Table For Two [Mass Market Paperback]

Nora Roberts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2002

Give your customers a taste of extraordinary reading with this spectacular 2-in-1 from America's #1 storyteller. "Table for Two" brings together two of Nora's classic novels, Summer Desserts and Lessons Learned, which have been unavailable for almost 10 years. In these stories, two world-class chefs and their distractingly attractive partners are the perfect base in an irresistible recipe for romance!

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette; First Thus edition (November 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373218400
• ISBN-13: 978-0373218400
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,280,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Oldie but goodie, October 30, 2002

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Sarah W "Sarah W" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Table For Two (Mass Market Paperback)

This is another reprint of two of Nora Robert's older titles, Summer Desserts and Lessons Learned. I really like these books a lot, especially considering a lot of her reprinted stories aren't as good as you would expect them to be considering they come from Nora Roberts. This reissue on the other hand is excellent (in my humble opinion.)

Summer Desserts is the first of the two stories and it involves dessert chef Summer Lyndon. The hero, Blake Cocharan, wants Summer to come work at his new hotel kitchen in Philadelphia. They meet and instant sexual attraction. But of course they fight it, but Blake is willing to concede that he wants Summer, and proposes. Unfortunately Summer has so of her own issues from growing up that have to be resolved first before we see a happy ending. Definitely a good read, and will probably make you want to go and eat something sweet.

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Lessons Learned involves Carlo Franconi, Summer's best friend, and his publicist for his new Italian cook book, Juliet Trent. Juliet knows of Carlo only as a playboy chef, a womanizer in some aspects. She doesn't want to get to know the actual man. But, Carlo, a great male hero in my opinion, shows Juliet that he is much more than the facade that he puts out to other women. He wants her to trust him, but Juliet can't. He falls in love with her, and she with him, but she is still afraid, and in the end, some strife occurs. But, I really liked this story nonetheless.

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Both of these stories are very good I think. I loved the whole romance and food theme. Desserts and Italian food are both very romantic topics, and Nora Roberts writes about them well in these two novels. Definitely a great addition to any romance collection.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Light and entertaining, October 31, 2002

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"tmh72" (Broken Arrow, OK United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Table For Two (Mass Market Paperback)

This is another one of those reprints of early Nora Roberts, so if you are not a big fan of category romance, you might want to skip it. I enjoyed these two books. I thought her writing style was not as solid and polished as it was in later books, but still, I found these books to be entertaining. There is no suspense just the story of two couples falling in love.
In the first, Summer Desserts, pastry chef Summer gets tangled up with hotel owner Blake. I did find the obstacle keeping these two apart a little contrived. The book was interesting and kept my attention, but after it was over, I didn't find myself anxious to read it again.
The second novel is about Summer's friend Carlo. He is also a chef, and he is on a book signing tour to publicize his latest cookbook. He wants to help publicist Juliet loosen up and discover romance. Carlos is definitely a hero worthy of Nora Roberts. He manages to be chauvanistic and liberated, laid back and intense, and of course sexy as well. This book had me laughing. Of the two, I think this one is funnier. I expect to find myself reading it more often, but I am glad to have both to round out my collection.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Delicious, December 12, 2002

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K. Sagers (Salisbury, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Table For Two (Mass Market Paperback)

I always enjoyed Nora Roberts, and I always liked reading an author's earlier works to sort of see how their writing has evolved. This is another one of her reprints, and so it is rather more romancy and straitforward, without the depth of her later works. However, I still found both stories entirely enjoyable, if rather light. Plus I always wondered about what exactly was going on in the kitchens of pricey high class restaurants.
Summer Deserts- When famous desserts chef Summer Lyndon ends up agreeing to run the kitchen of an upscale Philadelphia restaraunt for the charming Blake Cochran, sparks explode as these two headstrong people clash repeatedly. Summer is fun and down to earth, and just what Blake needs. A highly entertaining romp full of bickering chefs and a very interesting set of parents.
Lessons Learned- When publicist Juliet Trent, a goal oriented, practical, modern day, and very ambitious career woman, with a weakness for shoes, lands a three week promotional book tour for Carlo Fanconi's newest cookbook, she just knows hes going to be trouble. Good old Carlo, equally famous as both lover and chef, takes one look at Juliet and is determined to teach her all about loving, and maybe a bit about cooking too! Carlo is charming, Juliet is totally easy to sympathise with, from her weakness for wonderful shoes, to her exasperation with helpless authors, department store workers, and erporters. A thoroughly engaging story.