Open Table

Sage Marston hasn't written a real review or walked into a professional kitchen since the night her life fell apart. Four years ago, a review she doesn't even remember writing shuttered Manhattan's hottest new restaurant and destroyed her career. Now, seeking a quiet culinary retreat at Black Cedar Lodge, she makes a horrifying discovery. The executive chef is Knox Bell. The man whose restaurant she closed.

Sage expects to be sent packing. Instead, Knox tells her to stay.

Sober, intensely patient, and hyper-competent, Knox isn't interested in revenge. He's been waiting four years to find out who the woman behind the byline really is. In the quiet hours after midnight, Knox invites Sage into his kitchen, teaching her to hold a knife, to trust her palate, and to surrender to a safety she's never known. But when the truth about the past finally surfaces, Sage must decide if she's brave enough to stop hiding and fight for the chef who fed her soul.