Recipe for Desire
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4.1 • 8 Ratings
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
A Party Girl's Work Is Never Done. . .
At twenty-seven, Marie Charles is still Charlotte's number one party girl. But when she adds a DWI arrest and a totaled Jaguar to her list of tabloid news-making escapades, her daddy is done bailing her out. Sentenced to five hundred hours of community service at My Sister's Keeper, a homeless shelter for women, Marie won't have much time left for partying. . .
Renowned chef and TV star Devon Harris volunteers at My Sister's Keeper. And he's not happy Marie is joining him. He may be single--and she may be gorgeous--but the last thing he's interested in is a superficial southern belle. But as Marie outgrows the selfish girl she was, Devon is turned on by the woman she's becoming. . .
"A good dose of love, humor, drama and all those sensuous things in between." --The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers on His Sexy Bad Habit
"Hodges delivers a sizzling romance. . .." --Publishers Weekly on More Than He Can Handle
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Despite a strong premise and an engaging hero, this foodie contemporary from Hodges (His Sexy Bad Habit) falls slightly short of the mark. Marie Charles is "Charlotte 's chocolate Paris Hilton," known more for party drama than philanthropy. One DWI charge later, she's doing community service at My Sister's Keeper, a local women's shelter. There she meets Devon Harris, a celebrity chef with his own Food Network show who volunteers because he remembers growing up poor. The two seeming opposites fall hard for each other after an initial period of all-out dislike. While Devon is three-dimensional from the start, Marie never quite evolves into a fully sympathetic heroine. Turgid bedroom scenes ("His erection stood up like a magic wand ready to put her deeper under his spell") are mostly distracting. A predictable ending caps this serviceable but not terribly compelling work.
