Xavier Reynolds is not doing so well. In addition to being recently dumped and rejected from a prestigious fellowship, he is also returning to his home in Harper's Cove, Maine (population: 9,000). Working as a prep chef in the kitchen of The Wharf, the trendy new restaurant in town, is the last thing he wants to do. Particularly considering that the chef who owns it, a gorgeous single parent, cannot delegate for the life of him. Logan O'Hare doesn't comprehend Xavier or why he uses sarcasm in every sentence he says. He needs additional help in the kitchen and his preteen daughter, Anne, can only mince so many onions, so he is forced to hire him, which is unfortunate. It can be a disaster waiting to happen. Stuck between a stove and a hot place, Logan and Xavier discover an unexpected connection. But when the heat between them threatens to top the Scoville scale, they?ll have to decide if they can make their relationship work or if life has seasoned them too differently.