AI-FREE! 100% certified organic author-created content. No artificial intelligence was used in the writing of this book. "A fresh, exciting voice who knows how to stir a reader's blood."-Romantic Times BOOKClub A woman with a taste for adventure...a man who knows how to satisfy her hunger. The chef to Queen Mary cooks up fiery romance with a spirited Scottish minstrel at the most controversial banquet in Tudor history. Tristan MacKenzie, a brilliant chef in the royal household, plans to impress Queen Mary at the baptism feast for her infant son, until an intrepid minstrel, Mery Graham, arrives to stir the pot. A woman's place is definitely not in the kitchen, but daring Mery isn't intimidated by the handsome chef who's whetted her appetite for romance. Mery's impetuousness becomes a recipe for disaster as she begins to fall in love and out of wanderlust. And when insatiable curiosity lands her in the middle of a plot to assassinate the prince, Tristan must risk his life and his future-leaping from the frying pan into the fire-to save the sassy lass who has stolen his heart. MacKENZIE'S LASS Book 3 of Scottish Lasses Meet the lasses in the world of Mary Queen of Scots...Like the Scottish thistle, they're lovely yet tough, beautiful yet prickly, and only the strongest and wisest heroes are able to elude their thorns to discover the tender blossom within. In This Series Scottish Lasses 1542 - THE OUTCAST (a novella) 1545 - MacFARLAND'S LASS 1561 - MacADAM'S LASS 1566 - MacKENZIE'S LASS Key Themes: Scottish historical romance, adventure stories, strong women, Scottish brides, Highland romance, Tudor books, traveling minstrel, medieval banquet, chef, Mary Queen of Scots, stories about food and cooking, stories with humor