Chocolate Kisses

I especially loved "Chocolate Kisses",the last erotic tale. Each tale made me have a "sweet" tooth & want more of these delicious tales. The characters were steamy and great fun to read.

I primarily brought "Chocolate Kisses" because of Francis Ray. However, I remembered Maryann Reid from "Mr. Satisfaction" and I enjoyed her work. Renee Luke was new to me, but I'm now a big fan. As usual Francis Ray's characters stand out...you felt their pain and frustration in their lost love...it was tender and heartwarming... Maryann Reid took using "just sex relationships" as an emotional shield, to another level...hot, erotic... Renee Luke made "friends with benefits" and shopping for bed linen, sexy, erotic and touching... Whether it was lost love, lust or instant physical gratification, each story told a tale of discovering love, letting go of excess baggage, taking risks and self acceptance. I was disappointed when the book ended. However, I happily devoured a Hershey bar afterwards...just to keep the connection a little longer. Great book!

I am a huge Francis Ray fan. That's why I bought Chocolate Kisses. As usual, Ray's story was satisfying. I liked her characters and the plot, though I did think they could have been deeper and the sex hotter. I know her style and reading A Chocolate Affair had me wondering if Ray felt comfortable writing this kind of heat--felt like the story tensed up at several different places during scenes that should have been yummy. Still an enjoyable read. Reid's story--I'm going to ignore it. Shouldn't have been published. In fact, I've never liked anything from this author. She's not good and this story--A Good Man is Hard to Count--degrading. She should be ashamed. The writing is bad and the plot is...well...it's just not romance at all. It's Renee Luke's debut of the title story, Chocolate Kisses that earns this review five stars. She's heat and romance and everything I'd expect and desire from an erotic story. She made the chocoalte melt and her characters--Marcus and Nicole--felt like my friends. I cared about them. I wanted them to be happy. There were scenes I cried. Scenes I cheered for them. Scenes I went to find my husband.... I'll be watching Luke. I was so impressed with this story. So impressed with her writing. I'm now a fan of hers and will be buying her future releases. If they're half as good as Chocolate Kisses they'll be worth every penny. So combing Ray and Luke made this book worth while--a good read. A great read if you skip the middle story. I recommend it.

The main reason I bought this book was because of Francis Ray. I really enjoy her work and her story was no acception. Her story was sweet and tender. With the second story I had read Ms. Reid's story in Mr. Satisfaction which I enjoyed so I gave her story in this book a go and again I enjoyed this one. The last story which in the longest of the three and the debut on the Renee Luke was awesome. It had me laughing at some points and was tugging at my heart strings. Also the story was HOT! So go ahead and pick this one up!

"A Chocolate Affair" by Francis Ray. When they attended Columbia together, he thought they would be together forever, but instead without warning or explanation Miranda dumped Lucian. He vowed that if the opportunity ever arose he would dump her. Now the CEO of A Chocolate Affair has that chance, but wonders who will be hurt more if he walks. "A Good Man is Hard to Count" by Maryann Reid. Savannah is a man eater who loves them and leaves them; she keeps score by placing a candy stick in a jar for each hunk she devours. That is until she meets firefighter Clinton, who is the entire candy store. He demands commitment while she craves variety or does she? "Chocolate Kisses" by Renee Luke. When Marcus tells his best friend Nicole that he accepted a job that means moving away, they fall into each other's arms and make love. They agree this was a temporary aberration, but both crave more Chocolate Kisses yet neither want to harm their friendship by speaking of their sweetest desire. These three heated Valentine's Day romances will satiate the audience's sweet tooth while placing immense pressure on significant others (no subtle hint to my spouse) to come through on the holiday. Harriet Klausner