This book won two awards: Swoony Reader Choice away for Best New Adult Romance and Third Place in Book Buyers Best from OCCRWA. Sales are low right now. I've had it up pretty high in the past, but it's time for a cover refresh, but a publisher holds the English rights for another year and a half.
The security guard at Alpine Foods said they were not expecting Elaine Peterson for her internship in the Chocolate Department. Gripping her luggage, she crossed the lobby of the Alpine Foods corporate building.
The thub-thub-thub from her bag’s broken wheel echoed off the wooden panels behind a mahogany reception desk. Well-heeled employees scurried past her, staring at her from the corners of their eyes as if she were dragging in a carcass.
Lainey held up her head, hoping the guard was mistaken. She’d spent the last four years at Stanford, beaten out two hundred other applicants, and flown twelve hundred miles across the Atlantic. At the receptionist’s desk, she parked her luggage upright and threw her carry-on over the valise.
“Pourais-je vous aider, mademoiselle?” the male receptionist asked in yaw-yawing Swiss French, eying her over the top of the tall desk. “Can I help you?”
“Je...” she began. She fumbled for the right words. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her carry-on slide. With a jerk, she caught the bag, but the jostle sent several chocolate wrappers to the ground. Without glancing up, she knew the receptionist thought she couldn’t keep it together. Not a great first impression. She had to apologize. “Desolée.”Exasperated, she picked up the wrappers, stuffing them one by one into her pockets. The first chocolate bar she ate as a pre-boarding snack. The second she devoured when they delayed her first flight at Sky Harbor Airport. The third slipped down her gullet when she missed her connection at the Glasgow airport. And, of course, the fourth. The fourth she snarfed while she waited for the promised driver to pick her up at the airport in Geneva. When no one showed, she boarded the train to Vevey.
She thought she was only late. Now she was freaked out.
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Portuguese
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Already translated.
Translated by Patrício L. Guimarães
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Author review: Patricio was speedy and got the translation done on time. |
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Already translated.
Translated by Julio Villarroel
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Author review: He did a great job and was very quick. |
