Coming out has not been easy for London-and that’s before going on television for the world to see. And in Dahlia, London finds someone who opens up their world. In London, Dahlia has someone she can trust, someone who cherishes her in a way that no one ever has. Like salty and sweet, they’re two great tastes that bring out the best in each other.

Where Dahlia is beautifully chaotic, London is intricately precise. Where Dahlia is spontaneous, London is structured. Where Dahlia is seeking purpose, London is focused and direct. And then the lifeline of cooking led her in a new direction: all the way to Los Angeles as one of 13 contestants on “Chef’s Special,” a cooking competition show.Īnita Kelly shares the secret sauce of their storytelling.Īlso in the lineup is London Parker, the show’s first nonbinary contestant. After years of drifting along without a clear direction, while also being stuck in a souring marriage that eventually ended in a painful divorce, she found solace in creating perfectly flavored soups and delicately crafted pasta. We begin with Dahlia Woodson, a rebel in desperate need of a cause who has grabbed onto cooking with both hands. What’s the secret sauce for writing a perfectly delicious romance novel? I have no idea, but I do know that Love & Other Disasters, Anita Kelly’s culinary whirl of a love story, has got it. The secret is in the sauce, as every chef knows. Easy, right? But knowing all the ingredients is no guarantee of producing a perfect dish.

A pair of attractive, charismatic characters meet, they have reasons why they can’t fall in love, they fall in love anyway, troubles intrude and then all the loose strings are tied together in a happily ever after.

A lot of people think writing a romance novel is easy.

Love and other disasters novel