Siobhan "Sugar" Malloy, co-owner of Sugar and Spice Café and part-time burlesque dancer, believes that love is for the young and foolish-and at thirty-five years old, she is neither. But a new business venture with the sexy twenty-something owner of Crimson Bay Couriers is quickly changing her mind. Charlie O'Halloran is beyond charming, and his flirtatious manner is an unexpected breath of fresh air for Siobhan. Soon an explosively steamy affair...

How did sugar grow from prize to pariah? Acclaimed historian James Walvin looks at the history of our collective sweet tooth, beginning with the sugar grown by enslaved people who had been uprooted and shipped vast distances to undertake the grueling labor on plantations. The combination of sugar and slavery would transform the tastes of the Western world. Prior to 1600, sugar was a costly luxury, the domain of the rich. But with the rise of the sugar...

It was annoyance at first sight. She had a smart mouth on her that had Colton's blood racing. He put all of himself into his work. He didn't have time for a relationship or for these feelings Sugar brought out in him. But Sugar wasn't like anyone else. He shouldn't want her but he did. He didn't deserve her, but he knew he couldn't stay away. It started with his dog knocking Sugar on her ass. It ended with her wanting so much more with Colton. He...