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

He needn’t have worried. Cam’s kisses grew ardent, urgent, hungry, until they once again left Preston gasping for breath. With his hands, Cam explored Preston’s back and sides and waist, then lower, brushing over his buttocks, dipping into the pockets of his jeans, fondling his ass through the denim. His hips ground into Preston’s, eager to feel as much of their bodies touching as possible. “God,” he murmured against Preston’s mouth, “I’ve wanted to do this since the moment I saw you.”


Preston had both hands plunged into Cam’s thick head of hair. “Good thing you didn’t,” he said, tugging on the auburn locks to pull Cam back enough to catch his breath. “Can you imagine? They would’ve thrown us both out of the school in a heartbeat.”


Chapter 26