When your perfect trio becomes a quartet, the heat gets turned up to eleven.

Ryan Mitchell thought he had it all figured out. A thriving BBQ competition team. Two incredible women who fit him like custom-made smokers fit brisket. Then Hana Park's transmission dies at the worst possible moment, and suddenly their perfectly balanced triangle becomes something more complicated -- and more right -- than he ever imagined.

Hana's been running solo for too long. Her Korean fusion BBQ truck, Seoul Fire, represents everything she's fought to build away from her controlling parents' expectations. But when Chef's Kiss offers her a lifeline after a devastating equipment failure, she discovers something more dangerous than financial ruin: a family that sees her, values her, and makes her question everything she thought she knew about herself.

Four people. Four proteins. One championship dream.

As competition season heats up and their quartet finds its rhythm, the stakes go higher than just turn-in boxes and smoke rings. Hana's learning that trust doesn't make you weak -- it makes you stronger. Ryan's discovering that "dad energy" means more than just steady hands on a smoker. And Piper and Mari are finding that love doesn't divide when you add another heart to the mix.

But when Mari's father shows up with threats that go beyond family drama, the team realizes their biggest competition isn't on the leaderboard. It's protecting what they've built from someone who sees loyalty as currency and family as leverage.

Warning: Contains explicit scenes, multiple partners, competence porn for BBQ nerds, and enough gochujang references to send you straight to your nearest Korean grocery store.

Spicy Fusion is the third book of the Chef's Kiss Barbecue series. A slow-burning, slice-of-life, age-gap contemporary romance series that melds Texas barbecue culture, RV/van life coastal adventure, competition barbecue, and digital nomad lifestyle. Sharp humor, witty banter, and nerd culture combine in this harem romance of midlife reinvention.

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