The Chocolate Thief (Amour et Chocolat, #1) By Laura Florand
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But everything else was superb I must thank Keertana Ivy Book Bindings for her amazing review If not for her I wouldn t have picked this book up This review is also posted on The Readers Den Loved it just as much the 2nd time around Re read November 16th 2016 Paperback I am glad I read The Chocolate Touch before this one because I enjoyed it much and I am not sure this book would have kept me reading the series The good parts of this book are the lovely Paris setting and all kinds of chocolate in the book I had trouble connecting with this heroine and her actions and motivations were just somewhat strange The hero was kind of confusing too.
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And nail down a line of luxury chocolates to elevate Corey Chocolate s mainstream image And Cade is absolutely sure she can do it She s a savvy businesswoman who s spent her entire life surrounded by chocolate She can have this deal in the bag by the end of the day and spend the rest of her unprecedented time off exploring Paris and soaking it all up What she doesn t factor in is Sylvain Marquis raging disdain for all things mundane And Corey Chocolates are at the top of the list The thought of putting his name on a Corey product fills him with actual physical pain And so the battle of wills begins Cade can t fathom giving up at this point Not when she s come this far and invested so much of herself in this one dream But Sylvain has traveled a long.
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The chocolate thief book 2 5 Stars Reading listening to the The Chocolate Thief was a heady and sensual experience Laura Florand completely bewitched me with her decadent descriptions of chocolate making tasting and consuming and thoroughly swept me off my feet with a romance to die for Oh my heart Sylvain Cade Corey s family is famous for their Corey Chocolate Bars sold all over the world making her family worth billions However it s been Cade s dream to make a premium line of chocolate rather than her mass produced family s bar To make this dream come true she hunts down the number one chocolatier in Paris Sylvain Marquis in hopes of hiring him to develop this line for Corey Chocolate Cade is already half in love with Sylvain before she meets him because of his ability to turn chocolate into culinary masterpieces She doesn t count on him being quite so darkly handsome as well Unfortunately their meeting is a disaster Sylvain is insulted that Cade would ever think he d put his name on a mass produced line He s rude and arrogant when he rejects her offer and Cade is humiliated and hurt Harebrained ideas and the bad influence of a loving but mischievous grandfather have Cade cooking up a plan to break into Sylvain s laboratroire and steal his chocolate And this is where things get interesting This story was a pure delight The romance completely seduced me Sylvain and Cade start off hating each other but we all know that line between love and hate is so very thin It excited the hell out of him when she looked at him like that all silk and luxury and control but her blue eyes bubbling with the desire to strangle him Go ahead he thought Launch yourself across that table and go for my throat We can grapple together anytime you like. Death and chocolate the book thief Sylvain hates the idea that Cade thinks she can buy anything including him with money yet the fact that she s so seemingly obsessed with him and his chocolate draws him to her Sylvain does come off as an arrogant jerk and he is arrogant about his chocolate but underneath the surface his vulnerability shows through The story gives insights into his thinking and his vulnerabilities When he utters the most offensive things and puts his foot in it with Cade we immediately see how he wants to kick himself In some ways he s still the awkward gangly teenager trying to get the girl and getting his heart broken which completely endeared me to him This quote totally won me over He wanted to find that one person and just give her all of him his heart his head his body He wanted the sound and scent of her in their apartment he wanted to be cooking with her in the kitchen he wanted babies eventually waking them up every two hours and leaving toys for him to trip over. Death and chocolate the book thief Cade in turn is enthralled by Sylvain his way of life his talent but he infuriates her with his arrogance She does see the other side of him though with gestures that melt her heart These two are intensely drawn to each other and it s not long that they can resist the pull Oh I loved it when they didn t resist Aside from all of that Cade wants to live a life like Sylvain passionately and leaving her corporate life behind before it sucks the light out of her. The chocolate thief fiction review The prose in The Chocolate Thief was gorgeous Chocolate is a huge part of this story and the descriptions of it and the romance a lot of the times simultaneously brought a dreamy sensual feel to the story Plus the setting of Paris was sublime making me feel like I was there I used my Google Translate App on my phone frequently to translate phrases in the book and I highly recommend doing that It brought so much to the story You can even have the phrases read back to you on your phone after typing them in I listened to the audio version but I would switch back and forth between the e book and audio frequently especially when I wanted to look up the phrases in French I took my time getting through The Chocolate Thief re reading passages I had just listened to on the way home because I loved this story so much Like I said it bewitched me entirely Teri Clark Linden s narration and pronunciation of French was lovely The only bits I wasn