B Reviews / Book ReviewsChocolate / Contemporary / Love at the Chocolate Shop / Montana / sweet romance2 Comments
No more chocolate! No more meddling! No more men! New Year’s resolutions are great. Announcing them in a crowded bar, with a chocolate martini in her hand? Not Maddie Cash’s finest moment. It’s time this new realtor got serious about her life and this time, she means it. But when ... more >
Publishing NewsBatgirl / Chocolate / code / cover-art / DC-Comics / government surveillance / privacy / technology / Terry Pratchett / web server4 Comments
Web servers enrolled in Pratchett tribute – As various online tributes to Terry Pratchett continue, a thread on reddit gave rise to a particularly appropriate way to memorialize Pratchett’s name and work, through sharing a code that is not generally visible when you click on the site. The origins of ... more >
B ReviewsChocolate / Contemporary / dual-timeline / Paris / SourceBooks5 Comments
As dawn breaks over the Pont Neuf, and the cobbled alleyways of Paris come to life, Anna Trent is already awake and at work, mixing and stirring the finest, smoothest, richest chocolate; made entirely by hand, it is sold to the grande dames of Paris. It’s a huge shift from ... more >
B Reviews / Recommended Readsactivist / Chocolate / Contemporary / Paris17 Comments
Dear Ms. Florand: As I started this, wondering if it would grab me as much as the previous books in the series, I came across this line: “He had to form himself back up out of a puddle behind the counter after that laugh. He hoped he was subtle about ... more >
A- ReviewsChocolate / Contemporary romance / enemies to lovers / lesbian / Paris17 Comments
Dear Ms. Florand: I have been eagerly awaiting the next installment in your Chocolate series, and I’m delighted to say that it was worth the wait. You are writing my favorite type of series: all the books are set in the same world, but while the characters from past books ... more >
B ReviewsChef / Chocolate / Contemporary / England / Harlequin Romance10 Comments
Dear Ms. Harrington, Chocolate seems to be the new “thing” in romance books. And here we have luscious, organic, single estate, premo, “to die for” chocolate. Chocolate that makes chocolatiers swoon with delight and weep with envy – if they don’t have access to it. We also have a hero ... more >