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That Taste of Orange

Her Last

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That Taste of Orange

Genre: Contemporary romance; holiday theme

Length: 13,000 words

Heat Rating: 3 flames

If ever two people were perfectly suited for each other, it’s Sabrina and Chas. Both pastry chefs. Both excellent cooks. And both love the taste of orange. But the Christmas season has been a very busy time at their pastry shop, and they’re both feeling the weight of the long hours, the lack of personal time, and the stress of the holidays.

Sabrina wants nothing more for Christmas than to regain the wonderful relationship she once had with her husband. The very traits that drew her to him in the beginning are now driving her crazy. Chas loves his wife, but he’s overworked and needs some down time. When he suggests they need time apart—and neglects to tell her where he was one evening—Sabrina thinks the worst.

Will the end of the holidays signal the end of their union? Or can one juicy little orange bring them back where they belong?

Reviewer: Silvermage

Review: Nov 23, 2009

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Genre(s): Contemporary

Sabrina Montgomery and Chas are party chefs and have been married for four years. A while back they opened up Sabrina's Sweet Sensations, a specialty dessert shop. The both enjoy chocolate and orange together and even have a chocolate orange cake. But not everything is sweet at the shop. They have lately been fighting. Christmas time is not turning out to be as inspiring as it should be. They are working on

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Her Last

Length: 6,232 words – 22 pages

Heat Rating: sweet

Genre: mystery

Carla Jamison was enjoying a warm summer day at the park near her suburban home—a habit of hers many people knew about—when she took her last breath.

Olivia Corfont, forensics expert and coroner, now has a tough case on her autopsy table. Very little evidence and too many questions provide her with a conundrum that leads her straight to Inspector Chet Gavin, who relies heavily on Olivia's powers of observation to notice things he might miss.

Chasing down dead-end leads leaves the pair questioning whether the homicide of this popular schoolteacher is the work of a serial killer they thought was behind bars. Or is the murderer someone else so precise he or she leaves behind no forensic evidence?

Will the killer strike again? Can Olivia and Inspector Gavin solve the case before there's another victim? Follow the trail and see if you can solve the case.

Reviewer: Vee

Review: Aug 9, 2009

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Genre(s): Romantic Suspense

When faced with an improbable death, no suspects and no motivation for killing, Olivia Corfont, a coroner and forensic expert, digs into the situation. When the police leads go no where, it is up to her to unravel what happened that fateful day. Her Last is a quick enjoyable CSI-style mystery. Running just over 6,000 words, it can be read in half-an-hour or so.

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