If you canтАЩt take the heatтАж
James Lassiter has had a crush on fellow culinary student Ethan Martin for three years, but has never had the guts to make a move. Putting himself out there is hard, especially when under the thumbтАФand walletтАФof his overbearing parents. Now that bad boy chef EthanтАФwho is always vying with Jamie for best in classтАФis struggling with the pastry course, Jamie suddenly has a reason to reach out.
Ethan doesnтАЩt mean to be an assтАФokay, so mostly he doesтАФbut even though heтАЩs secretly hot for Jamie, he sure as hell doesnтАЩt want help with pastry. Ever since his dad walked out, Ethan has been the one to hold things together and heтАЩs done fine on his own. Except that he canтАЩt get his cake to rise.
Jamie could be the answer to what EthanтАЩs been missing his whole lifeтАФsomeone to depend on. But with the two competing for the same scholarship, things suddenly get too hot to handle. And if Jamie finds the strength to go for what he wants, he isnтАЩt about to settle for what he needs.
In the Raw is the first book in the In the Kitchen series. Stay tuned for book two, In the Fire, available in November 2014 from Carina Press.
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