Cooking up a Storm (Black Lace)
Emma Holly
The Coates Inn restaurant in Cape Cod is about to go out of business when its striking owner, Abby, jumps at a stranger's offer of help—both in her kitchen and her bedroom. Storm, a handsome chef, claims to have a secret weapon: an aphrodisiac menu that her patrons won't be able to resist. It certainly works on Abby—who gives in to the passions she has denied herself for years. But can this playboy chef really be Abby's hero if her body means more to him than her heart, and his initial plan was to steal the restaurant from under her nose?Storm soon turns the restaurant around, but Abby's insatiable desires have taken over her life. She's never known a guy into crazy sex like him before, and she wants to spend every spare moment getting as much intense erotic pleasure as she can. Meanwhile, her best friend Marissa becomes suspicious of the new wonder-boy in the kitchen.Before things get really out of control, someone has to assume responsibility. But can Abby tear herself away from the object of her lustful attention long enough to see what's really going on?
Publication Year: 2007
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Wow. Ok. I have never read anything quite like this. The characters were sort of neutral to me, I didn't really like them or care what happened to them but I didn't dislike them either; they just sort of were.
Why did this book get a high rating? It's different. I haven't come across a book quite like this. Sure, it ends with a monogamous (basically) HEA. But getting to that HEA is ... well interesting.
This is erotica hands down. There isn't really another subplot that makes it the book less like porn and more like a romance. All of the major plots of to do with sexual relationships. I suppose what I liked was that it wasn't always conventional. I've read erotica before but it is generally more conventional (boy meets girl, they get their kink on, overcome personal barriers, boy loves girl). Usually from the moment boy meets girl they don't involve themselves in sexual activity outside that relationship (without force or soul crushing guilt) but in this book that doesn't happen. So it's different and I (as a rule) like different.
Will I ever read this book again. Probably not. But I did appreciate it as far as alternative literature goes.
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