Food of Love: A Comedy about Friendship, Chocolate, and a Small Nuclear Bomb

By Anne R. Allen

Part thriller and part screwball romantic comedy, Food of Love tells the story of Regina, a former supermodel, now princess of a tiny European principality, who has lost her skeletal figure and finds herself threatened by an unknown assassin.

Fearing her royal husband wants to kill her now that she’s not model-thin, she seeks protection from her estranged African-American foster sister, conservative Christian television pundit, Rev. Cady Stanton.

Reverend Cady has some serious weight and romantic issues of her own, compounded when an “accident” intended for Regina leaves her temporarily blind. But when Regina is declared dead and Cady’s seventy-year old secretary is wrongly arrested for smuggling a small nuclear bomb to the funeral, Cady takes control.

With the help of a porn mogul, a Russian spy, a rap diva and her fierce hairdresser-girlfriend, Cady is able to save Regina, restore the bomb to its proper owners, and unearth the long-buried family secrets that hold the key to her own happiness.

Food of Love has all the classic elements of comedy thriller and believable farce that have become the hallmark of an Anne R. Allen novel. Beneath its roller-coaster plot and comic exterior, the story addresses complex issues about body image, ethnicity, religion and a woman’s right to choose.

Reviews:

A mix...as bubbly as a double chocolate milk shake...pack this one to add punch to your holiday reading. -- South Yorkshire Times

Gripping...a perfect beach read...full of hope and fun...designed to keep you turning the pages, and it works. -- Gainsborough Standard

Set in this comic situation are real empathetic characters...who deal with serious contemporary issues...a romping good read. -- Lincolnshire Echo

• Language: English
• Publisher: Anne R. Allen
• Release date: Jun 23, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310602078

Anne R. Allen

Anne R. Allen is the author of seven comic mysteries including the bestselling Camilla Randall Mysteries. She's co-author of How to be a Writer in the E-Age: a Self-Help Guide, written with NYT bestseller Catherine Ryan Hyde. She blogs at Anne R. Allen's Blog...with Ruth Harris, which Writer's Digest named to their Best 101 Websites for Writers in 2013. Anne is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and spent twenty-five years in the theater—acting and directing—before taking up fiction writing full time. She is the former artistic director of the Patio Playhouse in Escondido, CA and now lives on the Central Coast of California.