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THE SWEETEST SEDUCTION by Crista McHugh

"There is always a way ... when you have love."

By: Crista McHugh

Genres: Romance Contemporary

Posted: February 2, 2014

Lia Mantovani is chef/owner of the restaurant La Arietta. She isn't happy when her mother has, without her knowledge, put the chance to be served a four course dinner in an auction and Maureen Kelly had won the meal. So Lia cooks the meal and meets a couple of the seven sons of Mrs. Kelly and almost falls for THE SWEETEST SEDUCTION of her life.

Adam Kelly runs the family's real estate business and has been too busy to date, but when he comes face to face with Lia he wants to make time. His head is in the clouds so much so that he soon realizes that isn't a good thing, because he misses a couple of very important connections. He wants to not renew the contract of a restaurant that is in one of his buildings and replace it with a big name chef in hopes of bringing in more money. Now however there is one big problem? Lia's the owner of the restaurant he wants replaced.

Will it be possible to fix any misunderstandings between them? Or will he lose the only woman who makes him smile, laugh, relax and wild with need. Will Lia, who had lost everything once, be able to work through the confusion and misinformation or will she lose everything again?

THE SWEETEST SEDUCTION is a sweet, fun read with characters that are realistic and likeable. Lia and Adam are both workaholics that have to learn to make time for love and do manage to do so. The attraction is instantaneous and hot, but the little twists of misunderstandings that author Crista McHugh sneaks in, offers just the right amount of angst. The secondary characters add humor and family drama that only a bunch of brothers can manage and something I really enjoy reading. I really love Ms. McHugh's fantasy world but this is a fantastic start of a new contemporary series that I want to read more of.

Book Summary

Lia Mantovani has created one of the hottest restaurants on Chicago's Magnificent Mile, but all that could disappear if she loses her lease with Kelly Properties. Having had her dreams ripped away from her before, she'll do everything in her power to keep her restaurant. Her fate hangs on the whims of the frustratingly handsome Adam Kelly.

Adam has spent years trying to convince world famous chef Amadeus Schlittler to open a restaurant in Chicago, but he wants the prime location held by Lia. Business has always come first... until sparks fly when Adam meets her. When things get hot outside the kitchen, though, they're both in danger of getting burned.

Warning: Contains a hero who always gets what he wants; a heroine who is just as deadly with gamberi as she is with a baseball bat; meddlesome, match-making mothers; and a Great Pyrenees with a penchant for sweeping the heroine off her feet.

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The Sweetest Seduction by Crista McHugh

The Sweetest Seduction

by: Crista McHugh

The Kelly Brothers #1

Author Self-Published
January 1, 2014
On Sale: January 6, 2014
Featuring: Lia Mantovani; Adam Kelly
198 pages
ISBN: 194055991X
EAN: 9781940559919
Kindle: B00HP8J6XC
Paperback / e-Book

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