The Chef and the Countess

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>An East End chef with a dark past. A widowed countess with nowhere to turn. An unlikely pair with a passion for cooking-and each other.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Liam Hallahan illegitimate son of a disreputable duke carries hidden scars from a childhood living on the streets. Through sheer determination he acquired an education took the gaming hall he'd inherited and successfully turned it into a respectable restaurant. Liam isn't usually surprised by life's twists and turns...until a widowed Countess is unceremoniously dumped on his doorstep.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Men have ruled Celia Gillingham's life for as long as she could remember. Orphaned at a young age her uncle negotiated a marriage for her with an old earl. After her husband's death Celia now alone and penniless goes back to her uncle's home only to find herself dropped off at an East End business by her viscount cousin. He tells Liam that Celia will work off his gaming debt. Instead Celia asks Liam for a job. And Liam reluctantly agrees putting the countess to work in his kitchen.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The unlikely pair soon discover a growing respect and a simmering passion-not only for cooking but each other. Only Celia's loathsome uncle and cousin haven't forgotten about her.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>And it's going to take everything Liam has to keep Celia safe...and in his arms.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>The Duke's Bastards</u></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 1 - The Detective and the Baroness</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 2 - The Chef and the Countess</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 3 - The Doctor and the Duchess</span></p>