Kai and Kurt haven’t laid eyes on each other for a year and a half. I don’t like to be bogged down by depressing stories and what could be more depressing than a rocky marriage? Well I had nothing to worry about because this story was uplifting, and one of the best second chance romances I’ve ever read. To be honest I was a little scared to read Snow-Kissed when I found out it was about a marriage in crisis. For a glimpse behind the scenes of some of that research as well as recommendations for US chocolate, make sure to check out her website: Laura Florand continues to astound me with her utterly gorgeous writing. Now a lecturer at Duke University, she is very dedicated to her research into French chocolate.

After a Fulbright year in Tahiti, a semester in Spain, and backpacking everywhere from New Zealand to Greece, she ended up living in Paris, where she met and married her own handsome Frenchman, a story told in her first book Blame It on Paris. She was born in Georgia, but the travel bug bit her early. Selected by NPR for their Top 100 Romance list, her books have appeared in ten languages, been nominated for RT Reviewers’ Choice Best Book of the Year, received the RT Seal of Excellence and numerous starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, and been recommended by USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. Laura Florand is the international bestselling and award-winning author of fifteen books, including the Vie en Roses series (Once Upon a Rose), the Paris Hearts series (All for You), and the Amour et Chocolat series (The Chocolate Thief).

Snow-Kissed by Laura Florand