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Wicked Palate #1
Midnight Delight
It's about to get hot in this kitchen. When a beautiful vampire with a food obsession clashes with a tall, dark, and deadly assassin it's a toss up as to who can take the heat!
Call me Contessa. Forget my name, you couldn’t pronounce it. I’m a professional chef—actually, I’m the LeBron James of chefs. Bobby Flay, Gordon Ramsay even Julia Childs have all been my students, and that’s just a few. I’ve probably forgotten more about the culinary arts than any chef alive has learned. I was in the thick of things when today’s conventional culinary techniques were first being developed. You ever used the three basic steps in dicing an onion? Prego. That was me. Ever heard of clarified butter? Bingo. Me again.
How can that be? I was born in Genoa, Italy in the year of our Lord 1642. That’s right. I’m an Eternal, a creature of darkness, a vampire…and I’m obsessed by what I cannot eat. Food.
Ironically, I’m the star of my very own cooking show on the Foodie Culinary Channel. My dream job! Where I get to create the recipes I adore and share them with my audience and one lucky dinner guest. Which is where my troubles began. And will end.
I was caught partaking the red jungle juice from the neck of my dinner date. I was threatened, attacked with Holy water, and finally blackmailed by my mild-mannered joke of an Associate Producer. As it turns out, she isn’t so mild-mannered.
Now I have two turn her into a child of darkness or risk exposure to the human world.
I’m thinking there’s a third choice. His name is Rocco Guadagnino
Midnight Delight is Book 1 in the Wicked Palate series.
Hungry Like the Wolf is Book 2 and is available now.
Extra Virgin, Book 3 Coming Soon
Call me Contessa. Forget my name, you couldn’t pronounce it. I’m a professional chef—actually, I’m the LeBron James of chefs. Bobby Flay, Gordon Ramsay even Julia Childs have all been my students, and that’s just a few. I’ve probably forgotten more about the culinary arts than any chef alive has learned. I was in the thick of things when today’s conventional culinary techniques were first being developed. You ever used the three basic steps in dicing an onion? Prego. That was me. Ever heard of clarified butter? Bingo. Me again.
How can that be? I was born in Genoa, Italy in the year of our Lord 1642. That’s right. I’m an Eternal, a creature of darkness, a vampire…and I’m obsessed by what I cannot eat. Food.
Ironically, I’m the star of my very own cooking show on the Foodie Culinary Channel. My dream job! Where I get to create the recipes I adore and share them with my audience and one lucky dinner guest. Which is where my troubles began. And will end.
I was caught partaking the red jungle juice from the neck of my dinner date. I was threatened, attacked with Holy water, and finally blackmailed by my mild-mannered joke of an Associate Producer. As it turns out, she isn’t so mild-mannered.
Now I have two turn her into a child of darkness or risk exposure to the human world.
I’m thinking there’s a third choice. His name is Rocco Guadagnino
Midnight Delight is Book 1 in the Wicked Palate series.
Hungry Like the Wolf is Book 2 and is available now.
Extra Virgin, Book 3 Coming Soon
- GenresVampiresParanormal
181 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 14, 2014
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About the author
Cadence Denton
10 books27 followers Cadence Denton has worn many hats over the years—retail sales rat, dental assistant, fulltime mother, part-time cheer coach, and dachshund wrangler. You could say her cup runneth over. You could. She won’t. When she’s not chasing runaway dachshunds, you can find her at her desk devising ways to make her characters suffer.
Her current series include: The Immortal Firewalkers, a dark vampire saga with a twist; Wicked Palate, a tongue-in-cheek paranormal series based on a supernatural cooking network, and The Magic Bus, a YA time travel series.
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January 10, 2017
I don't want to bomb the rating on this book with a one-star because I think other people might like it and I didn't keep reading because I hated it. The problem I had with the book was how completely unlikable the main character was (in my eyes).
But, if you like Nigella Lawson or Giada De Laurentiis, and always wondered what they would be like in vampire form, this book may be for you.
But, if you like Nigella Lawson or Giada De Laurentiis, and always wondered what they would be like in vampire form, this book may be for you.
December 3, 2015
Take one witty female celebrity chef who happens to be a vampire, mix in a snarky annoying human bent on becoming eternal, a drool-worthy supernatural assassin who makes Brad Pitt look like a geek, a huge threat to the Shadowlands creatures, not to mention glorious food and you’ve got a five-star delight.
