All The Flavor

By Kasssanna

Food critic King Keats is not ready for Pâtissier, Honor Sikes. The latest victim of his scathing food column. Unlike other recipients of his opinions, she gave him as good as she got and showed up at his office with food in hand. The catch. He didn’t write the article that appeared under his byline. Showered in sweets and a police intervention, quickly told him who Honor is. Like the best desserts, he wants all her flavors. Is it a fling or can they have a relationship? If she’s willing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kasssanna
• Release date: Jan 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9780463147757

Kasssanna

Kassanna is a strong believer in love at first sight and happily ever afters. After meeting her husband in November and marrying him three months later in February the two have survived and mostly enjoyed every adventure life has thrown their way. Ten years, two children, a couple of dogs and a wild turkey that came out the woods and somehow adopted them - later- the adventure continues.Writing has always been her passion but fate sometimes has other roads that must first be taken . Navigating the road less traveled was not only unexpected but in the end extremely rewarding. Her books are mainly contemporary romance but she has delved into the paranormal and plans on expanding into other areas as the ideas come to her. Right now she is enjoying life and seeing her work come into fruition make it that much more pleasurable especially when her books make others smile. Kassanna wouldn't have it any other way.

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Kake Tales

Welcome to the hottest little sweet shop in town. Meet the owners, employees and customers of Kake Tales and step into the lives of 7 couples navigating life, work, and love…

All the Flavor. (IR - BWWM)

Food critic King Keats is not ready for Pâtissier, Honor Sikes. The latest victim of his scathing food column. Unlike other recipients of his opinions, she gave him as good as she got and showed up at his office with food in hand. The catch. He didn’t write the article that appeared under his byline. Showered in sweets and a police intervention, quickly told him who Honor is. Like the best desserts, he wants all her flavors. Is it a fling or can they have a relationship? If she’s willing.

Fruit on The Bottom. (AA)

Enoch Sikes has had a crush on Tyra Morse for years, since high school when he noticed her perfect apple bottom. As he got older and realized that was only one of her many facets, his feelings grew. Finally, he’s ready to let her know what’s really going on. Six years younger, it’s time she understands, he wasn’t the obnoxious kid she grew up with.

A Touch of Cream. (IR - BWHM)

Salvador Gomez was working his way through college. At Thirty-two, he was a little late, but better late than never. Classes aren’t as easy as he thought, and he seeks a little help to get his grades up. Through the student union, he meets a sassy student tutor, Destiny Penn. Her mind is amazing, and schoolwork is the last thing he is thinking about. During long bouts of study when they are both jonesing for a quick pick me up… He’ll happily be the cream in her coffee.

Juicy. (IR - BWAM)

Wang Shijia is a cop working the beat. Loitering tickets, robbery, for some reason, he repeatedly meets the same woman, Esteem Sikes. With every interaction, there is the tug of a stronger connection. She ignores him, which only forces Shijia to get a little creative. Who is he to question fate? After all, when God gives you the sweetest of berries, enjoy the juice.

A little Something Exotic. (IR - BWAM)

Student Chetan Kothapalli has a nemesis, Celeste Dane. From day one, they have competed for first in class. Childish for their age, but damn. For some unfathomable reason, their professor has partnered them on a group project. Her attitude irks him and it’s a thin line between love and hate, but they must work together. Still. He’ll show her the differences in their work ethics, after all, compared to her, he is just a tad more er-erh-exotic.

Vanilla Essence. (IR - BWWM)

Elihu Forbes is all about business. If a neighborhood can sustain one bakery, then why not two? A partner in the shop that is his competition, he never expected Felice Lockhart to find a way to divert his plans. Or the way she did it… using inside information to stop the opening of Vanilla Essence Cake and Coffee in its tracks. Felice needed a lesson in business acumen, and he is just the man to teach her.

A Taste of Sweetness. (AA)

College sweethearts, Marlon and Marion Sikes, have been married almost forty years, but something is off. That taste of sweetness that brought them together has become a bitterness that is slowly driving them apart. Change is inevitable, four kids, three houses, multiple job relocations, and a multitude of friends and family later… it’s only natural to grow. But losing their common ground wasn’t expected, especially when there was no foreseeable way to get it back. Can they change the course of their marriage before it’s too late? Or will that taste of sweetness turn completely sour?

All the Flavor

BY

Kassanna

*****

Copyright © January 2022, Kassanna

Cover art by Flavorfullove Publishing Copyright © 2021

This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this novel are fictitious or used fictitiously. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.

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Prologue

This motherfucking bastard! Honor Sikes growled through clenched teeth and slammed her palm down on the cool counter. Reverberation from the heavy thud sent the little folded tablet she read from sliding flat to the surface.

Getting upset will do no one any good. Tyra Morse, the company’s accountant, her best friend and one of her three business partners, lifted her head from a computer screen and arched a slim manicured eyebrow in her direction. Behind the thick glasses she sported, her eyes appeared huge. Let’s just get through the anniversary celebration and–umm–yeah–we could talk to a lawyer, but really, what good would that do? The article is an opinion piece. It’s just a blog–one–for God’s sake. She shrugged and lowered her head to face her laptop. Let’s be honest. Was he entirely wrong?

We are not–not–reminiscent of a children’s fun factory and my cakes are not some sort of clay, crayon, creation! You are no fucking help. You’re supposed to be my best friend. Where is the support? Honor stalked from behind the counter and yanked off her apron, tossing it across the glass case. Was the critic wrong? Not in so many words, considering most of the harsh words were directed toward the décor instead of the food. Still. So yes… yes, he-it is very fucking wrong. The asshole food critic has tarnished my reputation as a baker. Hell, he has pretty much torpedoed the damn shop’s standing.

Really–you are getting way too emotional over one man’s opinion. Who actually reads that publication, or that site for that matter? Tyra grumbled offhand. And you changed everything, including the menu, over the last week. The stupid article is already irrelevant. Unless you’re just looking for a fight. She snickered. Why give an idiot that much power?

She wasn’t being irrational. Her day started at four am when she would arrive to make fresh-baked breads and pastries. Her shift lasted until two in the afternoon, sometimes later if they had orders to fill. Then her sister, Esteem, came in to handle the late afternoon and evening crowd and usually finished the day by creating homemade ice creams for the next morning. They put a lot of work into creating fantastic foods. Too much to be shit on by some asshole. Screw You Tyra… If you think I’m being over the top, just wait until Esteem see’s this bullshit. Honor shook her head. Her identical twin would lose her shit. Anything spoken about the shop–negatively–those were fighting words.

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