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220th out of 669 books
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838 voters
Cooking up a Storm
by
Emma Holly (Goodreads Author)
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...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
May 1st 2007
by Virgin Books
(first published 1998)
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Abby runs The Coates Inn Restaurant in Cape Cod. She has severe financial problems that can only be solved by hiring a spectacular chef. Storm is a French Canadian living a boring, yet prosperous life in Los Angeles. Not only is he a spectacular chef, but his avocation is sex and satisfying women. When he sees Abby’s ad in a restaurant trade magazine he jumps at the chance to leave the West Coast and check out her restaurant. Abby hires him on the spot, and their sexual adventure begins that ver...more
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Mar 27, 2008
L8blmr
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anything-goes erotica fans
Recommended to L8blmr by:
someone with a list on Amazon
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As soon as she starts having sex with every named character in the damn book, I threw it across the room.
Very fun book, with a great many different scenarios, some of which didn't really interest me that much. It's a very well-grounded story, which made it believable or probable. The characters were diverse and you get more than Abby and Storm's story. I would have liked for the ending (not the Epilogue) to be a bit longer; it seemed to come together in too much of a rush for it to be properly savoured. But I like her writing style and she certainly doesn't give you a chance to be distracted - I re...more
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WOW. That's really all I can say. You know, I read everyone's reviews and they all claimed this book was just something you HAD to read to experience it. And I went into it thinking, eh it can't be that over the top....
Boy was I wrong.
After I read this book, I realized I've never properly read erotica before. I have read a lot of what I call "dirty romance" which is click-lit with some heavy sex scenes. I've even read some kinkier "dirty romance" books. But those are NOTHING compared to this boo...more
Boy was I wrong.
After I read this book, I realized I've never properly read erotica before. I have read a lot of what I call "dirty romance" which is click-lit with some heavy sex scenes. I've even read some kinkier "dirty romance" books. But those are NOTHING compared to this boo...more
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 lik...more
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 lik...more
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Abby runs an inn that is owned by her and her sisters. the inn needs quite a bit of work and a new cook. in comes Storm. his all aphrodisiac menu quickly fills the dining room and sets the inn on the right path for financial success.
right before his arrival at the inn abby broke up with her boyfriend. storm took the opening as a perfect opportunity to give the woman her sexual awakening. and boy does he. apparently abby is the only single woman in all of cape cod. as soon as the town finds out...more
right before his arrival at the inn abby broke up with her boyfriend. storm took the opening as a perfect opportunity to give the woman her sexual awakening. and boy does he. apparently abby is the only single woman in all of cape cod. as soon as the town finds out...more
Well, what is there to say about this book! The story line is very basic and there is only the odd paragraph here and there to remind you of what the story is supposed to be about. There is no real relationship between many of the characters and the friendships that have been described are not very intense apart from all the sexual tension (which may sound interesting to most, however there is no real build up. It all just seems to happen.)
When one thinks of a novel, one thinks of profound desc...more
When one thinks of a novel, one thinks of profound desc...more
Didn't really get this book, a lot of sex and very little plot, which is not always a bad thing but in this case not very good either.
It starts out with Abby who is not happy in her current relationship and also in financial trouble with her restaurant. She breaks up with her boyfriend and hires a new chef, Storm, to increase her business. She is attracted to Storm and they start a sexual affair with no strings. Now this is where I get a little confused, she refers to the fact she has only been...more
It starts out with Abby who is not happy in her current relationship and also in financial trouble with her restaurant. She breaks up with her boyfriend and hires a new chef, Storm, to increase her business. She is attracted to Storm and they start a sexual affair with no strings. Now this is where I get a little confused, she refers to the fact she has only been...more
If you like erotica with a lighthearted twist this book is for you.Follow Abby on her sexual awakening after she employs uber chef Storm to stir up passionate aphrodisiac dishes in the kitchen of her struggling restaurant and turn up the heat of her own sexual desire which has lain dormant too long. The text and the antics of the hero and heroine are playful and Emma Holly does not shy away from introducing a variety of sexual scenarios to illustrate Abby's liberation. These scenarios had me lit...more
This spicy little amuse bouche deftly straddles the line between erotica and erotic romance. Unlike In Too Deep, there are multiple partners, some times in the same occasion, but there's a clear hero and heroine who end up together (sorta) at the end.
Abby owns the Coates Inn down on the Cape in Massachusetts. Struggling to make ends meet, she hires on sexy chef Storm Dupre (god what an awful name!) Storm, looking for a place to settle down, accepts the job but with a ruthless secret plan: he wil...more
Abby owns the Coates Inn down on the Cape in Massachusetts. Struggling to make ends meet, she hires on sexy chef Storm Dupre (god what an awful name!) Storm, looking for a place to settle down, accepts the job but with a ruthless secret plan: he wil...more
This book is erotica, so if that's not your thing, stop reading.
This a a sweetly romantic, alpha-male-finds-his-true-love-and-changes-his-tomcatting-ways kind of book featuring a chef and the owner of an inn. But it's Emma Holly's version of that story line, so the hero is an amazingly skilled lover, and the end result of getting together is a somewhat open relationship after a sizzling courtship. Along the way, there's very creative foreplay, auto-eroticism, toys, lighthearted bondage, group sc...more
This a a sweetly romantic, alpha-male-finds-his-true-love-and-changes-his-tomcatting-ways kind of book featuring a chef and the owner of an inn. But it's Emma Holly's version of that story line, so the hero is an amazingly skilled lover, and the end result of getting together is a somewhat open relationship after a sizzling courtship. Along the way, there's very creative foreplay, auto-eroticism, toys, lighthearted bondage, group sc...more
I read a lot of erotic romances, and this was a first for me. I have to say that wanted to put this one down after the first 15 pages. I'm not one to write bad reviews, but I feel I must express my displeasure, as I was misled by the good reviews. I felt the book had real potential, but the author takes a sweet girl that everyone likes into a "sexual awakening" that gives her no moral compass what so ever. She takes her new found sexual freedom, and basically screws every guy she comes in contac...more
The plot is thin but sometimes you read erotica not for the plot but for the hot sex! I didn't enjoy this story as much because I was distracted by how Abby did not protect herself. She's a business owner, she's intelligent (one would think), she has a college degree.
