Tender wings of desire pdf download

Meetings are called. A funny title is settled on. Some junior-level graphic designer is conscripted to create the cover, with zero information about the plot of the still nonexistent romance novel. And even an ad agency has its limits when it comes to insane deadlines. So, what I think happened is one of the marketing directors the one with slightly more spine and heaps more gumption than the others probably sent out a frantic internal email to all KFC corporate staff asking if anyone — ANYONE — had an unpublished romance novel kicking around.

And lo and behold, some mousy administrative assistant or girlfriend of a friend of the cousin of the social media manager coughed up this thing. Possibly it was a fan fiction.

Which begged the question: If they were finding and replacing already, why not change the British setting to Kentucky? Harland Sanders was born in in Indiana. He dropped out of school in the seventh grade to work and eventually moved to Kentucky, where he opened a restaurant in that operated out of a gas station. He started selling restaurant franchises around the country. By the time he died in , there were nearly 6, KFCs in 55 countries around the world.

Between cooking birds, appearing in manic post-hippie-era TV commercials , and keeping his snow-white plantation owner suit neatly pressed, how did he find the time to rise up the ranks of the U. Army and become a colonel, you ask? You have to be noteworthy to be a Kentucky colonel.

Fred Astaire was a Kentucky colonel. So was Ronald Reagan, and Winston Churchill, of all people. Nowadays, the Kentucky colonels are still going strong.

Which brings us to the biggest mystery of Tender Wings of Desire. Exactly what time period is it supposed to take place in? Clues from the setting and dialogue could convince the discerning reader that it could be any era between the Regency and shortly before World War I. Better for our Kentucky Fried Hero to pitch woo in England.

The British, for their part, had abolished slavery by America still had decades to go. An ad agency was involved. A professional writer was hired to put it together. Much thought and piles of money were devoted to the project. The novel was written in this off-brand, off-putting way on purpose! References to symptoms of love that sound suspiciously like symptoms of food poisoning:. View all posts by katherineluck. Skip to content. He would burn everything to the ground.

Colonel Sanders would burn his restaurant to the ground. Why did KFC produce this thing? But he was a real colonel. Sort of. Uhm, Harland's food. Finally, he set a box down in front of her. Madeline looked from the food up to her Harland. As he told her the last part of the story.

That his parents had died a really hazardous death when the chickens fought back and smothered them before they even really had a chance. And so now it was his. The business, the home, the life he had before. He was now a rich man and he was to take back the family name. He was Colonel Sanders and he was still the love of her life. Madeline pretended to forget that she'd said earlier she wanted a normal life because let's be real, who would pass up a life of wealth and chicken?

She couldn't wait to rub this in Veronica's face. Madeline, reached over and took Colonel Sanders hand. But the gravy, oh god the gravy was perfect as always. She drank her 1. She'd leave a little bit in it so it felt like a waste to throw it away and then just let it go flat over the next few days before finally throwing it away.

And only when they'd eaten the last piece of chicken did Colonel Sanders swoop down, picking Madeline up and sweeping her off the feet just like in the COVER YO and carried her to the bed.

He planted a kiss on her lips and they both savoured the delicious taste of chicken. She blushed, a little embarrassed. Kinda Fucking Cool. His hand now trailing down to the apex of her thighs. Madeline let out a moan of passion. Colonel Sanders thought about those words. Kicking Fat Children Klassy Fried Chicken Kentucky Fried Chicken! Colonel Sanders waited until Madeline had screamed his name euphorically and then lifted his hand between them, looking at his fingers. I'm also curious to hear about this vegan, gluten free diet you're on?

I myself am on a strick chicken only diet and as a colonels wife who is pregnant with triplets I must go for the healthiest option. I've got to keep this short, I'm due for my gravy bath. Enjoy your life. View all 7 comments. May 06, Bookworm Extraordinaire marked it as this-amuses-me. What the everloving F-CK is this?? View all 21 comments. May 22, Deborah rated it did not like it. My friend sent me an email asking if I wanted to buddy read this, I laughed and dismissed it as a joke only to discover she was serious and so here I am.

