02227cam a2200349 i 4500 1073516420 TxGeo 20231204120000.0 230605s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023289501 9781335506344 trade pbk. 1335506349 trade pbk. (OCoLC)1313483260 TxGeo rda La Rosa, Erin, author. For butter or worse / Erin La Rosa. ©2022. Toronto : HQN, [2022] 362 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier They go together like water and oil... All chef Nina Lyon wants is to make a name for herself in the culinary world and inspire young women everywhere to do the same. For too long, she's been held back and underestimated by the male-dominated sphere of professional kitchens, and she's had enough. Now, as co-host of the competitive reality TV series The Next Cooking Champ!, she finally has a real shot at being top tier in the foodie scene. Too bad her co-host happens to be Hollywood's smarmiest jerk. Restaurateur Leo O'Donnell never means to get under Nina's skin. It just seems to happen, especially when the cameras are rolling. It's part of the anxiety and stress he has come to know all too well in this line of work. So nothing prepares him for the fallout after he takes one joke a smidge too far and Nina up and quits--on live TV. To make matters worse, the two are caught in what looks like a compromising situation by the paparazzi...and fans of the show go absolutely nuts. Turns out, a "secret romance" between Nina and Leo may just be what their careers need most. Now all they have to do is play along, without killing each other...and without catching feelings. Easy as artisanal shepherd's pie. Right? 20231220. Women cooks Fiction. Restaurateurs Fiction. Cooks Fiction. Reality television programs Fiction. Humorous fiction. Romance fiction. QS5