Новинки Челси Саммерс

A delectable new short story of decadence, subversion, and satisfaction. Somewhere in Brooklyn, a feast awaits its guests, and newbie realtor Shad cannot believe his great good luck. Callista, the gorgeous woman he’s been seeing, has booked an Airbnb for a private party and the invite list is intimate—just Shad, Callista and few of her closest, equally gorgeous…

Dorothy Daniels has always had a voracious – and adventurous – appetite. From her idyllic farm-to-table childhood (homegrown tomatoes, thick slices of freshly baked bread) to the heights of her career as a food critic (white truffles washed down with Barolo straight from the bottle) Dorothy has never been shy about indulging her exquisite tastes – even when it lead to her plunging an ice pick into her lover’s neck.
There is something inside Dorothy that makes her different from everybody else. Something she’s finally ready to confess. But beware: her story just might make you wonder how your lover would taste sauteed with shallots and mushrooms and deglazed with a little red wine.

Дороти Дэниелc — знаменитый кулинарный критик, высокоактивный социопат, психопат и просто гурман с широким спектром гастрономических и эстетических вкусов. Никогда не состояла в браке, полигамна, предпочитает мимолетные интимные связи. Можно было бы добавить «не судима и не привлекалась», но нет. Ее исповедь из самой известной американской тюрьмы для женщин…

Food critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Dorothy’s clear mastery of the culinary arts make it likely that she could, on any given night, whip up a more inspired dish than any one of the chefs she writes about. Dorothy loves sex as much as she loves food, and while she has struggled to find a long-term partner that can keep up with her, she makes the best of her single life, frequently traveling from Manhattan to Italy for a taste of both.

But there is something within Dorothy that’s different from everyone else, and having suppressed it long enough, she starts to embrace what makes Dorothy uniquely, terrifyingly herself. Recounting her life from a seemingly idyllic farm-to-table childhood, the heights of her career, to the moment she plunges an ice pick into a man's neck on Fire Island, Dorothy Daniels show us what happens when a woman finally embraces her superiority.

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