What Love Tastes Like

Tiffany Matthews and Nick Rollins meet on a flight to Rome. Their holiday fling reignites when Tiffany becomes a chef at Nick's upscale restaurant in Los Angeles. Tiffany loves Nick, but she fears risking her heart to another workaholic like her father. Patricia R. Floyd's reading is a natural match for this playful African-American romance. Her warm narration invites listeners to experience the couple's love and humor. Whether serving up passion or passionate disagreement, Floyd delivers distinct, well-realized character voices. Even minor characters have unique voices. Her careful diction makes the most of Day's clever phrasing. Floyd's flirtatious charm makes this a delicious listen. C.A. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

July 12, 2010
Aspiring chef Tiffany Matthews is en route to a prestigious internship in Rome when a thief swipes her purse. Handsome restaurateur Nick Rollins comes to her rescue, but despite the sizzling heat between them, Tiffany doesn't want to be rescued—certainly not by Nick, who's too much like the workaholic father who broke her heart. And yet, a month later, there she is in Los Angeles, a sous chef at his new trend-setting restaurant, Taste. There's plenty of steam and spice in the kitchen and the bedroom as the pair's romance follows a predictable on-again, off-again pattern, with a standard-issue scheming ex-girlfriend complicating matters. Then Nick finds himself pitted against Tiffany's estranged father in a business deal and matters take a fresh turn. Day (Lies Lovers Tell) writes with zest and sensual appeal. The descriptions of food edge the bedroom scenes, but not by much.