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By: Cynthia MacGregor | Other books by Cynthia MacGregor
Categories: Mainstream Romance, Contemporary, Ruebenesque
Word Count: 45,482
Heat Level: SENSUAL
Published By: Siren-BookStrand, Inc.
[BookStrand Contemporary Romance, Ruebenesque]
Kari meets Max online, and the relationship sizzles. But there is a BIG obstacle--her weight. He knows she loves to eat but doesn’t know what that’s done to her figure. Will it bother him when he finally meets her in person?
Meanwhile, Jeff is funny and fun, and Kari loves being with him as a friend, but he admits he has a secret. Could it be that he is, after all, the guilty party in the political campaign sabotage? But if he’s innocent, can Kari prove it and clear Jeff’s name? And can they be more than just friends?
Note: Heroine has an affair with a secondary character.
A BookStrand Mainstream Romance
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An Appetite for Passion
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Price: $4.99
View Larger Cover Image Cover Art by Jinger Heaston
ISBN: 1606019090
Trade Paperback $13.50
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Professional Reviews
4 TEA CUPS: "An Appetite for Passion is a great story of the two things I love: food and passion. Kari is a woman who loves to cook and loves to eat and she is waiting for a man to share her passion with; she was praying it was Max. Cynthia's spin on incorporating the online dating, food, and sexually passionate passages together made a great recipe for a good book. Kari's appetite for passion is squelched by men who only see her from the outside, not the inner beauty. That is why internet dating was so nice. She could be what she wanted without being physically seen. Max fell in love with Kari and of the woman he thought she should be. Just seeing her face, he wrote passionate letters to Kari about love and worshipping her, but when they met face to face it was more than he could handle. Kari felt duped by Max's rejection, but this whole time she had done the same with a man she volunteered with at the political office where she volunteered. Going through the days not knowing who was real and who wasn't had Kari almost losing what she was looking for by not being true to herself or true to knowing that there is a man for every woman. This story is set mostly in the computer mode but with real life problems about honesty within yourself. That no one accepts you if can't accept yourself." -- Wendy, Happily Ever After Reviews
Excerpt
It was late, and she was tired, but nothing was going to stop her from checking email before she went to bed. There was only one piece of mail waiting for her, but it was from Max.
My dear,
Only one more day...I’ll see you in roughly twenty-four hours...and it will be a rough twenty-four hours indeed, waiting to touch your sweet face with my hands, to blend my lips with yours, to hold your body tight to mine and feel the excitement surging through it.
I want to get to know your body, and I want to get to know all of you. Decisions, decisions—do we make love first, talk first, cuddle first—or have you some other plan for us? I’m all ears.
Did you have a good day, sweet Kari? Mine was plagued with problems, but nothing permanent or critical, and certainly nothing that being with you tomorrow won’t erase from my consciousness.
I long to hold you in my arms, to whisper tender sweetnesses in your ears, to hear your voice say my name and hear it as beautiful music.
And speaking of music, I’m not a half bad singer; I may serenade you while I’m there. What is your favorite kind of music? That’s a topic we’ve never discussed before. And please don’t tell me you like rap—that’s not music! Say you love rap and you’ll ruin all my illusions.
Well, my dear, it’s dinner time and I haven’t eaten yet. I was eager to “talk” to you, first. But now that I’ve done that, I’ll go fix a bite.
And so, that’s it until tomorrow morning, and then tomorrow night when you should be watching your driveway for a red Porsche pulling in.
Till then,
Max
Kari’s reply was briefer than usual. Partly this was due to her tiredness, partly to the constraints on what she would say to him. She wouldn’t cry on his shoulder over the bad day; she didn’t want to tell him about the negligee she’d bought for him, preferring to surprise him with it. In the end, she told him how eager she was to see him, briefly described the incident at the campaign HQ with the missing data, and let it go at that.
Showering quickly, she got in bed, but as tired as she was, she couldn’t sleep. Lots of what-ifs ran through her head. What if Max was unable to come tomorrow for some reason? What if he just didn’t like her when he met her? And then, what if Jeff really had destroyed the data and was responsible for the mailers’ disappearing act? |
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