In this reader favorite from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson, a Westmoreland man falls hard for the girl next door… Something sure looks tempting, and for once, it isn’t something on his restaurant’s menu. Chase Westmoreland’s new neighbor Jessica Claiborne is as deliciously enticing as the confections she creates—so enticing, in fact, Chase is finding it difficult to concentrate on anything but the curve of her lips. Jessica can’t deny the heat that sparks every time Chase is near. But she has a secret, one that could destroy the desire she sees burning in his eyes. Yet if she wants a chance with Chase, she’ll have to reveal the truth and withstand the heat that will go way beyond the kitchen… First published in 2005.
Author
In 1994, Brenda Jackson’s first novel, Tonight and Forever, was released. Since then she has had more than 100 novels and novellas published (the first African-American author to accomplish such a feat) and has over 3 million books in print. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Brenda is the first African-American author to have a book published by Harlequin Desire and the first African-American romance author to make the New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller lists within the series romance genre. In 2012, Brenda received the Romance Writers of America’s Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award—one of the highest literary awards a romance author can receive. In 2013, she was recognized by the mayor and the city of Jacksonville as being a Trailblazer in the literary field. In 2010, she collaborated with Five Alive Films to turn her Truly Everlasting title into a feature film. Brenda’s 2011 novel A Silken Thread is scheduled to be filmed with Debbie Allen attached as director in 2015. Email Brenda at authorbrendajackson@gmail.com or visit her on her website at brendajackson.net.
