A SERVING OF SCANDAL

“A three-way romance among food, those who prepare it, and those who eat it; descriptions of ‘scratch’ meals are as appealing as those of the gourmet dinners Kate creates. When she describes cooking as ‘an act of love,’ the true heart of the story is revealed.” —Publishers Weekly

Prue Leith has played a leading role in the revolution of Britain’s eating habits. Having published twelve highly acclaimed cookbooks and held the ladle at her own gold-standard bistro, she surrendered herself to her own secret passion: Culinary Fiction.

This is the first of three Prue Leith novels and inaugurates the Opus Culinary Fiction series.

Kate, a successful caterer to the posh Parliament crowd, inadvertently caters to the pleasures of Britain’s secretary of state and uncovers her deepening understanding that each life must be a hybrid if it is to survive; substitutions must be part of the expectation; nothing is in season forever. There is no one recipe—not even great sex (which will be news to many readers)—that will keep a relationship fresh.

Married and a father, Oliver Stapler is totally out of bounds, yet Kate helplessly falls for one of the most public men in England. When someone alerts the gutter press, who cares whether Kate’s affair with Oliver is true or not? It’s a great story that will sell a ton of newspapers—and destroy several lives in the process.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: British best-selling author of cookbooks and fiction, PRUE LEITH has also been a celebrity chef, restaurateur,TV cook, and broadcaster. Blending her passion for cooking and writing, she is now concentrating on novel writing. She lives in Gloucestershire, England.

-- A SERVING OF SCANDAL will also be available as an E-Book.