For Butter or Worse
Book Feature - For Butter or Worse by Erin La Rosa
HBL Note: I love a good pun. Have you ever played Puns of Anarchy? It is sort of like Apples to Apples - our friends own it and we’ve played a few times. I’m terrible at coming up with puns but it is still so much fun to play. All this to say, reading the title of Erin La Rosa’s romcom debut, FOR BUTTER OF WORSE, made me smile. It is an enemies-to-lovers story (one of my favorite tropes - I just can’t get enough) described as The Hating Game meets The Great British Bake-Off. Now if that doesn’t intrigue you, I don’t know what will. Scroll down to read more.
Book Feature - For Butter or Worse by Erin La Rosa
Book Feature - For Butter or Worse by Erin La Rosa
From the publisher:
They go together like water and oil…
All chef Nina Lyon wants is to make a name for herself in the culinary world and inspire young women everywhere to do the same. For too long, she’s been held back and underestimated by the male-dominated sphere of professional kitchens, and she's had enough. Now, as co-host of the competitive reality TV series The Next Cooking Champ!, she finally has a real shot at being top tier in the foodie scene.
Too bad her co-host happens to be Hollywood’s smarmiest jerk.
Restaurateur Leo O’Donnell never means to get under Nina’s skin. It just seems to happen, especially when the cameras are rolling. It's part of the anxiety and stress he has come to know all too well in this line of work. So nothing prepares him for the fallout after he takes one joke a smidge too far and Nina up and quits—on live TV.
To make matters worse, the two are caught in what looks like a compromising situation by the paparazzi…and fans of the show go absolutely nuts. Turns out, a “secret romance” between Nina and Leo may just be what their careers need most.
Now all they have to do is play along, without killing each other...and without catching feelings. Easy as artisanal shepherd's pie. Right?
