Product DescriptionHow do you protect someone who doesn't think they need protecting? Sugar and spice and everything sexy make the perfect recipe for romance in this brand-new series by Peggy Jaeger. Look for exclusive recipes in each book!Kandy Laine built her wildly popular food empire the old-fashioned way-starting with the basic ingredients of her grandmother's recipes and flavoring it all with her particular brand of sweet spice. From her cookbooks to her hit TV show, Kandy is a kitchen queen-and suddenly someone is determined to poison her cup. With odd accidents and threatening messages piling up, strong-willed Kandy can't protest when her team hires someone to keep her safe-but she can't deny that the man for the job looks delicious...Josh Keane is a private investigator, not a bodyguard. But with one eyeful of Kandy's ebony curls and dimpled smile, he's signing on to uncover who's cooking up trouble for the gorgeous chef. As the attraction between them starts to simmer, it's not easy to keep his mind on the job, but when the strange distractions turn to true danger, he'll stop at nothing to keep Kandy safe-and show her that a future together is on the menu...Reviewfrom Netgalley - netgalley.com/book/107479/reviewsKandy Laine is everything a man could want but can one handle her? She has too much to do and men are a distraction. She is climbing #1 in every chart available and strives to please. So why does she feel like something is missing? Josh Keane is getting a new job to defend a gorgeous chef who doesn't want his help. She doesn't feel she needs his help. He is hired in to be a bodyguard not his line of work, which is a private investigator. He knows this job will be big shoes to fill but what he doesn't expect is exactly what he gets!Having keen perception of everything going on around him is what Josh's strength is so he doesn't plan on letting his wayward thoughts get the best of him. He knows this job requires a lot of focus and swift action and he wants to get the job done.Kandy is used to having the very thing she loses when Josh is around, control. Never having a bodyguard or anyone be able to keep up with her schedule, Kandy isn't happy to be under the watchful eye of Josh and is reminded of his presence at all times. She doesn't even think any weird happenings have anything to do with her. They are all just coincidence.This book is very exciting and fun! It is a heart wrencher and laugh until you cough delight of turns and twists. The author captivated a great story in this novel, which has you wanting to read a novel about the characters in a later book, hopefully soon to come. This one was icing on the cake!~Trully S, ReviewerFrom the AuthorKandy is a girl after my heart. Hey, she cooks!!!! Plus she's fiercely loyal to her family. That's a big plus in my heart, for sure.*** Readers who like stories about driven women, hunky private eyes, sisters and family dynamics, will enjoy this book.From the Inside Flap"Hold on to your forks, folks, because today I'm making one of Grandma Sophie's to-die-for layer cakes, guaranteed to make your sweet tooth tingle." Kandy Laine aimed a wide, dimpled grin at the television camera. The moment her sexy, heart-stopping smile flashed, Josh Keane knew he was in trouble. Serious trouble. He stood on the sidelines of the studio kitchen set, where he'd been instructed to wait, visitor badge secured to his jacket, and watched the hostess of EBC's most popular food show, Cooking with Kandy, film her season premiere. "She'd discovered the benefit of adding pudding to the batter to increase the cake's moisture content decades before any of the big commercial baking companies did," Kandy told the camera. Josh ran a hand through his thick, black hair and blew out a breath. From his concealed vantage point behind the studio equipment, he was impressed by the practiced ease with which she moved around the set kitchen, talking nonstop, explaining the details of the rec