Chloe Blake - A Taste Of Pleasure

A Recipe for Love

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Italy is the perfect place for new career beginnings—at least that’s what chef Danica Nillson hopes. But one look at sexy single dad Antonio Dante Lorenzetti, and her plan to keep romance out of her kitchen goes up in flames. The millionaire restaurateur wants stability. Not unbridled passion that makes him lose his senses. Is this beautiful, talented and headstrong chef the one he’s been waiting for?

CHLOE BLAKE can be found dreaming up stories while she is traveling the world or just sitting on her couch in Brooklyn, New York. When she is not writing sexy novels, she is at the newest wine bar, taking random online classes, binge-watching Netflix or searching for her next adventure. Readers can find out more about Chloe and her books from her website at www.chloeblakebooks.com.

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A Taste of Pleasure

Chloe Blake

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ISBN: 978-1-474-08488-8

A Taste of Pleasure

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Published in Great Britain 2018

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He leaned closer and she moved backward until her back was against the wall. He placed one hand on the wall by her head and half caged her with his body.

“You look delicious.”

She made a dismissive noise. Knowing she wanted to test the kitchen, she’d thrown on a V-neck T-shirt and put her hair in a ponytail. “I look like a farmhand.”

His eyes dipped into the V of her shirt, making her breathing increase slightly. He hadn’t even touched her, yet her body was screaming for him. His knowing gaze came up to hers.

“What would you do if I kissed you right now?”

“I’d leave.”

He frowned. “Really? I don’t think so.”

“I thought we were going to cultivate our working relationship.”

“We are.” His lips moved closer and their breaths mingled.

“I thought we were going to forget what happened.”

His fingertip ran down her arm. “Can you forget, angel? Because I’m having a hard time.”

She shivered, not sure when the name had gone from an annoyance to an endearment she craved hearing.

Dear Reader,

I hope you are ready to get swept away in gourmet dishes and sweet sips of wine. A Taste of Pleasure was a chance for me to indulge in a bit of Italian luxury. During my time in Italy, I was captivated by the food, the wine...and the men, which was why it was so easy to imagine a hero as sexy as Antonio Lorenzetti. With a divorce behind him and his family in trouble, the successful restaurateur gets help from an unexpected place.

When chef Danica Nilsson loses her boyfriend and her restaurant, her world falls apart, but Toni holds the key to a new opportunity and eventually her heart. Writing Toni and Dani was so much fun. This book is ultimately a romance, but it’s also about broken dreams, and how love and support is a gourmet recipe that can heal all.

Happy reading!

Chloe Blake

To Amy, who found a happily-ever-after of her own.

Acknowledgments

My heartfelt thanks to my agent, Christine Witthohn, and to the team at Harlequin Kimani Romance. My love and appreciation goes to my friends, who are my chosen family. And last, my biggest thanks to the readers who chose this book. Your support inspires me to keep writing.

Contents

Cover

Back Cover Text

About the Author

Booklist

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

Dear Reader

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Extract

About the Publisher

Chapter 1

Chef Danica Nilsson spread her knives on the long table and plucked the twelve-inch slicer from its pocket. With the bride and groom’s cake cutting ritual finished, it was time to serve the flowered and jeweled creation she had baked to the three hundred wedding guests that flew to Brazil to see her best friend Nicole get married.

“He’s looking at you again.” Liz, a longtime friend to her and the bride, leaned on the tabletop and crossed her arms.

Dani didn’t look up as she worked. “Maybe he’s crazy.”

“Crazy doesn’t look that good. That man is handsome.”

Dani half listened as she urged herself to hurry. The seven-layer masterpiece had been chilled to withstand the Brazilian heat, but even sitting under the shade of the tent, which had been spread across the entire vineyard, the icing was beginning to sheen.

“Maybe he wants some cake.”

“Oh, he definitely wants some cake .” Liz raised her brows and stared at Dani’s ass. Dani shook her head at her friend, thinking that she had enough “cake” to feed all of Brazil.

“Wasn’t he married to a model or something? He’s not trying for—” Dani looked down at her size-sixteen figure “—all of this.”