Ingredients For Love by W. Mae Swift

Emilio’s job as a food plater at The Charlotte Rouge barely brings in enough to cover rent and food for him and his mother, let alone the “protection fee” the street thugs charge them every month. Right. Protection from them. But the job is the first step in pursuing his dream of getting out of the slums and into his own kitchen where he is the boss.

Mark has every advantage Emilio doesn’t: He’s from a rich family, following in his surgeon father’s steps at a prestigious medical school, lacking nothing. Why is he working part-time as a waiter at The Charlotte Rouge, then? Mark can’t even admit to himself that maybe the “right” path isn’t for him… that maybe he craves something else…

The two couldn’t be more different, but when the owner of the restaurant publicly humiliates Mark, Emilio steps up to the plate, igniting a spark that neither of them expected.

But is one spark enough for two people from such opposite backgrounds? With Mark doubting his future and Emilio trying to escape his past, can they form a lasting connection? At least one thing is for certain: These two lovers know exactly how to spice things up both in and out of the kitchen.