Now despite the fact that I would never have given this a second glance on my own I did fully expect to find this amusing, a pun filled romance maybe? So I was all set for an amusing read only to discover it's not funny at all in fact if I had to pick just one word to describe it it would be 'dull' incredibly mind numbingly dull.

Thankfully it's My friend sent me an email asking if I wanted to buddy read this, I laughed and dismissed it as a joke only to discover she was serious and so here I am. Thankfully it's a short read, not short enough mind you but I'm grateful it wasn't longer but it has to be said I would have been more grateful had been a lot shorter. Lady Madeline Parker is beautiful and intelligent and being courted by a duke no less but she doesn't love him or feel any spark when he's near.

In this ideal world she leaves home saddles her horse and off she goes she ends up in a small sea town, finds a job where everyone is nice. The job comes with accommodation and a best friend plus Harland. In Harland she finds what she was missing. So okay she is one of those kinds of ladies. I don't know if it's me, if it's just because it wasn't the hilariously funny read I was expecting or if it's because I'd just finished an amazing book and anything following that would have struggled but I didn't like the writing style, the characters, the way she didn't even spare a thought for her family.

I'm strongly advising my friend to please please are you listening B? View all 35 comments. May 14, Sarah needs a break from reviewing rated it it was ok Shelves: ebooks-i-own , fiction-romance.

The cover and title promise tongue-in-cheek hilarity and chickeny puns, instead we get a tedious story with barely a shred of 'romance' and not a single mention of chicken or any chicken parts written by an author who seems to refuse to understand the difference between 'lie' and 'lay'. The mistake was made so many times I began to believe it was a subliminal message telling all of us looking for references to 'pimpled skin' and 'juicy breasts' that the promise of the title and cover was all a big 'lie'.

I took notes, enjoy. Way to alienate a reader in the first paragraph. This frustrated Madeline to no end, for if only her sister had been born first, their lives would be so much happier.

Perhaps then Mama and Papa would allow her to travel and seek out some destiny that right now seemed terribly out of reach. Probably not even then because they would still be financially responsible for her and have to have enough money coming in to afford to keep her in food and clothing. All he's going to tell you is about how hot the weather is and how badly behaved the local servants are and why can't we beat some manners into them.

To birth children? Did she want all of that? In this situation she would use a travelling case that would go on the roof of a carriage and it's likely that would be in a box room in the attic, not in her wardrobe. The only other bag available would be her reticule and they were small drawstring sacks that fit over the wrist, big enough for a fan, a hanky and maybe some coins, not an entire outfit. Wait till you're doing it while 50 men try to grab your ass or kiss you every time you walk past.

She was Irish which Madeline should have guessed I was hoping the unexpected might happen and Madeline might hit it off with Caoimhe. It's not believable that someone who needs glasses would be a sailor in the era this is set. What was wrong with her? She barely knew who he was Caoimhe found all of this immensely entertaining.

Caoimhe looked away so as not to show her facial expression, which was a mixture of relief and embarrassment over having been worried at all. Told you your status in society couldn't be hidden under plain dresses. They spoke of fire and passion, of wanting, and although the thought of it thrilled Madeline, she was old enough to believe that such a thing could never happen to her. But she had taken comfort in the idea that it existed.

You've just kissed him a bit and slept in the same bed. I am a magnate of the restaurant industry, my dear, the king of an empire that I built with my bare hands. It seems I have fallen in love myself, with none other than Reginald! Colour me surprised by this revelation. The only reason I didn't give this one star is that I didn't hate it, although if I had paid money for it I would have been much less chilled out about the way I was fooled into reading this.

I never would have read this book if not for the misleading title and cover and playing a practical joke like this on readers isn't a good way to celebrate your target market.

