Tempt Me, Taste Me, Touch Me

Leidenschaft in Kalifornien

by Bella Andre

In this collection of sexy novellas, three women take a road trip to Napa Valley—and where there's wine and women, there's always seduction.

California wine country is a world of sensual delights—the tantalizing kiss of sunlight...the luscious decadence of gourmet cuisine...the slow burn of wine that warms from within...and sinfully sexy men. For three women hungering for more, it's a destination for pleasuring both body and soul...

TEMPT ME
Carrie can't explain why she turned down a marriage proposal from Mr. Perfect. But a chance encounter with a rugged winemaker who works the earth unleashes something wild in her. His raw, hungry power has her intoxicated with desire—and she knows it's useless to resist...

TASTE ME
After voluptuous Rose is left by her boyfriend for a thinner woman, she's in for a sensual shock when she falls for a chef who can't get enough of her luscious curves. One taste of his lovemaking will never be enough...

TOUCH ME
Vanessa is used to loving and leaving her men. And the man she wants now is an intense artist who has her modeling nude amid the Napa vineyards. But this time, he's the one playing hard to get—and their heated game of "look but don't touch" will soon have Vanessa begging for release...

Genres: Romance, Erotica, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Erotic Romance, Fiction, Ebooks

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 2, 2007

About the author

Bella Andre is the New York Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of “The Sullivans” and “The Morrisons” series.

Having sold more than 10 million books, Bella Andre’s novels have been #1 bestsellers around the world and have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists 84 times. She has been the #1 Ranked Author at Amazon (on a top 10 list that included Nora Roberts, JK Rowling, James Patterson and Steven King). Apple iBooks named her one of the "bestselling authors of all time." And Publishers Weekly named Oak Press (the publishing company she created to publish her own books) the Fastest-Growing Independent Publisher in the US. After signing a groundbreaking 7-figure print-only deal with Harlequin MIRA, Bella’s “The Sullivans” series is being released in paperback in the US, Canada, and Australia.

Known for “sensual, empowered stories enveloped in heady romance” (Publishers Weekly), her books have been Cosmopolitan Magazine “Red Hot Reads” twice and have been translated into ten languages. Winner of the Award of Excellence, The Washington Post called her “One of the top writers in America” and she has been featured by Entertainment Weekly, NPR, USA Today, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and TIME Magazine. A graduate of Stanford University, she has given keynote speeches at publishing conferences from Copenhagen to Berlin to San Francisco, including a standing-room-only keynote at Book Expo America in New York City.

Bella also writes the New York Times bestselling Four Weddings and a Fiasco series as Lucy Kevin. Her “sweet” contemporary romances also include the new Walker Island series written as Lucy Kevin.

If not behind her computer, you can find her reading her favorite authors, hiking, swimming or laughing. Married with two children, Bella splits her time between the Northern California wine country, a 100 year old log cabin in the Adirondacks, and a flat in London overlooking the Thames..

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For digital/eBook, audiobook, foreign licensing, conference keynote and press inquiries, please contact Bella at bella@bellaandre.com

Reviews

[Natasja · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three friends are heading for the Wine Country in California to spend the weekend. They are all dealing with some issues in their lives and never expected to find true love on this journey.

Tempt me
Carrie just broken up with her boyfriend after he proposed to her during a wonderful dinner. It appears he wasn’t Mr. Right for her after all, so this weekend with her two best friends is just what she needs. After their arrival at the hotel she decides to take a walk and gets lost in this huge vineyard. So when this stranger Tyson Green appears to “save” her and is immediately attracted to him, so she decides to take a walk on the wild side.

Taste me
Rose is the second friend who just broken up with her boyfriend after this scumbag suggested she lose some weight. Rose knows that she isn’t big, but decides to lose some weight starting this weekend. But at arrival she finds out that she is the lucky one that was randomly drawn to take some cooking lessons from hot top chef Jack Gerard. When she learns that Jack loves full-figured women and finds her attractive, she dumps her diet and let him lead her on this bumpy road full of food and pleasure.

Touch me
Vanessa is the last friend on this road trip and the bold one. She enjoys life and all the men within, but this weekend she is all about relaxing and taking care of herself for once. During her walk through the town, she discovers this art shop and wants the painting in the window. But the artist Sam Marshall has other plans for Vanessa, he wants to paint her nude and he won’t take “no” as an answer.

Tempt me, Taste me, Touch me by Bella Andre is a great book with three novellas, where three friends finding Mr. Right when they at least expect it.

Carrie and Rose both just broke up with their boyfriends and need some time to heal, when Vanessa just want to take a break from all the male attention in her life. Never in their life would they imagine finding Mr. Right on this short trip to Wine Country in California.

