Juliette Sobanet has a kissable recipe for you....and a book to give away!

Introduction by Gail Allison

**Giveaway is now closed**

When she’s not busy practicing yoga, hanging out with her husband, cuddling with her two (huge!) cats, or teaching (she’s a French professor in Washington!!), Juliette Sobanet can be found nibbling un peu de chocolat and writing about her favourite place in the world: France. She’s just wrapping up the edits on her third book, and she’s here with us today to talk about her first book: “Sleeping with Paris.” She's also sharing a rather "kissable" dessert recipe!

“Sleeping with Paris” is available for download on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and ibooks. Or (even better) you could win a copy here! Juliette has three e-copies of "Sleeping with Paris" to give away to some lucky readers anywhere in the world.

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Synopsis of "Sleeping with Paris":

Charlotte Summers is a sassy, young French teacher who is two days away from moving to Paris with the love of her life and from fulfilling her dream of studying at the prestigious Sorbonne University in France. But when she discovers her fiancé’s online dating profile and has a little chat with the busty red-head he’s been sleeping with on the side, she gives up on committed relationships altogether and decides to navigate Paris on her own.

Determined to stop other women from finding themselves in her shoes, Charlotte creates an anonymous blog on how to date like a man in the City of Love—that is, how to jump from bed to bed without ever falling in love. But, with a slew of Parisian men beating down her door, a hot new neighbor who feeds her chocolate in bed, and an appearance by her sleazy ex-fiancé, she isn’t so sure she can keep her promise to remain commitment-free.

And, when Charlotte agrees to write an article for a popular women’s magazine about her Parisian dating adventures—or disasters, rather—will she risk losing the one man who’s swept her off her feet and her dream job in one fell swoop?

Before I share my favorite holiday recipe with all of you lovely Chick Lit Central readers, there’s something I need to confess. I’m a chocoholic. In fact, to find inspiration for this post, I had to grab a bar of dark chocolate from the kitchen and treat myself to a few squares (read: entire bar) before I could even start writing. I know. It’s a problem. But at least around the holidays, it’s totally acceptable to eat massive quantities of chocolate (and cookies and fudge—which I am also quite fond of). After all, your friends and family members went to so much trouble with all of that baking. You can’t let it go to waste!

So, with my chocolate obsession in full force around this festive holiday season, I decided on a simple, classic recipe that includes an entire chocolate kiss in each bite: The Peanut Butter Blossom. I am certain that Charlotte Summers, my main character in Sleeping with Paris, would fully appreciate these cookies. After all, the sexy French man living two doors down feeds her chocolate in bed (men, please take note), and I’ve never heard her complain about it.

Peanut Butter Blossoms:

Topping:

48 chocolate kisses, unwrapped

1/4 cup sugar in bowl for coating

Batter:

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 cups flour

1 egg

2 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

Using a mixer, beat unsalted butter until smooth. Add in peanut butter, sugar, and brown sugar, then beat until fluffy (about 2 minutes). Continue to beat, adding in the egg, vanilla extract and milk. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add this mixture to the peanut butter mixture, and beat until fully combined. If dough is too soft to roll into balls, cover and refrigerate for an hour.

Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Remove dough from refrigerator and roll into one inch balls. Roll balls in sugar to coat, then place on ungreased baking sheet two inches apart. Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes, until just golden brown. Immediately after removing from oven, place one chocolate kiss in the center of each cookie, pressing down just until cookie begins to crack. Remove cookies from baking sheet and place on wire rack to cool. Makes about 48 mouth-watering, chewy cookies, perfect for chocolate and peanut-butter lovers alike.

*Note: Peanut Butter Blossoms (and all other desserts containing chocolate) become dangerously delicious when fed to you by a hot man. (Charlotte begged me to add this part in. And I have to say, I agree with her wholeheartedly).

Bon Appétit!

Thanks to Juliette for sharing her yummy recipe with us and her novel with our readers.

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Giveaway ends December 27th at midnight EST.