The Chef & The Author
(2026)(The second book in the Sweet FF Romance Novellas series)
A novel by Sasha Clinton
What happens when your favorite romance author becomes the woman next door?
Maya has spent years building her restaurant, working long hours and putting love on the back burner. Romance novels were her escape—a place where she could believe that someday, someone might choose her, too.
Then Evelyn moves in.
Beautiful, sophisticated, and secretly the bestselling sapphic romance author whose books Maya adores, Evelyn seems to live in a completely different world. But behind the polished author persona is a lonely night owl who survives on takeout, frozen meals, and far too much coffee.
When Maya offers to cook for her, late-night dinners become a cozy routine. Soon, food turns into conversation, conversation becomes friendship, and friendship begins to feel dangerously like love.
But Maya has a secret: Evelyn doesn't know she's been a devoted fan of her books all along.
Can a hardworking chef and a bestselling lesbian romance author turn their unlikely friendship into the kind of happy ending Evelyn usually writes about?
The Chef & The Author is a cozy FF lesbian romance featuring a chef x author romance, neighbors-to-lovers, slow burn, friends-to-lovers, celebrity/fangirl vibes, found comfort, domestic romance, foodie romance, emotional intimacy, and a guaranteed happy ending.
Genre: Romance
Maya has spent years building her restaurant, working long hours and putting love on the back burner. Romance novels were her escape—a place where she could believe that someday, someone might choose her, too.
Then Evelyn moves in.
Beautiful, sophisticated, and secretly the bestselling sapphic romance author whose books Maya adores, Evelyn seems to live in a completely different world. But behind the polished author persona is a lonely night owl who survives on takeout, frozen meals, and far too much coffee.
When Maya offers to cook for her, late-night dinners become a cozy routine. Soon, food turns into conversation, conversation becomes friendship, and friendship begins to feel dangerously like love.
But Maya has a secret: Evelyn doesn't know she's been a devoted fan of her books all along.
Can a hardworking chef and a bestselling lesbian romance author turn their unlikely friendship into the kind of happy ending Evelyn usually writes about?
The Chef & The Author is a cozy FF lesbian romance featuring a chef x author romance, neighbors-to-lovers, slow burn, friends-to-lovers, celebrity/fangirl vibes, found comfort, domestic romance, foodie romance, emotional intimacy, and a guaranteed happy ending.
Genre: Romance
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