Romance Fiction: The Slowest Burn

This is an opposites-attract romance from debut author Sarah Chamberlain. Paperback book in excellent used condition. Ellie Wasserman’s life is neat and tidy. A top ghostwriter for celebrity cookbooks, she was widowed three years ago and has no interest in taking chances—not on writing her own cookbook, not on telling her still-grieving in-laws she wants to move out, and certainly not on dating, which is about as intimidating as a recipe with fifty steps. Kieran O’Neill isn’t known for being organized. An up-and-coming chef who scored big on a reality television competition, he’s been the guy who cracks jokes and makes messes—something his chilly family has never let him forget. The only place he feels truly capable is at the stove. But when he’s paired with an uptight ghostwriter with cool blue eyes and distracting curves to write his debut cookbook, she shreds his class clown act like a paring knife cuts an orange peel. As Ellie and Kieran work closely together in a hot kitchen for weeks, their sharp edges and harsh judgments slowly soften and sweeten into a wildly delicious attraction.