- File Size: 514 KB
- Print Length: 291 pages
- Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (March 24, 2014)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00J8KYGGW
Sous
chef Darcy Cunningham is less than entranced with small-town Konigsburg’s
obsession with barbecue. But her future career as a chef de cuisine requires
expanding her culinary horizons, so she talks the Barbecue King, a.k.a. Harris
Temple, into taking her on as his apprentice.
However,
learning Harris’s professional secrets wasn’t supposed to include falling for
his spicy blend of smoky sexiness and laid-back charm.
Chico
Burnside specializes in flying under Konigsburg’s small-town radar, but lately
life has been going a little too smoothly, even for him. Hoping to shake things
up a bit, he talks Harris into teaming up for Konigsburg’s first barbecue
cook-off. But once shy scientist Andy Wells catches his eye, Chico’s got more
on his mind than brisket. Like enticing her out of her shell to show her just
how tenderly a big guy can love.
As
the competition ignites, so does the romance. Until a natural disaster
threatens to derail Konigsburg’s dream team before the grills even get good and
warmed up.
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My
Impressions:
I adored this book. Loved the
drama, intrigue, and romance between Darcy and Harris. You could feel the
sparks flying between these two.I also adored the romance between Chico and
Andy, the whole opposites attract is always enjoyable and humerus. This is the
first book in the Konigsburg series that I have read and now I cannot wait to
go back and read the ones I have missed. I really enjoyed the great detail Meg
used to bring to life small town living and all that goes with it-both good and
bad.If you live in Texas its pretty much a given that you have to learn to love brbq and all the fixins that go with it and definitely the proper way to prepare it! I was really surprised that Mesquite wood did not get brought up-since after all that is really the only way to cook your brbq!
Read
an excerpt:
“We’re here,” she
said.
He
looked up. His truck was parked at the curb. Her porch light gleamed in the
darkness. A couple dozen steps, and she’d be home. He pushed the front gate
open, then followed her through.
Okay,
you’ve got this. No problem. Except, of course, that he didn’t. He hadn’t felt
this awkward since middle school.
She
turned on the top step, looking down at him, or as down as she could look when
they were basically nose to nose. “This is where I say I had a great time and
thank you. Which is true. I did have a great time. And I do thank you. But it
still sounds sort of weird to me.”
He
frowned. “Why weird?”
She
gave him a slightly rueful smile. “Because it’s such a routine thing to say. I
feel like I should come up with something better.”
He
shook his head. “I’ll take it.” His right hand moved to the back of her neck,
almost without his thinking about it, and he drew her lips down to his.
Random
thoughts drifted through his mind. She was so soft, so warm. How long had it
been since he’d touched a woman like this? Kissed a woman when it wasn’t just a
prelude to something else, when kissing was the main event?
He
moved his hand up to the back of her head, let his fingers slide into her hair,
trace the shape of her skull. He changed the angle of the kiss, brought his
tongue to her mouth and tasted her.
Honey.
Sweetness. A hint of fragrance. Gracious Lord above.
Meg
Benjamin is an author of contemporary romance. Her Konigsburg series for
Samhain Publishing is set in the Texas Hill Country and her Medium trilogy for
Berkley InterMix is set in San Antonio’s King William District. Meg’s books
have won numerous awards, including an EPIC Award for Contemporary Romance, a
Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Indie Press Romance, the Holt
Medallion from Virginia Romance Writers and the Beanpot Award from the New
England Romance Writers. Meg lives in Colorado with her DH and two rather large
Maine coon kitties (well, partly Maine Coon anyway). Her Web site is http://www.MegBenjamin.com
and her blog is http://megbenj1.wordpress.com/. You can follow
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Meg loves to hear from readers—contact her at meg@megbenjamin.com.
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