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Turning Up the Heat (La Vie en Roses 0.5)
by
Laura Florand (Goodreads Author)
Top chef Daniel Laurier might not know what is wrong with his marriage or his wife, but he knows one thing for sure. He’s not losing her. So when he comes home to find his wife has run off to a remote Pacific Island, he decides it’s time to turn up the heat.
ebook, 110 pages
Published
October 2012
by AOS Publishing
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3 Stars
Reading Turning Up The Heat by Laura Florand was almost voyeuristic. This very young couple who fell in love and drove themselves to the pursuit of higher goals, with Daniel being the youngest chef/owner of a restaurant in France and being always in the spotlight in Europe on television and his wife Lea, being his “manager” always pushing him and helping his cause for perfection. These are two people with a classic case of lack of co...more
3 Stars
Reading Turning Up The Heat by Laura Florand was almost voyeuristic. This very young couple who fell in love and drove themselves to the pursuit of higher goals, with Daniel being the youngest chef/owner of a restaurant in France and being always in the spotlight in Europe on television and his wife Lea, being his “manager” always pushing him and helping his cause for perfection. These are two people with a classic case of lack of co...more
5 stars, A++ read
Laura Florand's writing can melt me and put me in the mood for love like no other. Exquisite, love-filled, sensual. Detailed review posted on Mina's Bookshelf http://minadecaro.blogspot.com/2012/1...
How often in our married life we loose the ability to hear the words that are not spoken? How easily married couples grow apart and drift away from each other under the crushing pressure of hard work, business responsibilities and pursuit of success? How many times bonds and emotiona...more
Laura Florand's writing can melt me and put me in the mood for love like no other. Exquisite, love-filled, sensual. Detailed review posted on Mina's Bookshelf http://minadecaro.blogspot.com/2012/1...
How often in our married life we loose the ability to hear the words that are not spoken? How easily married couples grow apart and drift away from each other under the crushing pressure of hard work, business responsibilities and pursuit of success? How many times bonds and emotiona...more
This was a gorgeous short about a married couple and their misconceptions of each other that had evolved out of their circumstances and how they overcome these to get back to each other.
This felt genuine. Ok, not everyone is going to be married to a world famous chef, but the relationship strain I think any married couple can experience. The feeling of not being seen is real. The frustrations with the "it's not you, it's me" felt real.
I liked that they gave each other a chance. It didn't need to...more
This felt genuine. Ok, not everyone is going to be married to a world famous chef, but the relationship strain I think any married couple can experience. The feeling of not being seen is real. The frustrations with the "it's not you, it's me" felt real.
I liked that they gave each other a chance. It didn't need to...more
3.75 stars, I'd say. There was SO MUCH of this that I adored!!! Putting a marriage that's stuck in a rut and thus starting to break back together!! So much emotion and feelings and two people being honest with each other, it was lovely. Daniel did, however, rub me the wrong way sometimes early on in the book, and it made me read the first half of this a lot more slowly because it made it harder for me to get into the story. Throughout the second half, I loved absolutely everything, though.
This was short and sweet!
I loved the premise of the story, very much. Married couple that seems to have forgotten how to communicate, tries to fix what is possibly wrong with their relationship by learning how to talk to each other again. It's realistic, which I generally appreciate a lot (I mean, I like the fairytale romances just as much but sometimes it's nice to just read something life-like)
The love scenes were extremely well done, and overall I enjoyed the writing style (could've done wit...more
I loved the premise of the story, very much. Married couple that seems to have forgotten how to communicate, tries to fix what is possibly wrong with their relationship by learning how to talk to each other again. It's realistic, which I generally appreciate a lot (I mean, I like the fairytale romances just as much but sometimes it's nice to just read something life-like)
The love scenes were extremely well done, and overall I enjoyed the writing style (could've done wit...more
This was a short quick read. I liked the writing style, but the story did not have any real substance until the last chapter. I understand the communication issues between the characters. Anyone married can relate on some degree. The story was ok and I will try this author again, because I see potential with her writing style.
Oh man, I liked this so, so much. Stories about people putting relationships back together are my FAVORITE and that this one was just about people who'd forgotten how to talk to each other was great. I wish it had been longer.
Very much recommend. And there's an excerpt from her new book!
Very much recommend. And there's an excerpt from her new book!
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"What we have here is a failure to communicate.” Remember that famous phrase from the movie “Cool Hand Luke”? What we have in TURNING UP THE HEAT is a failure in the communication between a hard working husband in “Daniel” and his wife of eleven years, “Léa”. In this novella the author so skillfully puts the reader right in the middle of the heartache between this husband and wife. Where there is love, there is the potential for understanding. Be prepared for some very sensual love scenes. I lov...more
This novella blew my socks off it was so good. Intense, emotional, hot. Just so so amazing. Anyone who loves romance should be reading Laura Florand!
Loved this marriage in trouble story.
And now I think I have read everythign Laura Florand has written and I just have to wait impatiently for the next one.
And now I think I have read everythign Laura Florand has written and I just have to wait impatiently for the next one.
Very good novella and (a very good deal at .99 although it now seems to have gone back up in price to $2.99.
Well, this was just delightful. More in the morning. Assuming I make it into Manhattan in one piece.
Okay and at times emotional read about the near breakup of a marriage, but the love scenes fell short for me.
Sweet novella about a married couple finding their way back to each other.
very good novella from one of my new favorites :)
4.5/5 (B+)
Why don't couples talk to each other? I've read so many stories like this, where the wife believes one thing and the husband the opposite, but they never talk about it so they drift apart. Ugh, so frustrating! This was nicely done, reasonably hot, and I liked how it was set in Tahiti, but ultimately the plot device annoyed me too much for me to give it any more stars.
Cute, sweet quick read
3.5 stars. Florand is very good at getting me emotionally involved and invested in her characters' happiness. I've become so jaded that it seems rare to come across something where I care. recommended.
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