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21) Fake it
Author
Series
A Taste of Port Andrea romance volume 1
Publisher
[Lily Seabrooke]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Avery Lindt finally opened her dream restaurant, but there's a problem: there's no customers. When she ends up on the other end of restaurant mogul Mike Wallace's smear campaign, too, everyone loses hope but her. Meanwhile, celebrity chef Holly Mason needs a refresh for her image, before her slimy ex-boyfriend Mike hijacks her show. The solution? Holly brings Avery onto her show to take down Mike's restaurant conglomeration together--and starts a...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Annie Sharpe's spark for life has fizzled out. Her kids are grown up, her restaurant is doing just fine on its own, and her twenty-six-year marriage has come to an unceremonious end. Untethered for the first time in her adult life, she finds a winter guardian position in a historic seaside home and decides to leave her city life behind for a brand-new beginning. When she arrives in Willow Bay, Annie is enamored by the charming house, the invigorating...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Susan Napier's family once lived on the success of the high-end restaurants founded by her late grandfather. But bad luck and worse management has brought the business to the edge of financial ruin. Now it's up to Susan to save the last remaining restaurant: Elliot's, the flagship in Edinburgh. But what awaits Susan in the charming city of Auld Reekie is more than she bargained for. Chris Baker, her grandfather's former protégé - and her ex-boyfriend...
24) Had to be you
Author
Series
Bad boys of Red Hook volume 3
Publisher
Signet Eclipse, an imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Slater knew tragedy from a young age, but with the help of his family, he turned his life around. Now, he's returned to town to help to run the family restaurant. The job has an extra benefit named Rocki. Flirty, sweet, and outgoing, Rocki is unable to resist his charms, but refuses to open her heart to him. Then a family crisis shatters her and exposes a secret from her past. Slater sets out to prove that their relationship could give them something...
25) Sandpiper Island
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ford Maddox was running from his past when he came back to Blueberry Cove, Maine. With feisty Delia O'Reilly there to cheer him on, he couldn't have picked a better place to start over--even if he's determined to do it alone in his island tree house, working to save endangered seabirds and himself. But when he finds Delia fighting to hold on to her local diner, and all that's best about their little seaside town, Ford has to lend a hand. Suddenly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Sally Solari quits her job as an attorney to help her recently widowed father run his restaurant. When her aunt is found murdered and her sous chef is the prime suspect, Sally is determined to clear his name and find the real murderer.
Author
Series
Hot contemporary romances volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
29) The Blue Bistro
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elin Hilderbrand, author of the enchanting Summer People and The Beach Club, invites you to experience the perfect getaway with her sparkling novel, The Blue Bistro.
Adrienne Dealey has spent the past six years working for hotels in exotic resort towns. This summer she has decided to make Nantucket home. Left flat broke by her ex-boyfriend, she is desperate to earn some fast money. When the desirable Thatcher Smith,
Author
Series
Sweetwater Springs volume 5
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Readers are invited back to Sweetwater Springs, North Carolina, where they will meet a quirky café owner and a handsome park ranger who get a second chance at love.
Author
Series
Daisy's Tea Garden mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Daisy's worried one of her employees at Daisy's Tea Garden may be in a spot of trouble. Lately Karina's been loading up on soup and second-day baked goods at the end of her shift--and while the shop's scrumptious treats may be hard to resist, Daisy suspects there's more going on, especially since Karina has been seen hanging out in a rundown part of Willow Creek. Planning her own daughter's wedding is enough to keep her busy, but Daisy can't help...
32) True-blue cowboy
Author
Series
Rocky Mountain riders novels volume 4
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Everly Brooks is finally living her dream. Renting a farm in Topaz Falls, Colorado, is the perfect antidote to her high-stress life back in San Francisco. It's the ideal place to raise chickens, grow veggies, and run her farm-to-table restaurant. There's just one problem: her new landlord. Mateo Torres is a handsome-as-hell bronc rider who oozes charm, melts hearts-and plans to kick Everly off the farm.
33) Tweet cute
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming - mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life while secretly running Big League Burger's massive Twitter account. Enter Jack, class clown and constant thorn in Pepper's side. When he isn't trying to duck out of his obscenely popular twin's shadow, he's busy working...
Author
Series
Fusion novels volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Proby's brand new series, five best friends open a hot new restaurant, but one of them gets much more than she bargained for when a sexy former rock star walks through the doors--and into her heart. Seduction is quickly becoming the hottest new restaurant in Portland, and Addison Wade is proud to claim 1/5 of the credit. She's determined to make it a success and can't think of a better way...
Author
Series
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When fate and tacos bring Ramón and Julieta together on the Day of the Dead, the star-crossed pair must make a choice: accept the bitter food rivalry that drives them apart or surrender to a love that consumes them. Ramón Montez always achieves his goals. Whether that means collecting Ivy League degrees or growing his father's fast-food empire, nothing sets Ramón off course. So when the sexy señorita who kissed him on the Day of the Dead runs...
36) Before I knew
Author
Series
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"On the second anniversary of her husband's suicide, Colby Cabot-Baxter is ready to let go of her grief and the mistakes made during her turbulent marriage. Her fresh start comes in the form of A CertainTea, the restaurant she's set to open along Lake Sandy, Oregon, with help from her family. But when her executive chef quits just weeks before the grand opening, Colby is pressured to hire old family friend Alec Morgan. His award-winning reputation...
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Six months after her husband Dylan's death, Tessa Esposito is prepping for the grand opening of her new Italian restaurant, Anything's Pastable. Meanwhile her cousin Gabby is trying to increase traffic at her new bookstore. So when New York Times bestselling author, Preston Rigotta, agrees to a book signing, Tessa offers to lend a hand, catering a variety of sweet Italian treats for the occasion. But the signing soon takes a bitter turn when Preston's...
38) Sweet dreams
Author
Series
Colorado mountain volume 2
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When she takes a job as a waitress in a biker bar after leaving her cheating husband, Lauren Grahame goes up against Tatum Jackson, the bar's arrogant co-owner, who thinks she does not belong in the bar or in Carnal, Colorado.
Author
Series
Montgomery brothers volume 9
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two people who have spent most of their lives being rivals...Learn a little something about following their hearts...Carter Montgomery broke the family mold when he went to culinary school. Now a successful restauranteur, he's at a crossroads: should he continue on his successful path or look for a new challenge? What he needs is time alone to think things through. But his matchmaking family has other ideas...Emery Monaghan's no-good fiancé has...
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