Delicious Desires

by Jackie Williams

She is going to lose everything! Yes, it is her own fault. Perhaps she should have listened to the rumours or read the fine print. But she hadn’t, and she didn’t, and now she has a fight on her hands. Caroline is not about to let any arrogant architect drown her delightful waterfront cake shop in a sea of new construction work. She’ll fight the site owner every step of the way. Adam has reached the pinnacle of his building career, and no insignificant little cake shop is going to persuade him from his agenda now, however delicious the fare. But he had reckoned without the temptation of the bakery’s stunning owner. Not only is she beautiful but she is talented too. A heady mixture for anyone to ignore, least of all him. One sugared kiss later and he knows he will sacrifice anything for her. Caroline knows she shouldn't fall for the one man she cannot have. Adam’s live-in lover and lifestyle are things he is not prepared to give up for anyone. Certainly not for her. But some men are more enticing than a warm chocolate brownie on a chilly Spring day... If only the pain of his betrayal was as easy to swallow. Life changing decisions are never easy to make, but he has already left it too late. Caroline has a new man. Adam only has himself to blame, but the agony of losing her is something he never dreamed could hurt so much. Though perhaps not as painful as discovering that her life is in danger, and that if he doesn’t move fast, she might soon be dead. Will he be in time to save her? Can he rise above the tide of bitterness festering inside him and decide to shove all thoughts of jealousy and anger from his head? There is no decision to make. He loves her. He doesn’t care if she has another lover. He would rather die with her than live a single day more without her! Delicious Desires is an easy read romance, suitable for anyone 16 yrs old and above. (Sensual scenes and some adult language)

Genres: Emotional, Romance

221 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 6, 2012

About the author

I was born in Essex England during the mid sixties but I missed all the fun. Being only young I assumed that all Beatles were six legged creatures and Flower Power was something to do with the vigorous way my mother kneaded the bread dough.

My wonderful parents brought me up with a huge love of books. We read anything and everything. Bedtime stories were a treasured time of adventure and mystery. My sister and I sat wide eyed in wonder and to this day I worry about Dinah and Dorinda being pricked with pins because they grew so fat, and I never pull faces at the a waning moon (or was it a waxing one?) just in case my chops stay that way . (The Wind On The Moon)

I began reading romance while still at school. The fuel for many a teenage fantasy leapt from between the covers of wildly romantic books and my passion still lingers now for all those dark haired heroes.

My own beautiful teenage daughter persuaded me to write my first romance. She was only fourteen at the time and between books for children and adults. She couldn’t find anything that ticked all her numerous and particular boxes and so she asked me to write a book, with all the exact ingredients just for her. Though not just a book for teens, she enjoyed the resulting tale so much that she shared it with her friends and I eventually published A Perfect Summer as an ebook on amazon.

But I have discovered that writing is not easily stopped once you start. It has turned into a grand passion that I just cannot hold back. The fingertips start tapping the keys and ideas suddenly come flooding, far too many for just one book and so I began another and then another. Nine books later I am still nowhere near done. Book ten is on its way and only just the other night I woke from a wild and wonderful dream with book eleven fully formed in my head.

Romance will always be my first love but recently I was so influenced by a tiny polished plaque on a sea wall that I gave paranormal romance a try. (Echo Beach) Mixing the two genres was a real challenge for me but I was delighted with the result. Historical romance is going to be my next genre. All those fabulously titled and passionate men are impossibly hard to resist.

All of my books are Easy Reading Romance, intended only to while away a few hours with some light entertainment.

They are not meant to teach you anything or to stay with you for years after reading. Please do not read or review them if you are expecting anything deeper or more meaningful.

I hope you enjoy all of my efforts and I look forward to your comments and reviews.

Reviews

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really lovely book full of romantic anguish.

The hero is really hot. Apart from oozing sexuality there's just enough edge to make him a little ruthless but beneath the hard exterior there lurks a heart of gold. A true modern day 'knight in shining armour. Great characters and scene description bring out the best in this book.

I've read all of this author's books now and can't wait for more. Really nice easy reading. Great with a cup of tea and a few chocolates!

[Hans Jambor · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked Jackie Williams book Running Scarred and wanted to read another one. I thought this looked interesting so I bought it. This one is good, too. The main character is Caroline, a young woman with a baking business who is going to lose her shop when developers buy up the property where her shop is located. They are building a whole new complex and if she wants to be part of it, she will have to wait a year to reopen her business. When we meet Caroline, she has just been told there is nothing she can do to change what’s going to happen and she’s devastated. As she is sitting in the parking lot in her mini, Adam Cavendish, the developer and all around hunk, knocks on her window to ask if she’s leaving so he can have her spot. Caroline is a mess with mascara raccoon eyes and her hair disheveled. She is embarrassed, when she finds out who he is, angry, but she can’t help noticing how big he is and how good-looking Her next encounter with Adam is when she goes to a nightclub and he’s there. When two bad guys drug her drink and try to assault her, Adam comes to the rescue and since he doesn’t know where she lives, she takes her home. They are wildly attracted to each other, but Caroline can’t get past the fact that it is his fault she’s losing her business, a dream she’s had all her life, but eventually she falls for him and they have one night of unbelievable passion. Will they stay together? Will Caroline lose her business, or will she find another way to fulfill her dream? I won’t give away any spoilers. Delicious Desires is a contemporary romance. For me it had the old-fashioned feel of a fifties movie where misunderstandings abound, only with enough sex to satisfy a modern audience. I loved those old movies and I really enjoyed this book.

[Z.J. Hicks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delicious Desires is certainly deserving of the five stars. I could not put the book down, it was fascinating. The characters were well created and convincing, I really began to care about what happened between them.
This book is perfect for a lover of romance novels and for anyone who enjoys a good well-written story.

[G · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wow, that was painful. Just painful.





So you have two options:

1) go Forest Gump and run



or 2) pretend you're cold and



ok, this last one was too much, but it's a bad bad book, so just say





and go find something else to read.

[Vanessa Fawcett · Rating 5 out of 5]

FANTASTIC I can absolutely recommend a couple of hours excellent entertainment.

[Jinx · Rating 3 out of 5]

Caroline Masters is in the depths of despair when we meet her, her shop is set to be demolished to make way for a redevelopment of the area, when she meets Adam Cavendish the developer who is in charge of the redevelopment project.

When Caroline realises who Adam is it's a little late but that doesn't stop her from disliking Adam even though she's attracted to him. In a twist they find themselves in a night club where Adam comes to her rescue, and she ends up in his home. But despite the attraction between the two, the issues Caroline faces with her shop drive a wedge between them. But Adam is determined to find out if it's meant to be between them.

A hot afternoon spent together leads to more problems as work takes Adam away for weeks and Caroline is unable to reach him. They have huge misunderstandings and an unexpected surprise as well as a couple of trips to the hospital before they are able to finally talk, and we get a good ending.

I liked this book, it was sweet but dragged on, especially the ending, that could have ended two chapters before it finally did, but it's ok. The characters were decent, and while there was drama it was fairly tame, mostly caused by assumptions both made. An ok book

[Wyrdness · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story depends on stupid and completely avoidable misunderstandings. There's no real feel of tension because beyond not being together their lives are actually pretty great for the most part. I have no idea how they think they can love each other since they hardly spend any real time together without someone being passed out or them having sex instead of getting to know each other. Lust/ infatuation does not equal love, though this is hardly the first romance novel to imply it is.