What happens when your fake story comes true?
When waitress Kassi meets chef Clay at the infamous Rose and Thorn restaurant, their white-hot attraction is undeniable. But Kassi has sworn off relationships, so she forces herself to channel all that desire into the movie script she’s writing for a contest—a hot chef and waitress fall madly in love (and bed) and live happily ever after. Then, reality and Kassi's imaginary story collide, and things aren’t so simple.
‘A fun and flirty romance, left my heart full of hope.’
'This 90s slow-burn, friends-to-lovers story was an absolute blast!
"These authors know their way around a restaurant. So realistic!"
‘A love story about how people go about finding their place in a chaotic and mixed-up world.’
‘Hilarious and sweet.’
Welcome to the Rose and Thorn where steamy romance is always on the menu.
Kassi is ever the optimist. She uprooted her life and moved across the country with her young daughter to give her damaged marriage one last shot. Now she's broke, stuck in Portland and feeling like an idiot. Worse, her degree in filmmaking won’t pay the bills.
When Kassi lands a waitress job at the infamous Rose and Thorn restaurant, she thinks her luck may finally be changing, especially after meeting Clay—head chef and the most beautiful man she’s ever seen. Their white-hot attraction is instant and undeniable. But after her marriage disaster, Kassi has sworn off relationships or even dating, maybe forever.
So, what's a girl to do? Put him in a sexy screenplay, of course.
Kassi is writing a movie script for a contest. It’s a long shot, an impossible shot, but it could be her ticket to Hollywood. She comes up with a new plot about a hot chef and a waitress falling madly in love (and bed).
It doesn’t take long before Kassi's imaginary relationship and reality collide in unpredictable ways but as things steam up in the restaurant kitchen, not everyone may be able to stand the heat, including hunky Clay. Turns out he’s dealing with a heartbreak of his own that he may never get over, not even for Kassi.
The first in the Restaurantland Romance series, Kitchen Heat is a slow-burn friends-to-lovers story crackling with off-beat humor and featuring a flirtatious cast of waiters, customers and cooks, set in the pre-Internet 1990s before cells, social and streaming.
Genre: Romance
When waitress Kassi meets chef Clay at the infamous Rose and Thorn restaurant, their white-hot attraction is undeniable. But Kassi has sworn off relationships, so she forces herself to channel all that desire into the movie script she’s writing for a contest—a hot chef and waitress fall madly in love (and bed) and live happily ever after. Then, reality and Kassi's imaginary story collide, and things aren’t so simple.
‘A fun and flirty romance, left my heart full of hope.’
'This 90s slow-burn, friends-to-lovers story was an absolute blast!
"These authors know their way around a restaurant. So realistic!"
‘A love story about how people go about finding their place in a chaotic and mixed-up world.’
‘Hilarious and sweet.’
Welcome to the Rose and Thorn where steamy romance is always on the menu.
Kassi is ever the optimist. She uprooted her life and moved across the country with her young daughter to give her damaged marriage one last shot. Now she's broke, stuck in Portland and feeling like an idiot. Worse, her degree in filmmaking won’t pay the bills.
When Kassi lands a waitress job at the infamous Rose and Thorn restaurant, she thinks her luck may finally be changing, especially after meeting Clay—head chef and the most beautiful man she’s ever seen. Their white-hot attraction is instant and undeniable. But after her marriage disaster, Kassi has sworn off relationships or even dating, maybe forever.
So, what's a girl to do? Put him in a sexy screenplay, of course.
Kassi is writing a movie script for a contest. It’s a long shot, an impossible shot, but it could be her ticket to Hollywood. She comes up with a new plot about a hot chef and a waitress falling madly in love (and bed).
It doesn’t take long before Kassi's imaginary relationship and reality collide in unpredictable ways but as things steam up in the restaurant kitchen, not everyone may be able to stand the heat, including hunky Clay. Turns out he’s dealing with a heartbreak of his own that he may never get over, not even for Kassi.
The first in the Restaurantland Romance series, Kitchen Heat is a slow-burn friends-to-lovers story crackling with off-beat humor and featuring a flirtatious cast of waiters, customers and cooks, set in the pre-Internet 1990s before cells, social and streaming.
Genre: Romance
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