Delicious

Set in Victorian England, this novel begins where romances often start—with a beleaguered heroine. She is a brilliant cook with a questionable past. Her patron dies. His brother takes over the estate where—let’s say—she’s been multi-tasking. The brother has perversely cut all pleasure from his life. But oh, that food. Complications develop, including his desire to not desire the food or the cook. There are dark secrets and dark hungers including a hunger for revenge on both the hero’s and heroine’s parts. I love a sexy, twisty story that I can’t put down. This one meets all of my… show more.

My third book is Sherry Thomas’s Delicious, which features a female chef who ends up being the lover of two brothers who can’t stand each other. Once again, it is difficult to choose a favorite among Thomas’s books, but Delicious has such a fascinating series of side stories to go along with the main romance. Verity Durant, the heroine, is truly a strong female character and has paid a considerable societal price for her strength. It’s also nice to have protagonists who are in their thirties. There is just a touch of magical realism in the book when it… show more.