Kisses To Go (Zebra Contemporary Romance) [Paperback]

Irene Peterson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Zebra Contemporary Romance | Publication Date: March 1, 2007

She’s Always Losing Her Heart... If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, why is chef Abby Porter still sleeping alone? Yes, she likes getting paid to whip up goodies in a well-equipped kitchen, but she would love to get into a good relationship with a well-equipped guy who won't break her heart. Hang on…who's the tall, sexy man with the accent? He's Never Misplaced His... A newly minted earl like Ian Wincott has more important things to do than get overly acquainted with a mere cook. And Abby Porter is from…New Jersey. That alone makes his blue blood run cold, although he will admit that Abby is pretty. And amusing. Which must be why she attracts so much attention. How terribly American of her to enjoy it. Could it be that he is jealous? Or in love?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (March 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821780115
• ISBN-13: 978-0821780114
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,086,231 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Irene Peterson is a women's fiction author from central New Jersey. She is a freelance editor, anglophile, and Godzilla fan.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charming story with a dash of magic, March 15, 2007

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booksforabuck "BooksForABuck" (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kisses To Go (Zebra Contemporary Romance) (Paperback)

When she spots her boyfriend with someone else's pretty heels dangling around his shoulders, chef Abby Porter decides she'll do her English vacation by herself. She's broke, and certain she'll never be able to get her stuff away from the awful Lance, but she's always wanted to go to England, stay in castles, and see Stonehenge.

Her day continues its downhill course the airline refuses to refund Lance's ticket, and when her neighbor in First Class glowers at her the whole trip. But a chauffeur meets her at the airport, the manor home where she'll be staying is beautiful--and home to an Earl of all things, and a gypsy fortune teller forecasts that she'll fall in love with a prince. Surely her luck is turning. Unfortunately, she soon learns, her luck is only turning for the worse. Because the Earl turns out to be the unfriendly hunk from First Class--and he wants her gone. Still, when his elderly cook breaks her hip, sexy Earl Ian Wincott decides maybe Abby has some use--he's expecting an important guest and desperately needs a cook--and a fiancee.

Abby drives a hard bargain for the acting job, but pretending to be in love with Ian isn't as hard as she'd expected. He turns out to have a human side after all--starting with the housing project he's engaged in, but extending to the way he treats her when he isn't keeping his stiff upper lip. And there is more than a hint of magic in the air--real magic.

Author Irene Peterson creates a spunky heroine in Abby Porter--a woman determined to regain control over her life and to enjoy her trip to England despite the efforts of every male whom she meets. Peterson keeps things light, with her humor poking through to create gentle smiles. Ian is the brooding, tortured hero type--abandoned by his mother as a child, forced to become the cold and indifferent male that England insists upon for her aristocracy, and responsible for the entire family (most of whom are unfriendly at best), but intent on his project no matter what the cost. The burdens of his magical duties only add to his difficulties, going a long way to explain his behavior.

I would have liked to see more magic in this story--Peterson teased with it, without really letting it play a full role, and I definitely have hopes for Ian's charming younger sister in some future story, but KISSES TO GO was all about Abby--and Abby shines through. Peterson's engaging writing kept me reading and made this a hard book to put down.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CAN'T WAIT FOR IRENE'S NEXT BOOK, June 26, 2007

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K. Quick (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kisses To Go (Zebra Contemporary Romance) (Paperback)

KISSES TO GO is not only a teriffic read, it will have you checking to see when Irene's next book will be out.

Abby is a wonderful charater, a modern woman who vows to make the most of a bad situation and flys to England where she walks right into the life of a cast of characters you'll never forget. And she gets her man!!

Bravo Irene. Great job.

5.0 out of 5 stars fun, fascinating and flippant!, June 14, 2007

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ZAZU WANG (Las Vegas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kisses To Go (Zebra Contemporary Romance) (Paperback)

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE PRESENT AND PAST ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE, WITH THE GENTEEL CAST OF WILD CHARACTERS, ALL OF WHOM YOU WILL WISH WERE IN YOUR OWN FAMILY! BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN WITH HISTORY AND EXQUISIT DETAIL IN MIND, IT FLOWS ALL TOO QUICKLY FROM COVER TO COVER. BUY IT, KICK BACK, AND ENJOY A COLORFUL ROMP SET IN ENGLAND THAT WILL LEAVE YOU WANTING.....GOOD FOOD, A GEORGEOUS, GREAT HEARTED MAN AND AN ADVENTUROUS SOUL. HAVE FUN.