Feel the Heat (Hot in the Kitchen, 1)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1455575356 ISBN 13: 9781455575350

Publisher: Forever, 2013

Praise for Feel the Heat:

"I loved the dynamic with these characters and their families. They will have you crying they are so funny!" - HarlequinJunkie.com

"I went from spewing my drink one minute, to needing ice water because the scenes were so hot the next..." - Read Your Writes Book Reviews
"...one of the best culinary romances that I have read." - BS Book Reviewers

IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT . . .

Photographer Lili DeLuca spends all her time managing her family's Italian restaurant, instead of following her dream of getting an MFA. When famous British chef Jack Kilroy unexpectedly challenges her father to a cook-off, Lili decides she's tired of playing it safe and vows to seduce the tempting Brit. But once a video of her and Jack kissing goes viral and her luscious butt starts trending on Twitter, Lili fears she's cooked up a recipe for disaster . . .

. . . GET INTO THE BEDROOM

Jack Kilroy's celebrity has left him feeling used and used up. While Lili's oh-so-sexy moans when she tastes his delicious creations turn him on, he's even more aroused by how unimpressed this beautiful, funny woman is with his fame. He knows they could be amazing together, if she could only see past his bitch fork-wielding fan base. Now, as he's about to start a new prime time TV cooking show, can Jack convince Lili to realize her own ambitions - and turn up the heat in his kitchen?

About the Author:

Kate writes sexy contemporary romance with alpha heroes and strong heroines who can match their men quip for quip. Her latest series, Hot in Chicago, featuring smokin' firefighters debuted in October 2014 with a novella in the Winter anthology, BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE. Look out for the first full-length novel, FLIRTING WITH FIRE in March 2015.

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From Booklist:

A large Italian family crosses saucepans with a celebrity TV chef in the first of Meader’s Hot in the Kitchen series. Younger daughter Lili DeLuca, the large and lovely good girl in the family, has taken over for her mother as manager of the family’s Chicago restaurant after her mother goes into treatment for cancer. Meanwhile, her skinnier older sister Cara continues to work as the producer of British chef Jack Kilroy’s cable cooking show. When the venue for his Chicago cook-off is closed unexpectedly, Cara calls on the family to help out by having her chef father host the cooking show at the family restaurant. Lili and Jack hit it off and are caught kissing, a video of which goes viral, and suddenly Lili is known as Jack’s fat chick. But Jack isn’t as shallow as his media image of a hunky sex god implies. In fact, all he wants is to get to know Lili and be a good brother to his little sister. Meader pulls in all the romance tropes for this pleasingly familiar romp. --Pat Henshaw