Chef’s Kiss
Book Feature - Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander
HBL Note: I am often asked how I choose which books to read. The answer to this question has changed significantly over the five years I’ve been running this blog. There was a time that I would commit to a book a week and my scheduled was booked months in advance. That meant I felt obligated to read books that I’d committed to when maybe I wasn’t feeling that particular genre at the time. As a result, I was enjoying fewer books.
Now I don’t commit to reading any books, which opens up my schedule to focus on whatever book or genre is calling out to me in the moment. Lately, I’ve been reading nothing but romcoms and the feel-good, happy-ending stories are leaving me fulfilled. CHEF’S KISS is TJ Alexander’s debut novel (you know I love a debut!) and draws on the author’s experience as an amateur chef and incorporates themes of queer love. Scroll down to read more.
Book Feature - Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander
Book Feature - Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander
From the publisher:
Simone Larkspur is a perfectionist pastry expert with a dream job at The Discerning Chef, a venerable cookbook publisher in New York City. All she wants to do is create the perfect loaf of sourdough and develop recipes, but when The Discerning Chef decides to bring their brand into the 21st century by pivoting to video, Simone is thrust into the spotlight and finds herself failing at something for the first time in her life.
To make matters worse, Simone has to deal with Ray Lyton, the new test kitchen manager, whose obnoxious cheer and outgoing personality are like oil to Simone’s water. When Ray accidentally becomes a viral YouTube sensation with a series of homebrewing videos, their eccentric editor in chief forces Simone to work alongside the chipper upstart or else risk her beloved job. But the more they work together, the more Simone realizes her heart may be softening like butter for Ray.
Things get even more complicated when Ray comes out at work as nonbinary to mixed reactions—and Simone must choose between the career she fought so hard for and the person who just might take the cake (and her heart).
Book Feature - Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander
