By the book's end, readers will feel that one of them has made a deep compromise to make that relationship fit. The book is a good, fun read, but Florand's descriptions of the pleasures of chocolate evoke more sensuousness (however clich%C3%A9d) than her sex scenes, and the attraction between Cade and Sylvain feels forced ('That resilient determination of her was erotic%E2%80%A6.'). But Cade is not about to give up and after luck hands her the key to his shop, Cade takes matters into her own hands and breaks in. American chocolate heiress, Cade Corey aware of Sylvain's reputation as an artisanal chocolatier, is not prepared for his rejection of her proposal that he design a high-end line of chocolates for her global chocolate empire. A good, fun read.In this comfortable beach read from Florand (Blame It on Paris), Sylvain Marquis knows chocolate is the what every woman desires as Paris's best chocolatier, Sylvain has the prefect tool of seduction.

'It's like when you find that amazing piece of chocolate-you take a bite, and it sits on your tongue and melts into a pool of liquid heaven: Florand has managed to capture that emotional experience and put it into the pages of her novel.' - RT Book Reviews ' comfortable beach read. Every chocolate I've made since I met you, I've made for you.'' -Eloisa James, NPR.org The Chocolate Thief is for days when you lust not for wisdom, but for a bar of chocolate-at any price-and a hero who understands what is truly important: 'Every dream I have has you in my apartment, has you in my laboratoire, has you with my babies. Whether confections taken from a locked shop or kisses in the dark, is there anything sweeter? She had lit a fire in his laboratoire to taunt him when he did not catch her fast enough, and made something with what was his, and did not even leave him a taste. Not unless there's something much more delectable on the table. She had placed her chocolate thumbprint on his papers like some wordless signature on a contract with his body. But turn them over to a brash American waving a fistful of dollars? Jamais.

Melting, yielding yet firm, exotic, its secrets are intimately known to Sylvain Marquis. For American Cade Corey, it's a dream come true, if only she can get one infuriating French chocolatier to sign on the dotted line. When an American heiress and a French chocolatier butt heads, the business of chocolate is about to become a labor of love in this romantic comedy.īreathtakingly beautiful, the City of Light seduces the senses, its cobbled streets thrumming with possibility.

The chocolate thief by laura florand