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Gustul tentaţiei
Paired up in her cooking class with debonair playboy Taylor McQuaid, Annie Malone is certain that the class will be a disaster, but when the handsome troublemaker smiles, her fears dissolve.
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First published March 1, 1992
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Lori Copeland
195 books531 followersLori Copeland was born on 12 June 1941. She had a relatively late start in writing, breaking into publishing in 1982 when she was already forty years old. Over the next dozen years, her romance novels achieved much success, as was evidenced by her winning the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, The Holt Medallion, and Walden Books' Best Seller award. She has been inducted into the Missouri Writers Hall of Fame.
Despite her success in more mainstream romantic fiction, in 1995, she decided to switch focus. Her subsequent books have been in the relatively new subgenre of Christian romance. She has also collaborated with authors Angela Elwell Hunt or Virginia Smith on a series of Christian romance novels.
Lori and her husband of over forty years, Lance, live in Springfield, Missouri, surrounded by the beautiful Ozarks. They have three grown sons, three daughter-in-laws, and six wonderful grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters. She and her husband are very involved in their church, and active in supporting mission work in Mali, West Africa.
Despite her success in more mainstream romantic fiction, in 1995, she decided to switch focus. Her subsequent books have been in the relatively new subgenre of Christian romance. She has also collaborated with authors Angela Elwell Hunt or Virginia Smith on a series of Christian romance novels.
Lori and her husband of over forty years, Lance, live in Springfield, Missouri, surrounded by the beautiful Ozarks. They have three grown sons, three daughter-in-laws, and six wonderful grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters. She and her husband are very involved in their church, and active in supporting mission work in Mali, West Africa.
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April 24, 2022i guess it's that time of the year again when i re-read all the old romance books i own.
i don't know if it's this hard to find any old loveswept books in their original english format or not, but everybody seems to be ready to forget about this book. which makes me so upset, since i love it so much!!
it's the 4th time i re-read it, i think & even though the romanian translation is horrendous, the writing is more of tell almost never show what's happening, some elements that are simply stupid & annie is annoying, i love it. i have a soft spot for taylor & how patient and sweet he is. i will always be a sucker for "i want you so badly but i am willing to wait for you, no matter how long".
and that ending!! that final scene makes me smile every single time, because it's just soooo lovely. iconic even. girls just want to semi-kidnap their bf & take him to a picnic in order to declare their love. or i want that, idk.
i don't know if it's this hard to find any old loveswept books in their original english format or not, but everybody seems to be ready to forget about this book. which makes me so upset, since i love it so much!!
it's the 4th time i re-read it, i think & even though the romanian translation is horrendous, the writing is more of tell almost never show what's happening, some elements that are simply stupid & annie is annoying, i love it. i have a soft spot for taylor & how patient and sweet he is. i will always be a sucker for "i want you so badly but i am willing to wait for you, no matter how long".
and that ending!! that final scene makes me smile every single time, because it's just soooo lovely. iconic even. girls just want to semi-kidnap their bf & take him to a picnic in order to declare their love. or i want that, idk.
September 3, 2024
Gustul tentației (A taste of Temptation) - Lori Copeland (1992) 🍎🐍
Citate / Quotes:
"Lucrurile bune vin într-un moment când nu le aștepți."
"Era totdeauna drăguță, dar în acest moment entuziasmul o transforma într-o frumusețe."
"Ea părea că-l atrage doar ca să-l respingă iar."
"A preferat totdeauna să fie respectată pentru ce reprezenta ea și nu pentru ce ar reprezenta prietenul ei."
"A învăța mai încet e mai bine decât a nu învăța deloc."
"Chiar și Einstein credea că imaginația e mai importantă decât cunoașterea"
"E timpul să începi să trăiești, e timpul să-ți asumi niște riscuri. Ești prea tânără ca să fi atât de prudentă și convențională. Lasă să intre și puțină emoție în viața ta."
"Temerile nu mai sunt atât de mari, când le exprimi cu glas tare."
"Nu confunda oamenii, unii cu alții. Fiecare e diferit în lucruri mici care determină însă o mare deosebire."
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Citate / Quotes:
"Lucrurile bune vin într-un moment când nu le aștepți."
"Era totdeauna drăguță, dar în acest moment entuziasmul o transforma într-o frumusețe."
"Ea părea că-l atrage doar ca să-l respingă iar."
"A preferat totdeauna să fie respectată pentru ce reprezenta ea și nu pentru ce ar reprezenta prietenul ei."
"A învăța mai încet e mai bine decât a nu învăța deloc."
"Chiar și Einstein credea că imaginația e mai importantă decât cunoașterea"
"E timpul să începi să trăiești, e timpul să-ți asumi niște riscuri. Ești prea tânără ca să fi atât de prudentă și convențională. Lasă să intre și puțină emoție în viața ta."
"Temerile nu mai sunt atât de mari, când le exprimi cu glas tare."
"Nu confunda oamenii, unii cu alții. Fiecare e diferit în lucruri mici care determină însă o mare deosebire."
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October 24, 2018From the back of the book:
He was Hollywood handsome with a playboy's reputation to match-not at all the kind of partner Annie Malone had hoped for in cooking class-but she was stuck working with Taylor McQuaid on a recipe for the charity cook off. So what if his touch made her tingle, and he adored her fettucine-how could she trust this charming bachelor?
Enchanted by her heart-shaped face and her mysterious sweetness, Taylor fought his way through Annie's defenses with tender passion, determined to show his cautious lady that he was no unreliable hotshot but his own man. Once he taught her that promises could last, would she believe he'd cherish her all the days of her life?
He was Hollywood handsome with a playboy's reputation to match-not at all the kind of partner Annie Malone had hoped for in cooking class-but she was stuck working with Taylor McQuaid on a recipe for the charity cook off. So what if his touch made her tingle, and he adored her fettucine-how could she trust this charming bachelor?
Enchanted by her heart-shaped face and her mysterious sweetness, Taylor fought his way through Annie's defenses with tender passion, determined to show his cautious lady that he was no unreliable hotshot but his own man. Once he taught her that promises could last, would she believe he'd cherish her all the days of her life?
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