Cooking Up Trouble

by Emma Craig and Alice Duncan

Book Overview

Cooking Up Trouble This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0505523981
• ISBN13: 9780505523983
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Love Spell
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

COOKING UP TROUBLE - a delight and joyful read

Here's an old fairy tale with a modern twist Emma Craig has written that will lift your spirits and give you some laugh out loud moments as you turn the pages.All Irishmen love to talk, and Heather Mahaffey's father is no exception. After a few drinks of ale at a town party and wanting to impress a wealthy rancher, Mr. Mahaffey brags on how well his daughter can cook. Now the whole town knows Heather can't boil water, but Philippe St. Pierre isn't aware of it. In desperation and seeking employment, Heather knocks on the St.Pierre door to apply for the position of cook. The housekeeper wants to throw her out, but after looking at this little beauty, Philippe decides to give her a chance.When Heather goes into this beautiful, modernized kitchen, she drools over all of the equipment, but doesn't have a clue what to do with any of it. So....when a mysterious stranger comes calling and makes her an offer she can't refuse, he does the cooking and cleaning up and she does the serving! What this pretty little miss doesn't understand is that you don't get something for nothing. This fellow cooking up the gourmet dinners has a plan she isn't going to like; he is really cooking up trouble!Ms. Craig gives readers another glimpse of the humor she is famous for, and you'll chuckle and grin to the end of the last page. It's a delight to see this mysterious stranger get bested, and it's fun to watch Philippe fall in love with this cutie. Gee, even the cover is wonderful as it shows that mischievious smile on Heather's face. COOKING UP TROUBLE will lift your spirits and leave you with a smile. I highly recommend it for an evening of fun.

A magical, delightful tale

This book is just wonderful, with a heroine you can really cheer for and a hero to die for. Emma Craig sucks you in with her first sentence and keeps you turning pages until you reach the very satisfying conclusion.You can't go wrong with COOKING UP TROUBLE.

Rumpelstiltskin in the Old West - lots of fun!

Heather's a sweet girl, but she absolutely cannot cook. Or clean, or do any of those other housewifely things. Oh, she tries, but they always end up as disasters. So whatever possessed her darling father to boast that she was the best cook in town to the richest (and coincidentally young, handsome and unattached!) man in town? I smirked, chortled, snickered and guffawed through most of this book. The descriptive passages made me feel the gritty texture of life in the Old West. The dilemma Heather faced - accept the cook's position offered by Philippe, and prove her incompetence! - or refuse, knowing her family needs the money just to get by - was realistically presented and dealt with. She waffles back and forth until a mysterious stranger tempts her with the best of both. He will cook all the meals in exchange for a future favor from her. How the situation unfolds is an example of this author's meticulous plotting and attention to character development. You come to know the characters and root for them to somehow wriggle out of the predicament they're in. Highly recommended for its humor and as a look at the Old West from a new perspective, by a writer who knows whereof she speaks.

What a tale!

Heather Mahaffey finds herself in a fix when her over-zealous father praises her capabilities to the weathliest, and most handsome, bachelor in town. Her beauty is well known as is her catastrophes in the kitchen and Heather panics when her father brags to Philippe St Pierre that she is a fine cook indeed. Nothing could be further from the truth so she is shocked when she is hired as his cook.Heather begins her new job in despair but help shows up in the form of a handsome stranger, D A Bologh. He is charming yet mysterious and offers Heather a deal.....he will cook the meals for one month if she will agree to give something small in return. She eagerly accepts the deal as she knows she desires to remain in her new position as she is attracted to her employer.Philippe had heard the talk in town of his new cook's disastrous exploits in the kitchen so was simply amazed to taste the first meal served to him. He is pleasantly surprised and with great finesse, praises her and eagerly looks forward to her future culinary skills. He of course notices her beauty and thinks how much he would like to sample her delights in the bedroom as well.What a far out story! I did not find it amusing as much as I did intriguing. The story had the paranormal touch that I enjoy very much. And the interaction between the hero and heroine was delightful. As was the mother and son reconciliation. Nifty story....with a very satisfying ending!