Wyatt Parker has a good life—he owns his own construction company, his own house, and he eats home-cooked meals every day. But cooking for one while watching the foodie network is more than lonely. When he learns about an upcoming reality show centered on becoming the personal chef for his favorite rock star, Wyatt leaps at the chance to audition.

Tully Randolph is the drummer for the band Unusual Potatoes. With a chef for a mom, love of good food runs in the family. When he’s asked to host a cooking competition, he’s all in—especially after he meets Wyatt, who is just the kind of big, hairy guy who gets Tully’s juices flowing. With a heart as big as he is, Wyatt wows Tully with his skills in the kitchen… and in the bedroom.

But if their relationship is found out, Wyatt could be drummed out of the competition—and out of Tully’s life. All the ingredients for a happy future are in front of them, and they just need to figure out how to bring everything together.

For those who lose food competition shows, this story should be right up their alley. Centered around a competition to become the personal chef to a famous drummer, it’s has enough of what I imagine are the ins and outs of one of these shows to hold interest among those who love to watch that kind of thing.

Personally, I was far more interested in the relationship between Tully, the drummer looking for a chef, and Wyatt, the bear who intrigues him. I liked getting to see the glimpses of their personalities and seeing their relationship develop, though I felt like the story could have focused a little more on them together and less on the competition.

On the whole, I feel like the story requires quite a bit of suspension of disbelief, but it’s an enjoyable read overall, and I wouldn’t mind seeing if there’s anything else in either author’s other works that I might like.

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