t entirely won over with was Sylvain s talking parts The cadence was a little slow sometimes he was commanding and confident and others he seemed like a boy with low self esteem Overall a decent story but I liked The Chocolate Touch the only other book I read by her Paperback An enjoyable light romance with delicious chocolate thrown in Well narrated which added to the enjoyment of the book Paperback HOLY HOTNESS I picked up The Chocolate Thief while taking a quick study break but I didn t set it back down until I had devoured the entire novel Frankly speaking I am surprised no one has tried this combination before chocolate and romance all set against the backdrop of Paris What s NOT to love Although its cover just screams chick lit The Chocolate Thief is quite thankfully a little sensual and deeper than that While it may lack the depth most readers including myself crave Sylvain it captured me heart and soul And made my parents turn their nose up and the number of chocolate wrappers strewn around my bed not to mention the discarded textbooks on my desk but no matter Sylvain Marquis is worth it melts What makes The Chocolate Thief so unique and different from all other romances out there is quite simply the presence of chocolate Cade Corey heads out to Paris to fulfill a childhood dream of introducing a sophisticated European line of chocolate into her multimillionaire dollar family owned company Corey Bars are all the rage in America but in Paris Cade is unable to find a single chocolatier willing to join her on her venture and have their name stamped on her chocolates Sylvain Marquis rated the best chocolatier in Paris is the first person Cade approaches and is rudely refused by But neither Sylvain nor Cade can get each other out of their head and their accidental meetings only increase the unspoken sexual tension between them Until that is Cade breaks into Sylvain s store and overnight becomes the chocolate thiefand potentially the thief of his heart as well Where do I start with this romantic masterpiece For one there is something so beautiful about the French language and culture I may sit bored out of my mind in French class every week but that can be blamed on my ninety instructor and her strange immunity to old age ailments that keeps her hired Yet French truly is the language of romance and the city is bursting with life all of which is so palpably felt through this love story We witness the unfolding of this romance through the alternating third person perspectives of both Sylvain and Cade which enables us to witness their misunderstanding and understand both their point of views Although Sylvain comes across as a rude snob at first we see his hidden layers and insecurities as the novel wears on Cade too becomes much self actualized from the corporate businesswoman she appears to be as she embarks on a subtle but significant journey of self realization Moreover I found myself appreciating the attention given to Cade s wealthy status Granted there could have been a in depth analysis of so much in the lives of these two but it maintained a steady balance between romance and depth which worked out surprisingly well. Death and chocolate the book thief And yet perhaps the reason I am so forgiving of the minimal depth in this novel is because the sexual tension fries your brain I never thought it was possible to become so hot and bothered by reading about the process of making chocolate but with Sylvain Marquis and his hands making the chocolate it is guaranteed Further the biting remarks and witty banter between these two only added to the aura of the novel making it melt my heart and turn my feet to jelly It may not seem like the type of novel capable of such feats but it is Unfortunately after the first half the novel seemed to lose a bit of its charm with the back and forth insecurities of both Cade and Sylvain neither of them knowing how to define their relationship or its future Nevertheless despite that small qualm The Chocolate Thief is one of the most gripping witty and steamy romantic novels I have read in a really long time It ends wrapped up quite nicely and the uncovering of the true Sylvain and Cade beneath their sexy personas is deftly written Not only do these characters mold their way into your heart but antics of the thievery in this book will keep you grinning and swooning in equal parts If there is but one major flaw with the novel it lies in its ability to make you crave chocolate Paris and a smoldering chocolatier of your own Anyone know where I can order one Paperback Stacia loses it in 54321 4. Death and chocolate the book thief 5 stars LOVE LOVE LOVE I probably over gushed in my status updates but I don t care I still feel like gushing Let me have this I don t do it very often I ve never been a huge fan of most chick flicks but there s something about the feeling that I got while reading The Chocolate Thief which made me want to curl up on my couch and watch the couple from inside this book come to life while starring in a pretty magical world on my television Note this book is romance not chick lit If you ve known me at all you ll already know that I don t always have the best relationship with chick lit which is probably why I waited so long to read The Chocolate Thief even with all of the glowing recommendations The cover had me thinking I would be picking up chick lit which the book is not I honestly couldn t stop smiling while reading Chocolate Thief Just as soon as I thought I was done being giddy the feeling would come back again And again And again There were silly antics aplenty The ridiculous arguing actually added to the story instead of detracting from it The chocolate descriptions were so wonderful I wanted to sample every single creation The balance of humor plot and steam had me glued to every page Sylvain was divine