\-a foodie thriller- Saute! Smile! Die! One chef. Two chef. Head chef. Dead chef. When the recipe calls for disaster, even the best chef needs a major Swap Out to survive! U.S. Special Forces go on the hunt. Their target? Television's culinary superstars. Why! Someone watched the pot? Cooked the goose but not the gander? Cried over spilt milk? Only one chef knows, and he's next! Jeff the Chef's past rises like a bad case of heartburn. His life depends on: Step 1. Start with the woman who refused him years ago. Step 2. Beat with the nastiest helicopter that was "never built." Step 3. Bring to heat in a renovated missile silo that "doesn't exist." Step 4... To survive is gonna take one hell of a Swap Out!

-a Dead Chef thriller- When the recipe calls for death, you need secret ingredients. Fast! Kate Stark owns the #1 cooking network on television. When a chef and a guest judge die on the air, all fingers point to her. But Kate faces her own Five years ago, while a Special Agent in the U.S. Secret Service, she busted a major North Korean currency counterfeiting ring. Now the North Koreans want payback. Primetime! From New York TV studios and the Chrysler Building penthouse suite to the Panama Canal and a DPRK smuggling ship, Kate races to stay alive and recruit her a geek, a Marine, her con-man twin brother, and a very handsome guest judge. Death toll so far? ONE CHEF!

\-a Dead Chef thriller- Don’t leap out of the pan and into the deep fryer! Chefs are dying! Murder in a Cooks Network TV studio! Death of the master chef at a G-8 meeting in the Scottish Highlands! The FBI, the British Diplomatic Protection Group, and a far too handsome U.S. Secret Service agent are on the hunt for the same ingredient: Kate Stark! • owner of Cooks Network • former Secret Service • suspect for treason • leader of a band of misfits Can she remove herself from the mix? Or will the blend of international intrigue and lawless computer hackers ruin the meal? Death toll so far? TWO CHEF!

When ice-fishing becomes a lethal sport! Minnesota’s Annual Lake Winnibigoshish Ice-Caught Fish Chowder-Off. Ingredients: \* Hamilton Waring - Chairman U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee \* Marvin Maxwell - Chairman U.S. House Armed Services Committee \* Lew Llewellyn - State Governor They all want to cook the best chowder. They all want to win the White House. And they’ll do anything to take both. Anything! So who will be the next ICED CHEF!

Belles of the Hot Grill Cook-off sounded like such a good idea at the time. Now Kate Stark, head of Cooks Network, must uncover who keeps annihilating her chefs. Ingredients: • Dee Dee DeRue - the perfect Southern hostess • Priscilla Danz - her best friend, the sexy star of the local TV show Red Hot Grill • Eight other Southern chefs - all eager to impress Kate and bag their own show on her network In desperation, Kate calls in her twin brother—the ultimate jet-setting ladies man. Now the race is on before another contestant becomes the next GAS GRILLED CHEF!

\-a Dead Chef thriller story- When gingerbread competitions are played for the highest stakes! Connell will soon rule the world of prime-time cooking shows. He possesses the chops, the charm, and the winning recipe. Or so he thinks until he ends up murdered by his own gingerbread village during a live Christmas broadcast. Kate Stark’s team of heroes will never look at Santa’s North Pole workshop the same way again.