Charlotte Marigold

She's always been the good girl, but this trip to Italy will show Annabella that love and chocolate can both be sweet, tempting – and dangerously addictive.

When infamous playboy Alessandro De Costa entices Little Miss Sensible, Annabella Beaumont, to be his master chocolatier and faux fiancée, neither anticipate the deception – or passionate seduction – that will follow.

Annabella isn't prepared for the limelight, the charade, the 'makeover', and she didn't know her new boss would look like a gift from heaven with the devil in his smile. But she's determined to succeed; her sister's depending on her.

Now, as she slowly succumbs to the playboy's charms, Annabella struggles with sweet temptation – as well as secrets that could ruin everything.

*Previously published as Hot Chocolate by Charlotte de Pace

Enemies to chocolate lovers.

Sofia Beaumont and Roberto Conti's relationship is only for show - a twisted fairytale manufactured for the Italian tabloids. But when the reclusive chocolatier unites with her family's CEO playboy nemesis their sizzling chemistry is blatantly real. To Sofia's alarm, her faux boyfriend is a seductive wolf in smoking hot sheep's clothing; in Roberto's embrace she's in danger of losing all her senses.

Neither Roberto nor Sofia are prepared for the intense sexual awakening and emotional roller coaster as family loyalty collides with personal desire. Bound by their messy past, love of chocolate and forbidden attraction, the lines between fantasy and reality blur. But as the power of sensory memory unlocks devastating secrets to the past, will their chance at love be forsaken?