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Awww!  Another great title by Michele Dunaway!  I loved the "homecoming" theme.

I also thought that the H/h was extremely realistic in many different aspects!  This is a story that most of us can relate to on more than one level.  

Series: Cavanaugh Justice

Devil-may-care detective Jared Cavanaugh dove into his undercover assignment investigating a money-laundering operation in a popular restaurant...but working in close proximity to his beautiful "boss" was sweet torture. With her killer looks and cool attitude, restaurant manager Maren Minnesota was proving to be Jared's most irresistible challenge yet...

Julia Fry is Cordon Bleu trained personal chef living and working in Auckland, NZ - she's very much in demand and whenever her regular employer is away he puts her on retainer and she hires out on other jobs.  This time she's engaged to spend a month with the Marlows, a well-known family in the entertainment industry

My second book by Lois Richer I liked even better. I might just have found another favourite author.

Sophie Gallagher takes a job as a personal chef for a Hotter than Hades
movie star after a bad break up and a desire to break out of a personal
and professional rut. She discovers that she's not the only one with personal demons to expunge and embarks on one heck of an exorcism with her employer, only to rediscover her back bone, a lot of smarts, integrity and the love of her life along the way.

Master Sargent Marine, Zachariah Taylor meets Lily Morrisette, a chef with a killer body, and then the fun begins!

Tex Appeal has three fun Valentine stories based on a contest by a corporate newspaper group in Texas.  Three cities are involved in the contest vying for a prize in each city & increased circulation for the paper.

State of the Onion

Author: Julie Hyzy
Copyright: 2008 (Berkley); 325 pgs.
Series: 1st in the White House Chef Mystery series
Sensuality: N/A
Violence: murder