Showing results for title "The Chef" in Romance

When Luna O’Shea is unceremoniously fired from her frustrating office job, she tries to count her blessings: she’s a proud trans woman who has plenty of friends, a wonderful roommate, and a good life in New York City. But blessings don’t pay the bills. Enter Jean-Pierre, a laissez-faire trans man and the heir to a huge culinary empire—which he’ll only inherit if he can jump through all the hoops his celebrity chef grandfather has placed in his path. First hoop: he needs a girlfriend, a role that Luna is happy to play…for the right price.

Decadent dessert designer Summer Lyndon is celebrated around the world for sharing her creations with the wealthy and celebrity sets. So she is intrigued when Blake Cocharan—a respected chef renowned for his cordon bleu—taps her to spend the summer in the restaurant of his luxury Philadelphia hotel to give his menu a makeover. Taking a break from her travels will be just as challenging at developing delectable cuisines, but Summer never expected working so closely with Blake would mean losing her heart to him.

Throughout Italy, master chef Carlo Franconi is famous for his culinary creations. Publicist to the stars Juliet Trent has prepared a worldwide tour that will showcase his irresistible international fare to every restauranteur and home cook looking to add some flavor to their menus. Talented and charming, Carlo has an uncanny ability to satisfy appetites—of all kinds—and Juliet finds herself developing an acquired taste for the chef who is determined to combine all the right ingredients to earn her love.

Simone Larkspur is a perfectionist pastry expert with a dream job at The Discerning Chef, a venerable cookbook publisher in New York City. All she wants to do is create the perfect loaf of sourdough and develop recipes, but when The Discerning Chef decides to bring their brand into the 21st century by pivoting to video, Simone is thrust into the spotlight and finds herself failing at something for the first time in her life. To make matters worse, Simone has to deal with Ray Lyton, whose obnoxious cheer and outgoing personality are like oil to Simone’s water.

When the CIA approaches celebrity chef Sebastian Pike about using his award-winning food and culture travel show as cover for espionage, the outspoken bad-boy host says no. They push. They'd embed their top agent in his crew to do the spy work. And when romantic sparks crackle between him and the female agent, Pike's all in, kicking off a romantic spy thriller in which the globetrotting celebrity chef uses his TV series to help sneak Putin's accountant out of Russia before he's exposed as a mole.

Nick has mastered the kitchen, but not Avery's heart. Can he throw out his preconceptions and find a new recipe to earn her sweet submission? Sous chef Avery Kzmarscki is the hottest thing in Nick Davis' kitchen and she's playing hard to get. As executive chef of Marquis, Nick is confident in his cooking skills and his working relationship with Avery, but when it comes to being a Dom and earning Avery's trust outside of the restaurant, he's got some interesting ideas and a lot to figure out.

Sean Bracelyn can whip up a saffron-laced lobster risotto in his sleep, but relationships? That's one recipe he hasn't nailed. Not that he has time, between launching a new restaurant and building a luxury resort with his awkwardly-blended family. But when his dream girl nearly knocks him unconscious with a dead turkey, it's all Sean can do to keep his eyes on the gazpacho and off Amber King's perfect curves.

Breaking every rule in the Heavenly guidebook, reaper Stasia Tien has been secretly moonlighting as a seasonal catering chef in the quirky town of Nocturne Falls. She’s managed to balance her double life for the past decade or two, but as Valentine’s Day approaches, her sous chef and reaper colleague is unexpectedly called away weeks before the elaborate charity dinner for which Stasia’s responsible. Forced to find a last-minute replacement, she has no choice except to collect a debt from handsome celebrity chef du jour, Balthazar Dash.

Valentina Rosas has always known what she wants. Mostly. Sort of. At least, she does now. And what she wants is the coveted staging role at Gia, San Francisco. With four years at the top of her class in culinary school and enough tenacity to fuel the entire Mission, no one doubts she is about to land the job of her dreams—including the three-person cheer squad made up of her best friend and adorably overbearing parents.

The steamy, erotic Master Chefs series continues with culinary student Taryn Cummings and Master Chef Errol King's forbidden relationship that challenges and shakes both to the edge of all they've known. Could love exist after pain?