I m not sure how the author managed to write him so I was able to read into his passion insecurity arrogance sensitivity and romantic vulnerability without making him come across as anything less than wimpy or a jerk it truly could have gone either way But somehow he managed to be all of these things and it worked Seeing his point of view helped instead of hurt the cause in this rare instance Cade yes this is the chick thinks He was so delicious How unfortunate that he was such a jerk. The chocolate thief fiction book Our French hero was a pain in the ass but it was in the most amusing way I wanted to see the look of horror on his face every time he was presented with the offer to sell his chocolate recipes I would have been just as indignant as he was and probably just as arrogant IT S GRADE A CHOCOLATE PEOPLE IT SIMPLY CAN T GO ON A WAL MART SHELF Sylvain s response He gritted his teeth on a surge of fury What did they teach people in that country Is this where the hashtag of first world problems is supposed to be inserted Because our lead female probably got tired of being lumped in with the stereotypical wealthy American It was kind of nice to read about a person who wasn t down on her luck or dragging tons of baggage with her She was just a silly driven slightly odd duck trying to make her way in the world Her stalking and thieving antics were hilarious. Death and chocolate the book thief I mentioned the chocolate descriptions earlier but let me address the fantastic imagery in the book as a whole cue wistful sigh All around her the sorcerer lurked in every darkest shadow He was not there of course Logic told her he was home asleep But logic had little to do with the feel of him He was here She felt him here Watching her explore his lair his eyes gleaming in the shadows The descriptions continue setting a mood which is delicious and spine tingling at times in a good way When the story comes to a head with Cade becoming The Chocolate Thief you want Sylvain to appear from the shadows and hope and wait until he makes his appearance In case you missed my status updates there was a FABULOUS scene with steam that is now on my list of favorite book scenes ever No joke Every so often I want to high five an author This is one of those times The staircase scene perfection The fast fall aspect was handled well Not all speedy romances translate quite as smoothly without looking too desperate or needy I found the pace believable for this particular couple These two people had such a strong connection through their passion for chocolate that it made sense how they would be so drawn to each other in a whirlwind of strong emotion Do I have complaints This is not really a spoiler but if someone doesn t want to know about when the steam happens doesn t happen in the book don t click on this tag I kind of wish that the steam level had taken longer to grow because I felt like climax came too soon hah and things tapered off too much after that The second half focused on the romance which I did like but I didn t understand why all of the sex scenes started fading to black after a while because we got much detail in the first half of the book It seemed inconsistent For those not reading the spoiler it was a VERY minor complaint and nothing that detracted much from my enjoyment of the story Romance readers read this book It s funny cute sweet and sensual So many romances only hit a few pleasure points but Chocolate Thief swept the board with its magical setting and offbeat characters Just like Sylvain s chocolate the recipe for this book is divine Paperback 4. Death and chocolate the book thief 5 stars I ve been told to read this author for years why did I wait The chocolate making and eating is to die for and the chemistry is electric too Paperback Originally reviewed here AngievilleWhen one of your very good friends wholeheartedly recommends a book or series as one of her favorite contemporary romance series you pay attention yes Which is why I didn t last long before picking up Laura Florand s THE CHOCOLATE THIEF after Chachic brought it to my attention a couple of weeks ago I don t know if I would have discovered Florand otherwise and I am just really happy that I did because this book is delicious That cute cover doesn t hurt it either In fact I am currently wallowing in reading purgatory waiting for a paperback copy of the second Amour et Chocolat novel to show up in my mailbox because even though I could download the ebook in the blink of an eye I just really need the cute matching covers on my shelf This surprises none of you I am sure Make no mistake though The minute it does arrive I am diving right in Because this delightful little treat reads like a chocolate drenched Anna and the French Kiss for adults Are you telling me you want to miss that little slice of heaven No I didn t think so. Ebook the chocolate thief book Cade Corey has finally made it to Paris Growing up the daughter of an American chocolate baron she s dreamt her whole life of traveling to the city of lights and immersing herself in the world of chocolate masters Now that she s here she has a full blown agenda Track down Sylvain Marquis make him an offer he can t refuse difficult road himself And he s not about to reduce all that hard work and mastery to a mere four ounce bar of mediocre chocolate sold in Walmarts around the world The divide between these two seems insurmountable Until Cade has an idea a dangerously game changing idea. Death and chocolate the book thief THE CHOCOLATE THIEF surprised me on several levels I went in expecting cute chick lit and wound up getting something entirely different Which is not to say it isn t cute It is It s just quite a bit than that too In the same way that the cover is a bit deceptively light concealing rather deeper and darker waters within Much of it has to