Author Description

They don't come moodier than this muscly brute straining his chef's whites? Sébastien Devaux enjoys a rep as one of the finest chefs on the Côte d'Azur. Too bad his prowess behind the burners doesn't extend to his people skills. Taciturn and hot-tempered, the loner lords over his staff, hiding his past as an American punk with a rap sheet as long as his tatted arm. This batârd has long fooled everyone into believing he's all-Français, just without the charm. His world's just the way he wants it until a luscious lady in shorty-shorts struts onto the scene and into his head-the tormentress hellbent on uncovering his secrets and making him human again.She's all about going for the good times. But a hunky grump might be her Waterloo?Leaving loads of angst and family drama back in NYC, Danica 'Danny' Randolph trades the gloom of Gotham for the mesmerizing Med and an extended French residency, happily creating floral masterpieces and making new friends. A laughably nonexistent love life is the only bummer in her new normal until she spies a sumptuous chef she wants to gobble like a five course meal. Crappy thing is, the man in the jacket's not making it easy, not even sorta. No matter-this minx has plenty of tricks up her sleeve, and her gal pals don't call her persistent AF for nothing!Flames flare between a human thundercloud and a gorgeous optimist. C'est impossible?