Hot in the Kitchen Series

From USA Today bestselling author Kilby Blades, the first installment in the multi-award-winning Hot in the Kitchen series...   TV chef Cella journeys to an idyllic seaside town to write an Italian cookbook. She's also mourning a failed restaurant project, dodging her predatory agent, and finding respite from soul-crushing fame. When she learns that her next-door neighbor, hot doctor Max, is the nephew of a late, famed Italian restaurateur, she convinces him to teach her authentic touches that will help her write the book.   This is a mixed blessing for guilt-ridden Max, who botched his own attempt to become a chef—a failure that's left his aunt's gorgeous restaurant sitting empty for years. No one has challenged Cella when it comes to her cooking in ages. Max's fiery disposition sparks her intuition and reminds her how to feel the food.    But the heat between Max and Cella may be hotter than the flames on the stove. Max's gentlemanly nature and Cella's professionalism stop being enough to keep them apart. With Max's vacation ending and Cella slated to return to L.A., how will they ever say goodbye?   "The Secret Ingredient was a slow-burn, highly developed, and impeccably detailed romance novel." - T. Rosado, Goodreads "I absolutely loved this book. The writing was excellent and the characters well developed. But the thing that made me keep reading was how flawlessly the author told the story." - Karen, Amazon reviewer "By the time I finished this book I felt as tho[ugh] I had taken a trip to Italy. It's not set there and I've never been there but the atmosphere created by this author was absorbing and real." - Liam, Amazon reviewer"   Accolades for The Secret Ingredient Finalist: 2021 RWA VIVIAN Award Finalist: 2020 HOLT Medallion Quarterfinalist: 2019 Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize for Fiction 2nd Place Winner: 2020 New England Reader's Choice Award 1st Place Winner: 2019 I Heart Indie Contest 1st Place Winner: 2018 Unpublished Stiletto Contest Finalist: 2020 National Readers Choice Award Finalist: 2018 Sexy Scribbles Contest

A beat-cute for the ages . . .   What Lili DeLuca meant to do: investigate the mysterious light in her family restaurant's kitchen. What she actually did: brained a famous chef with a frying pan.   Between her family's failing restaurant, her soggy-bottomed love life, and her dreams put on hold as she manages, well, everything, the last thing Lili needs is an arrogant celebrity with a concussion. But when sexy TV chef Jack Kilroy challenges her father to a cook-off for his show, she spies an opportunity to save the family business and indulge in some no-strings fun with the hottest man she's ever seen in a chef's jacket. Pity the reputed playboy has decided to turn over a new leaf …   Jack's celebrity has left him feeling used and used up. While Lili's throaty moans when she tastes his creations turn him on, he's even more aroused by how this beautiful, funny woman is unimpressed by his fame. He knows they could be amazing together, if she could only see past his rabid 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?

From USA Today bestselling author Kilby Blades, the first installment in the multi-award-winning Hot in the Kitchen series...   Leaving her name—and her job as a top food critic—behind in New York, Shea Summers seeks respite in Sapling. Her borrowed mountain getaway seems perfect for writing her opus. It's also perfect for riding out a messy divorce and hiding the roomful of cash she kind-of-sort-of stole from her ex. Too bad Sapling is a remote, three-restaurant logging town with food that leaves much to be desired. Sexy grocer, Dev Kingston, may be Shea's saving grace. The way he looks at her with his aspen-green eyes shows her everything her marriage was missing; and he can special-order every culinary delicacy she craves.  But Shea's not the only one who isn't what she seems. Dev moonlights as a sheriff's deputy, a fact she finds out too late; a spate of suspicious crimes finds the town crawling with investigators; and her ex is going to extremes to find out where she is. Taking the money might have been on the right side of wrong, but trifling with Dev is a dangerous game. She's still running and he's still the law.   "Hot and fresh and exciting. I had a good time reading this and would give it a five star recommend." -Katrina Kitchen, Amazon reviewer "A clever setup with two characters whose attraction was nothing but trouble (at first), ample amounts of humor, and a twisty suspense. Like a multi-course meal, it was filling and delicious." - P. Kavanaugh, Amazon reviewer   "The ending was great." -Blingsupreme, Amazon reviewer   "This book kept me guessing and hoping until the end that was beautifully written." -Travina, Amazon reviewer   "Great characters. I really love Dev, he is so sweet and strong and caring and full of love." -LisaGK, Amazon reviewer"   Accolades for Spooning Leads to Forking 1st Place Winner - Golden Leaf Award, Romantic Suspense

Her sweetest mistake . . . tastes so, so good.   Cool as a Chicago winter, private events planner Cara DeLuca is a model of self-control . . . until she meets the one temptation she can't resist: Shane Doyle. The sexy, Irish pastry chef is too hot, too sure, too young, and after a crazy night in Vegas, her new husband. While at first Cara wants nothing more than a way out of her sham marriage to Shane, she soon finds that beneath his farm boy demeanor lies a man who can match her drive, both in and out of the bedroom. How can the wrong guy feel so deliciously right? Shane has carefully structured his career and life around one goal: connecting with the family that doesn't know he exists. Marrying a woman with more issues than a magazine stand wasn't part of the plan, but melting Cara's icy exterior is so worth the detour. It isn't long before this side trip is leading him down an unexpected path with love the final destination.   As their annulment date nears and long-buried secrets are revealed, Shane will have to fight for the one thing guaranteeing the perfect life he craves . . .   the current Mrs. Shane Doyle.