Publisher: St.
Martin’s Press
Published: October 4, 2016
ISBN: 978-1250071873
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
FOUR HEARTS
Chef extraordinaire Emily Ford is about the face her greatest
challenge. It’s not so much that new
partner in Briscoe Ranch, Knox Briscoe wants her to prove she’s the best chef
around by cooking him dinner for a month.
It’s not so much that she’s on the brink of having her own five star
restaurant. It’s something much more –
it’s putting her heart on the line. And
putting it on the line for someone she thinks is everything she’d never
want.
Knox Briscoe may be a blood relative of the family at Briscoe
Ranch, but he’s not a close one. Before
he was born his family was banned from the ranch, a “rift” that no one will
tell him about, but one that has him bent on revenge against those very same
blood relatives. He arrives at Briscoe
Ranch with plans to appear as the saviour for their money problems, then piece
by piece dismantle the family legacy.
His prior successes go before him and while he pretends, convincely so,
that he’s there for his family, he is more than willing to break their
hearts. The one thing he didn’t count on
was Emily and how she would affect him.
But can the love of a good woman…a woman who doesn’t necessarily want to
care for him, change a lifetime of anger?
I got hooked on Melissa Cutler’s writing in book one of her One
and Only Texas series, ONE HOT SUMMER and eagerly awaited her latest, ONE MORE TASTE. She did not disappoint. On the surface Emily and Knox seem like two
totally disparate people. A couple that
has no business being together…but in reality they do. They each have their issues, issues of a
lifetime and until the point they meet they have coped—survived their issues,
but never dealt with them. Cutler does a
fabulous job of bringing those heart wrenching issues to light. She then brings her characters a needed
healing, both as individuals and together as a couple. She not only takes Knox and Emily through
their own personal growth—but other secondary characters as well. Those secondary characters aren’t there just
to shore up Knox and Emily – they have their own stories told against the
backdrop of a very real world. Some of
the characters, like my favorite, Granny June, carry over from book to
book.
I’m not much for cooking myself, but I have to say that I found
myself wishing Cutler would have included a few of those recipes at the end of
the book—in particular that peach soup. Something for her to consider in future
reads that focus on the food served at the ranch.
In ONE HOT SUMMER readers meet part of the Briscoe family and
learn a bit about the magic of the ranch.
Cutler builds on that in ONE MORE TASTE, making the reader want to visit
their themself. The setting becomes as
much a part of the story as the characters.
In turn it opens the door for a good many stories in the years to come.
Rich in characters and setting, Melissa Cutler’s ONE MORE TASTE is
definitely one to add to your gotta read list.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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