Chef's Kiss

By Mesha Mesh

Ciara Whitfield has spent years lending her talent to a family restaurant that has never given her the credit she deserves. So when her older sister suddenly can't compete in the prestigious Black Flame Culinary Competition, Ciara does the one thing her father would never approve of: she takes her place.

Winning the Obsidian Crown could finally give Ciara the opportunity to build something of her own, but first she has to survive five days of brutal challenges, nineteen other chefs hungry for the same crown, and her annoying rival, Marcus Kane.

Confident, talented, and entirely too fine for Ciara's peace of mind, Marcus quickly becomes her biggest headache inside the kitchen and her favorite distraction outside of it. Heated competition gives way to an attraction neither of them expected, and somewhere between fighting for the crown and fighting each other, Ciara finds herself falling for the one man she should probably stay away from.

Because Marcus isn't just her competition. He's the prot g of her father's longtime rival, and when old grudges collide with new feelings, winning Black Flame might be the least complicated thing Ciara has to deal with.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HHR5W57Z
• ISBN13: 9798171489908
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"