Sugar & Spice: Love And War/The Cook's Secret Ingredient/A Convenient Scandal/Sin City Seduction by Margot Radcliffe

The Cook’s Secret Ingredient - Meg Maxwell

Private investigator Carson Ford specialises in finding people. Yet his latest case has him stumped — he’s looking for a mystery woman who’s supposed to be his wealthy, widowed father’s ‘second great love’. But the pragmatic single dad knows that’s not how love works! This is an elaborate swindle...and it starts with the fortune-teller’s daughter.

All chef Olivia Mack can do is confirm that her late mother’s predictions were usually true. What she won’t admit is that she might know who the mystery woman is — or that she’s finding herself falling for the handsome, cynical Carson, not to mention his adorable son. She has always limited her ‘family gift’ to her cooking. Now she just has to hope that her magic secret ingredient will lead to love...

A Convenient Scandal - Kimberley Troutte

A compromising viral video has ruined Jeffrey Harper’s reputation. But his father’s offer for a new start comes with strings. To develop a luxury resort at Plunder Cove, the celebrity hotelier must first settle down — with an arranged marriage. That suits the cynic fine, until aspiring chef Michele Cox whets his appetite for something spicier than a contract would allow...

Sin City Seduction - Margot Radcliffe

Chicago-based food critic Parker Jones is in serious trouble. She’s reviewing one of Las Vegas’s hottest barbeque joints — and the hottest thing in the place is the restaurant’s mouthwatering sex-on-a-stick owner. Her only choice? To hide why she’s really there. Not exactly her finest moment. But NFL-quarterback-turned-restaurateur Hugh Matteson might prove too delicious to resist...

Only, Parker certainly didn’t anticipate the explosive sexual chemistry between them. It’s intense. Sizzling. And satisfying the way that food can never be. So naturally, Parker does what any rational, commitment-phobic grown woman does. She bails.

Parker should have known better. Hugh’s entire professional career has been about not giving up — even after his last serious relationship imploded publicly. And he’s definitely not about to let Parker disappear if he has anything to say about it.

Because this thing between them is hotter than a Carolina Reaper. His quick grin, that lightning bolt of lust whenever he touches her — oh, Parker could fall for this guy, and hard. But when you’re cooking with a fire this hot, it’s only a matter of time before someone gets burned...