Claiming the Curvy Chef: An Age Gap, Forbidden Workplace Romance (Rules We Break Series)

He built a kitchen where nothing soft survives. She walks in smelling like cinnamon—and sets it on fire.

Dominic Cross runs Ember House like a temple to control: no dessert, no distractions, no exceptions. Lena Bennett arrives with lemon-thyme tartlets, a notebook full of ideas, and a laugh that warms the steel. She's curvy, brilliant, ten years younger, and absolutely off-limits. Yet every service tightens the pull between ruthless chef and rule-breaking pastry prodigy until one stolen kiss...