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Caren Blakemore flees a demanding Washington, D.C., career and a painful divorce, only to fall for the enigmatic Derek Allen—whose scandal‑hungry past threatens to unravel their newfound romance.

When her father's small shop is shut down, Amanda Stewart joins a supermarket chain she despises, only to find unexpected opportunities for revenge and a new career path that leads her into the competitive world of rival retail.

Sentaro, a down-on-his-luck confectionery owner with a tainted past, finds hope and a new craft with Tokue, an elderly woman whose disfigured hands and mysterious history turn her sweet bean paste into a catalyst for change.

Two contemporary romance novels where celebrated chefs face love and culinary challenges: Summer Lyndon battles her guard as she falls for chef Blake, while publicist Juliet Trent navigates romance with chef Carlo.

A Vietnamese immigrant in 1960s France struggles with identity, love, and loyalty as he weighs returning home, staying in France, or joining Americans, all while reflecting on his varied past jobs and new relationships.

Two people, two worlds, two loves—a romance set in the present day and the fourteenth century.

Kate Inskip discovers a pirate in her dreams that turns out to be a man who is more than just a dream

Two chefs in New Orleans face a dangerous situation when a celebrity chef's past is linked to their restaurant's business.

A humorous, adventurous culinary tale in the style of New Orleans, from the author of the New York Times bestseller 'The Lady in the Car'.

What does it take to perfect a flawless éclair? A delicate yet buttery croissant? To pipe dozens of macarons? The answer is: an intimate knowledge of the fundamentals of pastry. In The Art of French Pastry award-winning pastry chef Jacquy Pfeiffer, cofounder of the renowned French Pastry School in Chicago, gives you just that. By teaching you how to make everything from pâte à choux to pastry cream, Pfeiffer builds on the basics until you have an understanding of the science behind the ingredients used, how they interact with one another, and what your hands have to do to transform them into pastry. This yields glorious results! Expect to master these techniques and then indulge in exquisite recipes, such as: brioche, napoléons / Mille-Feuilles, cream puffs, Alsatian cinnamon rolls / chinois, lemon cream tart with meringue teardrops, elephant ears / palmiers, black forest cake, beignets, as well as some traditional Alsatian savory treats, including: Pretzels, Kougelhof, Tarte Flambée, Warm Alsatian Meat Pie. Pastry is all about precision, so Pfeiffer presents us with an amazing wealth of information—lists of necessary equipment, charts on how ingredients react in different environments, and the precise weight of ingredients in grams, with a look at their equivalent in U.S. units -- which will help you in all aspects of your cooking. But in order to properly enjoy your "just desserts," so to speak, you will also learn where these delicacies originated. Jacquy Pfeiffer comes from a long line of pastry chefs and has been making these recipes since he was a child working in his father's bakery in Alsace. Sprinkled with funny, charming memories from a lifetime in pastry, this book will have you fully appreciating the hundreds of years of tradition that shaped these recipes into the classics that we know and love, and can now serve to our friends and families over and over again. The Art of French Pastry, full of gorgeous photography and Pfeiffer's accompanying illustrations, is a master class in pastry from a master teacher. - Publisher.

A suspenseful tale of love, murder, and a mysterious goddess in the Tuscan countryside.