant and an inexhaustible passion, Gideon Kent once had everything. Then came tragedy. It stole more than Gideon’s home. He hasn’t cooked since.
Until Eddie Tripp. Fun-loving and vivacious, the Norfolk redhead’s a real up-and-comer in Gideon’s kitchen—and other places. Slim where Gideon’s broad, easy-going where Gideon is growly, he and Gideon seem polar opposites, and yet Eddie conjures flavors that would tempt anyone with a taste for perfection. The sauce of love is already simmering, and this pair is about to dine on the most delicious dish they’ve ever prepared. Because Eddie’s been Gideon’s missing ingredient all along.
Good Reads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23350137-love-you-senseless?ac=1
Review: Gideon Kent was an award-winning chef until he lost his sense of smell and taste in a tragic accident. It also left him a grouchy, bitter man. Even though he could no longer cook, he found some great up and coming talent to run his kitchen and keep his restaurant on the top of the lists.
Eddie is the opposite of Gideon. He is charming and sweet. He loves his job at the restaurant and has a lot of feelings for his boss. Eddie lives with two very eccentric friends, Leslie and Taylor.
One of the things I love so much about Susan Mac Nichols stories is her amazing characters and this book is full of them. From the chefs at the restaurant, Gideon’s wait staff and managers, I loved Carmen, to Eddie and I his friends. I couldn’t decide who I loved the most. A little birdie told me I would be seeing more of both Taylor and Leslie and a bit more of Gideon and Eddie in the foreseeable future, so I am a very happy kitty.
Another thing I love about Susan’s stories is the angst and tragic past of at least one of the characters. In this one it’s Gideon with a very tragic story. I love how the story evolves and we watch Gideon grow from grumpy and hateful to a pretty likeable guy.
There is also lots of suspense, some twists, turns that had me chewing my nails, and I couldn’t put this book down once I picked it up. I am so glad that this book is a series and can’t wait for book two.
If you like interesting characters, sexy chefs, a hint of a supernatural twist, broken men, some angst, nice and hot man-sex and a happy for now ending I highly recommend this book!
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