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Sullivan's Yard Kindle Edition

by Chris Quinton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
Cal Beaufontaine, the son of a Creole/Cajun restaurateur, has
graduated from The Culinary Institute of America, and is starting his
career as an apprentice chef in Modesto, California. He moves into
a small apartment in what once was a warehouse for a nearby
derelict peach farm, Sullivan's Yard. His first night in the apartment,
Cal dreams of making love in his backyard beneath a peach tree in
full bloom, but can't see his lover's features. There is no peach tree
in his backyard, just weeds.
He starts work at the Alhambra, a top restaurant owned and run by
the Alvarez de Silva family, and on his first day there, Cal meets
Luis Alvarez de Silva, the Andalusian cousin and one-night-stand
expert. Cal is immediately attracted but has no intention of
becoming a notch on Luis's bedpost. Luis is as taken with Cal, and
begins a determined seduction campaign.
Cal's driving ambition to learn all he can and run his own restaurant
could be knocked off-track by his growing desire for Luis.
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  1. Print length
    53 pages
  2. Language
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  3. Publication date
    February 3, 2014
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00I8HSZYU
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kouros Books (February 3, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 3, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 581 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 53 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1539045528
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

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Chris Quinton

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Chris started creating stories not long after she mastered joined-up writing, somewhat to the bemusement of her parents and her English teachers. But she received plenty of encouragement. Her dad gave her an already old Everest typewriter when she was about ten, and it was probably the best gift she'd ever received - until the inventions of the home-computer and the worldwide web.

Chris's reading and writing interests range from historical, mystery, and paranormal, to science-fiction and fantasy, mostly in the male/male genre. She also writes male/female novels in the name of Chris Power. She refuses to be pigeon-holed and intends to uphold the long and honourable tradition of the Eccentric Brit to the best of her ability. In her spare time [hah!] she embroiders, quilts and occasionally knits. In the past she has been a part-time and unpaid amateur archaeologist, and a 15th century re-enactor.

She currently lives in a small and ancient city in the south-west of the United Kingdom, sharing her usually chaotic home with an extended family, which includes three large dogs.

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  • RATS
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very well written
    Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2014
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    This was a very good book and was the first I have read by Chris. I was quite impressed with the story line. I look forward to reading more of her books......
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  • Elisa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sullivan's Yard by Chris Quinton
    Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2013
    I know that when I'm approaching to read a Quinton's story, I'm not to be disappointed, but it always surprises me. Even in a novella, even in a simple romance story, with just that hint of magick to make it special, but not enough to be paranormal.

    Cal is a young chef just out of school at his first job; he comes from a privileged environment, his dad owns an exclusive restaurant in San Francisco, Cal studied at a prestigious school in New York City and now he is apprenticing in an important restaurant in Modesto. Sure, he is not working for his dad, but at the restaurant they know who he is, and moreover who is dad is. So this is not the story of a struggling poor boy with a dream, it's more the story of two lucky boys falling in love. The other boy in question is Andaluz "Luis", the nephew of Cal's new boss; bold and brash when he first meets Cal, no hiding he is gay, interested in Cal, but only for one night, he is soon turned down by Cal who was previously burned by an in-working place relationship. But not letting Luis have his new toy to play is the sure way to have him hooked for the long-term instead.

    Most of the story centers around this, Cal and Luis's blossoming love, and the building of their future together. The story just stops at the beginning of that, but the reader is sure the future will be bright and happiness will be part of it, cause, as I said, there is just an hint of magick, like a window in the future, that makes you sure that will happen.
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  • Tom W
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice short work about fresh starts
    Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2012
    When he comes to work at the Alhambra, one of the premier restaurants in Modesto, Cal Beaufontaine is looking for experience. Coming from a family that owns a successful chain of Cajun restaurants, he wants to separate himself from the name and the family and stake his own claim. This should be just the start he needs.

    Only there's one complication. Luis, the nephew of the owners, freshly in from Spain. The one night stand expert who keeps hitting on Cal, only to be shot down time after time. Well, that and the strange laughter and noises Cal hears in his small apartment.

    He's also fascinated by the deserted peach farm that adjoins the apartment. He can smell the peaches and is fascinated by the history of the area. When he ventures up to the old family home on the property, Luis in tow, he falls in love with the place and can imagine it as a restaurant.

    All his dreams, so very clear now. He can see what he wants. How will Luis figure in though? And will he be able to make his visions a reality?

    Chris Quinton has written a short, exquisitely sweet story of love, history repeating itself and fresh starts. Cal is a wonderful character - driven to be successful, willing to put his love life on the back burner and wait. So very focused.

    And Luis, so spontaneous and fun and the perfect counter to Cal's seriousness. He brings a lightness to Cal that is so nice, so needed. And when the two spar and have fun, he chips away at Cal's resolve. But his changes are lovely to watch too- the two are extremes that slowly crawl towards each other and meet in the middle.

    I loved this story, and the only flaw? It wasn't long enough!

    Give me more of these two lovely and fun men, Ms. Quinton!

    So very good.

    Tom
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