Synopses & Reviews
Writing with her trademark wit and humour, Elaine Fox brings us another wonderfully charming contemporary romance about a beauty who finally finds love that is more than just skin deep.
Life can be difficult when you're stunningly beautiful. For Roxanne Rayeaux, a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, beauty had its costs. Not only did she have to worry constantly about how she looked, but she was considered stupid by strangers. She became romantically involved with a man who turned out to be married. So Roxanne pitched the world of diets and philanderers and moved her orange cat, Cheeto (the closest she could come to that forbidden food) to Virginia to open a restaurant. She went looking for some peace and tranquillity and instead inherited the restaurant's contentious, but sexy bartender, Steve Serrano.
An average joe most of his life, Steve cannot deny Roxanne's obvious physical charms but thinks she is stuck up and pretentious -- not his type. Roxanne, suspicious of Steve's motives after a rash of break-ins occurs at the restaurant and a string of bad publicity appears in the local gossip column, cannot let her guard down around him. Besides he's not her type.
If only they weren't so darned attracted to each other...
Synopsis
Steve Serrano
One sexy bartender with a wicked grin and a knack for turning up the heat ...
Roxanne Rayeaux
Ex-swimsuit model turned pastry chef who knows the difference between sweet and spicy ...
Roxanne has had it with the starvation diets, the leering looks -- andthe married boyfriend! But when she moves back home to Virginia with her orange cat, Cheeto, to open a French bistro, it's just her luck to discover that the bartender is an arrogant, sexy hunk with an attitude about wines, food and women.
Steve is more than just a handsome guy who's good with a blender and even better with his hands ... But when passion combines with a series of suspicious break-ins and a missing treasure, Roxanne realizes mixing business with pleasure could be a recipe for disaster -- especially with a guy who'sobviously all wrong ... and yet oh-so-right!
About the Author
Elaine Fox has spent enough of her life datingto know that the scenarios described in this book arecompletely plausible -- though she disclaims any direct experience with any of them. Fortunately,however, she has been able to parlay this extendedsearch for romance into a career and hopesher readers appreciate the cathartic experience whileliving happily-ever-after lives themselves. Elainecurrently lives in Virginia.