He didn’t know what to do when he came home from a consulting trip to find she’d disappeared to remote South Pacific island: I just needed to get away for a little while. Knew how her hair smelled when he sank into bed exhausted at one in the morning. Knew the way her face lit up when he won yet another television contest, and the way she hugged him for it. Knew how she could lavish caring on everyone, her siblings, his staff, and most especially him. She’d be back.Īfter eleven years of marriage, international superstar chef Daniel Laurier knew his wife. She didn’t know why she needed to just get away. Knew how briliant his gray eyes looked when they met hers for just one moment across a host of cameras. Knew his drive and his ambition, that took him to the stars. Knew how he could take on responsibility for a world-famous restaurant, a wife, and her two teenage siblings at nineteen years old and never falter, never tire. Read onlineĪfter eleven years of marriage, Léa Laurier knew her husband. “Explosive, sensual, and utterly sweet” (Eloisa James).

A Wish Upon Jasmine, book two in Florand’s addictive new series, La Vie en Roses. And these days, she has nothing left to lose.Certainly not her heart.Ĭome explore the south of France, a world of heat and fragrance and tales as old as time, through the stories of the five powerful Rosier cousins and the women who win their hearts. If he wants to reclaim both his family heritage and the woman who walked away from him, he’s going to have to fight as dirty as only Damien can.But Jess knows how to fight dirty, too. Now she’s come to the south of France with something of his. When Jess woke up to discover the man in bed beside her had stolen her company, she fled.Įnemies.

That one magical night couldn’t survive the harsh light of dawn. The one time she cracked it open to let Damien in, he crushed it-after a night of unbelievable passion.Lovers. A top perfumer of her generation, Jess had achieved commercial success by growing a protective shell over a tender heart. That was what they said about Jasmin Bianchi. Not even the woman he gave his to.Ĭynical. No one messed with his family, because to do so they would have to get through him. That was what they said about Damien Rosier. From Reviewers’ Choice Book of the Year nominee and bestselling author Laura Florand:

The Chocolate Touch by Laura Florand