Review: Distrust, Deceit and Dependency!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2013
Let me say up front, I enjoyed this story.  The premise of the story is very interesting, and caught my attention right away as I began reading.Reese is a "twice bitten" chef.  She's being blacklisted by her last boss because she walked out during the dinner rush -- but only after she found out the promotion she'd been promised was given to someone with far less experience.Nick is an actor; he's currently "acting" as a chef on a cable access cooking show.  He's only doing the show until it gets picked up by a network, at which point his aunt is supposed to take over as host.  The problem, however, is two-fold: 1) Nick can't boil water, and 2) his aunt won't step in and take over so he can get back to his real passion -- acting.  Nick hires Reese as a production assistant, seeing in her his replacement on his aunt's show -- even though the name of the show is And He Cooks, Too.Reese senses there's something a little "off" about Nick and his show, but can't deny there's an attraction between them; there's the distrust.  Nick is equally attracted to Reese, and knows how she feels about dishonesty, but doesn't know how to come clean with her; there's the deception.And then there's Nick's Aunt Leonie...I have to admit, I didn't like her at all.  I found her selfish and shallow and -- did I mention selfish?  Yes, she stepped in and raised Nick when his mother left, but as a mother myself, I don't believe my children owe me a debt of servitude when they grow up.  Let him live his life already!  And it bothered me that she never really did apologize to Nick and Reese -- not completely.So...to summarize...loved the story, hated Aunt Leonie!