oneKatherine Bloom told herself she could do this. She just needed to focus and concentrate on getting the job done as quickly and as efficiently as possible. She refused to think about the fact that she didn¿t have much experience. Though surely it was no different than riding a bike. Once you¿d done it, you never forgot how. And if this was what she had to do to keep her job, so be it.Nerves tried to break through her raised-chin bravado, and suddenly keeping her incredibly great job as an award-winning newswoman didn¿t seem all that important. If she hurried, she realized, she could walk out the door and be in Mexico by lunch. She could change her name. Dye her hair. Find employment selling tacos on the street corner in downtown Ciudad Juárez. Didn¿t everyone need a career change at one time or another?Groaning at herself, she shook the thought away. During the last week, she had put her reporter¿s skills to work. She had found magazine articles, online Web sites, and books with titles like Make It Sizzle and Spice Up Your Life.Not one to depend on a man to think of every eventuality, she¿d had the foresight to purchase a few things she thought they might need.A bottle of wine.Some painful-looking utensils. Who knew things had gotten so creative?Condiments.Honey.Oil.Plus, carrots and potatoes.She still couldn¿t believe Julia expected her to cook on live television with a man referred to as the Naked Chef.Kate took a deep calming breath, thought about the stress management techniques she had learned in the company-sponsored stress management course¿which she had failed¿then smoothed her apron.Seconds more ticked by before she finally settled on a smile, taking in the pristine white-latticed window behind her, the perfect sink, the shiny oven. Even a real refrigerator. She had thought of everything when planning this kitchen.Forget the
Authors
Linda Lee
Additional Info
- Release Date: 2004-08-31
- Publisher: Ivy Books
- Format: Mass Market Paperback
- ISBN: 9780345462718
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