And yet, she has unprotected sex with Storm on their second coupling. She has unprotected sex with Jack on their first coupling. She has unprotected sex with Peter on their first coupling. This novel is not based in the 70s where su...more
And yet, she has unprotected sex with Storm on their second coupling. She has unprotected sex with Jack on their first coupling. She has unprotected sex with Peter on their first coupling. This novel is not based in the 70s where su...more
How did I come across this title? I was checking out an author’s massage boards when I came across a discussion titled “hottest sex scene you’ve ever read”. Of course, I had to click on that and read away. “Cooking Up a Storm” by Emma Holly came up often. So that made it official – I had to read this book. And boy oh boy, it really did have a lot of hottish sex in it, let me tell you…
Well, I didn’t think such a thing was possible, but I found this book had too much sex in it! Just as I was learn...more
Well, I didn’t think such a thing was possible, but I found this book had too much sex in it! Just as I was learn...more
Nov 10, 2007
Tamara Evans
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
dirty-books-romance
Before I went to work one day, I decided to check out the new fiction shelf at work. Among all the bestsellers,I saw this book. Now when I first saw the cover of "Cooking Up a Storm," it was just showed a woman carrying a basket of fruit and label as an "erotic romance".What does that mean? I figured that it was just one of the boring, plotless books that the library buys. Boy, was I wrong.
Before I began reading, I found out some things about the author. Emma Holly is an author for Cheek Press,...more
Before I began reading, I found out some things about the author. Emma Holly is an author for Cheek Press,...more
I love Emma Holly in general, but the promiscuity of the female lead in this book (while being "in love" with the H), made me absolutely bonkers!!! It could have been a 5 if not for that one stupid fact!!! In fact, I could have lived with 1 or 2 indiscretions as her sexual nature is being revealed, but 5,6, including orgies? Sorry...
Jun 07, 2011
Beate
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
erotica,
did-not-finish
I'm giving up on this one. I was thinking initially that this was a solid 3/5 stars book. But when she just causally hooks up with her dad's old buddy, that's borderline incest. And she's a cheater, she is seeing the chef, even if they're not serious yet.
I had to stop here and read other reviews. Finding out the main character whores around town, and ends up with an open relationship with the chef (he wants her to tell him when she goes out and cheats), that's it.
What I read, wasn't all that goo...more
I had to stop here and read other reviews. Finding out the main character whores around town, and ends up with an open relationship with the chef (he wants her to tell him when she goes out and cheats), that's it.
What I read, wasn't all that goo...more
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Hot, hot, HOT!!!! My book club actually read it as a way to dip our toes in the erotica pool, and it was so fascinating to hear which scenes each person liked. Definitely not the same for everyone!
Jun 25, 2010
Mollie *scoutrmom*
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
voyeurs
Shelves:
erotic-romance,
read-in-2010
From this book, I learned that I don't want to read any more Emma Holly except her paranormal stuff.
I saw no plot, just a series of loosely related events punctuating a series of sex scenes. Now, I like steamy well-written sex scenes when the promote character growth, move the plot forward, or help the characters realize something about their feelings for each other. This was none of the above; it was just sex for the sake of thrills, and I felt dirty reading it. Me, who can read a Jaid Black o...more
I saw no plot, just a series of loosely related events punctuating a series of sex scenes. Now, I like steamy well-written sex scenes when the promote character growth, move the plot forward, or help the characters realize something about their feelings for each other. This was none of the above; it was just sex for the sake of thrills, and I felt dirty reading it. Me, who can read a Jaid Black o...more
Let's see, owner-boyfriend, owner-cook, owner-waitress, owner-photographer, owner-three guys from chamber of commerce, owner-construction worker, owner-waitress/photographer/cook group, chef-random chick, chef-photographer, chef-trainer, waitress-photographer. That's 12 different groups of people having sex in this book. Several of these groups have multiple in depth sex scenes. Maybe it's just me, but I think that's an awful lot of different sex groups for a book that isn't even 270 pages.
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I wanna see what will happen to the tomboy waitress and the old guy and the food critic on the last part. Steamy and romantic, Emma Holly always nailed it.
I normally like Emma Holly, but this one just didn't flow smoothly for me. The sex scenes were hot, but they seems to come too fast due to the weak plot.
Better than your average erotic romance. However, if you'd like a turn on the erotic-food-romance that's a bit less het, try Poppy Z. Brite's Liquor.
Increíblemente sexy, Storm es...WOW, me encantó, si bien tiene bastante sexo no es chocante o grotesco y en realidad tiene trama, cool ;)
My favorite (so far) of the Emma Holly books I've read. I loved this book so much, I bought three more of her titles!
Wow! So interesting to see Emma's writing style evolve through the years. This book seems transitional in some ways.
Some of the pairings in this book seemed a little over the top, but it was still a lot of fun and very sexy!
Hot! The cover of the version I have does not match the story at all!
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