I wish the book had spent more time on the main character being able to "see herself naked." I loved the family dynamics though, very realistic.

Elizabeth Page is a 5 star chef. She works in a field that is completely oppisite of her famous father and brother who are writers. She is waiting for the man she thinks she loves to love her enough to stay and trying to figure out where her life is really going. Since her five/eleven year plan is failing her.
At one of her mother's charity auctions she meets a man she thought she would never fall for. It turns out that she fell in love with him anyway.
This book is a definition of dysfunctional. Father making out with son's current fling in the kitchen at a family dinner, Fist fight at Thanksgiving, Chef that degrads and disrespects his employees.
I think what saved this book was the ending. The initmate life changing event of witnessing a child being born, and a boyfriend willing to put aside his ego for just one minute to see the bigger picture. I think Daniel's character was a wonderful fantasy but I don't think it was very realistic that he would get Elizabeth's insecurities and fears without her having to spell them out.
I enjoyed this book, it was a nice romance with a heavy dose of getting your priorities straight and what it means to be happy as an individual. The author also gives us a good perspective of what it actually means to be in the food industry; the politics and personalities of chefs in a professional kitchen.
Fun, quick, easy read. A little too much swearing, but once I got past that, it was a good read