A Christmas romance featuring a personal chef who is snowed-in with her least favourite client – a sexy but miserable technopreneur.
The only thing personal chef Noelle Jones loves more than cooking is Christmas. She has a roster of extremely wealthy clients, including the elusive and stoic Alexander Hoxton.
When he asks her to cook a last-minute business meal he’s having, offering triple her pay for the short notice, Noelle jumps at the chance. It’s easy money, one of her favourite dishes and she'll still have plenty of time to get to her family’s annual Christmas reunion.
But, when a sudden blizzard leaves Noelle snowed-in with Alexander, she quickly realises he wants absolutely nothing to do with anything festive. Stuck with a veritable grinch, she’s sure this Christmas is about to become one of her worst . . .
What did I think?
Wrap up warm when you pick up Just a Taste; you're about to get snowed in with a sexy businessman and his personal chef. The heating might go on the blink but Alex will get your blood flowing and Noelle will keep you well fed.
I loved both Noelle and Alex. Noelle is a talented chef who is very family oriented and humble. Alex is a brooding businessman who makes Mr Darcy look positively cheerful. The story is written with a dual point of view so the reader knows what's going on in their heads despite their frosty actions towards each other.
The forced proximity trope is in full force when Noelle gets snowed in with Alex a few days before Christmas. Noelle just wants to get to her Gran's house to celebrate Christmas with her family and Alex just wants to be by himself to forget that it's even Christmas. As his reasons for hating Christmas come out, I wanted to reach into the book and give Alex a huge hug but Noelle got there first!
The sexual tension sizzles throughout as neither character wants to cross the employee/employer line but the heart wants what the heart wants! I definitely saved a few pence on the central heating while I was reading as there's so much heat that the book almost spontaneously combusted in my hands.
Just a Taste is a festive, fun and flirty feast. It would make a fabulous Christmas movie and I'd love to see it on my screen in the future. A highly recommended read for the festive season.
I received an ARC to read and review for the blog tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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