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The Cook's Secret Ingredient
2017
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3.88
Average Rating
215
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Private investigator Carson Ford specializes in finding people. Yet his latest case has him stumped. He's looking for a mystery woman who's supposed to be his wealthy, widowed father's "second great love." But the pragmatic single dad knows that's not how love works! This is an elaborate swindle and it starts with the fortune-teller's daughter. All chef Olivia Mack can do is confirm that her late mother's predictions were usually true. What she won't admit is that she might know who the mystery woman is or that she's finding herself falling for the handsome, cynical Carson, not to mention his adorable son. She has always limited her "family gift" to her cooking. Now she just has to hope that her magic secret ingredient will lead to love.... "

Avg Rating
3.88
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Author

Meg Maxwell
Meg Maxwell
Author · 7 books

Meg Maxwell is a former pseudonym for author Melissa Senate, whose women's fiction titles, such as See Jane Date and The Love Goddess' Cooking School, have been published in over twenty-five countries. NOTE: Melissa hasn't published new novels under the name Meg Maxwell since 2017. Meg's debut miniseries for Harlequin Special Edition, Hurley's Homestyle Kitchen, is set in and around a family-owned restaurant. There are sisters, hunky cowboys, hot detectives, delicious food, and a lot of romance. Book 1: A Cowboy in the Kitchen, Book 2: The Detective's 8 lb 10 oz Surprise. Book 3: The Cowboy's Big Family Tree. Book 4: The Cook's Secret Ingredient. Book 5: Charm School For Cowboys. Book 6 (Oct '17): Santa's Seven-Day Baby Tutorial. Also look for my contribution to the new Montana Mavericks series, The Great Family Roundup: Mommy and the Maverick (July '17). Do not read these books on an empty stomach! Lots of comfort food cooking—and eating—goes on.

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