Blurb
Rosa Cruz, the fiery and ultra-sexy heiress of the Mama Linda Latin foods empire, is determined to create something on her own and not rely solely on her family's name and legacy.
For her new upscale restaurant in the trendy Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, she enlists the help of her childhood friend, the hot, young Cuban-American chef, Eliseo Perez, who's already made a name for himself on the New York culinary scene.
Despite Rosa's reservations about a forbidden workplace romance with her new employee, not to mention longtime friend, the chemistry between them is undeniable.
When the cooking starts, things quickly heat up in the kitchen and the bedroom. But with Eliseo's troubled past coming back to haunt him, can Rosa and Eliseo hold onto love and keep the restaurant from going up in flames?
*Can be read as a STANDALONE*
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Excerpt
Rosa pushes
Eliseo onto his back and begins to mark him with her nails and teeth. She loves
that he likes when she’s rough with him, and every mutual bite makes her
wetter. He can’t keep his lips off of her, even when she’s down over his tight
stomach. He pulls her arms up and sucks on each of her fingers, forcing her to
stop when she feels a tug at her core. Desire drips out of Rosa and sticks to
her thighs. She loves the feeling of want. It’s delicious torture to have him
so available to her but to deny herself, even for a short time. He bucks his
hips reflexively, needing to be inside her.
Rosa runs her tongue over her top lip and
smiles before moving her warm, wet tongue over his cock. Eliseo hisses as she
takes him into her mouth. He loves when she goes down on him. There’s nothing
sexier to him than a woman who’s unafraid of her sexuality and strong enough to
express it.
Eliseo lies back and closes his eyes,
shutting out the fact that this will not be his reality much longer. He knows
Rosa’s right, but it kills him to acknowledge it. He’s always known he has the
capacity to be as self-centered as his mother, doing whatever feels right at
the moment. Keeping Rosa to himself is what he wants, but he will hurt her if
he tries and she’s not ready. Neither one of them were ready for the other.
It’s as if the universe had brought them together just to show them the
potential of what could be and nothing more.
He groans as Rosa takes him deeper,
swallowing and then opening her throat more to accommodate him. She’s one of
the most generous lovers he’s ever had. But love does that. It compels you to
want to give more of yourself than you’d imagined possible. Eliseo had tried to
do the same for Rosa. To give her everything he could. Yet, if he were entirely
honest with himself, he would have admitted to himself earlier that it wasn’t
enough. Perhaps one day he can prove that he’s no longer burdened by the weight
of his emotional baggage. Until then, he’ll show his love to her every way he
can.
She digs her nails into his chest as she
continues to suck his cock, his hips moving in rhythm. Saliva drips down around
her mouth and his shaft as she licks him up and down, tickling the underside
with the tip of her tongue. The noise out of his mouth is unintelligible. Rosa
laughs and nearly chokes as she goes back down on him. Eliseo smiles down at
Rosa, loving how easy and fun sex is with her.
Rosa grasps the base of his cock and pumps
her hand up and down along with her mouth. Eliseo lies back, relishing this
moment with her. He runs his hand over her head and presses down once,
signaling he’s almost ready to come. She picks up her pace, wanting nothing
more than this with him. Of course they have all night, there’s time for
everything else. Right now, this is for him.
Eliseo moans loudly as he explodes into her
mouth. Rosa takes it all, swallowing everything he has to give her.
Without missing a beat, Eliseo pulls Rosa to
him, his lips conveying a gratitude for all she’s given him. Rosa sits up and
straddles his chest, gazing down at him with a look he’d seen before and had
taken it for wonder. But now he recognizes it as love. It pains him to think
someone else might inspire the same look, the same feelings in Rosa. Maybe
she’ll come back to me before that happens.
His hands don’t stop moving over her curves,
from her ass to her waist and up to her breasts. Her beauty fascinates him
because he wasn’t drawn to her for the prettiness of her face or the long,
thick wavy hair that is the envy of so many. Granted she has the body he’s
always found most desirable—the curvaceous ass, strong legs, small waist and
the most delectable tits—yet it occurs to him in this moment that not once were
those the features that made her attractive to him. As he summons the memory of
seeing her for the first time after so many years, all that he can recall is
how being with her made him feel. Her laughter, her smile, her touch meant more
than the physicality of her being. It was as if all of her qualities shaped her
perceived beauty more than her actual looks.
REVIEW
It was my very first book by the Author. I really wasn’t
sure what to expect. Well done, Ms Winslow. You are a talented writer.
This
book grabbed my attention from the very first page.
Rosa and Eliseo started as best-friend as kid, were
inseparable back then. Later their paths separated and they met after several
years, in present days. The chemistry is there between them, from the first
moment, as they meet after all these years, but both of them are trying to act
like a professional. Only stay in a business relation.
Rosa fought her feelings for Flaco. She always stayed away
from deep feelings in her relationships. Never allowed to sink too much by her
emotions. Less emotion, less pain.
Rosa is a strong woman, who knows what she wants and try to
find her own path in the business life. Despite the fact her mother is not too
happy of her plans, though support her. Family is always first for her, but she
try to stay independent, following her dreams. She is a „dutifully daugther at
home and a wild child everywhere else”. Rosa has a nice life with her own
dreams. She wants to come them through.
Eliseo is a talented chef who has earned a name for himself
in New York. He has a sad past, has been running away from it all his life. The
past is still haunted by what he done and not proud of it, but it is part of
his life, can not change this. Cooking is a passion and of course women. He
really have a womanizing charm! Good looking, tattooed Cuban Adonis and a
fantastic dancer! He needs a fresh
start, his dream is an own place, he’d always wanted his own kitchen.
Let’s talk about sex. This book was on fire. Full of
passion. Do not be shy, those scenes are very steamy and intense.
Not sex is the only passion. Theres are good foods, big
meals, beautiful places in Miami, a nice Cuban family, real love and big
dreams. Cubans are in strong bonds
between families and friends. It was sensual, a goody story enveloped in heady
romance. The whole book is passionate about food, family, life, love. A real
hedonist.
I loved the characters, each of them was unique. A beautiful
love story. I liked that the story was slow-building and the fears has not been
disappered by the first touch. They have to figure out how they work together
and love each other at the same time.
The story is in the present days but also covers many years
in the past to understand what and why. Find out how they got out from Little
Havana to the Miami first-class, wealthy, luxurious life.
Miami, mouth-watering food, romance, family and love. That
kind of love, what you’re chasing in your life. But everything is in place when
it's time.
I highly recommend it! It is a really good erotic-romance
book and so much more. You can read it
as standalone, despite it is the second part of the Wildflowers series.
I really enjoyed this book. I loved the way how this author writes, I will catch up with the following books of Ms Winslow, for sure.
ARC was kindly provided in exchange for a honest review.
Thank You so much for the chance. And
thanks for the mention of Tokaji in your story. I'm from Hungary and this kind
of wine is from my country.
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