Review: ok but I couldn't get into it
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2014
She is a lawyer to please Daddy but wants to be a chef and take over the family business in a small coastal town in Conn.  She is an excellent baker as well as a chef but she doesn't have the courage to tell her dad that she wants to run the family deli.  He is a big time chef.  A bad boy/playboy with a bad temper and a reputation with the ladies.  He gets fired and retreats to the same town to get his life in order and allow things to cool down.  He comes across as a jerk for the whole first part of the book.  He is attracted to her and wants to make a play for her but is trying to hold off because he knows she is a good girl and deserves better.  However, it seems like his every action is focused on getting her to bed.  He just seems like a jerk.  Lovable, but still a jerk.She was a successful lawyer, practiced for 3 years and quit to run the deli while her father is on vacation.  sshe cannot seem to get up the courage to tell her father what she wants to do with her life.  Now, she graduated college (4 years) went to law school (3) years and then practiced for 3 years, so that puts her at about 30.  So 30 years and she still can't live her own life.  Sad.I quit reading.  I sort of got tired of the characters and for me there was not enough excitement to keep from getting bored.  I just couldn't seem to relate to the characters.  I liked him but it seemed as tho he just wanted to get her in bed, not have a HEA.  She was so attracted to him that she couldn't speak at times!  Felt like she stuck her finger in a light socket every time he came around but didn't want to get too close but then seemed peeved if he didn't respond like an interested suitor.  It is probably just me.  I'm sure it is a good story.  I liked the idea of dueling chefs, just couldn't get in to this one.