Review: I wish Star Harbor was real.  It would be a nice place to visit.  At least I can imagine.  Thanks Elisabeth.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 27, 2012
Deep Autumn Heat is the first book by new author Elisabeth Barrett.  It is also the first in the four book series, featuring the Grayson brothers of Star Harbor, Massachusetts.Sebastian "Seb" is a nationally renowned chef with no formal training and the chef/owner of Helena, an upscale New York restaurant.  He is also an arrogant jerk, who thinks that women should fall at his feet.Lexie Meyers is the sweet, polite, caring, passionate chef/owner of LM Kitchen, in Star Harbor.  She also makes the BEST coconut cake east of the Mississippi.I went into reading this book, thinking that it was just your standard romance book.  You know the ones where the hero and heroine don't like each other, but are drawn together by forces they can't control?  This book is that and more.  Nowhere does it mention that there is a stalker and a crazed ex-boyfriend involved in the mix.The story starts out with the Grayson brothers all being in Star Harbor, Labor Day weekend, to pay tribute to their father, who was killed during a hurricane twenty years earlier.  During Seb's first morning in Star Harbor, he and his brothers go to LM Kitchen for breakfast.  Being himself, Seb was a jerk upon his first meeting with Lexie.Lexie knows Seb's culinary background, but she isn't impressed by it at all.  This is something that Seb finds interesting and charming.  It makes him want her more.  I think that it can be said that upon meeting, Lexie and Sebastian both felt an instant attraction to each other.  However, with Sebastian's reputation and Lexie's past, she has to keep her distance.Through the course of the book, you find out more about both Lexie and Sebastian.  I will say that you will end up loving Sebastian and hoping that he and Lexie can and will end up together.I found myself wanting to know what was going to happen next.  Sadly, I must say that I even dreamed about the book.I'm very much looking forward to reading the stories of the other three brothers.  Hopefully, while I'm at it, I'll be able to catch up with Sebastian and Lexie.Oh, one small sad spoiler....There is no cake recipe in this book.