Childhood friends.

Tristan Rosier might have asked Malorie Monsard to marry him when he was five years old, but things had only gone downhill from there. She'd spent the rest of their lives ignoring him, abandoning him, and destroying his perfumes. Now she was back, to wreak who knew what havoc on his life.

Lifelong enemies.

Tristan might choose to dismiss the generations-long enmity between their two families, but Malorie didn't have that privilege. Like all the other privileges wealthy, gorgeous Tristan took for granted that she couldn't. But if she was going to restore her family company to glory, she might just need his help.

Or the perfect match?

They'd known each other all their lives. Could these childhood friends and lifelong enemies ever uncross their stars and find happily ever after?

Laura Florand, bestselling author of The Chocolate Kiss, combines lush description, smart dialogue, provocative sensuality, and the perfume of love itself in A Crown of Bitter Orange, an irresistibly lush novel that is an ode to the scents and pleasures of the south of France and the beauty of falling in love.

Praise for A Crown of Bitter Orange

Tristan Rosier captures my heart! – Scoundrels and Seduction

Sweet and evocative and utterly gorgeous. — Smart B*, Trashy Books

I loved it...A Crown of Bitter Orange will definitely have pride of place on my shelf, a comfort read for trying times, and a reminder that love waits in the wings for a chance to bloom. – All About Romance, Desert Island Keeper

Adorable! – Smexy Books