View all 20 comments. May 04, Anna's Herding Cats rated it really liked it Shelves: new-to-me , england , novella , hcbs , runaway-heroine , historical , sailors , bartender , blog-books , pick-your-genre.

Not bad. I laughed, I cried, I smiled as they set sail for their chicken empire in America. Tender Wings of Desire turned out to be a surprisingly cute read. A runaway heroine, a tavern by the sea, a glasses wearing sailor with chicken in his past. Okay so if you've been on social media you've seen this one. A mother's day novella from KFC?!

So I dropped everything and read Tender Wings of Desire straight through. And I don't regret a damn second of it it's tender, yet crispy, goodness. He's so bland! I need some spices in my life! So she runs away and eventually lands in a small town by the sea. And so her life begins in a little tavern with a mass of fishy smelling locals--they're all sailors, coworkers who soon turn to friends and a single sailor who just has a twinkle in his eye.

I had fun getting to know the town and watching the two of them fall for each other. There's a little bit of heat, too. The Colonel has some moves, yall. I would totally read more from Harland Sanders. While Tender Wings of Desire could have used a bit of editing it was a fun little read. I enjoyed the characters, seeing Madeline take her life and make it what she wanted. I loved how they worked in KFC, though, there was surprisingly very little chicken.

All breasts and thighs were solely that of the heroines. View all 3 comments. May 09, Gail - Slitty rated it did not like it. As usual the product in KFC's photos doesn't look remotely similar to what the customer actually receives, and this short story is no different.

The grammatical errors causes one to question whether KFC's editor was too busy adding spices to the secret recipe to edit the story? View 2 comments. May 07, Ellen Gail marked it as to-read Shelves: freebie , impulse-purchase , kindle , somehow-this-is-a-real-book. I don't know what this is or why it exists, but I'm craving some fried chicken.

So maybe it's working? May 20, Abigail Sharpe rated it liked it. I wasn't expecting much, and not much is what I got. I know you shouldn't judge books by their covers, but when the cover shows a woman in pants with a purse and keys, and fried chicken in various locations, you expect a contemporary where they go out to eat at least once.

It's not. There's a lot of repetition and phrases tend to repeat themselves. The worst thing is that no one eats chicken! If this was a marketing tool, KFC missed it by a mile.

The best thing is that if I had paid for this book, I would have been livid - unless proceeds were going to a charity. So read it for entertainment, but don't expect anyone to say pass the gravy. View all 4 comments.

Jun 25, M. This book could have been good if it were an actual parody of Harlequin romance, using KFC and its food as a plot device. Unfortunately, we get There's an occasional jab at the genre, but not quite nearly enough to make this a real satire, and honestly, I'm not quite sure these jabs were actually intentional, or just the author slipping up on anachronism.

The book reads like something set in the 19th century which seems to be the most popular century for Harlequin-type romances in my re This book could have been good if it were an actual parody of Harlequin romance, using KFC and its food as a plot device.

The book reads like something set in the 19th century which seems to be the most popular century for Harlequin-type romances in my reading experience but the cover shows the woman very clearly in 20th-century attire. There's also an over-use of metaphors and purple prose. Generally, I don't read Harlequin novels as romance is not my favorite genre, but this was just so over-wrought in a bad way that I had to wonder what was even the point of this. What was KFC thinking with this book?

Who approved this book? Why didn't it have KFC in it??? View 1 comment. May 06, Bianca Woods rated it it was ok Shelves: own , finished-in I read the KFC romance novel more like a novella It was short so you don't have to. It was disappointingly bland. I was hoping it would lean into the camp and many be even have a bunch of awkward product placement. Alas, it was just a so-so romance with a character who was secretly Colonel Sanders.

