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    Recipe for Desire
    Recipe for Desire
    Recipe for Desire
    Audiobook8 hours

    Recipe for Desire

    Written by Cheris Hodges

    Narrated by Shari Peele

    4.5/5

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    Celebrated author Cheris Hodges pens romantic tales that hit all the right notes. In Recipe for Desire, Marie Charles' party-girl days come to a screeching halt with a DWI arrest and a totaled Jaguar. Sentenced to 500 hours of community service at a local women's shelter, her only bright spot is a fellow volunteer, TV star Devon Harris. But Devon wants nothing to do with Marie and her selfish ways-until her work at the shelter has her turning over a new leaf.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 1, 2012
    ISBN9781464029394
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    Cheris Hodges

    Cheris Hodges was bitten by the writing bug early. The 1999 graduate of Johnson C. Smith University is a freelance journalist and always looks for love stories in the most unusual places. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she is trying and failing to develop a green thumb. www.cherishodges.net

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    • 4/5
      Recipe for Desire Cheris HodgesThe socialite who hostesses big parties has made a scene with her fiancée and his ex-wife who he's hooked up with again.On her way out her assistant is given her keys and told she will drive the drunken woman home. She gets into an accident, hitting a tree and ruining the car. The assistant runs away as ... stated she'd take the blame. Problem is her father is not going to help get her off. She goes to court with his attorney and is given 500 hours of community service and the probation officer puts her in touch with a chef that not only cooks at his restaurant but a woman’s shelter-teaching the woman how to cook. Marie will now help them run a charity dinner especially since she has firsthand knowledge of how it's all done.Things heat up with Marie and Devon but his father's calls are getting to him and he doesn't want to share all that with Marie.She feels more like giving now that she knows Devon's background so she cleans out her clothes and shoe collections and brings them to the shelter to give to those who will appreciate her gift.With all the good cooking in this book I'm surprised there are no recipes. Except for the next book is enclosed.
    • 4/5
      Posted on Romancing the Book's blogReviewed by AshleighReview Copy Provided by the PublisherDevon Harris has it all. He has his own TV cooking show, a group of loving friends, and a cause he believes in. The cause close to his heart is My Sister’s Keeper, a homeless women’s shelter. For six months he has enjoyed teaching the women how to cook. For personal reasons all his own, this simple act of volunteering has filled a place in his heart. He never knew that agreeing to supervise non-violent female offenders doing their community service at the shelter would change his life forever. Will meeting one woman that he swore would never be his type turn out to be just the woman that he needed in his life? Marie Charles has a reputation and it’s not for being quiet and demure. But she needs to be on her best behavior tonight. Her company has organized a large event for a major client and she can’t afford a scene. Then in walks her fiancé and on his arm is his ex-wife. Let’s just say Marie doesn’t take this laying down and by the end of the night, she is behind bars. What Marie doesn’t see at the time is that being behind those bars was really the catalyst that set her free from her own cage. Changing everything about herself is the only option left for Marie, but is she willing to make the leap of faith? And will the most unsuspecting man be there to catch her as she falls? I have to say first off that this is written like a standalone, but after a bit of research, it turns out Ms. Hodges has written other stories involving this circle of friends. I was rather disappointed. I love series and I really love reading them in order. Even though this is a standalone story, I felt miffed that I missed the rest of the friends’ blossoming relationships. I did rate this story on its merits alone. It is a very sweet yet sizzling read. It is a comforting kind of read. The plot is straightforward with no real twists or turns, just good old fashioned romance. But it is missing something for me that would have made it a great story. Recipe for Desire is very fairytale like. It definitely has a “feel good” feel to it.