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Raw & Roasted: A Grumpy/Sunshine Forced Proximity MM Romance
A perfectionist chef. A reclusive farmer. One washed-out bridge that traps them together.
Remy Castillo has a plan. He has a five-star restaurant in D.C., a career built on absolute control, and a looming review from the city's toughest critic. What he doesn’t have is the specific New Mexico Hatch chiles he needs to save his signature dish.
Desperate, he drives into rural Virginia to beg Silas Ashford—a reclusive farmer with a reputation for being impossible—to sell him his private stock.
Silas doesn’t like the city. He doesn’t like noise. And he definitely doesn’t like the soaking wet, high-strung chef shivering on his porch demanding peppers.
Silas says no. Then the storm hits.
When a flash flood washes out the only bridge back to civilization, Remy is stranded. Trapped in a farmhouse with no cell service, no escape, and a man who looks like he wrestles bears for fun.
Silas is rugged, taciturn, and runs hotter than a cast-iron stove. And when the power goes out, the only way to stay warm is to share the only bed in the house.
Remy is used to controlling the heat in the kitchen. But in Silas’s arms, he’s about to learn that the best things in life are messy, unscripted, and completely out of his control.
Raw & Roasted is a high-heat, forced proximity MM romance featuring a size difference that matters, a chef who needs to let go, and a farmer who plays for keeps. It is the first book in the Ironroot Farm series and can be read as a standalone.
Remy Castillo has a plan. He has a five-star restaurant in D.C., a career built on absolute control, and a looming review from the city's toughest critic. What he doesn’t have is the specific New Mexico Hatch chiles he needs to save his signature dish.
Desperate, he drives into rural Virginia to beg Silas Ashford—a reclusive farmer with a reputation for being impossible—to sell him his private stock.
Silas doesn’t like the city. He doesn’t like noise. And he definitely doesn’t like the soaking wet, high-strung chef shivering on his porch demanding peppers.
Silas says no. Then the storm hits.
When a flash flood washes out the only bridge back to civilization, Remy is stranded. Trapped in a farmhouse with no cell service, no escape, and a man who looks like he wrestles bears for fun.
Silas is rugged, taciturn, and runs hotter than a cast-iron stove. And when the power goes out, the only way to stay warm is to share the only bed in the house.
Remy is used to controlling the heat in the kitchen. But in Silas’s arms, he’s about to learn that the best things in life are messy, unscripted, and completely out of his control.
Raw & Roasted is a high-heat, forced proximity MM romance featuring a size difference that matters, a chef who needs to let go, and a farmer who plays for keeps. It is the first book in the Ironroot Farm series and can be read as a standalone.
164 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 9, 2026
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May 22, 2026
Good story
Its a good story, though there is a farely large editing error. If it was fixed, then it would be 5 star.
Check the scene were they are baking bread and Silas first tells Remy about Marcus.... or rather, both scenes were he first tells Remy about Marcus. I might cut that down to just one.
Its a good story, though there is a farely large editing error. If it was fixed, then it would be 5 star.
Check the scene were they are baking bread and Silas first tells Remy about Marcus.... or rather, both scenes were he first tells Remy about Marcus. I might cut that down to just one.
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