do with Florand s writing which continued to catch me unawares with its expressive nuances Each time I thought I had its number and dared to let my mind wander the writing would reel me in again with its quiet and perceptive weight Cade s observations on Paris the color the sound and the taste of it charmed me and reminded me why I fell in love with it as well on my first visit The characterization particularly of Sylvain carefully built upon this foundation I loved that he was such an unexpected blend of uncertainty and bravado I thought he might be too much to begin with too rich for my blood in a way But Florand wisely filled him out with a history full of longing and failed attempts with the women in his life Placed next to Cade s innate confidence their relationship made for pleasurable reading indeed Here is one of my very favorite interactions early on She looked at him as if he had hit her Or worse stripped her naked in a pretense of seduction and then smirked and turned her around to see a thousand ridiculing eyes. Chocolate thick shake recipe She stared at him something rising in her with a powerful force His pulse quickened as he prepared for anything anything She turned abruptly and strode toward the entryway Without a word Without letting him find out what that powerful force rising in her was. Death and chocolate the book thief Tenez he said troubled his own hands lifting He was an idiot There was than one way to be an idiot and he had just proven it He had just cut off his own nose to spite his face May I help Don t You Touch Me So much anger vibrated through her voice that he dropped his hands that fourteen year old teenager waking in him the kind girls didn t want to be touched by. The chocolate thief fiction book So he stood there as she struggled with button after button making her slow miserable way down the coat everyone watching them her cheeks deeply red now He wondered why she didn t just destroy it rip it off pop the buttons drop it on the floor and maybe drop a few bills on it to cover the damage as she stalked out It seemed like something an American billionaire would do. The chocolate thief fiction review At last she got it off to reveal the most ridiculous enormous sweatshirt He started to smile despite himself What are you wearing Did you come to my workshop in your pajamas Americans All the money in the world and not a gram of taste. The chocolate thief pdf free download Passages like this are exactly why I loved THE CHOCOLATE THIEF for the effortless blend of light and dark with which Laura Florand crafted it The protagonists are passionate about everything they do and love And what they do and love is chocolate This appreciation shines through in every heady lingering description This is a romance to be sure If you like yours dipped in the finest chocolate money can buy then I suggest you seek it out immediately Paperback Billionaire heiress Cade Corey is on a mission to stamp the name of the most prolific chocalatier on their brand Getting Sylvain Marquis to agree however will prove to be a challenge Negotiations fell apart bribery only cost her her self respect So when she can t get him to give her the time of day she resorts to thievery Awkwardness and so so chemistry ensue. Chocolate thick heels Truth be told I am not a fan of these two Sylvain instantly gives credence to the stigma that the French people are snobs when it comes to their food His disdain for anything mass produced did not make him all that appealing In fact he was downright insulting While his conviction may be alluring to some I found that he incites a completely different feeling in me He was for the most part an obnoxious romantic interest I was not a fan. Death and chocolate the book thief Cade Corey is hardly any better I can commend her for sticking through what she believes in but at times I found her exhausting It s as if she has blinders when it comes to Sylvain While it may be true that Sylvain did not insult her personally the way he looked down on her family s source of fortune was to me an extension of her own person. The chocolate thief fiction review I love the French language I think it s romantic It s right up there with Italian and Spanish What I didn t like however is the gratuitous insertion of French that often was not translated so the non speaking reader can understand It lent to some annoyance and worst choppy narration. Kindle the chocolate thief episode This first book lacked a couple of key ingredients likeable characters and conflict Sylvain was a conundrum He has moments of self doubt unheard of for someone who oozes a magnanimous male ego So much so that he sounded like every other Mary Sue who don t think of themselves worthy enough Cade for her part has questionable intentions I can t decide whether she likes Sylvain for the person that he was or for what he represents from a business stand point. Death and chocolate the book thief The lack of conflict also aided in the low rating for this book It was boring There were no ups and downs so often I was left feeling apathetic They hardly even fought and even with the temporary separation I felt nary a twinge of anticipation for their eventual reunion. The chocolate thief pdf free download So far we re not off to a good start But I m crossing my fingers that the next one will be better Paperback I shouldn t have made the mistake of reading The Chocolate Kiss which was pretty mediocre compared to this before reading The Chocolate Thief This has beautiful writing accompanied by amazing likable characters in Cade Corey and Sylvain Marquis who are both so strong and memorable Their chemistry is just out of this world I think The Amour et chocolat series is THE go to series for anyone in the mood for a fuzzy toe curling romance. The Chocolate thieffine My review of The Chocolate Kiss