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When Mike Tucker dumps crème brûlée
down Chef Patrice Wilson’s dress whites, she knows it’s time
to forget her life-long crush and move on. It isn’t until
she’s no longer speaking to him that Mike realizes he’s
loved her all along. His just-before-Christmas campaign to
win her back involves four nosy parents, three scoops of ice
cream, two other suitors, and a Don Quixote singing
troubadour.
Patrice has known what she wants for
years, and both her and Mike’s families are behind her. But
the problem is that Mike thinks there is too much of an age
difference between them and does everything he can to
distance himself. What he doesn’t realize is that all this
time, he has come to count on Patrice's love and patience.
Now that he has publicly humiliated her, destroyed a
wonderful creation, and she is no longer speaking or writing
to him, he is suddenly faced with what is really important.
Of course, now he is going to have to fight for what he
could have had easily all along.
He is on a full-out campaign to win her
back. But can he keep his mouth shut and his jealousy in
check while she dates others and helps out friends? Or will
he blow all his hard work and the potential for the “brass
ring”?
Ms. Bradley’s character Patrice deserves a Nobel prize for
patience, at least from the way she was portrayed in
Crème Brûlée Upset. Personally, I would have walked
away a lot sooner, but Ms. Bradley does a wonderful job in
setting the stage for why Patrice doesn’t. But enough is
enough and when she does, the author does a wonderful job of
making Mike see what he is doing and what he is giving up.
They way he goes about getting her back (if he can) and all
of the jealous side stories, as well as the secrets she
keeps and the friends she helps, will make you root for her
all the more. I was thoroughly entertained by Crème
Brûlée Upset and think you will be also. Okay, so I
also am now craving crème brûlée, but such is the price to
pay. |
