Her appetite for the chef may mean she’s bitten off more than she can chew.

Simone Simca Calvert needs a job to pay off her loans for a creative writing degree. But before her interview at a New Orleans hotspot, she witnesses handsome Chef Arsene Niq poison a judge. Once he proves his innocence, Simca falls for his charm and wit. Then he attempts to assassinate an innocent journalist. With quick thinking and a compelling story, she may be able to stop him-if he doesn’t stop her first.

Top Chef combines with Murder She Wrote to make for one irresistible treat.

ASSASSINZ Romantic Thrillers consist of unique standalone novels. The series features splashy plots, happily-ever-after endings, and twists on contemporary topics-think The Blacklist meets Jodi Picoult. The heat level is warm (Nora Roberts rather than a lurid bump-in-grind), the profanity is minimal to nonexistent, and the violence is network-television variety. Although each hits the beats of genre romance and thriller novels, they are unlike anything you’ve ever read.