Review: I liked the book and the only thing I can say against it is that I never managed to connect to the characters or the story.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2013
Written by Dolce AmoreOriginally posted on confessionsfromromaholics dot comARC provided kindly by publisher for reviewing purposesA year ago, Jill Adgate had a great life. She was a sous-chef and she had fifteen months under her belt working for Creations. However, at a party she was left to lead on, she crushed the birthday cake by error on a good looking man she was attracted to and with whom she shared a passionate kiss later. And both things got her fired.Now she finally knows the name of that man and she was dating him! Her best friend set everything up because Chet Castle is her fiancé's brother. Although the date had a good start it ended badly because Chet thinks she came just to ask him for money to start her own catering business, and he had her checked out with his head of security.It wasn't like I had grandiose plans of liquoring you up and flying to Vegas to get married by Elvis so I could have access to your bank accounts.After being screwed by Gina, his money-hungry ex, Chet is not sure if he can trust Jill. But he wants her, so he proposes she stay at his house for the two months during the annual meetings of several charities he works with to organize the menus, cater the dinners, and keep all the events on track. In exchange, he'll cosign a loan for her.The first morning, Jill hears what he thinks of the women and about her, while Chet is talking with his brother on the phone."You know I only have two uses for women, and both of them require a bed." "A romp between the sheets for sure." "Now that I have a woman chef, I have three uses."To teach Chet a lesson, Jill makes for dinner the Bachelor's Special: chunky peanut butter with grape jelly spread between two slices of day-old bread and a side of chips. He plays dirty and Jill ends up wearing on her head the bowl with her award-winning soup and being kissed again.Discovering that the phone conversation between Chet and Jared was a joke, she ends up confessing what happened in the past year since she was fired from Creations. After that, their relation turns into friendship while their attraction keeps growing.If you add Chet's ex and a possible pregnancy, you get the recipe for a disaster.I liked the book and the only thing I can say against it is that I never managed to connect to the characters or the story. Yet I loved how Christine Warner expresses Jill's feelings and emotions.The characters are great, and Christine gave the story a bit a flavor using humor. BTW, the scene with catching popcorn is hilarious, but my lips are sealed. I'll let you discover it.4 couples