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Childhood friends. Tristan Rosier might have asked Malorie Monsard to marry him when he was five years old, but things had only gone downhill from there. She'd spent the rest of their lives ignoring him, abandoning him, and destroying his perfumes. Now she was back, to wreak who knew what havoc on his life.Lifelong enemies. Tristan might choose to dismiss the generations-long enmity between their two families, but Malorie didn't have that privilege. Like all the other privileges wealthy, gorgeous Tristan took for granted that she couldn't. But if she was going to restore her family company to glory, she might just need his help.Or the perfect match? They'd known each other all their lives. Could these childhood friends and lifelong enemies ever uncross their stars and find happily ever after?Laura Florand, international bestselling author of The Chocolate Kiss,combines lush description, smart dialogue, provocative sensuality, andthe perfume of love itself in A Crown of Bitter Orange, an irresistiblylush novel that is an ode to the scents and pleasures of the south ofFrance and the beauty of falling in love.
About the Author
Laura Florand is the international bestselling author of the Amour et Chocolat series (The Chocolate Thief, The Chocolate Touch, etc.) , where sexy French chocolatiers woo the women they love with what they love best--romance you can taste. Nominated for Reviewers Choice Best Book of the Year (The Chocolate Kiss) , her books have been translated into eight languages, received the RT Seal of Excellence and starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and the Library Journal, and been recommended by USA Today, NPR, and The Wall Street Journal, among others. She was born in Georgia, but the travel bug bit her early. After a Fulbright year in Tahiti, a semester in Spain, and backpacking everywhere from New Zealand to Greece, she ended up living in Paris, where she met and married her own handsome Frenchman, a story told in her first book Blame It on Paris. Now a lecturer in French at Duke University, she is very dedicated to her research into French chocolate. For some behind the scenes glimpses of that research, please visit her at www.lauraflorand.com.
