Anthony Capella

"Su cuerpo pertenece a un rey, pero ¿quién podrá derretir su corazón? Versalles, Siglo XVII. Louise de Keroualle, hija de una familia noble que ha perdido buena parte de sus riquezas, vive en la Cort

The brilliant new novel from Anthony Capella, author of the bestselling 'The Food of Love' and 'The Wedding Officer'. It is 1895. Robert Wallis, would-be poet, bohemian and impoverished dandy, accepts a commission from coffee merchant Samuel Pinker to categorise the different tastes of coffee - and encounters...La brillante nueva novela de Anthony Capella, autor de las exitosas "The Food of Love" y "The Wedding Officer". Es el año 1895. Robert Wallis, aspirante a poeta, bohemio y dandy venido a menos, acepta un puesto del comerciante de cafe Samuel Pinker para catalogar los diferentes aromas del cafe, y encuentra...

When a gorgeous girl and a brainy boy experiment, sparks will fly... An original and very funny romantic comedy from the bestselling author of The Food of LoveFor Dr Steven J. Fisher, love is no more than a chemical equation - and hes nearly solved it. A brilliant young biochemist who spends all his time in an Oxford research lab studying orgasms, Fisher is on the brink of inventing a Viagra-like pill for women. For the pharma company that funds his work, the discovery of Whoosh! (originally named Desiree before they realised that was a kind of potato) will be a history-changing event.But, just weeks before the product is due to launch, a last-minute case study ruins Fishers perfect results. Miss G, an orgasmically-challenged PhD arts student (special subject: Victorian semicolons), isnt responding to the tests as expected. Strangely, the only stimulus to provoke a reaction is Dr Fishers own voice.As the scientist and his subject bond over Bunsen burner-lit meals, argue over Pink Floyd and converse in Runish at sessions of Swamps and Sorcerers, Dr Fishers feelings crop up in the most unscientific ways...Fisher usually has answers to everything, from the chemical composition of tears to the evolutionary reasons for kissing. But now hes facing the most bewildering puzzle of his career: whats love got to do with it? Could the outdated research of the Romantic poets enlighten him at all? With all this new data, he needs a new hypothesis. But what if there are some things science cant explain?

Londres y Çfrica de principios del siglo XX. Robert Wallis es un joven aspirante a poeta que se ve abocado a aceptar una misteriosa propuesta por parte de un comerciante de cafe, Samuel Pinker. El cometido de Wallis es emplear sus aptitudes linguisticas y poeticas en la elaboracion de una guia que posibilite a los comerciantes de cafe del mundo hacer adquisiciones y catalogar sus productos sirviendose de unos parametros comunes y prefi jados. Para sorpresa de Wallis, esta empresa habra de desarrollarla en estrecha colaboracion con la joven y hermosa hija de Pinker, Emily. Pronto surgira una ineludible atraccion entre Robert y Emily, pero el padre de esta impondra como condicion para conceder su bendicion al matrimonio que Robert pase cinco años en Çfrica al frente de un plantacion que habra de comenzar y dirigir el mismo.

From the author of the bestselling The Food of Love comes a wonderful second novel featuring the same irresistible combination of food, romance and Italy.

Roma es la gran ciudad del arte, de las historias de amor y también de la buena mesa. En este escenario perfecto, tres personajes comparten una historia de insospechadas consecuencias.Laura Patterson: una estudiante estadounidense de veinticuatro años ha ido a Roma a Estudiar Historia del Arte durante un año. Fascinada por la gastronomia local y algo cansada de la labia de los italianos, ha decidido que a partir de ahora solo saldra con un hombre que sepa cocinar.Tommaso Massi: guapo y seductor, le cuenta a Laura que es jefe de cocina en Templi, uno de los mejores restaurantes de Italia. En realidad, no es mas que un simple camarero, pero todo vale en la carrera hacia una nueva conquista. Bruno: es su mejor amigo y el verdadero jefe de cocina del Templi. Tommaso le pide que le ayude, que cocine platos seductores para Laura. Pero cuando el fiel Bruno se enamora de ella, la situacion se complica hasta limites insospechados...

The success of Like Water for Chocolate and Chocolat (not to mention their film adaptations), and films such as Big Night and Babette's Feast confirms that fine food and romance are a winning combination. The Food of Love, Anthony Capella's delicious first novel, follows suit and tempts readers to devour it at one sitting. Laura, a twentysomething American, is on her first trip to Italy. She's completely enamored of the art, beauty, and, of course, food that Rome has to offer. Soon she's enamored of the handsome and charming Tomasso, too, who tells her he's a chef at the famed Templi restaurant and proceeds to woo her with his gastronomic creations. But Tomasso hasn't been entirely truthful—he's really just a waiter. The master chef behind the tantalizing meals is his talented but shy friend Bruno, who loves Laura from afar. Thus begins a classic comedy of errors full of romance, culinary magic, and the sensual atmosphere of Italy. The result is a delightful debut novel to be savored by all readers of romantic comedy, connoisseurs of armchair travel, and the ever-growing audience for writings about food.

Twenty-two-year-old James Gould arrives in Occupied Naples in 1943, where his duties include dissuading Allied soldiers from marrying their beautiful Italian girlfriends, and his diet includes little more than spam fritters and warmed-up rations. The girls of Naples, however, soon arrange for a beautiful young country girl to join his staff as a cook. Under the twin influences of Italian food and Italian passion, James has only just realised that his heart is more important than his orders, when an eruption of Vesuvius sets in motion a series of epic events that will change their lives for ever.

It is 1895. Robert Wallis, would-be poet, bohemian and impoverished dandy, accepts a commission from coffee merchant Samuel Pinker to categorise the different tastes of coffee - and encounters Pinkers free-thinking daughters, Philomenia, Ada and Emily. As romance blossoms with Emily, Robert realises that the Muse and marriage may not be incompatible after all. Sent to Abyssinia to make his fortune in the coffee trade, he becomes obsessed with a negro slave girl, Fikre. He decides to use the money he has saved to buy her from her owner - a decision that will change not only his own life, but the lives of the three Pinker sisters . . .

Laura Patterson is an American exchange student in Rome who, fed up with being inexpertly groped by her young Italian beaus, decides theres only one sure-fire way to find a sensual man: date a chef. Then she meets Tomasso, whos handsome, young -- and cooks in the exclusive Templi restaurant. Perfect. Except, unbeknownst to Laura, Tomasso is in fact only a waiter at Templi -- its his shy friend Bruno who is the chef.But Tomasso is the one who knows how to get the girls, and when Laura comes to dinner he persuades Bruno to help him with the charade. It works: the meal is a sensual feast, Laura is utterly seduced and Tomasso falls in lust. But it is Bruno, the real chef who has secretly prepared every dish Laura has eaten, who falls deeply and unrequitedly in love. A delicious tale of Cyrano de Bergerac-style culinary seduction, but with sensual recipes instead of love poems.

1671. Carlo Demirco is the only man in the world who knows how to make ice cream. As confectioner to Louis XIV, his talents are kept a closely guarded secret and his dishes served up for the Kings pleasure only. But Carlo has fallen hopelessly in love with Louise de Keroualle, an impoverished lady-in-waiting to Henrietta dAngleterre, sister of Charles II of England. When Henrietta dies suddenly, Louise and Carlos lives are changed irrevocably when they are sent to London.It quickly becomes clear that Charles II wants Louise as his mistress. There ensues a famous rivalry between Louise and the kings other mistress, the cockney actress Nell Gwyn. But Carlo is heartbroken. The only power he has left to wield is through his exquisite ice cream confections ... Where will his loyalties lie? Will he seek his revenge?