The sweetest love stories, like the best recipes, depend on the right ingredients. Nettie Charbon dreams of turning her talent for beautifully decorated cookies and spectacular cakes into a business of her own. All she needs is a bigger kitchen.and the courage to believe she can succeed. Executive chef Thane Mercer never expected rescuing two orphaned puppies on a lonely Wyoming road to turn his orderly life upside down. With demanding hours at the resort, he needs someone to care for them while he's at work. Nettie needs a bigger kitchen. Their arrangement seems like the perfect solution: she'll help with the puppies, and he'll lend her his kitchen so she can launch her fledgling cookie business.

Their arrangement is purely practical.until it isn't. As Christmas approaches, a prestigious Christmas Eve wedding at Thane's resort gives them a chance to finally work side by side, and one unexpected kiss makes them question the friendship they've spent years protecting. Now they must decide whether they're willing to risk what they have for the love they refused to consider. The Chef's Christmas Kiss is a heartwarming friends-to-lovers romance filled with Christmas charm, rescued puppies, delicious food, and the magic of discovering that home has been waiting in the person beside you all along.