Soufflés at Sunrise by M.J. O’Shea

“Welcome to a new season of Burned, where we find fresh new cooking talent… and a few culinary disasters! Every season we do something a little different, and this time it’s all about the sweet things in life. In week one twenty pastry chef hopefuls and dessert connoisseurs compete for the thirteen coveted workspaces in our Burned kitchen. With states this big, we ask the one question on everyone’s mind: Do these chefs have what it takes to rise to the top, or will they get Burned?”

Burned contestants Chase and Kai are attracted from the start and can’t wait to spend more time getting to know each other… until they see the first episode treatment and realize the producers intend to portray them as bitter enemies. At first it’s fun to pretend to bicker – enemies on film, falling for each other when the cameras stop rolling – but soon it’s hard not to take the faux rivalry seriously.
It’s only when their choice is to band together and bake their way to the final that they find out where their real loyalties, and feelings, lie.