May 13, J. Boo rated it did not like it. Great concept, great cover.. Chicken puns inexplicably absent, as are references to secret herbs and spices. Not good on historical accuracy, either - Col. Sanders was a real, larger-than-life individual, and had nothing to do with pseudo-Victorian Britain. So there's that. May 13, DeeTimes' Reading Nook rated it it was ok Shelves: a-twist-hero-wants-more , alpha-male , a-good-girl. Will never see Colonel Harland Sanders the same again!

Thus I can't unsee this crap ever again Jun 19, AndrewP rated it liked it Shelves: e-book , read-in I was a bit disappointed with this book as I thought it was going to be a tongue in cheek comedy.

Turns out it was just a short standard fare romance novella, but what I found oddest was that it was all set in a coastal village in England.

Price was right at 'free' but not really for me as I was expecting something totally different. Maybe this will start a new trend of Fast Food Fiction : I was a bit disappointed with this book as I thought it was going to be a tongue in cheek comedy. Maybe this will start a new trend of Fast Food Fiction May 13, Gaufre rated it did not like it Shelves: romance , historical , abandoned.

Not cheesy enough. I was expecting something completely crazy but it is surprising tame read: boring. This review or this one is more fun than the book! May 06, Lyndi W. It was surprisingly not awful. I've definitely read worse historical romances. It's like nine chapters long with an epilogue, free on Kindle I'm not sure I'll ever look at the Col.

In the meantime, pass me a bucket of chicken please ;- I'm not sure I'll ever look at the Col. In the meantime, pass me a bucket of chicken please ; Jun 09, Monique rated it it was ok. Not sure what I just read, really. It seemed like a light-weight Regency romance at first, but the historical inaccuracies had me wondering.

And the book's cover? It's just wrong on sooo many levels. May 10, Amanda added it Shelves: contemporary-romance , romance-romance-romance , cannonball Spoiler alert: there is no sex of any bestial double entendre in this book. And honestly, we should all count ourselves grateful, because in the age of 4chan, I think the greatest Mother's Day gift we can all give is a world that continues to be free of the canonical sexploits of Antebellum Creepy Uncle.

This is the cover: A practical woman, she has even remembered her purse into the early stages of ravishment! Importantly, though, she is modeling the very latest fashion-forward mom wear from the 21st century.

Lady Madeline Parker is meant to marry a duke who she addresses as "Duke" because lol and she wears corsets, or whatever very remedial signal that this book is historical. I feel that the cover is false advertising. I am not sure why, but I was very sold on the idea of a contemporary romance featuring, well, the two people on the cover. Mostly the drumstick. Hilariously, there actually is a plausible IRL model for the dude on the cover: See what I mean about counting our blessings that the book didn't get too fowl?

I can't promise that will be the last one. Hunky Wrestler Sanders is already a thing. The human imagination needs very little suggestion. Look, this book wasn't good. It wasn't even really worth the chuckle that other not good books are able to deliver. There actually wasn't even any chicken in it? Harland Sanders revealed to be an ambiguous restaurant mogul, but there is nary a reference to the 11 original herbs and spices or anything.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I might have actually had some expectations, but I kind of thought that at least half of the humor would be that she's turned on as much by fried chicken as by The One That's Not Bernie Sanders.

The best thing I can say about Tender Wings of Desire is but it's a disappointingly poultry attempt at even satirical romance. I guarantee you an intern wrote this in an afternoon and it was proofread by, like, E. I know you were probably hoping for more humor, but it's the end of the week and my brain is honestly pretty fried , and there really wasn't actually that much material to work with here.

Not gonna lie, though, I'm pretty hungry for Popeye's now. May 14, Emily rated it it was amazing Shelves: historical-fiction , small-towns , new-adult-etc , short-stories. Tender Wings of Desire was such!! Madeline, the protag, is the daughter of a lord who flees from her home because she wants to seek ADVENTURE and not really get married like her parents and her younger sister wants her to. In doing so, she ends up in a cozy small town by the sea, befriends the girl working in the local b Tender Wings of Desire was such!!