Imagine if you were a vampire and what you lusted after was the one thing you couldn’t have. Not that, readers. I’m talking about food. Contessa loves food and she is one talented chef. She’s one of the uber-famous chefs on television (think Bobby Flay) and everyone loves her. Everyone that is, except her associate producer.
Contessa is backed into a corner with her fangs exposed and she doesn’t know what to do. She seeks the guidance of her friend who reluctantly gives her the number of an assassin, a vampire killer. One look at him and she melts.
Now, Contessa is having second thoughts about suicide and falling hard for Rocco, the man she hired to kill her. Will she follow her heart and realize that life is sweet or will death be her only alternative?
I adored this book! It’s a quick read and more addictive than my husband’s four-meat marinara. Fast-paced, quirky dialogue and a sweet paranormal romance, Midnight Delight will delight your reading taste buds. I can’t wait to read the next installment in the series!
Favorite Character:
Contessa. I loved everything about her from her flair in front of the camera to her pleading with Rocco to kill her. Her thoughts range from the completely insane to loveable and sometimes in the same sentence. I loved how real she is and she reminded me a little of Darla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She’s a vampire with a serious problem and no solution in sight. I hope the author writes more books featuring Contessa.
Favorite Quote:
His blood flooded my mouth and silenced the howling emptiness in my middle. I savored the taste. After all, John J.’ s blood was infused with the spices I’d used in my dishes. How can that be, you ask? I don’t precisely know, but like that smoked water thing an award winning British chef developed a few years back, when the right person ingests the correct spices and seasonings, voila! You have gourmet blood fit for the most discriminating vampire. ~Contessa
My Rating: 5 stars
Imagine if you were a vampire and what you lusted after was the one thing you couldn’t have. Not that, readers. I’m talking about food. Contessa loves food and she is one talented chef. She’s one of the uber-famous chefs on television (think Bobby Flay) and everyone loves her. Everyone that is, except her associate producer.
Contessa is backed into a corner with her fangs exposed and she doesn’t know what to do. She seeks the guidance of her friend who reluctantly gives her the number of an assassin, a vampire killer. One look at him and she melts.
Now, Contessa is having second thoughts about suicide and falling hard for Rocco, the man she hired to kill her. Will she follow her heart and realize that life is sweet or will death be her only alternative?
I adored this book! It’s a quick read and more addictive than my husband’s four-meat marinara. Fast-paced, quirky dialogue and a sweet paranormal romance, Midnight Delight will delight your reading taste buds. I can’t wait to read the next installment in the series!
Favorite Character:
Contessa. I loved everything about her from her flair in front of the camera to her pleading with Rocco to kill her. Her thoughts range from the completely insane to loveable and sometimes in the same sentence. I loved how real she is and she reminded me a little of Darla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She’s a vampire with a serious problem and no solution in sight. I hope the author writes more books featuring Contessa.
Favorite Quote:
His blood flooded my mouth and silenced the howling emptiness in my middle. I savored the taste. After all, John J.’ s blood was infused with the spices I’d used in my dishes. How can that be, you ask? I don’t precisely know, but like that smoked water thing an award winning British chef developed a few years back, when the right person ingests the correct spices and seasonings, voila! You have gourmet blood fit for the most discriminating vampire. ~Contessa
My Rating: 5 stars
July 1, 2014
This Foodie network is not your favorite chef's cooking channel...it's a whole lot more fun.
I just read this book again! I sped through it so fast the first time I was afraid I missed something. Not only was the dialog snappy and the situations a hoot, but I also found Midnight Delight emotionally satisfying. The relationship between the Contessa and her surprising hero was wonderful. I may have to read that part again now that I mention it, lol. (The note...)
Denton's books are full of lush descriptions of characters and settings. Spice up your reading with a little of the Cooking Contessa, the first book in her Wicked Palate series. I can just imagine what she'll do with Marla or one of the other celebrities. I vote for about twenty of these delightful novels. Can't wait for the next one.
I just read this book again! I sped through it so fast the first time I was afraid I missed something. Not only was the dialog snappy and the situations a hoot, but I also found Midnight Delight emotionally satisfying. The relationship between the Contessa and her surprising hero was wonderful. I may have to read that part again now that I mention it, lol. (The note...)
Denton's books are full of lush descriptions of characters and settings. Spice up your reading with a little of the Cooking Contessa, the first book in her Wicked Palate series. I can just imagine what she'll do with Marla or one of the other celebrities. I vote for about twenty of these delightful novels. Can't wait for the next one.
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