Miss Ann Pearson has spent years learning the difficult art of the professional cook, and carefully guards her position in the kitchen of the fancy Coventry Club.
If Orion and Ann are to forge a new love, they must first learn to trust each other, and find the courage to overcome old enemies who will do anything to keep the cook and colonel apart..
Then he meets Ann, who is fierce, passionate, and warm-hearted, and also worth fighting for.
Lingering scandal has taught Orion to make his way along the fringes of polite society without allies or entanglements.
But Orion is respectful, gruffly charming, and looking out for a girl whom others have neglected, and that is a combination Ann cannot resist.
When Colonel Sir Orion Goddard asks her to take on a young apprentice, Ann would rather refuse.
Miss Ann Pearson has spent years learning the difficult art of the professional cook, and carefully guards her position in the kitchen of the fancy Coventry Club
