title: The Golden Book of Desserts
author: Carla Bardi
description: "While there are plenty of dessert books, this one collects not only the standards, but explores variations and less widely known desserts. . . . you will want to either give this as a gift to the chef in your life, or get a copy for yourself (or both)." <br /> --San Francisco Book Review<br /><br />"<i>The Golden Book of Desserts</i> provides an outstanding collection suitable for gift-giving or library lending . . . . Busy cooks seeking showy dessert dishes will find this a virtual bible of information." <br /> <i>The Midwest Book Review</i>
zlib_text: Contents
  A FINE ROMANCE
  About This Book
  Dedication
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Chapter Seven
  Chapter Eight
  Chapter Nine
  Chapter Ten
  Chapter Eleven
  Chapter Twelve
  Chapter Thirteen
  Chapter Fourteen
  Chapter Fifteen
  Chapter Sixteen
  Chapter Seventeen
  Chapter Eighteen
  Chapter Nineteen
  Chapter Twenty
  Acknowledgments
  Excerpt
  
  A FINE ROMANCE
  by
  Christi Barth
   
  Book 2 of the Aisle Bound Series
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
  Will she turn her back on a life of wealth for a sexy chocolatier – when she doesn’t even like
  chocolate?
   
  Mira Parrish came to Chicago to launch a romance store–and her quest for independence. Her first
  day doesn’t start well when she bashes an intruder over the head. He turns out to be her new work
  neighbor, who infects her with equal parts annoyance and low-grade lust.
   
  Sexy wedding cake baker Sam Lyons put his dream of making gourmet chocolates on hold to single-
  handedly keep his family’s bakery afloat. If he can stop hovering over