The Chocolate Seduction. Carrie Alexander

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      “Put it in. I’m ready.”

      The sound that came from Kit’s throat wasn’t compliant, but he fed her without further comment. A dense, smooth and very cold cake melted on her tongue.

      “Mmm, that one’s powerful,” Sabrina said.

      “Chocolate fondant cake. I thought we could make them in bite-size molds so the guests can sample without feeling guilty.”

      “Except that one bite isn’t always enough.”

      “Are you greedy?” He nudged against her thigh.

      “No, but I am selfish,” she replied.

      “What’s the difference?”

      “Greedy grabs. Selfish…savors.” Sabrina moved her leg into the pressure, rocking her hips. “I want to savor you,” she said.

      “I’ve been here for the taking.”

      She was ready to sample every inch of Kit in bite-size gulps. Delaying had only made her more ravenous.

      “Your chin is covered in chocolate dust.” He swiped at it with his thumb. She heard a smacking sound. “Umm. You taste good.”

      “A kiss would taste even better,” she purred.

      Dear Reader,

      Survey says: 50% of women prefer chocolate to sex.

      The reasoning is that when women eat chocolate, they experience the same pleasures in their brain as being in love. As a writer, when I read that, I immediately cooked up a story. If a woman was trying to give up men, would chocolate cure her craving? What type of man would most tempt her?

      Sisters Sabrina and Mackenzie Bliss have made a bet to change their lives—with a diamond ring at stake. In the first book of the SEX & CANDY duo, pastry chef Kit Rex convinces Sabrina to indulge…in chocolate, in pleasure and in romance. Be sure to look for Mackenzie’s story, Sinfully Sweet, available in June.

      Please visit my Web site at www.carriealexander.com for fun facts, a candy contest, Kit’s recipes and a chocolate personality quiz. I’d love to hear from you!

      Carrie Alexander

      Books by Carrie Alexander

      HARLEQUIN TEMPTATION

      839—SMOOTH MOVES

      869—RISKY MOVES

      HARLEQUIN BLAZE

      20—PLAYING WITH FIRE

      HARLEQUIN DUETS

      25—CUSTOM-BUILT COWBOY

      32—COUNTERFEIT COWBOY

      38—KEEPSAKE COWBOY

      83—ONCE UPON A TIARA

       —HENRY EVER AFTER

      HARLEQUIN SUPERROMANCE

      1042—THE MAVERICK

      1102—NORTH COUNTRY MAN

      The Chocolate Seduction

      Carrie Alexander

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      To the Aztec and Mayan discoverers of the cacao bean: all your fault!

      Contents

       Prologue

       Chapter 1

       Chapter 2

       Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

      Prologue

      “SOME WEDDING,” Sabrina Bliss said to her sister. “I nearly lost it when the minister got to the ‘till death do us part’ part.” Mackenzie would understand what she meant.

      “That’s why I pinched you!” Mackenzie tried to put on a scolding face, but warm laughter bubbled up instead. “It’s so rude to laugh in the middle of a wedding ceremony.”

      Sabrina smiled, feeling oddly light and cheerful despite her doubts about the marriage. “You’ll notice I didn’t object, either.”

      Mackenzie blinked. “Do you have objections?”

      “Mmm…no, not really.”

      “But you’re not optimistic.”

      Sabrina tucked her fist beneath her chin, fingers tightening around the small velvet box in her palm. She should give it up, but…she just wasn’t sure about letting go.

      “You know I don’t believe in fairy-tale endings,” she said.

      Sabrina and Mackenzie had come out onto the balcony of the Fontaine Hotel to catch a quiet moment together, away from the reception. They’d found their newlywed parents, Charlie and Nicole Bliss, dancing beneath the starry sky on one of the brick paths of the hotel’s rose garden. Light and music spilled from the open French doors, dappling the scene with a particularly picturesque version of romance.

      Bah, humbug, Sabrina thought, without much conviction. Her emotions were too close to the surface. Luckily she had plenty of experience in not letting them show.

      Mackenzie was the opposite. And clearly a goner. She’d welled up throughout the ceremony, and now her gaze was pinned on their parents, her big dark eyes shining with hope.

      A couple of months ago, Charlie and Nicole Bliss had confessed to their daughters that they’d never quite managed to fall out of love despite their divorce of long standing. They’d decided to give marriage another try. Sabrina and Mackenzie had been stunned. Aside from the occasional family Christmas dinner or birthday party, they hadn’t known that their parents were seeing each other. Naturally, Mackenzie found it all so touching and romantic. Sabrina wasn’t as ready to forget the perils of the rancorous divorce, even though it had taken place sixteen years ago, when she was thirteen. And she sure didn’t want to be around if the shrapnel started to fly again.

      “Maybe it’s not a fairy-tale ending,” Mackenzie said softly. “Maybe it’s real.”

      “Ha.” Sabrina raised a champagne glass to her lips. “When reality hits, I give them six months.”

      Mackenzie wrapped a hand around her sister’s arm. She squeezed, making Sabrina wish she could take back her words. Mackenzie was a squeezer, a patter, a cheerer-upper. And a very good friend. They’d been apart for too long. Mackenzie was settled in New York City while Sabrina went wherever whim took her.

      “You’re so cynical, Breen,” she said, reverting to the family nickname.

      Did