Book excerpt: Casey Costello is an executive chef on a popular television cooking show. She has a very stressful job satisfying her boss, her family and all the guest chefs that appear on the show. Her boss, in the meantime, is thinking about leaving the show altogether, which would be disasterous for Casey. When Danny O'Shea, a handsome New York chef appears on the show, the sparks fly between he and Casey. Will a shoot in Italy change Casey's life forever?