As the days slip by, she’s finding it harder and harder to say adieu. He’s a gorgeous, sweet, sexy, graphic artist who seems to find Laura adorable for reasons she can’t begin to comprehend. They go together like grits and escargot. The cultural differences alone are enough to kill any relationship, even if Laura wanted one. So how, in the name of all that is romantic, has she managed to get involved with a dangerously charming Frenchman named S bastien? And only weeks before she’s scheduled to leave Paris for good?Everyone knows that Frenchmen are chain smoking, manic depressive, faithless, male chauvinistic, perfectionist snobs. As far as she’s concerned, chocolate is just as satisfying as true love and a lot less complicated. The last thing she wants is to have her globe trotting ways curtailed by a messy emotional entanglement. A good, fun read.Can an insecure American woman find happiness with a sexy Parisian waiter even if she doesn’t like the French?Laura has spent most of her adult life avoiding serious relationships, flitting around the world, and keeping her romantic expectations comfortably low. Every chocolate I've made since I met you, I've made for you.'' Eloisa James, NPR.org' It's like when you find that amazing piece of chocolateyou take a bite, and it sits on your tongue and melts into a pool of liquid heaven: Florand has managed to capture that emotional experience and put it into the pages of her novel.' RT Book Reviews' comfortable beach read. The Chocolate Thiefis for days when you lust not for wisdom, but for a bar of chocolateat any priceand a hero who understands what is truly important: ' Every dream I have has you in my apartment, has you in my laboratoire, has you with my babies. Not unless there's something much more delectable on the table.Stolen PleasureWhether confections taken from a locked shop or kisses in the dark, is there anything sweeter?Praise for The Chocolate Thief' A delectable summer bonbon. But turn them over to a brash American waving a fistful of dollars? Jamais. For American Cade Corey, it's a dream come true, if only she can get one infuriating French chocolatier to sign on the dotted line.ChocolateMelting, yielding yet firm, exotic, its secrets are intimately known to Sylvain Marquis. Stolen Pleasure Whether confections taken from a locked shop or kisses in the dark, is there anything sweeter Praise for Laura Florand and her novels 'Charming and laugh-out-loud funny.'- New York Times bestselling author Deborah Smith 'Readers will be happy to live vicariously in Lauras French fairytale.' Booklist 'Frothy, French. When an American heiress and a French chocolatier butt heads, the business of chocolate is about to become a labor of love in this romantic comedy.ParisBreathtakingly beautiful, the City of Light seduces the senses, its cobbled streets thrumming with possibility.

The chocolate thief by laura florand