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Sweet as Sugar, Hot as Spice (Warner Forever)

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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!

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"

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.

I was given this book as a gift and although it was my first book by this particular author. I will most definitely read more of her work. Very well written and easy to read. One of those books you cant put down. The kind you read in one day.
I am finding that lesser know authors write the best books. It seems that the "biggies" dont have the creativity that the newer authors have. It is a wonderful and refreshing switch.
But be forewarned - this is not a book for your children.
Very sexy and with a good storyline and well developed characters.

What a fun and exciting read. This novel develops the story of Linc Adams a NASCAR star and Eve Farrel the director of 'how to sex videos'. They had a blind date that went bad but the story does not end there instead the author leads you down a path of,sex,NASCAR,How to videos,babies,marriage and more sex.I plan to read more Kimberly Raye ... Enjoy.

SWEET AS SUGAR, HOT AS SPICE by Kimberly Raye
August 21, 2005

Rating: 3.5/5 stars


"Sweet as Sugar, Hot as Spice follows the story of the Farrel sisters, whose mother is a famous feminist with her own television show. This third in the series focuses on the only unmarried daughter, Eve, who finds she has become the 'good daughter', since her mother staunchly believes that woman are better off single and independent.

Eve has always been the black sheep. She makes a living running her own company called Sugar and Spice Sinema, creating how to sex videos. She's done very well for herself, and while in some ways she's followed in her mother's footsteps (Jacqueline's television show is called Sexed Up!), she has always tried to find ways to upset her mother. Now, her mother wants to be friends. Jacqueline has a significant other, Donovan Martin, the father of the three sisters, but marriage is not in the cards as far as Jacqueline is concerned. It goes against her religion. So, with two of her daughters happily wedded, Jacqueline is proud that Eve has resisted the temptation to do the same.

The book opens at the wedding of sister Xandra, with Eve still in shock over the entire premise. Then, she gets a brilliant idea. After she becomes reacquainted with Linc Adams, a redneck womanizer NASCAR driver, with whom she had a blind date a number of years ago, Eve decides that he may be the solution to her problems." See Bookloons for complete review.

Eve Farrel has always been the black sheep of her family and she likes it that way! When her two sisters abandon their feminist mother's life-work and marry, Eve finds herself in the unwelcome role of "good" daughter. Desperate to avoid her mother's focus, Eve does the unthinkable, she marries Linc Adams, NASCAR driver and renowned male chauvinist.

But this is a marriage of convenience, for Linc needs Eve just as much as she needs him. Linc's passion is racing but family tradition and friendship has him in an untenable position as a mayoral candidate. What better way to lose the the political race in order to focus on winning it all in NASCAR, than to present the world, and his family, with a completely inappropriate wife? Eve, a noted sexpert and owner of Sugar & Spice Sinema, creator of how-to sex videos, isn't exactly a typical politician's wife.

But neither Eve nor Linc count on the enormous attraction between them. Will Eve and Linc find their marriage of convenience more than just a solution to their temporary problems? Can a quickie marriage turn into a life-long love affair despite Eve's fear of commitment?

Sweet as Sugar, Hot as Spice is the terrific conclusion to a wonderful trilogy! I loved Eve and Linc! Eve's wild woman facade and Linc's bad boy image make these two a great combination. Underneath it all Eve is less sexpot than sexy, and Linc is more nice guy than playboy. I loved them all the more for it!

In Sweet as Sugar, Hot as Spice, Ms. Raye wraps up the secondary romance
evolving over the course of the trilogy involving the Farrel sister's mother and father. I was also pleased to see more from sisters Skye and Xandra. Funny, hot, and sexy, Sweet as Sugar, Hot as Spice is my favorite book in the Farrel Sisters Trilogy. But I insist you read all three because they are all great reads!

Annabelle
reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Kimberly Raye finishes up her Farrel Sisters Trilogy with SWEET AS SUGAR, HOT AS SPICE, and boy, does she go out with a bang! If you haven't read the stories of Skye Farrel in Kiss Me Once, Kiss Me Twice or that of Xandra Farrel in Sometimes Naughty, Sometimes Nice (Warner Forever), you'll want to pick those two up at the bookstore when you run out to purchase SWEET AS SUGAR, HOT AS SPICE.

Eve Farrel is starting to panic. She's recently watched both her older and younger sister find their happily-ever-afters and settle down in marital bliss-to the complete shock, dismay, and chagrin of their very famous feminist and anti-marriage mother, Jacqueline. Now that mom only has one single daughter left, she's determined that Eve will stay that way, no matter what. Jacqueline is driving Eve nuts, to the point that she now believes there's only one way to get her mother to leave her alone, once and for all-find a man, fast, and get married, even faster.

Fortunately for Eve, there's a man who is having a very similar problem. Linc "Shooter" Adams is known on the NASCAR circuit as a bad boy, a skirt-chaser who knows no limits-on or off the track. Everyone and their brother knows that Linc's family is urging him to follow in his father's footsteps by becoming Mayor of his hometown, and nothing Linc says to the contrary will convince the constituency that he doesn't want a life of politics. In the current poll, he's even ahead of his best friend, Craig Sanders, the man Linc wants more than anything to win the election. Desperate measures are called for, and taking a very unsuitable woman as his wife just might do the trick.

Eve is definitely an unsuitable politician's wife. As the owner of Sugar & Spice Sinema, a company that produces how-to sexual videos for couples who want to up their sex lives a few notches, Linc knows that marrying Eve Farrel will stop any Mayoral races cold. As for Eve, what better way to get her mother off her back than to marry Shooter, the ladies man of NASCAR?

Kimberly Raye has written a laugh-out-loud romance story that has two people thrown together as a matter of convenience, and learning to love each other as a matter of the heart. Eve finds out pretty quickly that Linc isn't as bad as he'd like the world to believe, and Linc in turn realizes that there's more to Eve than a sexy body. As these two find a balance between the desires of their family and the desires of their own bodies, it's a joy to be along for the ride.

Los Angeles based Eve Farrel, owner of Sugar & Spice Sinema hot videos attends her sister's marriage in a panic. This is her second sibling to wed recently leaving her alone as the sole single to face the wrath of their anti matrimony mother.

NASCAR driver Linc "Shooter" Adams has pretended to be a bad boy on the circuit because he wants to upset his hometown voters so his best friend Craig Sanders wins the mayor election to replace Linc's dad. Instead, Shooter leads by 33 points as everyone assumes he is just having a good time sowing his wild oats.

At the reception, Linc and Eve see the other as the solution to a parental problem. She gains a most despicable husband while he gains a most unacceptable wife. Neither expected to fall in love while they kept parents off their respective backs temporarily.

The third Farrel anti-marriage contemporary romance is a fun tale just like its two predecessors (see KISS ME ONCE, KISS ME TWICE and SOMETIMES NAUGHTY, SOMETIMES NICE). By having Eve jump into a marriage of convenience out of fear of dealing solo with her guerrilla feminist mom, Kimberly Raye refreshes her plot device. Sweet and Sugar, Hot and Spice is an amusing ending to a fine trilogy in which the offspring let down their mom by marrying the men they love.

Harriet Klausner

This is the first book by Kimberly Raye that I have read, but it won't be the last! I lvoed Eve. She was so funny. I can't wait to read about her sisters. I hope Kimberly keeps writing sexy and funny books. She had me laughing so hard that I couldn't sit still. I can't wait to read the next book.