Deirdre Martin, Christie Ridgway, and Laura Florand. Kensington/Brava, $14 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-7582-7288-1
In this mostly appealing three-story contemporary romance anthology, seductive heroes and determined heroines risk everything to make love work. In Martin’s middling “Early Bird Special,” Dana, haughty, overworked, and full of mood swings, is not...
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Laura Florand, Author . Forge $12.95 (383p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1508-3
Florand's debut novel is the semiautobiographical story of the intercontinental courtship of Laura H— and Sébastien Florand. Laura, in Paris for a year on a Fulbright in 2001, isn't looking for love, but after her friends dare...
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Laura Florand. Kensington, $14 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-7582-6940-9
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. American chocolate heiress, Cade Corey aware of
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Laura Florand. Kensington, $14 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-7582-6941-6
Magalie Chaudron is a witch at La Maison des Sorcières, a chocolate shop in Paris’s Île Saint-Louis. She stirs wishes into the chocolat chaud for her customers. When Philippe Lyonnais, the “Prince of Pastries,” sets up shop on the same island,...
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Laura Florand. Kensington, $14 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-7582-8632-1
While technically a sequel to The Chocolate Kiss and The Chocolate Thief, the emotionally intense third Amour et Chocolat romance stands well on its own. Jaime Corey, the younger sister of Chocolate Thief protagonist Cade Corey, has survived a...
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Laura Florand. Kensington, $14 trade paper (368p) ISBN 978-0-7582-8634-5
Florand outdoes herself with this exquisite confection. Luc Leroi, a driven perfectionist, is legendary, even among his fellow Parisian chocolatiers, for his creative desserts, decadent pastries, and delicious bonbons. Summer Corey, cousin to Cade (T
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Laura Florand. Laura Florand, $15.99 trade paper (300p) ISBN 978-1-943168-00-2
Florand kicks off her Paris Hearts series, spun off from her Amour et Chocolate series, with a tasty tale of two friends reunited after years apart. Joss abruptly joined the French Foreign Legion, determined to build himself into a better person....
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Laura Florand. Laura Florand, $15.99 trade paper (250p) ISBN 978-1-943168-16-3
For the fabulous third Paris Nights contemporary romantic thriller (after Chase Me), Florand concocts an appealing, sizzling story that could easily have been pulled from today’s headlines. Pastry chef Lina Farah’s terrorist cousin tried to blow up...
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Linda Lael Miller, Kat Martin, Mary Carter, and Laura Florand. Kensington/Zebra, $7.99 mass market (448p) ISBN 978-1-4201-3253-3
Bestseller Miller (Big Sky Wedding) anchors an enjoyable holiday collection with plenty of Christmas cheer but limited sparkle. In Carter’s busy “The Christmas Carousel,” auction house owner Georgia refuses to sell her property to handsome investor...
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