What I love about Bella Andre is that she uses women in her books that a lot of women can relate to. I’ve read some of her other books too and love the fact that she isn’t afraid to write about women who aren’t the skinny model type.

I cannot say that I liked one story better than the others, because all three were fabulous. Great characters, steamy scenes and lots of sparkles flying around between the couples. I’m definitely going to check out more of her stuff.

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was rather good. Its three Novellas all written by Bella Andre. The stories actually take place simultaneously when three friends head for the Wine Country in California and find love and their happily ever after where they least expect it and of course when they aren't looking. I unfortunately can't recall the names of the characters at this time.
Tempt Me = The girl has just broken up with her boyfriend who after he proposed realized that he was not the perfect catch after all. After arriving at the hotel she takes a walk and after getting lost in a vineyard is found by a man who turns out to be perfect for her. After dealing with issues he has from a past relationship and dealing with the same for her which includes the ex actually showing up having not gotten id est not accepted the answer she gave to his proposal the new couple get their happy ending.
Taste Me = The girl has dealt with her weight for as long as she can recall and yet again a guy has broken up with her and suggested she lose some weight. She's really not that large but is planning to diet in the trip but when she arrives she learns that in a random drawing or something she has won cooking lessons from a really hot chef. She plans to meet him say no thanks and leave. He's not real happy about the idea of teaching someone to cook as a promo event but is going along with it. He figures it'll be some skinny woman who either doesn't eat or eats like a bird. Chef's want women that will enjoy what they cook (at least this one odes and so do all the other hot romance novel chefs I've read about in books) but seem to date what appear to be toothpicks to average girls so they don't feel they have a chance. Anyway, after seeing her he's actually looking forward to the cooking lessons since he likes what he sees and thus begins an another awesome weekend headed for a happy ending.
Touch Me = The final girl who appears to have all the looks and everything guys want is not looking for a guy this weekend but she finds one when she meets an artist who wants to paint her. Although she' not looking for it and not even planing a one night stand the final girl does the same as the other two and she too has a happy ending.

[♔ Marli ♔ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Trio of stories (three best girlfriends) and their love adventures over the course of a get-away vacation.
I thought each story was great all by itself.
The stories were quick and easy to read and easily kept me engaged.

Would've been nice to have had an epilogue of all 3 friends with their new hotties together and what they are up to.
I've concluded throughout the 3 stories that the three men knows/knows of each other, so it would've been great to see them interact with each other.

Compliments to the author!

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

For some stupid reason I kept putting this book off, and moving it back on my tbr list, until today. The first two stories I absolutely loved, I even kind of identified with Rose. Vanessa's story was so different it seemed from another book, but I couldn't help but fall in love with Sam eventually. Really hot with some fun, another winner by Bella Andre.

[Aman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading about how each girl found love. My favorite story of the three was Rose and Jack. Overall a pretty good read. Who doesn't love a good love story with a happy ending. It just goes to show that sometimes love can happen in a matter of a weekend

[Shruti N · Rating 2 out of 5]

My reader context
I am on a spree to read plus size romance novels. I am not a romance reader, I read more dystopia and research paper than anything but since I have always been a fan of the genre amd since a friend recommended the Curves and Wall St series, I have started dipping into romance.

My review
I didn't like the book. I really REALLY disliked it. It's unrealistic, it's both fatphob*c but also shamed thin women as "anorex*c" WHAT? Shows me that the author doesn't really understand appreciation of one body without shaming another. There is a point where one of the 3 main female characters says she is fat, and her love interest who she has JUST met btw says "No, never ever say that, you are absolutely beautiful". Okay? She didn't say she was ugly. She said she was fat, there are other ways to better shut down her body shaming.

Plus, I understand romance books need some unrealisticness to feel beautiful, but this is a bit too much. No matter how goodlooking, if a man a woman has JUST met last night asks her to move from San Francisco to Napa for his "love", she'll feel crepped out. Which reminds me, no one is falling in love in a DAY. I understand you fall in the first look and then you explore a few days, months and then confirm. Confirming day 2? Is too much. Plus one of the couples is "Rose and Jack". Really?

[★¸. • * ° * ༺*Blanka*༺*°°*•.¸. ♥★ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can't give this book more than 3 stars simply because it's not a complex book with well developed and thought provoking story lines. This is a great light read with 3 strong female characters and 3 sexy heroes. I believe it's meant to be a light read just to tittilate the senses. This would be a great book to take to the beach or to take to your favorite easy chair while drinking a froo-froo drink or better yet a glass of wine as all 3 stories take place in the wine country--Napa Valley.
This is my first book by Bella Andre and I liked it enough to read other books by her.

