GUILTY PLEASURES
The Food and Fornication Fables
"NEVER HAS FICTION BEEN SO REAL"
Review
Helen Stothard rated it 5 of 5 stars
"I've never read anything quite like this, it was a cross between a sex manual, a sensual cookery book, a history book and a romance!
Each chapter starts off with a snippet from 'Sensual Secrets of a Sexual Surrogate', Lance's book that he is writing, he's a sex therapist, some of them are absolutely hilarious.
Lance takes on the persona of Will reluctantly, his job is to get Milly pregnant, he hadn't bargained for falling in love with her. He become a kitchen assistant to a black, Russian dwarf called Serge who has an unbelievable history, including being a sex worker. He's a rogue, he's gay, he's absolutely loveable, and he's survived some truly awful experiences, and he'd kill anyone who hurt his beloved Milly who he this of as a daughter.
Guilty Pleasures is a private dining club that encourages extravagance and excellent food, from a wake to celebrate a divorce to a full Dickensian evening, the events unfolding leave you laughing out loud and very untrusting of cello players! The menus created in the book are downright gluttony at times, and this is where the cookbook element comes in, every time the menu is discussed there's a real passion for food shown. Some of the dishes described make your mouth water, but often the evening descends into drunken debauchery.
This book is a lovely journey through one couples reluctant romance, both terribly hurt in the past, trying to take things slowly but with an insatiable appetite for each other.
As with secrets they have a habit of being found out, people get hurt, and lives are upset.
This is a hugely entertaining story, with endearing and fascinating characters that was a real pleasure to read."
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