Preston Pruitt put aside his dreams of becoming a gourmet chef at a high-end restaurant to raise his daughter while her mother was on active duty in Afghanistan. Now Abby is a precocious eight-year-old in love with fairies and princesses, and Preston works at an unimaginative and monotonous job as a short order cook.<br><br>Abby has her quirks, and when she tries to wear a pair of costume wings for her school pictures, her father is called to help talk her out of them. That's when Preston meets Cam Richards, a handsome photographer with his own studio in town. Between Cam's quick smile and flirty manner, Preston is smitten and surprises himself by asking the guy out. Late night phone calls lead to dinner dates, and soon Preston is falling for Cam. It helps that Abby approves of her father's new special friend.<br><br>With Cam’s encouragement, Preston gets the chance to interview for an executive chef position. Now that he has all the ingredients, will he finally fulfill his dream of becoming a top chef and find the perfect recipe for romance?

Recipe for Romance

After a few moments, Cam seemed to notice. “Why don’t you start packing things up, Lace?” he asked. “I’ve got this.”


Lacy hesitated. “Are you sure? I can help out.”


“This is the last one today. Unless I can talk Daddy over there into sitting for me.” Cam winked at Preston, who felt his face heat up all over again. God, in no time at all he had regressed fifteen years to become a bumbling teenager, easily embarrassed by a cute guy flirting with him.


And it wasflirting, right? Preston hadn’t actively dated in years, not since Tess re-enlisted and he found himself a full-time father, but he was pretty sure he remembered what it looked like. The coy glances, the quick smiles, the teasing words that might mean something more if he wanted to go there.


Which I don’t, he told himself. Or rather, I shouldn’t. Not here, not at Abby’s school. I’m only here to make sure she gets her photo taken, not pick up the hottie behind the camera.


Chapter 16