The Chocolate Heart (Amour et Chocolat)
The latest in Florand’s (The Chocolate Thief, 2012) Amour et Chocolat romance series about Parisian chocolatiers is set at a luxury hotel and features its sexy and controlling pastry chef, Luc Leroi. Summer Corey has been summoned to Paris by her mogul father to temporarily oversee the hotel in exchange for him funding a satellite for the remote South Pacific island where she’s been teaching and hiding out for several years. Sparks fly between Corey and Luc from the moment she arrives at the hotel, but she is so broken by being called a spoiled brat her entire life that she’s not willing to relinquish her heart. Luc, meanwhile, must check his ego to win her trust. The book’s theme of submitting to sweets and other seductions makes it racier than Florand’s previous novels. But all the elements of her successful recipe for reading pleasure—headstrong heroine, dashing hero, sinful desserts, and sultry situations—come together in another deliciously entertaining offering. --Aleksandra Walker