REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: Cooking Up a Seduction by Jenna Bayley-Burke

Cooking Up a Seduction

by Jenna Bayley-Burke

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BLURB:

Love never tasted so sweet...

Sexy venture capitalist Cameron Price takes the helm of the Seattle branch of the firm to prove he has what it takes to lead the entire company. Unfortunately, his boss thinks what it takes for a workaholic like Cam is a wife!

To fend off the matrimonally inclined, Cameron has to think fast. Inspired by the dazzling green eyes of the gorgeous caterer, he proposes the kind of innovative arrangement he's known for. If Lauren Brody will spend a few weeks on his arm networking at events, she'll be able to raise the profile of Come For Dinner catering and book more clients than she ever dreamed.

But Lauren has a plan of her own and tempts Cameron to play along. She convinces Mr. Buttoned-Up-Tight they can have some serious fun on his piano, in his kitchen, and behind closed doors. But it's dangerous to keep a lid on something so hot. And a relationship was never on Cameron's agenda...

WARNING :: Indulge at your own risk! Cravings for exotic fruit, decadent delights, erotic fashion & steaming hot nights of pleasure have been reported.

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Excerpt:

“Why are you doing this?” Cameron refilled his wine glass and took a long sip as if her answer didn’t matter, when really, her response could change the way his world rotated.

“Playing along as your girlfriend or offering to be an orgasm donor?”

Cameron barely managed to grab his napkin as he choked on his wine. Once he contained his sputtering he looked at her through his watering eyes. “You did that on purpose.”

“Of course.” The feline quality to her grin set his blood on simmer.

“I need to know why.”

Lauren tasted her own wine before answering. “I agreed to play along because it sounded fun, and you are very handsome.”

“And now?”

She pushed her half eaten plate aside and leaned forward. “I’m getting lapped in the dating pool by my friends. Following the dating regulations has burned me, and thought it best to be more direct. Neither of us has the time nor desire to dance around the subject. You want me, I want you, and 

everyone thinks we’re together anyway. Why not give it a shot?”

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

College confused me. I went in determined to become an orthopedic surgeon, and  came out with a triple major – Psychology, Religious Studies, and English. Thank goodness organic chemistry mystified me, or my life might have turned out completely different. Or not. I always wanted to write, it just seemed like a far away goal – a someday not a today.

After managing department stores and executive recruiting, I got lucky and had my first of three children. After two years of fertility treatments, I wanted to be with him as much as I could and opted to stay home. I started writing then, and developing recipes for magazines like Cooking Light and Better Homes & Gardens.

After my second son was born I had a health crisis, and as I lay in the ER I worried about what my boys would make of the things I’d left behind. Stories started and never finished, notes on novels never written, not to mention the rolls of film I’d yet to develop and put in albums. Grateful for life and high on pain meds, I was making some brave decisions. Like writing a book in a month for National Novel Writers Month (NaNoWriMo).

That book (after much editing) became my first romance novel, JUST ONE SPARK, published by Mills & Boon in 2006. COOKING UP A STORM followed, as have a series of single-title romances from Samhain Publishing (HER CINDERELLA COMPLEX, PAR FOR THE COURSE, COMPROMISING POSITIONS, PRIDE & PASSION, PRIVATE SCANDAL, FOR KICKS, and DRIVE ME CRAZY).

COMPROMISING POSITIONS will always hold a special place in my heart, not because it sat atop the Amazon Bestseller list for two weeks, but because it was the story I was writing when I got sick, the half-finished book I worried my boys would find and wonder why I hadn’t completed it. Nothing compares to showing my kids that when you have a dream you chase it, catch it, hold on with both hands, and never let go.

Links:

Website:  http://www.jennabayleyburke.com/

Blog: http://jennabayley-burke.blogspot.com/

Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Up-Seduction-Jenna-Bayley-Burke-ebook/dp/B00IB3T5P4

Smashwords:  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/406326

Barnes & Noble:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cooking-up-a-seduction-jenna-bayley-burke/1118612118?ean=2940045682855

Adri's Review:

Thank you first to GoddessFish for providing us with an ARC so we could bring this story's review to you today.

Ok I will try to keep my gushing about this book small, but that will be difficult as this was such a fantastic read. I loved the fact that Lauren was such a strong character and not afraid to say what was on her mind or go for what she wants. She doesn't bend to Cam and isn't willing to compromise herself or her beliefs for anyone.

Cameron comes off a little bit as an arrogant, but lonely character. It's as if he needs to portray himself as being more than he is, or isn't willing to risk anyone knowing he needs help. That being said it is also very easy to see how vulnerable he really is. His need to protect himself from being used or hurt again is difficult to ignore.

This story also offers up some delicious food and steamy times. Also the story flows so well and so quickly I barely noticed how long (or not so long) it took me to read it.

This is one I know you won't regret reading.

Happy Reading... Adri.

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