BOOK 2 Paperback Originally posted here Laura Florand is one of those authors whose books I really want to like but never seem to work for me Yet I keep buying them and giving her second and third chances I can see why people like her books but I m never fully engaged The problem is that she has great ideas and a lot of potential but the execution is not quite there. The chocolate thief fiction review The Chocolate Thief is the story of Cade Corey She s the heiress of a Hershey s like chocolate corporation and she s very passionate about it However as successful as her brand is no one could ever accuse it of being sophisticated and Cade dreams with changing that In order to do so she travels to Paris to hire Sylvain Marquis the most famous chocolatier in France and probably even the world Her plan is to offer him a ton of money to make his name and creations part of the Corey brand Needless to say he feels insulted But she won t take no for an answer as she will prove over and over again If I were to name all the elements that make the book we would end up with a very compelling list the heroine is ambitious hardworking and makes things happen the hero is French makes chocolate and has an interesting vulnerability that promises depth they both come from loving supportive families so there s no angst or daddy mommy issues the big misunderstanding takes on the form of a direct confrontation avoiding clich s and well misunderstandings and the setting and premise are original and very close to the universal idea or romance The problem is that as good as all the parts sound the sum of them doesn t amount to much When all the pieces come together the result is a bland long and boring story. Chocolate thick heels I found the romance lacking Cade is driven and self assured Sylvain is confident and cocky They are attracted to each other and ultimately fall in love but I couldn t see why She s obsessed with what he represents but that obsession doesn t get a real transition into love It was as if she loved the idea of him instead of the actual person and falling for him was her way of getting his talent by proxy His attraction was just as hard to believe considering how she spends most of the story annoying him and unwilling to accept his constant rejection even when he s rude and insulting He suffers from that almost supernatural sexual attraction that some heroes seem to get but his feelings were never that deep. The chocolate thief pdf book For a setting that promises so much passion and sensuality the chemistry between the leads was nowhere to be found The sensuous imagery is exclusive to the chocolates but it never reflects on the actual romance which left me cold Cade wants Sylvain but her reaction to his rejection is childish at best He is equal parts annoyed and aroused by her behavior so they end up in bed And to top it all off the ending negates all the hard work and ambition that Cade had throughout the book. Death and chocolate the book thief And honestly the book is too long Granted long means nothing when you re enjoying a story but it means a lot when the romance is flat and the story only has a superficial conflict used for comedy and little else. The chocolate thief pdf book Ms Florand is talented and has great ideas but unfortunately her books fail to engage me Also I don t even like chocolate that much Paperback 
Laura Florand is the international bestselling and award winning author of fifteen books including the Vie en Roses series Once Upon a Rose the Paris Hearts series All for You and the Amour et Chocolat series The Chocolate Thief Selected by NPR for their Top 100 Romance list her books have appeared in ten languages been nominated for RT Reviewers Choice Best Book of the Year received the RT Seal of Excellence and numerous starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal and been recommended by USA Today and The Wall Street Journal She was born in Georgia but the travel bug bit her early After a Fulbright year in Tahiti a semester in Spain and backpacking everywhere from New Zealand to Greece she ended up livin Laura Florand is the international bestselling and award winning author of fifteen books including the Vie en Roses series Once Upon a Rose the Paris Hearts series All for You and the Amour et Chocolat series The Chocolate Thief Selected by NPR for their Top 100 Romance list her books have appeared in ten languages been nominated for RT Reviewers Choice Best Book of the Year received the RT Seal of Excellence and numerous starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal and been recommended by USA Today and The Wall Street Journal She was born in Georgia but the travel bug bit her early After a Fulbright year in Tahiti a semester in Spain and backpacking everywhere from New Zealand to Greece she ended up living in Paris where she met and married her own handsome Frenchman a story told in her first book Blame It on Paris Now a lecturer at Duke University she is very dedicated to her research into French chocolate For a glimpse behind the scenes of some of that research as well as recommendations for US chocolate make sure to check out her website site_link www. The chocolate thief fiction book com site_link Paris Breathtakingly beautiful the City of Light seduces the senses its cobbled streets thrumming with possibility For American Cade Corey it s a dream come true if only she can get one infuriating French chocolatier to sign on the dotted line Chocolate Melting yielding yet firm exotic its secrets are intimately known to Sylvain Marquis But turn them over to a brash American waving a fistful of dollars Jamais Not unless there s something much delectable on the table Stolen Pleasure Whether confections taken from a locked shop or kisses in the dark is there anything sweeter The Chocolate Thief Amour et Chocolat 1.