The Turkey Leg Gambit
A Sapphic Renaissance Faire Romance

About this book:

At the Oakhaven Renaissance Festival, the air is thick with woodsmoke, the clatter of armor, and the simmering rivalry between two food vendors fighting for survival. Maeve Miller runs *The Roasted Realm* with brute force and hickory-smoked turkey legs that draw mile-long lines. Rosalind Thorne owns *The Hearth & Harvest*, where cast-iron skillets turn out saffron pork ragouts and savory pies pretty enough to frame. They despise each other's methods, aesthetics, and the way their arguments leave them both breathless—until a sprained wrist and a looming health inspection force a desperate truce.

With the Golden Gobbler culinary contest returning after a decade, the prize—a three-year fee exemption for the coveted center-alley spot—could save both their businesses. But the contest allows only one winner. As they merge their kitchens into a single, chaotic operation, trading Maeve's low-and-slow mastery for Rosalind's surgical precision, the line between strategic alliance and something far more dangerous blurs over shared cutting boards and stolen glances. Lord Sterling's bureaucratic meddling, a withering food critic's impending visit, and sabotage at the spit only raise the stakes.

*The Turkey Leg Gambit* serves up a deliciously slow-burn sapphic romance where enemies become partners, partners become something neither will name, and the only thing hotter than the smokers is the chemistry between two women who'd rather burn the festival down than admit they're falling in love.