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Bite Me (Kitchen Gods) Paperback – February 3, 2018

by Beth Bolden (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 488 ratings
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Talented pastry chef Miles Costa is bored. Working at the celebrated Napa Valley restaurant Terroir is supposed to be the cherry on top to a promising career, but instead it's a creative desert. So when he gets an offer to turn his online video series into a career, he leaves his three best friends in Napa and swaps Terroir for Los Angeles.

With the resources now at his fingertips, turning his pastry series into a hit should be easy. Then Miles meets his producer, Evan Patterson, and realizes he’s screwed. And not even in the good way.

It's not a meet-cute . . .

Evan lives to work and loves every minute detail Miles loathes. Not only that, he seems hell bent on micromanaging every aspect of Miles' show despite the fact he knows nothing about the culinary arts. Evan doesn’t even like sweets—until Miles seduces him with a rainbow of delectable confections he can't resist.

. . . it's a collision.

With every confrontation, the intensity between them flares even hotter until they're not sure if it's hatred they feel . . .or something else. Is it possible for two people with nothing in common to discover common ground and romance?

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    Kitchen Gods
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    1985066289
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (February 3, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 357 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1985066289
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1985066281
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.18 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.81 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 488 ratings

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A lifelong Oregonian, Beth Bolden has just recently moved to North Carolina with her supportive husband and their sweet kitten, Earl Grey. Beth still believes in Keeping Portland Weird, and intends to be just as weird in Raleigh.

Beth has been writing practically since she learned the alphabet. Unfortunately, her first foray into novel writing, titled Big Bear with Sparkly Earrings, wasn’t a bestseller, but hope springs eternal. She’s published twenty novels and six short stories.

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Angel
5.0 out of 5 stars Chocolate chunk peanut butter cookies anyone?
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2021
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Miles is a very talented and successful pastry chef, he worked his way up the ladder and landed himself a position in one of the best restaurants in Napa Valley. However, what most people consider a prestigious position he considers a ball and chain. He isn't allowed to express his natural creativity and can't voice his opinions in his position. So, he creates videos showing off the types of desserts he not only created but has a real passion to make. After his latest video goes viral his life irrevocably changes. It's not just his job that changes but his love life.

Evan is talented also in his own right. Despite all the bad hands he was dealt he made a royal flush with them. He worked his way up the chain and went from an assistant for an assistant to a producer who picked the person he wanted to sign to the company. He wasn't expecting Miles. And Miles wasn't expecting Evan. They crashed into each other metaphorically and literally. They run cold and then hot and then frigid.

This was a really good story, I must admit that sometimes how many times they went back and forth was a little repetitive but still enjoyable. I loved how what Miles was baking was described in detail. I personally enjoy baking so since this was so detailed I could envision it happening. So great! The romance was good, so was the chemistry. I also loved how Miles friends were so woven into the telling of this story, I'm really intrigued by them and want to learn there story. I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants a light hot and cold relationship with sweetness stirred in.
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Kim Stone
4.0 out of 5 stars Great mm story.
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2024
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I’ve read this author before but not this series. I listened to the audio book. This is a mm contemporary romance. The main characters are Miles a chef and very uptight Evan a television producer. Enemies to lovers genre and boy do they hate each other. Love wins in the end. A great story.
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Pat W
5.0 out of 5 stars A joy to read!
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2019
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This is Book 1 in the "Kitchen Gods" series and I have to say that it was well worth the read! The storyline was well written with characters that were so well detailed that I couldn't put this book down, so I ended up reading it in one sitting! I look forward to reading more from this author!
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Beth I-L
4.0 out of 5 stars Don’t read hungry!
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2020
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This was an enjoyable story about two stubborn, strong willed men trying to work together and ultimately being able to give up enough control to realize that the other is just what they each needed.

Miles is a pastry chef at the top restaurant in Napa. Evan is an assistant, hoping to be a producer, who after watching videos Miles has made to relieve his boredom, convinces his boss to recruit him to do a show. Reed convinces Miles and makes Evan the producer of the show. To say things don’t go well from the start is an understatement.

As they finally get on the road to a relationship each man learns what he has to compromise on to make this work.

There are points where the story moves a little slowly and I had trouble staying engaged. But after moving through those, and especially in the later half of the book, the story pulls you in an you root for these two guys to get their act together and salvage their show and careers. The cooking and baking elements are interesting and it’s a definite bonus that links to recipes are included at the end of the book. I read book two before this one not realizing it was part of a series and thoroughly enjoyed that one. So this book, and the series, are a definite recommend.
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L.D.
3.0 out of 5 stars Pastries and Romance
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2020
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The first book in the Kitchen Gods series features a talented pastry chef, Miles, who is stuck working at a prestigious, yet creatively boring, restaurant. The only outlet Miles has to express his creative side with pastries and desserts, is on his online video series. What starts off as a creative outlet soon grabs the attention of a professional production studio, and before Miles knows it, he has been offered the chance of a lifetime – to star in his own professionally produced cooking show. The only catch: he has to share creative control with Evan Patterson, the biggest control-freak Miles has ever met. Miles and Evan clash both on the professional level and the personal level while they try to figure out how to work with each other while also simultaneous falling in love with each other.

This book contained a lot of personal conflict between Miles and Evan, but it also contained some really wonderful tender and romantic moments between the men as well as some hot sex scenes. I adored all the pastry and cooking scenes, and I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed pastry dough being used as a tool for flirting.

Overall, this was a decent and entertaining book. The writing wasn’t as smooth as I would like with a few awkward sentences, but nothing that was too noticeable. The pacing of the plot was a little slow a times, but other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
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Terry@BismARk
5.0 out of 5 stars Very tasty
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2023
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This is a delightful opposites attract story. Evan and Miles have to work hard to get out of their own way. I enjoy this author very much.
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javamonster
4.0 out of 5 stars An Immovable Object Meets an Unstoppable Force
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2018
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*Almost.There* The characters were a ton of fun. Miles was laid back and are there guys who really wear ties as daily wear? Tell me please, no. My grandpa wore ties.

While I could see the conflict between the two men, at times it seemed like they were each overreacting to what was said, which didn’t sound at all like cannons fired. Maybe that was me? The conflict felt manufactured at first, but then the story got down into the swing of it, and Things Got Real.

I love roommate series; this series is based on the chef roommates who Miles lives (lived) with in Napa, and I love how they interact. I can’t wait for Kian’s story - I can tell that’s going to be terrific.
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Anne M
5.0 out of 5 stars Great start to the series
Reviewed in Canada on January 19, 2024
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Story = 4.5
Narration = 4 stars

Rating this 4.5 because I really loved this story and was going to rate it 5 stars overall but Miles was a character that had to grow on me. His automatic hatred for Evan just because he wasn't a chef like he was made zero sense to me. They hired Miles because he was a brilliant top chef so why would he need to work with another chef. His thinking made zero sense. It was logical that what he needed was media help to get notice and make it big which Evan had. He really should have been greatful. Other than that I really enjoyed Evans character and I really did like the 2 characters together. Although I didn't understand the reasoning behind Miles behavior, I did enjoy the banter, push and pull, the sexual tension and finslly the angry hate sex.

This was a light, fun story that kept my interest from start to finish. I considered the angst low as well as the heat but did find their sparks and chemistry off the charts. I wasn't bored at all listening to this and thoroughly enjoyed listening to all the baking lessons. Evans back story added some hurt/comfort feels that I loved and the ending was sweet.

I also, enjoyed the world the author created and all of the side characters (a few were awful but hopefully if we see them again they will act differently). Looking forward to more.

This was a new to me narrator and I think they did a good job. They sounded age appropriate and had a very pleasant reading voice. The expressed all the emotions really well and that helped bring the story to life. I didn't hear any obvious voice change between the 2 MCs but hopefully the narrator gets better throughout the series. He did make a honorable try at changing his voice for some of the side characters. Overall, I really enjoyed listening to this book.
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Celpompom
5.0 out of 5 stars Great first installment in the series
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2019
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This was a great enemies to lovers story.

I loved the evolution of Miles, he started has a bit of a "I am the best, you know nothing" type, but he slowly started realising that there was more to life and his future than what he is great at, and that he doesn't need to shove it down people's throat. I think without that I wouldn't have connected with him, but thanks to that I really warmed up to him, and was rooting for him as the story progressed.

I loved Evan, we see his dedication and insecurities from the beginning. He is icy, but so ready to be loved. And I loved how Miles eventually sees it and works to break that ice.

Great book
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SIMMERRI_1
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and Touching
Reviewed in Australia on September 7, 2019
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Miles is a pastry chef, a really good one with a very prestigious job at Terroir, a Michelin Star restaurant in Napa. But he feels stifled, doing the same white chocolate lemon mousse pyramids daily for years. He loves experimenting and perfecting his desserts and so he starts a vlog cooking and chatting. His last video goes viral and that’s where Evan steps in, a producer wanting to make Miles’ little videos into a professional TV show. The two MCs clash as they both fight to get their own way.
Following their journey was fantastic, loved all the snarky comments and tension between them. I also really loved Miles’ 3 roommates who each star in a book in the series. Such strong characters, you want to follow their stories too.
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K.H.
4.0 out of 5 stars Pride and Snobbishness
Reviewed in Canada on March 26, 2020
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This was an enemies-to-lovers story that felt at times like it wouldn't make it past the enemies part. It was fears and stubbornness that kept them at each other's throats and could have derailed everything. Seeing whether they would get past that was very interesting.

Miles has the ideal job as a pastry chef in a Michelin star restaurant. But he is unhappy and when a job offer comes along for his baking videos he takes the chance. What Miles didn't realize is that the job would come with a strict producer, Evan, determined to make the show a success. The two immediately are at odds with their different experiences and the belief that their way is the only way. The more they fight the less likely it seems the show will happen until both their careers may be in jeopardy.

Miles does have some ego and pride in all of this. As a professional chef that has come through his training and his work, the belief that not everyone can do this and he is a step above. That snobbishness is rough on anyone around him and puts him quite at odds in his new profession. However, when Miles isn't caught up with his cooking snob ways he is a fairly laid back guy. He is loyal to his friends and clearly good to those around him, but he isn't letting that side out when he comes to LA. When he does try to let that out to Evan it starts to balance things out.

Evan has fought every step of the way to get where he is in his job and in his life. He knows what works best for shows and is determined to have this next step in his career work. When Miles turns out to be a snob he sees it will be an uphill battle but is bound and determined to have it work out anyway. When it seems that it will mean a fight he digs in more which only makes everything worse. Evan wants to be friends with Miles but is worried it will be impossible with all that had happened.

It is a rough go for these two to get anywhere. They dig in when it makes it worse and it could have ruined everything. It was a good journey to get through and hints towards the next books that look to be just as interesting!
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April MR
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in Australia on June 6, 2018
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This was a good read. You are aware of the chemistry between Miles and Evan from the point in the story where they cross paths and onwards. There is a good mix of drama and humor through out. I would recommend. - Sean's Wife
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