Since the ancient Mayas, sweet tastes and chiles have put their pleasure into a single palate-pleasing package. Now here's a guide to the most delicious ways you can yield to those same irresistible desires.

The Blue-Collar Lover Series They don’t wear suits, but the five Carter brothers work hard to earn a day’s pay—and keep the right woman satisfied . . . No one turns out luscious pies and to-die-for cakes like Marvin Carter. Few outside of the family know about his baking skills, but working as a restaurant line cook is getting old fast. Now he’ll do whatever it takes to win start-up money from a major cooking contest and launch his own business. But his prime competition is making things hot for him in—and out—of the kitchen . . . Naomi Carson is as savory as her soul food and has twice the spice. This confident, large-and-in-charge beauty also has high aspirations, and will work all her skills against the tasty Mr. Marvin to take first place—and stop living with Grandma. As their attraction burns hot, the other contestants can’t take their heat nor their talent, and threaten to burn their dreams to ash. Will the desire be doused—or can Marvin and Naomi find common ground and fire up the chance of a lifetime? ALSO IN THIS SERIES “Great escapism.” —Library Journal on Packing Heat “Sexy, hot deliciousness . . . this power couple light up the page like a 100-megawatt bulb.” —USAToday.com on Bad Boy Seduction

Hints Of Spice...When Cin Bradley packs up and moves herself, her mother, and her baby girl away from their home in Connecticut, she has no plans to make a love connection. She's just trying to get settled into her new house, new job, and new life - until Landry Augustin comes to her front door. Together, they explore the potential of a romance neither was looking for - sweet, and a little spicy.A Dash of Heat...Maggie Augustin just wanted something sweet. A bit of self-soothing, to take the edge off the loneliness and heartache she'd been quietly enduring. When she walks away from his food truck, box of beignets in hand, she has no idea that Rene St. Martin - not his pastries - is exactly the something sweet she wanted, with the little dash of heat she needs.A Touch of Sugar...Pru Ashford isn't looking for... anything. Which is how she ends up finding exactly what she needs - a perfect balance of savory and sweet.

Cooking with fruit and spice, this book introduces the concept of fire spice recipes which bring chilli to sauces, bouillon, mustards, syrups, creams and vinaigrettes. This is the first of a three-part series of Hidden West cookery books and it includes 80 recipes.

I was desperate to get her out of my head...but my body was desperate to have her back in my bed. - Will It only took one touch for me to drop my guard and fall back into his arms. But how could I forgive him for the past? - Emma Will Stevens fell in love with Emma Hanson, the sweet, curvy new girl from California, as soon as he laid eyes on her in their eleventh grade Spanish class. It took months for the brash football star to get her to trust him, but once she did, they became inseparable. And as hard as it was to wait, Will was insistent that Emma be eighteen before he made love to her. But then only hours after finally sealing their bond, the unthinkable happened and their relationship fell apart. Emma fled, and Will was left heartbroken. Now it's five years later, and Will is a successful firefighter back in their hometown. With their high school reunion looming, a family tragedy brings Emma back to town. And Will is desperate to bring her back into his arms. But can Emma ever trust him again? Find out in Sweet Heat, a sweet and steamy second chance small-town firefighter romance!

From the acclaimed chefs behind award-winning Los Angeles restaurant Bavel comes a gorgeous cookbook featuring personal stories and more than eighty recipes that celebrate the diversity of Middle Eastern cuisines. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME OUT • “Ori and Genevieve manage to pull off a style of cooking that is both familiar (and therefore comforting) but also new (and therefore fresh and exciting). This is the sort of food I could live on.”—Yotam Ottolenghi When chef Ori Menashe and pastry chef Genevieve Gergis opened their first Los Angeles restaurant, Bestia, the city fell in love. By the time they launched their second restaurant, Bavel, the love affair had expanded to cooks and food lovers nationwide. Bavel, the cookbook, invites home cooks to explore the broad and varied cuisines of the Middle East through fragrant spice blends; sublime zhougs, tahini, labneh, and hummus; rainbows of crisp-pickled vegetables; tender, oven-baked flatbreads; fall-off-the-bone meats and tagines; buttery pastries and tarts; and so much more. Bavel—pronounced bah-VELLE, the Hebrew name for Babel—is a metaphor for the myriad cultural, spiritual, and political differences that divide us. The food of Bavel tells the many stories of the countries defined as “the Middle East.” These recipes are influenced by the flavors and techniques from all corners of the region, and many, such as Tomato with Smoked Harissa, Turmeric Chicken with Toum, and Date-Walnut Tart, are inspired by Menashe’s Israeli upbringing and Gergis’s Egyptian roots. Bavel celebrates the freedom to cook what we love without loyalty to any specific country, and represents a world before the region was divided into separate nations. This is cooking without borders.

I was desperate to get her out of my head...but my body was desperate to have her back in my bed. - Will It only took one touch for me to drop my guard and fall back into his arms. But how could I forgive him for the past? - Emma Will Stevens fell in love with Emma Hanson, the sweet, curvy new girl from California, as soon as he laid eyes on her in their eleventh grade Spanish class. It took months for the brash football star to get her to trust him, but once she did, they became inseparable. And as hard as it was to wait, Will was insistent that Emma be eighteen before he made love to her. But then only hours after finally sealing their bond, the unthinkable happened and their relationship fell apart. Emma fled, and Will was left heartbroken. Now it's five years later, and Will is a successful firefighter back in their hometown. With their high school reunion looming, a family tragedy brings Emma back to town. And Will is desperate to bring her back into his arms. But can Emma ever trust him again? Welcome to the fictional town of Pineville, Wisconsin, home of the Sweet Heat barbeque franchise and the firefighters they support through sales of sexy calendars. You'll fall in love with the alpha heroes and the curvy women they love. Sweet Heat romances are short, sweet, and packed with HEAT! The characters in the Sweet Heat series carry throughout the books, but each book focuses on one couple and can be read as a standalone. Troupes in this series include: Short romance Sweet romance Steamy romance Spicy romance Fireman romance Curvy girl romance Alpha males Small town romance Second chance romance Friends to lovers romance Enemies to lovers romance