My need goes into overdrive the moment I see that sweet little chef at the kitchen door of a fund-raising gala. One look and everything changes. I crave her. Then I find out she's a virgin. Now I'm going to have more than just a taste.

Falling for the chef next door in a small town and getting caught up in a fake marriage with him could be disastrous. Knox Ford, the winner of American Chef, moved in next to my bakery to open his restaurant, and, oh my, he is good-looking! I met his adorable little boy when he came in for cupcakes. When I realized who his dad was, I was starstruck. Knox needed to get his restaurant going, so my bestie and I offered to help. Something about him draws people in—he’s caring, thoughtful, and a great dad. I’ve noticed him looking at me in ways that say he’s interested. I get a fluttery ...

Only one word can describe Chef Jameson Fury: shameless. He parades around with that sexy smirk and those fabulous abs like he’s the king of the kitchen. Of all the places he could choose to open his new restaurant, why does it have to be right next door to mine? It’s hard enough trying to get my place up and running without having him hovering around and disrupting my business. Not to mention the way my body betrays me every time he’s close.

After their ill-fated fling quashed her dreams, small-town chef Philippa Gayle’s onetime rival-turned-lover Dominic Crawford upended her life. But when Philippa’s forced together with the celebrity cook on a project that could change her life, there’s no denying that the flames that were lit years ago were only banked, not extinguished. Can Philippa trust Dominic enough to let him in … or are they just cooking up another heartbreak?

Wenn deine Liebe auf die Probe gestellt wird! Richard VanRyan hat alles: eine erfolgreiche Karriere, gute Freunde und am Wichtigsten: Er hat die Eine gefunden, und sie haben zwei wundervolle Töchter. Er und Kate leben ihr Happy End. Doch dann geschieht das Undenkbare, und ihr Leben ist von einer Sekunde auf die andere nicht mehr dasselbe. Wird ihre Liebe stark genug sein, diesen Schicksalsschlag zu meistern?

STEAMY SHEIKH ROMANCE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN. ANNABELLE WINTERS STYLE. Jenny Jones, food-lover and aspiring chef, holder of a part-time MBA from Chicago City College, is completely committed, absolutely dedicated, supremely focused on starting a high-end restaurant in downtown Chicago. But the only finance company willing to invest in Jenny's idea is Bukhaara Private Capital, and there's just one complication: Sheikh Kabeer Bukhaara and his most unusual demand . . . Steamy Contemporary with HEA!

Taryn Cummings could not believe she was accepted into the prestigious International Institute of Culinary Arts; she dreamed of studying at in beautiful Paris, France. It was a far cry from her unglamorous life back home in New York, where she helped her mother run their small family-owned restaurant called Sam's. The International Institute of Culinary Arts churned out the top chefs in the world, including the wildly sexy and eccentric Master Chef Errol King, whose celebrity personality was larger than life.

En el vibrante mundo de los restaurantes de Nueva York, mi establecimiento con estrella Michelin estaba una vez en la cima, pero ahora su brillo se desvanece. Las muertes de mi mamá y mis abuelos en Italia ensombrecieron mi pasión, dejándome en un bache culinario. No solo me atormenta su pérdida, sino que una realización me carcome: he sacrificado el amor y la familia por mi carrera como estrella de rock en mi juventud y ahora como estrella de la restauración. Mi exterior áspero esconde un anhelo de romance y familia. Entonces, ella entra: la enigmática Olivia, mi nueva sous-chef. ...

In the vibrant world of New York restaurants, my Michelin-starred restaurant was once at the top, but now its star is fading. The deaths of my mama and grandparents in Italy cast shadows over my passion, leaving me in a culinary rut. Not only am I haunted by their loss, but a realization gnaws at me—I've sacrificed love and family for my career as a rock star in my youth and now a restaurant star. My gruff exterior hides a longing for romance and family. Then, she walks in—the enigmatic Olivia, my new sous-chef. We had a wordless affair one afternoon in France a year ago, and never ...

I’m lucky to have my own online cooking show. I can pay the bills doing what I love. If only my mother saw it that way. What I didn’t expect was meeting a chef who respected my cooking ability. Let alone the head chef of one of the best restaurants in the area. Flynn was sweet and sexy as hell. I wanted him to be my Daddy. But when he comes onto my show and gets harassed in the comments, will he ever forgive me for putting him in that situation?