5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delicious!, October 22, 2006
This review is from: Blame It On Chocolate (Hqn Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)
This was my first book by Jennifer Greene and it made me a fan!
Lucy creates a new cocoa plant and when she tastes it's first batch of chocolate, Bliss, she knows she has a winner. She shares it with Nick, the owners grandson, and soon finds herself sleeping with him.
Later she is not feeling quite right and she blames it on the chocolate. Which is partly true, since she is pregnant from that one night of passion with Nick.
This book has a lot going for it. You have the relationship with Nick and Lucy. Also there are some secondary characters with their own issues thrown into the mix to make this and exciting story. It is fun and funny. Sweet and and exciting. I couldn't put it down. I can't wait to read the follow up story Blame it on Cupid!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Bittersweet Chocolate, July 5, 2006
This review is from: Blame It On Chocolate (Hqn Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)
Lucy Fitzhenry loves her job as a horticulturist working on experimental strains of cacao plants for Bernard Chocolates. She's riding high at work after a great success in developing a cacao tree that can be grown in the company's Minnesota greenhouses. The chocolate resulting from this cacao tree is the most exquisite in the world. In order to produce enough cacao for the company to launch a new line of the gourmet chocolate, Lucy is put in charge of the building of new greenhouses and growing the new trees for the project.
While Lucy's professional life soars, her personal life flounders. In addition to loving Bernard Chocolates, Lucy also loves the owner of the company, the handsome and urbane Nick Bernard. Due to Lucy's open personality, everyone--including Nick--is painfully aware of this fact. Unfortunately, Nick doesn't return Lucy's feelings, despite a night of shared passion that occurred when they were euphoric over the development of the new chocolate. Both have tried to pretend that The Night of the Chocolate never happened, but neither is able to avoid the repercussions when Lucy discovers she is pregnant w/ Nick's baby.
Things go form bad to worse for Lucy when her parents break up and her father shows up at her door to stay. He's followed by her cousin Russell who brings his problems for Lucy to help sort out. Nick has his his share of family woes when his grandfather Orson, Lucy's number one fan, becomes enraged over the situation between Nick and Lucy. Nick is also trying to smooth over a long-standing rift between his brother and Orson.
The book has a lot going for it. The storyline about chocolate production is different and interesting. The secondary characters--including Orson, Lucy's cousin, Nick's brother, the Bernard Chocolate employees, etc.--are also likable and well-drawn. (Lucy's unappealing, self-absorbed parents are an exception.)
Ultimately, tho, I wanted to like this book more than I actually did. The biggest problem I had w/ the book was Lucy herself. She's smart, hardworking, and sweet--but I just didn't like her very much as a romantic female lead. Without a baby in the mix, it's hard for me to imagine Nick and Lucy as a long-term couple. But, this may just be a matter of personal preference. While I was disappointed in the book as a whole, there were enough positive elements (Nick, chocolate) that may appeal more to other readers.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
nicely told..., January 6, 2006
This review is from: Blame It On Chocolate (Hqn Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)
Lucy and Nick work together in a chocolate factory (Nick is the boss--or the boss' grandson anyways...). While experimenting with a new Chocolate (called 'Bliss') and celebrating, Lucy and Nick end up in bed together (but this happens before the story really starts). The story opens with Lucy getting out of bed and getting sick. Yup, you guessed it-she's pregnant, but she thinks/hopes it a stomach ulcer.
The remaining story is a nice, little story of how two people who don't really know much about one another deal with the pregnancy, work, and family issues (including Nick's old fashion grandfather who thinks if a guy gets a girl pregnant, he should marry her...).
Definitely check this book out if you're in the mood for a lite, cute, fun, and/or quick read.
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