Love at 350 degrees : a novel / Lisa Peers.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : The Dial Press, [2023]Description: 328 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593595183
- 0593595181
- Love at three hundred fifty degrees
- Love at three fifty degrees
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Main Library | Fiction | New | PEERS, LISA | Available | 33111011193378 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Scrumptiously entertaining . . . Fans of a certain popular British baking show will be giddy with delight."- Booklist
When two women meet as judge and contestant on the set of a TV baking competition, they must decide what they're willing to risk for the ultimate prize in this wholesome and delectable debut.
LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST . A POPSUGAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Food is their love language, but can they follow a recipe for romance?
Tori Moore, high school chemistry teacher, avid home baker, and soon-to-be empty nester, auditions for the American Bake-o-Rama TV competition at the urging of her twin teenagers. The prize money could allow her to finally open her own bakery, but plagued by self-doubt after a messy divorce, it's not only money standing between Tori and her dreams.
Once on set in Sonoma wine country, Tori catches the eye of Kendra Campbell, the notoriously ruthless celebrity chef and Bake-o-Rama judge. This show is Kendra's ticket to financial security, but she's been told to soften her approach for viewers seeking feel-good entertainment-quite the task after years of fighting for space in a male-dominated industry.
Tori and Kendra find it increasingly hard to keep their distance through six slow-burn weeks of cooking challenges and kitchen disasters. For both, the best prize of all might just be love.
"Tori Moore is a popular high school chemistry teacher and avid home baker who longs for something new, especially as she faces an empty nest as a single mom. At the urging of her twin teenagers, she auditions for the American Bake-o-Rama TV competition, telling herself that if she did somehow make it all the way, the prize money could allow her to finally open her own bakery. But still reeling from her divorce and long-held identity as responsible and risk-averse, she knows it's not just money that's standing between her and her dreams. On set, Tori immediately catches the eye of Kendra Campbell, the notoriously ruthless (and terminally single) celebrity chef and Bake-o-Rama judge. Kendra is desperate to save her beloved restaurant and expand her Chippy Chunk cookie empire, and the show is her ticket to financial security. But, as both her brother and the programming VP inform her, she needs to soften her approach in order to appease viewers seeking a feel-good time. After years spent fighting for space in a male-dominated industry, Kendra finds it challenging-and surprisingly rewarding-to make the shift from harsh critique to encouragement and support. Can she take the same approach to her love life?"-- Provided by publisher.