[Sparklin C Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Three friends on a road trip. Can only mean one thing some hot and steamy reading. One lady is not ready for marriage. But is game for a fling with a stranger. The other was dumped and hooks up with a chef. The last lady is a love em and leave em kinda gal. That is until no. When she meets an artist. Who has a trick or two up his sleeve.

[Never Stop Reading or Dreaming · Rating 3 out of 5]

REVIEW

This was a sweet book. I liked how it was a girls weekend where they all found there HEA's. was some of it super fast and unbelievable? Yeah. But that's why you read books like this.

[OutofContextRomance · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5
A book that languished in my Uncollected on Kindle for most of the year. Once I finished the first in the series, I pretty quickly found my way through the next two—one of them a nice little chef book! On the whole, an underwhelming series, though.

[Roslynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sexy short stories....

[Betty J · Rating 4 out of 5]

The 3 stories were good, I read all of your books.
I wished the stories were linked at the end, the friends meeting with their love ones.

[Amanda Dicicco · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was okay. Not my normal reading by her. It took me a bit to read this.

[Lissa J · Rating 2 out of 5]

3 short erotica, a bit cheesy, a bit cliché, a lot of stereotypes, and female characters with very low self-esteem .

[HK · Rating 2 out of 5]

魅せて誘って愛されて　ベラ　アンドル　read in Japanese. 1. ワインの国の誘惑 Tempt Me　2. チョコレートの週末 Taste Me　3. 女神（ミューズ）に愛されて Touch Me 3 novellas

Light short stories. Hot scenes were not as hot as being listed on some of the hot lists.

1. ワインの国の誘惑 Carrie, landscaping designer who was just proposed by a rich boyfriend who doesn't listen to her and Tyson, winery owner. Had a great weekend together when Carrie got lost in grape yard, but she told him that she was single while still carrying the engagement ring in her pocket. Tyson was at the end of his divorce after his wife slept with his worker. Mild warmness

2. チョコレートの週末
Rose (30), an accountant and Jack (36), a chef. Rose is deep in low self esteem about her body and her personality. She had a hard time believing Jack who thought she was a bomb. They spent the weekend together after Rose won the free cooking lesson from the famous chef. Instead of giving her a real lesson, he took her to his home.

3. 女神に愛されて
たくさんの男と刹那的な恋を繰り返してきたヒロイン。
画家のモデルとなり、真実の愛を見つける。Didn't care much about heroine or hero.

[Jessica Alcazar · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was absolutely a great little book. All three stories just made your heart sing! The ONLY thing I think that would have made this book perfect was if all 3 stories were told at the same time. The three friends travel to the wine country for a girls weekend and each find their HEA in separate stories but yet it happens at the same time ... i think just going back and forth from Carrie and Rose and Vanessa within just one story would have made it more interesting....

[Krissy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed these stories. I liked that they were quick reads, but at the same time, I wanted more of each couple. I wish that there could have been some sort of epilogue so that we could get one more scene of the three friends together again in Napa after their stories ended.

As always, Bella Andre didn't disappoint, but left me wanting more. I'm becoming more of a fan the more I read of her stories.

[Lady Raven RAVE! · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a really a good read you won't be disappointed, from the first story to the last. This was my first book by this author and won't be my last. Great for your collection if you collect your fav. books

[Trina · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is actually a trio of stories (three best girlfriends) and their love adventures over the course of a get-away vacation. I thought each story was great all by itself. The stories were quick and easy to read and easily kept me engaged.

[Joy Boutwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tempt Me, Taste Me, Touch Me by Bella Andre is another one of her outstanding books. If you like romantic stories you'll love this book. It's three different stories about how three friends each find true love. I recommend this book.

[Cara · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 steamy, quick to read novellas by an author who always writes engaging, quality stories with genuine characters. Some insta-love here is rather unbelievable, but such is the stuff of romance novellas. a fun summer read.

[Kara Merry · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such great fun reading.

[Erika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carrie's story was my favorite, woman that is worried about her weight. Most women feel that... but in this story sexy chef Jack finds her so damn hot.

[Candace · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Bella Andre and this book did not disappoint. Three seperate stories, but all are interconnected. Great!

[Pamela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bella Andre

[Josie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three women, three adventures, three stories of finding lasting love. Fun ways to find love.

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rose and Jack. Hot damn. Haha. Their story, Taste Me, has got to be my favorite. Sigh.

(And it didn't even once let my brain make a titanic reference while reading it.)

[Asmaa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall Rating: 3.25/5

Tempt Me: 3.5/5
Taste Me: 2/5
Touch Me: 4/5

[Amanda]

I loved the books however I found the ending to be a little short. I think it could have slightly expanded on the reunion of the three girls sunday.

[Linnea Bassin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three connected stories

I enjoyed all three stories. I have always enjoyed Bella Andre's books and it is the same with this book.