Marisol Murano burns more manuscripts than soufflés—both tend to collapse under pressure. By day, she’s a chef; by night, she chases swoony words on her keyboard. She is the best-selling author of The Lady, The Chef and the Courtesan, which won a Romance Writers of America RITA Award as well as the Original Voices award.  Her cat, Calamity, judges her harshly for the abysmal quality of her lap, which is prone to sudden, inexplicable movements when plots are not going her way.  Marisol believes that good romances, like a good sauce, need a steady simmer and the right amount of spice.