If You Can't Stand The Heat
When a cooking competition turns personal A pair of chefs will feel the burn…
What’s the recipe for success? For single mom Karina Mistry, it’s the head-chef position she’s chased for years. But her boss has one more hoop for her to jump through. The new head chef will be chosen…via a reality cooking-show competition! Four weeks, eight meals, two competitors and everything on the line. Losing this job would be crushing. But losing to Chef Aneel Rawal, the man from her past she’s never forgiven? That’s not an option. It’s time for Karina to sharpen her knives, turn up the heat…and watch the tension simmer!
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Excerpt from If You Can't Stand The Heat
“This wasn’t happening. Of all the people she could have expected to see today, Aneel Rawal was quite literally last on her list. In fact, he wouldn’t have even made the list.
Yet here he was, the cheater. Why was he in crisp chef’s whites? And how did he know her boss, Deepak?
Whatever the reason, it was not good.
“Deepak,” she said, fixing her death glare on Aneel. “What is he doing here?”
“Oh.” Deepak cleared his throat. “You two…ah…know each other?”
“Unfortunately,” Karina answered, still trying to melt Aneel as he stood before her. Aneel, for his part, simply stared at her, his jaw clenched, dark eyes clouding over with anger or surprise. He looked exactly as he had seven years ago.
Well, maybe not exactly. He was broader, like his whites finally fit him properly. All of him seemed more filled out, in fact. The dark eyes were the same, the same glint of amusement—or was it irritation?—that had been there all those years ago. His lips were pressed together in annoyance, that beautiful jaw set. Humph. So maybe time had been more than kind to him. It did not matter. Not one bit.”
“So…uh…well, there seems to be some tension between you.” Deepak’s grin widened. “That’s even better.”