Sinfully Sweet by Janelle Denison, Jacquie D'Alessandro, and Kate Hoffmann
Rebecca Moore raised her younger sister with barely enough money for food on the table. Now her sister is about to marry into a very wealthy family and the best man, Connor Bassett is interested in Rebecca. The normally conservative Rebecca has turned him down several times in the past. But will a taste of some Sinfully Sweet chocolate open her up to some new experiences?
Carlie Pratt is the exact opposite of Daniel Montgomery. Daniel is moving from the small town where he lives to the big city, while Carlie is happy to be in the small town where she can be close to work and school.
Kel Martin and Darcy Scott shared a one-night stand five years earlier. No names. No regrets. Except Darcy has plenty of regrets. She missed the extreme chemistry they had that night. When a chance encounter in Sinfully Sweet brings the couple together for the first time in since then, will Kel feel the same way.
If you like chocolate, short hot stories and chocogams, then you’re in for a treat. All three stories manage to pack a lot of detail as well as well developed characters into a relatively small package, which you can easily finish in a single sitting (unless you’re Sadhbh, who’d finish all three and still have room for another :) ).
Details: Blaze #231, February 2006
Bottom line: A pretty good book
Lucas Russell was house sitting for his sister while she was on her honeymoon, when he realized that good things do come from trees, like the luscious Bree Addison had just fallen from the tree in his sister’s front yard. Lucas decided to make the best of a good thing and it wasn’t long before things heated up. However, knowing that Lucas was only in town until his sister returned, meant that Bree wasn’t free to let herself fall in love, that is until a ghostly presence from the past set out to convince her that 
Megan Rose returns to her hometown after many years to spend time with her father and help him with his veterinary practice. But during the time she was gone, the billionaire software mogul Sutter Foley has claimed Fredericksburg his residence. Normally this wouldn’t have made any difference in Megan’s life, except when she found a lost golden retriever puppy that claimed Sutter’s mansion as his home. Sutter denied the puppy was his when Megan tried to return it, but she persuaded him to keep the puppy anyway. 
Deanie Codge lost her mother shortly after her birth, and grew up on the family ranch with her father and five brothers. Anytime she tried to be a young lady, her brothers made fun of her until he changed back into her John Deere tee shirt and jeans. After living her life as a tomboy for the last twenty-nine years, Deenie made up her mind to become more feminine. So, she quit her job, found a new job managing a lingerie boutique in the big city and signed up for Camp E.D.E.N., to get a crash course in sexuality. 
Just when it looked like TV producer, Emma Harris would be out on the street searching for a new job, her boss give her one final chance, sign Chef Jacob Harris, from the famous Hush Hotel to star in a new cooking show. Em flies to New York to meet the tall handsome chef and before they have a chance to talk, their lips are pressed together. Unfortunately when they do talk, Jacob states that he isn’t interested in becoming a TV star, anymore than he wants to settle down – he’s not into long-term commitments. When she reports to her boss he isn’t interested, she’s ordered to use every available means to persuade him. 
Grayson James from the OBI (Otherworld Bureau of Investigations) has been sent to Atlantis to find the fabled Jewel of Dunamis, which supposedly allows its possessor to conquer any enemy. Once found, Gray must either return with it to the OBI or destroy it so that no one else can use it. Arriving in Atlantis, Gray faced one danger after another, and just when it looks like he’s done for, he hears a voice in his mind that helps him escape danger. Drawn toward the voice, he encounters a lady whose beauty exceeds his ability to describe. 
Kate turned to evil to save herself from the man that left her sister lying bloody and beaten on the floor of her living room. The curse she placed on her attacker condemned Ben Fisher to a life of pain and suffering. As with all dark magic, the curse exacted a toll on her too, but it was worth it to see her sister’s killer suffer for the rest of his life. When the police finally caught up with the killer, Kate learned the killer wasn’t Ben Fisher, but his twin brother Victor. Now her curse was split between the two men – one good and one evil, leaving Kate with no other option but to embark on a quest to find a way to undo her curse. 
How does a Magna Cum Laude electrical engineer talk to a brilliant self-taught inventor? Nerdy, of course. Especially if the engineer is hot-bodied Charlie Shepherd and the inventor is the sexy fashion model Eve Dupree. Eve has just moved to the small town where Charlie lives, to work on her inventions, while Charlie is looking for a job outside the small town that challenges his engineering skills. 
While conducting research for her latest mystery novel, Lucy Rothschild arranges a series of online dates looking for men to serve as patterns for murder victims in her story. Posing as a nurse so as not to give any clues as to why she’s meeting them, Lucy finds most of her dates are men are just looking for quick and easy sex - not at all her type. One date and she has enough material to kill them off in her story, but a second date - no way. Then she encounters Quinn McIntyre, a man totally unlike the other men she met; a man she could fall in love with. She quickly agrees to a second and then a third date, even though she’s has more than enough information to kill him off in her story. 
When the only thing in common to a number of large thefts is a web site named SexyTarot.com, EJ Beaumont goes online in an attempt to learn more information. He makes contact with SexyTarot.com’s proprietor Charlotte Gerard, and something inside EJ tells him Charlotte is innocent. But is his attraction to her overcoming his police instincts or is Charlotte merely a pawn in a much larger scam? 
Sarah Tingle, ex-kindergarten teacher lost her job when her ex-boyfriend sent a copy of a sleazy magazine with naked pictures of her to the school board. Of course, her ex-boyfriend faked the pictures, but the school board ignored her protests. With nothing for her in California, Sarah decides to move to North Carolina and start her life over again. Unfortunately, the North Carolina schools aren’t hiring and she’s forced to take any job she can find. 
Having dumped her current boyfriend and returning early from their vacation, Marissa Suarez becomes entwined in the theft of the White Star when Jean Luc Allard hides it in her luggage. Upset and needing comfort, Marissa turns to her long time, platonic friend Jamie Wilson for comfort. But the old friends become lovers when danger forces them together – an attempted mugging and a burglary are only the beginning, leaving Marissa and Jamie trying to unravel the mystery behind problems. 
Take two young people, Stan and Estrella, from different places on Earth, under educated with little hope for the future and give them each a small windfall of money that enables them to travel to Gateway in search of even greater fortunes. Watch them travel to the black hole center of the galaxy to live with an alien race known as the Heechee. Then observe how the rest of the galaxy changes, since for each day inside the core, 40,000 days passes in the rest of the galaxy. Finally, see the role that Stan and Estrella play in saving the universe from the madman Wan Enrique Santos-Smith, who's sole purpose in life is the destruction of the Heechee race. 
Jack Montgomery’s search for the victim starts in Austin Texas and leads him to the Big Easy. Meanwhile, Perry Brazille, another resident from the famous Court du Chaud, is marking time managing her aunt's psychic business. Perry's aunt is working with the New Orlean's police to investigate a kidnapping she saw in a dream and Perry is forced to defend her aunt, when Jack arrives to confront her about the dream. But neither Perry nor Jack, could anticipate their attraction for each other. But is it a fling or the real thing? Until they unravel the mystery, neither one knows for sure. 
After spending a year talking over the Internet, yet never seeing each other in person nor even talking to each other on the phone, Alex Rosten takes it the next level by sending a pair of all expense paid tickets to an island paradise to his chat buddy Meg Becker. From the minute they meet each other, the attraction was obvious and it merely a matter of time until they make love.