"Those handsome cowboys are stealing hearts again."

Duets Cooking Up Trouble/Kiss the Cook By Molly O'Keefe

Molly O'Keefe has acquired a new fan. I laughed so hard it made me cry. I can't believe I missed her first book.

Cooking Up Trouble begins with the middle Cook brother, Mark. When Hollywood hunk Dirk Mason comes to the Cook ranch to learn how to be a cowboy, the whole ranch is being turned upside down just for him. Mark doesn't see what the big deal is, but he sure doesn't like the fact that Dirk is cozying up to his best friend Alyssa.

Alyssa Halloway figures after 21 years of being friends, that Mark would eventually get the hint that she loved him. But, they say love is blind, and boy is Mark. The green eyed monster, jealousy, grabs ahold of Mark and shows him exactly what he is missing. Alyssa spending all of her time with Dirk and Mark wants to put a stop to it.

Will Mark open his eyes and his heart before it's too late with Alyssa? Or has Dirk Mason already swept her off of her feet.

Kiss the Cook brings you Billy's story, the youngest Cook brother. Billy Cook is the legendary heartbreaker of Lincoln, Montana. No woman has ever been able to snare Billy's heart. Swearing that he will never get married until he is 40, Billy hightails it whenever a woman starts to try to get those commitment ties strapped on him. Billy has only loved one woman, Kate Jenkins, but Kate broke his teenage heart when she left 13 years ago.

Kate has returned to Montana, pregnant and alone. All she wants is for her baby to be born around the love she always felt at the Morning Glory Ranch. Vowing to make a new life for her and her new baby, Kate vows that she doesn't need a man to take care of her. But the sight of Billy Cook, the man she loved those many years ago, tests her strength.

Will Kate's wanderlust soul stay in town for good? Will Billy be able to believe she's not going to leave and break his heart a second time?

I loved these stories. I am going to have to find Ethan's story now. I just hope that Molly O'Keefe continues and lets us know about the Cook brother's sister, Samantha. I never wanted to put the book down. She is a new author auto buy for me. She took the love of teenagers and brought the adults together to make a true-life happy ending, bumps in the road of life included.

Bea Sigman

Reviewed by Beatrice Sigman
Posted April 12, 2003

Summary

Cooking Up Trouble by Molly O'Keefe
Mark Cook shouldn't mind that a Hollywood heartthrob is intruding on his family's ranch to learn how to be a cowboy. Or that Mr. Moviestar is getting a bit too close to his best friend, Alyssa Halloway. But, damn it all, he's jealous to the point of distraction whenever he sees them together! And to compete with a gorgeous actor for Alyssa's heart, things are gonna get dirty down on the farm....

Kiss the Cook by Molly O'Keefe
No one has ever been able to hook heartbreaker Billy Cook like wild Kate Jenkins. Her passionate kisses made him fall in love thirteen years ago, only for her to turn around and break his teenage heart by leaving town. In fact, she's the reason he vowed to be a confirmed bachelor! Now pregnant, Kate is back in Montana to deliver her baby, claiming her wanderlust days are over. And Billy can't help wonder if his vow was a bit too hasty....