Take two American teen chefs, add one heaping cup of Paris, toss in a pinch of romance, and stir. . . . Rosie Radeke firmly believes that happiness can be found at the bottom of a mixing bowl. But she never expected that she, a random nobody from East Liberty, Ohio, would be accepted to celebrity chef Denis Laurent's school in Paris, the most prestigious cooking program for teens in the entire world. Life in Paris, however, isn't all cream puffs and crepes. Faced with a challenging curriculum and a nightmare professor, Rosie begins to doubt her dishes. Henry Yi grew up in his dad's restaurant in Chicago, and his lifelong love affair with food landed him a coveted spot in Chef Laurent's school. He quickly connects with Rosie, but academic pressure from home and his jealousy over Rosie's growing friendship with gorgeous bad-boy baker Bodie Tal makes Henry lash out and push his dream girl away. Desperate to prove themselves, Rosie and Henry cook like never before while sparks fly...
*Take two American teen chefs, add one heaping cup of Paris, toss in a pinch of romance, and stir. . . .*
Rosie Radeke firmly believes that happiness can be found at the bottom of a mixing bowl. But she never expected that she, a random nobody from East Liberty, Ohio, would be accepted to celebrity chef Denis Laurent's school in Paris, the most prestigious cooking program for teens in the entire world. Life in Paris, however, isn't all cream puffs and crepes. Faced with a challenging curriculum and a nightmare professor, Rosie begins to doubt her dishes.
Henry Yi grew up in his dad's restaurant in Chicago, and his lifelong love affair with food landed him a coveted spot in Chef Laurent's school. He quickly connects with Rosie, but academic pressure from home and his jealousy over Rosie's growing friendship with gorgeous bad-boy baker Bodie Tal makes Henry lash out and push his dream girl away.
Desperate to prove themselves, Rosie and Henry cook like never before while sparks fly between them. But as they reach their breaking points, they wonder whether they have what it takes to become real chefs.
Perfect for lovers of Chopped Teen Tournament and Kids Baking Championship, as well as anyone who dreams of a romantic trip to France, Love la Mode follows Rosie and Henry as they fall in love with food, with Paris, and ultimately, with each other. Views: 552
Fall in love with Wyatt Templeton in Island Heat, the first book in the sexy series about the Templeton brothers. These four alpha heroes find love with their sassy and smart soulmates. Wyatt Templeton lost his wife years ago, and since then, he has raised his daughter alone. Now, married to his work, he lives in a small town in Hawaii, where he rehabilitates dolphins and releases them to the wild.Janie Simmons is determined to excel in her new profession as a marine biologist. Her first field assignment takes her to Hawaii to assess Wyatt’s dolphin project. She wants to stay professional, but she can’t deny the immediate attraction she feels for the proud and handsome Wyatt. The attraction is mutual, but Wyatt worries that Janie could threaten the future of his work on the island. Despite the conflict, they give in to their passion. Hot island days turn into hotter island nights. Will Wyatt and Janie find their happily ever after?Each story in the Love is Forever series can be read as a standalone contemporary romance book. The Templetons series follows the love stories of the five Templeton brothers, as they find the love of their lives in passionate, funny, and relatable stories. Views: 552
The crews of the USS Carl Vinson, a nuclear aircraft carrier, and her battle group, struggle with the loss of their families and the lives they knew. Coming back to 1942 from 1990 throws them into a war their parents fought and died for. Now, they must face a new future of challenge and danger after fighting the Japanese only days after their arrival in 1942. After reporting to Admiral Nimitz, they are ordered, with the help of the Enterprise battle group, and under the command of Admiral 'Bull' Halsey, to attack Tokyo. Their success gives the Japanese a black eye and changes the course of Word War II.
They sail into Sydney Harbor in Australia for repairs and find they are in a world they only know through books and films. For some, that world is another shock they must face, especially LCDR Samantha 'Spike' Hunt and the women of 1990. Then, they are ordered to the Atlantic and the next phase of their war, to face Hitler and Goering's new jets.
Are the Black Knights up to the task? Can Spike prove her mettle as a leader? Views: 552
Clearing the Web continues to follow the unfolding events on the distant, artificial world of Vhast. A lost realm, a visit to a nearby Empire, the arrival of foes, and then a dragon test the recently anointed heroes.Following on from Intimations of Evil and Engaging Evil, the Princess and her mage wife, the Cat, the priest, the ghazi, and the others leave their small newly freed village and set out to uncover the evil infecting The Land. One obstacle after another appears as the evil fights back.Clearing the Web is the third book of a series that sees reality confronted and a world re-shaped as new myths are created in an epic fantasy adventure. Views: 552
"Intense, passionate, desperate―a wonderful, first-person story about a young woman falling seriously in love. The writing is terrific" (Christopher Nicholson, author of Winter). In 1988, before her senior year of high school, Nina and her best friend spend the summer alone on Cape Cod. Nina has grown up with her ailing grandmother—and she yearns for the chance of a deeper connection. When she enrolls in an acting course, she soon finds romance with Sarah, one of the teaching assistants. Nina's own world revolves around Sarah, while the rest of the world moves urgently on. Nina's high school teacher does not take the end of their relationship well; her best friend feels abandoned; the AIDS epidemic rages; her fellow actors grow and hone their talents. The novel perfectly captures the revelatory feelings that arrive with young adulthood—the startling awareness of oneself outside the bounds of friends and family, and the... Views: 552
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Sam Savage's final book is a collection of stripped down visitations, flash fictions of smoke breaks and long drives and friends who finally stop showing up. The acidic tang of disappointment is here, and sparks of biting insight, in portraits of people and animals, in all our absurdity and failed attempts at meaning. As Sam says, "what a life." Views: 552
A Publishers Weekly starred reviewIn the inhospitable lands of the Utah Territory, during the winter of 1888, thirty-seven-year-old Deborah Tyler waits for her husband, Samuel, to return home from his travels as a wheelwright. It is now the depths of winter, Samuel is weeks overdue, and Deborah is getting worried. Deborah lives in Junction, a tiny town of seven Mormon families scattered along the floor of a canyon, and she earns her living by tending orchards and making work gloves. Isolated by the red-rock cliffs that surround the town, she and her neighbors live apart from the outside world, even regarded with suspicion by the Mormon faithful who question the depth of their belief. When a desperate stranger who is pursued by a Federal Marshal shows up on her doorstep seeking refuge, it sets in motion a chain of events that will turn her life upside down. The man, a devout Mormon, is on the run from the US government, which has ruled the practice of... Views: 552
