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| Plot Summary of Delicious |
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"The Buchanan family is an old Seattle family who has a number of restaurants that have built the family empire. Reid is managing the bar, sister Dani manager the hamburger joint, Walker has bucked the tradition and is in the Marines and Cal once ran the steakhouse but went out on his own to open what has become a coffee emporium. All of these and the kids are ruled with an iron fist by the rude obnoxious Grandmother.
Cal has been enticed back into the fold for 6 months to take the dead Fish House and make it back into one of the biggest restaurants in the area. They only way he can see that happening is to hire the best chef in town, unfortunately it happens to be his ex-wife Penny. Penny has a grand time watching and making Cal grovel. In the end she gets what she wants, including vacation time at the end of summer. What she doesn't tell Cal is this is for her baby's birth. When she and cal Divorced years ago it was mainly due to her wanting children and him not wanting them. But, what Penny doesn't know is that he already has one he had to give up. What he doesn't know is that Penny got pregnant from Invetro and never stopped loving him.
As Penny and Cal fall back in love you get to see their day to day interactions and how they both work on running the restaurant. The Grandmother tries to break them up but, that is spoiled by Cal and others. I addition you also get glimpses into the lives of the other Buchanan siblings with minor story lines. Walker resigns the Marines, Dani finds out her husband is cheating.
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Tanya, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Present (2000-2010)
Making a living subplot
Yes
Making a living:
- working at a business
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- chef/cook
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- Her
How much sexing?
- 1-2 sex acts
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