#5 COOK THE BOOKS

This Gourmet Girl has to take the heat-because she just can't get away from the kitchen. 

Chloe Carter desperately needs a job, so she takes one assisting a cookbook writer. Unfortunately it stirs up painful memories of her ex- boyfriend Josh, who left her for Hawaii. While compiling a book of recipes from Boston's top chefs, she comes in contact with one of Josh's friends, Digger. Chloe manages to stay cool until later she finds Digger's apartment charred-with Digger in it. 

Not believing that an expert chef would die from a grease fire, she sets about looking for Digger's killer. But things get sticky when the tragedy brings Josh back to Boston-and back into Chloe's life. 


#4 FED UP

"Recipes, some by pro chefs, round out this delectable chick lit cozy, which ends on an emotional cliffhanger for Chloe. (Publishers Weekly, Feb. 2009)

 Part-time student Chloe Carter is planning her best friend’s wedding, working for her parents—and glued to her chef boyfriend, Josh, as he competes to star in a new TV series. The premise: Josh hijacks unsuspecting grocery shoppers and prepares them gourmet dinners. Everything’s going great—until one shopper drops dead.

With the cameras on him from the beginning, Josh is obviously innocent, but Chloe wonders: Was it one of Josh’s competitors? Or the deceased’s husband? Or someone on the crew?

Sifting through suspects, Chloe deals with wedding chaos and Josh’s erratic behavior. She’ll have to balance her plate while trying to catch a food felon…

#3 TURN UP THE HEAT: The Gourmet Girl returns to solve the murder of one bad egg.

Chloe Carter has a lot on her plate – exams for grad school are coming up, and her chef boyfriend needs her support as his fledgling trendy restaurant comes into its own. The staff of Simmer gets along like petits pois in a pod, everyone pulling pranks on one another now and then. Everyone, that is, except for Leandra, a waitress who treats the busboys like chopped liver-and can never take a joke. One morning, Leandra’s dead body is found in a fish truck. So people start to wonder: was this just a prank gone awry? Or did somebody actually want her to sleep with the fishes? (Read a excerpt!)

"Humorous and suspenseful, this romantic mystery will be a delight to many readers." -Romance Junkies

"The authors serve up another delectable dish of detection." -Publisher's Weekly


#2 SIMMER DOWN

Chloe Carter’s dream boyfriend, Josh Driscoll, is prepping for the opening of Simmer, Boston’s hot new restaurant-which means her love life is being put on the back burner. Josh is too busy to be her own personal naked chef for a while. . .But bigger problems are to come. At a fund-raiser featuring samples of Josh’s cuisine, a club owner is found bludgeoned to death by Josh’s state-of-the-art, professional-grade food processor, the ominously named Robocoupe. By opening night at Simmer, the list of suspects is almost longer than the line to get in. Chloe is struggling to solve the crime before the final course is served . . .

“I thoroughly enjoyed this novel . . . I read the first page, and loved it, and then the second... and before I knew it I'd devoured the whole book. This would be the perfect summer read, and was interesting, witty and unpredictable (with mouthwatering descriptions of food and even recipes for said food at the back of the book). I'll definitely look out for the next delicious novel by this mother-daughter writing team.”
—Trashionista

#1 STEAMED

If you have an appetite for crime, join Chloe Carter, food connoisseur, aimless grad student, and resilient survivor of failed romances . . .

Chloe Carter is forever on a quest for the perfect meal and the perfect man. Getting both in one shot is irresistible. That’s why Chloe (known on the Internet as GourmetGirl) risks another burn when she accepts a date with DinnerDude online. Unfortunately, her fellow food lover turns out to be just another cheap, pompous, well-fed bore. Showing more promise is the honey-lavender crème brulee-a bit of culinary heaven Chloe’s bland date never even has a chance to sample. Certainly there’s an easier way to run out on a tab than being stabbed to death in the men’s room.

Talk about a rocky love life. Chloe’s first date of the week is a murder victim. Her second date is with a perfectly sweet chef who’d be ideal if he wasn’t the prime suspect. As the investigation plunges the amateur sleuth into the gourmet restaurant scene, she discovers a cutthroat world rife with killer competition, stormy love affairs, and a recipe for Baby Bok Choy Slaw to die for . . .

"This scrumptious cozy, the first of a new series, has it all—charming characters, snappy dialogue and mouth-watering recipes." -Publisher's Weekly

"This witty novel has both a slew of suspects and sizzling romance. A delightful debut." -Romantic Times