Ryan Callahan’s parents died in a boating accident off Sutter’s Bay when he was five years old. Now Ryan is back in the bay ready to live in the Victorian reproduction house his father built for his mother. And ready to get his dream job a chef in a restaurant. The job of head chef seems to fall into his lap when Mabry’s is short staffed, but when the sexy as sin owner, Chris Mabry, returns from vacation he fires the inexperienced Ryan on the spot.<br><br>Ryan’s dream seems to be over before he gets a chance to prove himself, but when Chris realizes how bad his restaurant’s situation is, he rehires Ryan. As Mabry becomes a success, things sizzle between Ryan and Chris and soon Ryan is cooking for Chris personally.

Tempted to Taste

“Is that your not so subtle way of asking my sexual orientation?”


Chris frowned. “No. No. Um. I just wondered.”


“No wife, no girlfriend. I like guys. No boyfriend though either.” Ryan winked. “Got all that?”


He cleared his throat. “Yeah. Well, I should go back to the dining room. I’ll check here later.”


He stopped just before he went through the swinging doors. “Yeah?”


Still feeling like he was blushing, he didn’t turn around. “No, I’m the same as you.”


The night had gone well. Better than Chris had expected. Several diners had complimented the chef. Which had gone a long way toward making Chris believe hiring Ryan hadn’t been as big of a gamble as he first thought.


As Chris said goodbye to the last guests, he locked the front doors of the restaurant. Business had been good for a Thursday night and he expected the next couple of nights to be better still. He might make a go of this after all.


Chapter 6