RICO’S GARDEN
EVE LILAS
ISBN # 1-4199-0545-7
March 2006
Ellora’s Cave
www.ellorascave.com
E-Book
$5.95
108 pages
Contemporary

Eden Stuart left her comfortable life out east to take care of her sick aunt. After her aunt's death, she stays in California to take over the farm bequeathed to her. She faces long work days and lonely nights but bides them well, until one moment of her hand straying and an embarrassing introduction to one sexy Rico Alvarez sets off a chain of events that turns her world askew.

Rico Alvarez is a shining star in the culinary world, with a dark past hovering in the distance. Pulled from the darkness by a benevolent old man, he takes his second chance at life and uses it to start a restaurant in Glen Ellen and leave the past where it belongs. It takes a near head-on collision with the tantalizing Eden Stuart to begin the realization that he cannot bury the past without resolution first.

Passions collide and tempers flare, but there is one thing neither can deny. They both want and need each other in ways the near future will remind them of with a vengeance. Rico is hard pressed to trust because of the ghosts from the past haunting him. Eden is determined to make him see there is such a thing as a chance for a happy future. When fate throws them a hard curve complete with handcuffs and a jail cell, what they have grown to feel is put to the ultimate test.

Ms Lilas has penned an absolutely exquisite, flavorful novel. Her world put to paper is so vivid, so clear, it deliciously assails each of your senses to the point where you feel like you experience them yourself. The emotions are powerful, the passion scorching. From the opening scene at the produce stand to fiery feelings unable to be denied, this is a brilliant story to be devoured.

Charissa
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