In doing so, she ends up in a cozy small town by the sea, befriends the girl working in the local bar and ends up falling in love with the tall, handsome, blond, blue-eyed his eyes are exactly two shades darker than the sea!!!

Of course, Harland falls in love with her too, and soon Madeline learns the joys of living a simple life, working for her stuff and being in love, something she never dreamed she could do. Pretty heart warming, too, and I loved that Madeline and her irish-named lady friend had such a good friendship view spoiler [and that, after spending the first night with Harland and believing he has left her, Madeline's ok with that - she's a free woman now and she loves him, but if he wants to go, that's alright.

I read it all in one seating and loved it. If you want some good, light hearted romance, read this. Trust me. May 22, Reader4Life Remember to Forget rated it it was ok Shelves: didnt-fell-the-love , dull , cheesy , insta-love. A lady such as myself has certain expectations when you put fried chicken on the cover of a book.

Yes, even if that fried chicken is KFC. Fried Chicken is an essential part of an well balanced diet of grease and salt. Imagine my surprise when this book does not have any of the characters eating fried chicken.

No breast No thighs No wings Oh my What did the book entail? Arranged Marriage, a runaway, finding true love at first sight and happily ever after.

Boo, Booo, Boooo and Booooo. I want fried ch A lady such as myself has certain expectations when you put fried chicken on the cover of a book. I want fried chicken damn it. Chicken so tasty that you lick your fingers after you finish. So tasty that you are willing to trip up your spouse so you get the last piece.

See that's true love. View all 47 comments. Aug 25, Chelsea Gouin rated it it was ok. Holy Disappointment Batman. It was advertised as a Harland Sanders romance novel. However, that's not what this was. I feel bad giving it two stars because it was well written and cute, but it wasn't in anyway tied to KFC. The cover is deceptive as this is a historical romance abou Holy Disappointment Batman. The cover is deceptive as this is a historical romance about a Lady who doesn't want to get married so runs away and hides as a barmaid in a tavern.

Until Harland Sanders, a sailor from a castle in the rolling hills of Kentucky waltzes in and sweeps her off her feet. Oh, spoiler I guess because that was the entire book. Like, there's no tension or stakes cause it's just a fluff novella.

I wish like Harland was sailing the seas in search of the perfect chicken recipe or that perhaps she was from some rival of his and it was an ill-fated romance. Anything other than, this. I literally think some big wigs at KFC contacted a romance writer and took one of their half completed drafts and changed the heroes name to Harland Sanders and called it a day. I did read this for free and it took me all of an hour to read it Just after years of my quest to find this, I was disappointed in the final product.

May 08, Meg fairy. May 06, Mindy Naughty Book Snitch marked it as tbr-freebie-kindle Shelves: freebie-kindle , i-own-kindle. May 05, Johanna rated it really liked it Shelves: romance. I expected this to have some kind of overtly ridiculous tie-in with KFC and a little mocking of the romance genre, but this novella is surprisingly good. May 05, Alexa Rowan rated it it was ok. I can't tell if this is intended to poke fun at romance readers and the genre, or is actually aimed at romance readers and just doesn't quite hit the mark.

If you enjoy romance, you will either be offended or amused—read at your own risk. May 27, Tebbiebear rated it liked it. Wonderfully trashy in the most finger licking of ways. This is exactly what you think it is going to be. Its not great but it really isn't even trying to be good.

It exceeds at being ridiculously stereotypical. Aug 22, N. Light rated it it was ok Shelves: reviews-by-mrs-n , romance , humor , summer-reading I don't know what I was expecting but this romance was sadly lacking in all the feels. It was dry, didn't hold my interest and in the end, disappointing. The cover was, by far, the best thing I loved about this book.

My Rating: 2. Lol 3 76 May 05, PM More topics Readers also enjoyed. Short Stories. About Harland Sanders. American businessman best known for his chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken. Sanders held a number of jobs in his early life, such as steam engine stoker, insurance salesman and filling station operator. He began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in North Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression.