Book Review: Fascinated by You by Cora Reed
- Kristen Lewendon
- Apr 17, 2019
- 2 min read
Magnolia Valley Book 3
Alek Novak didn't expect to find his personal chef even more intoxicating than her food. Nora is entirely wrong for him, but he can’t seem to keep his distance. A funny, opposites-attract romance.
She’s a chef who doesn’t cook...
All the trouble started when Nora agreed to anonymously cater a fundraiser. She gave up cooking when her husband died and she had to sell their restaurant to pay the medical bills and return to Magnolia Valley. But when her friend asked her for a favor, she reluctantly agreed on the condition she remained anonymous.
And that evening changes everything.
It makes her want to start a restaurant again, unfortunately she doesn’t have the money. So, when the wealthy businessman Alek Novak offers to pay her lavishly to be his private chef for a few months, it seems like a dream come true.
He’s a billionaire businessman used to getting what he wants...
Alek Novak is determined to hire the chef who catered the fundraiser—even if she doesn’t want to be found. He might be temporarily banished from society while a scandal dies down, but he does not intend to deny himself good food.
What he isn’t expecting is to find his chef even more intoxicating than her food. Nora is entirely wrong for him, but he can’t seem to keep his distance. Soon she’s threatening his iron-clad control and he makes her an indecent offer that she can’t turn down—have a no strings attached fling before he goes back to Boston.
But their passion is beyond anything they've known and awakens their long-neglected hearts. But when all of the troubles Alek left Boston to escape arrive in Montana, it threatens to destroy their growing love…
Will these opposites be able to defy all odds and find true love?
This book is the second book in the MAGNOLIA VALLEY series. It can be read as a standalone or as part of a larger story line. Dreaming of You (Josie & Calvin) Destined for You (Ethan & Astrid) Fascinated by You (Nora & Alek) He was Playing for Keeps (Caine & Quinn) Catching Her Wild Heart (Wyatt & Penny)
My Review:
Urk! Alek was very difficult to warm up to. His upbringing seems almost British with his devotion to a ‘stiff upper lip’. I loved having this chance to get to know Nora. She’s floated around in the background of the previous books and after meeting Calvin, I was dying to know more about his sister. This pairing is a bit of an odd couple, yet their strengths and weaknesses dovetail nicely to support each other. (I especially enjoyed watching the old high school Queen B get her comeuppance.)
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