Covered in tattoos, sarcasm, and muscles, Arthur McClellan is the best thing to come out of the kitchen since sliced bread. A billionaire from birth, his trust fund hasn’t stopped his drive to achieve his dreams of celebrity chef status. However, a dying wish from his mother has caused him to pivot his aspirations. Instead of being the “bad boy,” he now wants to join the ranks of the happy chefs … chefs of the Taste Network. It’s taken a lot of convincing, but he’s finally landed a show: a wedding special filming in the Bahamas. But the network doesn’t trust him alone. They want a romantic interest: a perfect, bubbly wedding planner to soften his edges. Arthur’s not mad when they pick a wedding planner he’d had a single, very passionate night with. In fact, she just might be the cherry on top of his food show cake.
Cassandra Kelly has been winning the wedding planner game for years, and she wants more: national coverage for her creative celebrations. So when the Taste Network offers her the position of wedding planner on their new pilot, Cassandra jumps at the chance. The only catch? She’s got to be the “girlfriend” of famous bad boy Arthur McClellan— a position not unappealing to her after a celebratory night of passion that left her with a continuous craving for the chef… and an unplanned bun in the oven.
Now, they’ve got to fake their relationship on screen while wading through their real relationship off. They both agree the baby should be kept secret until they’re ready to spill the beans. But when a careless conversation reveals all to the producer, who thinks a secret baby would make for a great reality TV series, they have to decide how real they’re willing to get and how much their romance can weather for their careers. For two people who want to live in the public eye, they must decide how much of their passion they want to keep private.
This novel contains sexual content, profanity and substance abuse.
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I will be honest I didn’t really like either Arthur or Cassandra after they met both seems a bit aggressive about their career and just didn’t seem to have that real spark between them or their personalities, in saying that I did like the story and I did warm to both Arthur and Cassandra as the book went on even with the weird reality show lol. Not my most favorite book by the author however still enjoyable.
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Second in the McClellan brothers series brings Arthur McClellan and Cassandra Kelly as they negotiate a relationship, secrets and work toward a future. Looking forward to the next book in the series.I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Arthur is the proverbial bad boy as a prominent chef and hopes for a TV show to enhance his brand. When he is offered the show he is a little shocked to find that it is not a cooking show, but a show about destination weddings. He has to work with Cassy, the wedding planner – and the whole show is based on the antagonistic drama with underlying sexual tension between the two. Desperate for the show he agrees. But when on the set it becomes difficult to be the bad boy the camera wants. Also, Cassy is pregnant with his child – a fact unknown to the TV crew.
Getting the HEA is a difficult thing, when one is in front of the camera. Arthur and Cassy have to sort out reality and camera drama.
An interesting book, entertaining and fun to read.
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This is a great story with the wonderful characters bad boy billionaire Arthur & Cassandra. It’s got drama, sexual chemistry & fun loved it. This is another great book from Leslie North.
Good, fun, well developed story where the main characters do get their happy ever after
A good way to wile away a couple of hours.
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This story is about Cassandra and Arthur. Arthur is your bad boy chef but is it just for show. Cassandra is the wedding planner and is working on getting a TV deal for her own show. The story starts off pretty cute with a little flower girl hungry and she stumbles into his kitchen. She explains to Arthur that she is hungry but cannot eat any of his food as it is saucy and her mother does not want her to dirty her dress. He asks her if she likes eggs in which she agrees, so tells her he will make her omelet. She jumps up for joy and heads out to join the party. Well the wedding planner comes in to catch him making the omelet and is about to have a fit because the first course is not out yet and to top it off, she is then asked to take the omelet to the little girl (which has a funny ending to it). Well they are both trying to impress the father of the bride and the story takes off from there as he is very impressed. They have a one-night stand there in the wedding venue after everyone leaves and weeks later, she realizes that she is pregnant from the chef. Due to the wedding they both worked on, they were asked to do a reality show, in which they both agreed. They end up bickering at each other through the show and by accident her pregnancy is revealed on TV. What will happen, will they continue the show and could opposite really make it?
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The Billionaire Chef’s Baby is Book Two, it’s about Arthur McClellan and Cassandra Kelly. This story is romantic, the chemistry between them is undeniable. I loved this story at how strong Cassandra is and how Arthur is a bad boy but such a softy when needed. A true page turner.
The Billionaire Chef’s Baby is book two in Leslie North’s McClellan Billionaire series, and a lively mix of Reality TV, a bad boy trying to do right, and a hard-working woman who just needs a break. Arthur and Cassandra are polar opposites who share a night of passion, never expecting to cross paths again. But fate is a fickle and conniving creature; determined to force these unsuspecting one-time lovers back into the same orbit.
A fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek, and oh so sext story; The Billionaire Chef’s Baby is definitely an entertaining read and a great afternoon guilty indulgence, that will leave you wanting a tattooed bad boy of your very own. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and look forward to the last in the series.
The characters are interesting, well drawn and passionate
The storyline is full of surprises and entertaining.
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This is book two in the McClellan Billionaires series. This is Arthur’s story. Arthur is a trust fund guy but he has always had his own drive and determination to do what he wants. His dream was to be a celebrity chef. To honor his Mom’s wish, he works his way onto a show on the Taste Network. This comes with some ties that he shrugs off, for now. Cassandra is a kick butt wedding planner and is looking for another level to reach in her career. She accepts position on a show on the Taste Network. Again, this comes with some ties that she shrugs off, for now. Imagine Arthur and Cassandra’s surprise when they meet each and find out all the details of their contract of the show. Needless to say these two have met before and had a super hot one night stand. This show is going to try their limits and possibly expose some secrets. How do you exist in the public eye but still manage to keep your personal life private? Is that even possible? This was an enjoyable read to get to know another McClellan brother, his character layers and the journey of him finding his HEA. Enjoy!
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This book was well written and fast paced. I really enjoyed the banter between Chef Arthur McClellan and Wedding Planner Cassandra Kelly.
As these two are partnered together in a pilot for a reality tv show as a couple. After hooking up for one night Cassandra is pregnant and they have both been cast on the show and it’s hilarious the way these two banter back and forth.
I really enjoyed this book, it’s a real page turner.
Arthur always hid who he really was and always showed everyone that he was a bad boy. He met Cassandra and all that changed. I really enjoyed this book.
The ending was too cute for words.
The story itself was a constant back in forth that had you wondering what they were going to do next. I know that may sound bad, but its really not. I loved both Cassandra and Arthur. Even though he had major issues figure out if he wanted to be nice ir not. Even with that issue, this book was full of enough witty banter, drama and steam to keep a smile on my face.
Happy reading!
Rating 4 stars
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Take one tattooed bad boy chef, add in one no-nonsense, obsessive wedding event planner, mix in a great storyline, drama, hot chemistry, sarcasm, tantrums, secrets, hilarious moments, steamy scenes, love and a HEA, and you get one fast-paced, well written romance story.
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Reality TV romance. A love story that plays out on the unrealistic platform of reality television, where artificially created drama to boost ratings far supersedes the need for reality and the truth. I never watch reality TV and find it odd that this spoon-fed so-called reality would entertain anyone. The book successfully took the covering off reality television but I found the characters poorly developed, the scenes and the plot was confusing not just to me but to the characters themselves. The dialogues were shallow and another sweep of editing might pick up some of the proof-reading errors. The quality of the storyline was somewhat sacrificed to adequately depict the confusion and the false reality of the filming. The Cassandra and Arthur have a passionate, steamy relationship and their feelings took a good while to crystallise amidst all the pretending. We get a HEA and a bouncy baby in the end though.
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The chef and the wedding planner
Art is a chef with a bad reputation. It’s roke he’s played for years and it’s now him. He’s trying to land a network show and is paired with Cassandra the pixie wedding planner.
Food, tats, a wedding and a bun in the oven they cooked up.
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I liked that they met for an event at the beginning and when they ended back together for the show Cassandra had news for Arthur. I liked that even though at first they both had a small freak out they never acted like they didn’t want the baby. I am glad that Cassandra was able to help Arthur be himself. I also thought they had great chemistry.
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Another good Leslie North short story. This one revolved around a chef and wedding planner that clashed from day one. They were put together for a tv show and were expected to continuing clashing. However, Cassandra had already gotten pregnant by Arthur 6 weeks before and they were feeling their way along. I liked how Arthur coached a nervous groom when he got a little carried away in front of the cameras and when things started to get real, he rebelled in playing the bad boy chef. Again, cute story
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This book is Leslie North’s second installment in her McClellan Billionaires series. The book focuses on Arthur McClellan (Art), a Michelin star chef and player, and Cassandra Kelly, wedding planner. A CEO for the Taste Network hires them for a wedding and the two end up competing for a new show. Unfortunately, the network decides to hire both of them for the same reality show while pretending a fake relationship. Reality soon becomes “real” when Arthur and Cassandra develop a relationship and surprise pregnancy.
I really enjoyed thi book since it had great characters, a fun plot, and steamy romance. I highly recommend this delicious romance!
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This story has been great. The characters have a hard time distinguishing between what’s real and what’s fake for a while, but everyone can see the truth no matter how much acting there is involved. I really liked the storyline, but the characters really made it pop.
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