And Everything Nice

By Ada Maria Soto

Computer programmer Angelo is as good at baking as he is bad at talking to people—especially guys he finds attractive, like Simon, the new tech writer at work. Falling back on his habit of using his culinary creations as a distraction, Angelo whips up a batch of chocolate chip cookies. But Simon refuses to touch them. Frustrated but not ready to give up, Angelo searches for the perfect recipe to tempt both Simon and his taste buds.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ada Maria Soto
• Release date: Jan 2, 2020
• ISBN: 9780473509538

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And Everything Nice

And Everything Nice

Ada Maria Soto

First Publication 2016 by Dreamspinner Press as part of the Simmer Anthology

Edited by Tricia Kristufek

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Second Publication Copywrite 2020 Ada Maria Soto

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of author imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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kindle ISBN 978-0-473-50954-5

Contents

Author’s Notes

And Everything Nice

Actually Tasty Gluten, Wheat, Soy, Dairy, Egg-Free Chocolate Raspberry Brownies

Really Effing Good Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mama Lee’s Banana Bread

The Vegan Pavlova

About the Author

By the Author

Author’s Notes

This story was first published in 2016 as part of a food/romance anthology put out by Dreamspinner Press called Simmer. It came with a very good brownie recipe. The brownie recipe is still included along with recipes for really fucking good chocolate chip cookies, vegan pavlova, and the best banana bread you will ever have. The banana bread recipe comes from an old friend of the family who passed away a few years ago but left behind a lot of lives touched and what is seriously the best banana bread you will ever have. Her daughter assured me she would not mind me sharing it here. The other recipes were just developed by my own trial and error in the kitchen. If you try them please don’t hesitate to tell me about it.

And Everything Nice

H ave you seen the new tech writer yet? Mark leaned against the edge of Angelo’s desk.

Nope. And he had no time to. Angelo had spent the last week trying to detangle the code of some twenty-year-old developer who made a mess of the company servers, then split to hitchhike through Tibet or some nonsense like that.

He has an ‘It’s OK to be Takei’ mug, and he’s hot. Mark grinned like a used-car salesman trying to pass off a Ford Pinto as classic engineering.

Angelo briefly looked over his shoulder at Mark, the only other coder who had survived at PrimaWebTech as long as he had, sort of a friend by default. "A rainbow Star Trek mug is not a guaranteed sign of gayness, and considering your collection of Rangiku Matsumoto figurines, I question your ability to gauge attractiveness of the male form."

Just because I happen to favor slightly well-endowed women who can wield a katana does not mean I’m not fully aware of your type. He’s in Debbie’s old cubicle down the hall. Wander down and take a peek.

Sure. Agreeing with Mark was the fastest way to get rid of him.

You’re just agreeing with me to get rid of me.

Yep. And