GRR Reviews Tempt Me Tenderly (Heron's Landing) by Iris Morland

Tempt Me Tenderly is supposed to be a romantic suspense but the suspense never was really there. It's just a vague threat, without the guy doing anything about it. He's basically sitting there waiting for someone to ruin him. It's really hard to read sometimes. The guy's way too passive.

Grace Danvers is an artist and a painter living in the town of Hero's Landing. She had a crush on the executive chef, Jaime Martinez, who works for her brother at the vineyard River's Bend, and she had it bad for five years. Jaime knew Grace is off limits, but one night, one kiss in the moonlight, and he can't deny he wanted her as much as she wanted him. But when Jaime was implicated in embezzling from the vineyard, can their love survive the challenge, or will he be forced to leave it all behind?

The framing of Jaime was done really heavy-handedly, and it was pretty obvious who did it as soon as it was mentioned. Watching Jaime just sitting there (figuratively) and getting hit was really boring, and that sort of threat to the romance between him and Grace honestly was really stupid. Grace was the only one fighting, makes you wonder WHY would she fall for such a loser, or how he got to exec chef with such low survival instincts.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman with unrequited love on chef had to save him from embezzling charges, will he stay for her, or run away?

Tropes: chef, different worlds, unrequited love, hot for boss ('s sibling), conspiracy

Overall Rating:  3/5