Sweet as Sugar, Hot as Spice (Warner Forever) [Mass Market Paperback]

Kimberly Raye (Author)

Book Description

Series: Warner Forever | Publication Date: August 1, 2005

Stir Things Up...And Turn on the Heat Sweet as Sugar As owner and operator of Sugar and Spice Sinema, Eve Farrel creates red-hot how-to videos that help couples go from mild to wild. But Eve herself is single-and her famous feminist mother is determined to keep her that way. The only way Eve can get her mom off her back is to do the unthinkable-like get married. Hot as Spice Linc Adams is a bad-boy Nascar driver whose love life is even faster than his car. The last thing he wants is to follow in his father's footsteps and run for mayor of his Georgia town. Hoping to blow his electoral chances, he agrees to marry Eve. Surely, her knockout looks and steamy career will shock conservative voters! But Linc's in for a shock himself on his wedding night. This fast-track ladies' man is about to learn a trick or two about lovemaking ... while Eve is about to learn something new about love.

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'Kimberly Raye is hot, hot, hot!' - Vicki Lewis Thompson, New York Times bestselling author 'Bold and funny, yet has a hint of poignancy...Raye's novel roars off the starting block with its offbeat romance' - Romantic Times on Kiss Me Once, Kiss Me Twice

About the Author

Kimberly Raye is a prolific author who has written for Harlequin, Leisure, and Berkley.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: Forever (August 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446614017
• ISBN-13: 978-0446614016
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,116,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm so excited to announce that my books SLIPPERY WHEN WET and MIDNIGHT KISSES are now available as downloads in the KINDLE store! These are hot, sexy contemporary romances and I hope you'll check them out!!

A little about me? I've been writing since I was a sophomore in high school. While I went on to get a business degree with a minor in physics (because my dad thought I needed a REAL job), I've always wanted to write for a living. Luckily, that dream came to fruition when I sold my first novel to Harlequin/Silhouette Books about ten years ago. Since then, I've sold over fifty-five novels. I'm currently working on a new series and writing hot, steamy BLAZE books for Harlequin.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical and totally sensual story, March 27, 2006

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This review is from: Sweet as Sugar, Hot as Spice (Warner Forever) (Mass Market Paperback)

Eve has always been the black sheep of the Farrel family; she takes pleasure in trying her ultra feminist mother's patience at every chance. The owner of a production company, Eve makes and markets sexstructional videos. When she suddenly finds herself as the only single daughter, she's suddenly cast in the good girl role. What's a bad girl to do? If you're Eve, you will find the most misogynistic man in the world and marry him fast.

Linc Adams is the latest sexy NASCAR bad boy. He got into racing a little late in life - trying to his hand at a law career first. But he decides he does not want to follow in his father, grandfather, and great grandfather's footsteps by seeking a career in politics. But he owes a lot to his best friend Craig. So he decides to run for mayor in his small Georgia hometown, but does everything he can to make sure he's not elected; even if it means marrying the most inappropriate woman he can find. When Linc and Eve join forces to solve each others problems, you'd think it's a mismatch made in heaven. It's not like this is forever - just until November. But the two have smoldering chemistry and soon begin to realize that they are not actually so mismatched after all.

In a secondary story, Eve's mother, feminist talk show host Jacqueline Farrel is furious that her life partner and father of her three children actually has the audacity to ask her to marry him. When she moves out and shows up on Eve's doorstep, Eve and Linc have to put on a show to make her flee. What will happen after the election - will Linc and Eve be able to go their separate ways? Will Eve's mom and dad settle down and make their three daughters legitimate?

Raye's comedic timing, great delivery and smoldering love scenes will keep even the coldest reader warm. Unlike most authors who run out of steam halfway through a series, Raye definitely saved the best for last!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot NASCAR Action, March 20, 2006

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Jennifer O'Connell "SD Gal" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This was my first Kimberly Raye purchase. I bought it because I love NASCAR. Ms. Raye did a great job of weaving NASCAR realistically into the storyline. Linc and Eve are a great couple, they have passion, humor and that intangible quality... chemistry.
Eve concocts a plan that is so outrageous it just might work. They meet at her sister's wedding and before the night is through, they're married. The idea is to use the shock value of the wedding to get Eve's mother off her back as well as keep Linc out of local politics. The plan works, but not in the way either of them expected. You'll have to read it to see what happens.
I have now read and thoroughly enjoyed the other 2 Farrel sister novels as well. "Kiss Me Once, Kiss Me Twice" and Sometimes Naughty, Sometimes, Nice"

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Too Good to Pass up, December 26, 2005

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Buddy "Robyn L." (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sweet as Sugar, Hot as Spice (Warner Forever) (Mass Market Paperback)

Bad boy + sex video producer=love.
Eve and Linc each have their own family problems and figure that
getting together(i.e. marriage)will perhaps solve their problems.
Eve's mom wants her to stay unattached but is driving her crazy so Eve decides she will marry so mom leaves her alone; into the picture comes Linc, Nascar driver, with his family pushing him to run for mayor. He thinks that his chances to win the race(mayoral) will be finished when he marries Eve(sex video producer).
What each of them doesn't realize is that they each have something to learn about the other and what love is.