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    Local Flavour (Book 1, the Local Flavour Series)
    Local Flavour (Book 1, the Local Fl...
    mmmartin10
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    Lucy McLean returns home to help her parents win a national cooking competition, only to fall in love with its host: handsome celebrity chef, Quinn Allen.
         
                                                                              ***** 
         
        Lucy McLean arrives back in her hometown with her confidence shattered. She's been dumped and fired by her fiancé (who was also her boss), but she has more than a broken heart to contend with: her parents' restaurant is failing so they're taking part in a television contest run by hothead celebrity chef, Quinn Allen. Distracted and distraught, Lucy struggles to embrace the contest, but as she gets back on her feet, she's slowly charmed by the attention of the handsome, famous chef. The two of them grow close, but being together would end Quinn's TV career and doom her family restaurant. Can she wait until the show is over, or will she give in to the heat of Quinn's kitchen?
        
        (Book one of the Local Flavour series)
        
        [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
        
        Cover designed by Ren T
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    Table of contents
    • Welcome to the Local Flavour Series!
      Fri, Feb 8, 2019
    • Prologue
      Mon, Nov 13, 2017
    • Part 1: Shock and Awe
      Sun, Jun 18, 2017
    • Part 2: Eviscerated
      Sun, Jun 18, 2017
    • Part 3: The Middle of Nowhere
      Sun, Jun 18, 2017
    • Part 4: Move
      Sun, Jun 18, 2017
    • Part 5: The Lay of the Land
      Mon, Jun 19, 2017
    • Part 6: Get 'er Done
      Tue, Jun 20, 2017
    • Part 7: Three Little Words
      Tue, Jun 20, 2017
    • Part 8: The Pop-in
      Wed, Jun 21, 2017Locked
    • Part 9: Home Truths
      Thu, Jun 22, 2017Locked
    • Part 10: A Host's Duty
      Fri, Jun 23, 2017Locked
    • Part 11: Nightmare City, Population: 1
      Fri, Jun 23, 2017Locked
    • Part 12: Family Reunion
      Mon, Jun 26, 2017Locked
    • Part 13: The One That Got Away
      Tue, Jun 27, 2017Locked
    • Part 14: A Slip of the Tongue
      Tue, Jun 27, 2017Locked
    • Part 15: The Accelerated Dating Program (ADP)
      Thu, Jun 29, 2017Locked
    • Part 16: Slowdown
      Sun, Jul 2, 2017Locked
    • Part 17: The Woo-Hoo Girl
      Mon, Jul 3, 2017Locked
    • Part 18: A Hard Pass
      Mon, Jul 3, 2017Locked
    • Part 19: Just Breathe
      Tue, Jul 4, 2017Locked
    • Part 20: Driven to Distraction
      Wed, Jul 5, 2017Locked
    • Part 21: Lust Fog
      Fri, Jul 7, 2017Locked
    • Part 22: The Church Picnic
      Sat, Jul 8, 2017Locked
    • Part 23: The Promise
      Sun, Jul 9, 2017Locked
    • Part 24: The Grand Reopening
      Wed, Jul 12, 2017Locked
    • Part 25: Close
      Sat, Jul 15, 2017Locked
    • Part 26: Dip, Don't Dive
      Wed, Jul 19, 2017Locked
    • Part 27: Dumbass Richard Gere
      Sat, Jul 22, 2017Locked
    • Part 28: An Awful Idea
      Fri, Aug 4, 2017Locked
    • Part 29: Grand Gesture
      Fri, Aug 4, 2017Locked
    • Part 30: The Barn Dance
      Fri, Aug 25, 2017Locked
    • Part 31: Don't Tell Me
      Sat, Aug 26, 2017Locked
    • Part 32: Everything Had Changed
      Sat, Aug 26, 2017Locked
    • Part 33: Sex and Pie
      Sat, Aug 26, 2017Locked
    • Part 34: Foreboding
      Sat, Aug 26, 2017Locked
    • Part 35: A Hot Mess
      Sun, Aug 27, 2017Locked
    • Part 36: Floating
      Thu, Aug 31, 2017Locked
    • Part 37: Falling
      Tue, Sep 5, 2017Locked
    • Part 38: Running
      Tue, Sep 19, 2017Locked
    • Part 39: Hard AF Now
      Thu, Sep 21, 2017Locked
    • Part 40: Mistakes Were Made. Mostly By You.
      Thu, Sep 21, 2017Locked
    • Part 41: Back to Starting
      Sun, Feb 10, 2019Locked
    • Part 42: Epilogue: Home
      Thu, Sep 21, 2017Locked
    • Author's Note
      Mon, Feb 11, 2019
    • Bonus Section: Quinn's Notebook - Recipes
      Sun, Feb 10, 2019

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    Lucy McLean returns home to help her parents win a national cooking competition, only to fall in love with its host: handsome celebrity chef, Quinn Allen.
         
                                                                              ***** 
         
        Lucy McLean arrives back in her hometown with her confidence shattered. She's been dumped and fired by her fiancé (who was also her boss), but she has more than a broken heart to contend with: her parents' restaurant is failing so they're taking part in a television contest run by hothead celebrity chef, Quinn Allen. Distracted and distraught, Lucy struggles to embrace the contest, but as she gets back on her feet, she's slowly charmed by the attention of the handsome, famous chef. The two of them grow close, but being together would end Quinn's TV career and doom her family restaurant. Can she wait until the show is over, or will she give in to the heat of Quinn's kitchen?
        
        (Book one of the Local Flavour series)
        
        [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
        
        Cover designed by Ren T

    46 parts

    • Part 42: Epilogue: Home
      Thu, Sep 21, 2017Locked
    • Author's Note
      Mon, Feb 11, 2019
    • Bonus Section: Quinn's Notebook - Recipes
      Sun, Feb 10, 2019
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