Virginia Clark has big dreams. Not only does she want to become America's premier Pastry Chef, she wants to be the first woman to do it. No small task for a female, to be sure - especially one who harbors a very healthy curiosity about the male of the species!
Under the loving (and curious) eye of childhood sweetheart Rory, Ginny travels to France for a summer apprenticeship under a Master Chef. With Rory as her chaperone and posing as her assistant, she will do whatever it takes to prove to her host, Monsieur Leroux, that being a woman and a chef are not mutually exclusive. Can she win the Sweepstakes title and Rory's heart as well?
Genella deGrey is back, this time with a feisty romp through 1880s Paris, with an anachronistic pair of lovers unfettered by the constraints of their time. The heroine longs to be a chef, and the hero longs for the heroine. Historical accuracy is not Ms. deGrey's strong point. She assuredly has the chops to write romance, but HR readers are a tough crowd. A single man "chaperoning" a single young woman, alone, across the Atlantic? Simply not done. And the same man posing as her assistant? Stretches incredulity for this reviewer, and as a result, makes it hard to be engaged by the characters. Readers who are not concerned with such things, and simply want to read a romance set in Paris between a chef-in-training and her childhood sweetheart, will be delighted with this effort.
Tammy Grant