{"product_id":"2940153736587","title":"Chocolate Truffle Kiss","description":"\u003cp\u003eYour eyes meet mine, then retreat\u003cbr\u003eSoftness behind glass\u003cbr\u003eLet me break your barriers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poem on the blackboard enticed her to enter. Just like everyday…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriter, Beth, visits the same café every afternoon, enjoying her latte and a chocolate truffle while scribbling in her notebook. The delicious treats keep her coming back day after day, not to mention the inspiration she finds there – Samuel. The barista is tall, dark and delicious, and his stare could melt chocolate from a hundred paces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince her divorce, Beth’s love life has been close to extinct, but the sight of Samuel, his dark, brooding good looks and amazing dragon tattoo, kick it into overdrive. A smouldering volcano waiting to erupt in flames of passion. But Beth knows it’s unlikely he’d go for her, an older woman, when he could have anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of a week, the tension between them rises almost to boiling point. When Beth’s friend lets it slip that Beth fancies Samuel, in fact she has a mega crush on him, their customer\/barista relationship is tested…but could it be more than one-sided? Is Samuel writing the blackboard poems especially for Beth? Could he be watching and wanting her too?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote: Chocolate Truffle Kiss is a novelette of approximately 9500 words. This edition includes an excerpt of Cassandra O'Leary's debut novel, Girl on a Plane.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cassandra O'Leary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164021670128,"sku":"2940153736587","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153736587_p0.jpg?v=1764055410","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153736587","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}