The Broken Path

by R. Christopher Christie

THE BROKEN PATH is a rich, emotionally engaging journey with a fascinating insider’s view of the culinary industry and the opening of a restaurant. It’s the story of a chef’s rise through the ranks to the ultimate pinnacle of becoming a celebrated chef, and the price paid to reach the top. As a Michelin starred chef and highly public marriage to a beautiful actress, it would seem that Richard Stratton has it all. Yet he decides to leave everything behind to return home to Canada and build his own dream from the ground up, As he opens his new, upscale restaurant amongst the historic cobblestone streets of Ottawa’s ByWard Market, Richard’s plans seem to be falling into place until a chance encounter with Nikki Barnum throws him off balance. Her reappearance is a sad reminder that it wasn’t over between them. When an old acquaintance publishes a malicious review of Richard’s restaurant to settle a personal vendetta, he does not yet realize how precariously his career and reputation, savings and even his life, all hang in the balance. As an intricate web of deceit, greed and ill will is unraveled, it threatens to destroy everything Richard holds dear, including the life of the one woman he has ever truly loved.

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First published October 7, 2013