Ambition to Savor
B.B.E. Gwyn
(The Lone Thorn Series)
Publication date: February 7th 2025
Genres: Adult, Adventure, Fantasy
When a quest for magical ingredients takes you from kitchen to adventure, you’d better save your appetite.
Dedicated and cautious restaurant owner Jonathan Tessier dreams of crafting legendary recipes—the fame and fortune that might follow is a pretty nice bonus. But it’s all he can do to keep his restaurant afloat. Stolen ingredients, a surprise visit from a food critic, and a damaged reputation put his business at risk.
Jonathan knows he needs to make a change. A big one. Before he loses it all.
He and his eager head chef, Elenora Kerras, soon set off to find the bizarre ingredients that might save his restaurant. This hunt takes them through towns and wilderness, where they encounter dangerous beasts and sly individuals. They face challenges more thrilling than even their busiest dinner shifts.
Each success brings Jonathan ever closer to his lofty goal—until he stumbles upon his most startling discovery yet.
Will his dreams be worth all their luster, or will the revelation shatter his culinary world?
A standalone fantasy adventure in the Lone Thorn series, Ambition to Savor is a fun and whimsical tale that explores a question you never thought you needed to ask—What if a restaurant owner had magical powers and a dream to find flavors from deep within a world of hidden quirks?
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EXCERPT:
Jonathan did not recognize the names belonging to two out of the three critics, and he would not discredit their credentials for it, but he gawked at the third.
Lala Sweet. The Lala Sweet. Impossible.
The bottom right drawer of his desk contained a trove of newspaper clippings, printouts of online articles, and mementos of great accomplishments by esteemed culinarians. Little reminders of what he himself wanted to achieve. The top celebrity gourmet chef in Ameza with the endearing name provided more contributions to his collection than anyone else.
His veritable admiration for her far exceeded how ridiculous he normally would have thought her name to be. Praise for her restaurants and the unique taste of her cuisine had only escalated the past couple years, and that put her further out of his reach.
There was absolutely no way she would make the time to visit such a tiny, insignificant restaurant as his. Not a chance.
But what if this was the reality where it could happen? Perhaps there was that slim possibility he had underestimated the capabilities of the associate who cared to relay this information to him, as he had been inclined to do with most of these people. If the contents of this email turned out to indeed be reliable, Jonathan would just as vehemently refuse to forgive himself for letting this golden opportunity slip through his fingers as he would despise feeling a fool for being so gullible.
A glowing review from the one and only Lala Sweet would propel him into the renown he had been hungry for his entire career.
Such a grand reward was worth the minuscule risk. He replied with a declaration of his gratitude, a promise to connect the associate with his fellow Mercenaries, and an affirmation that he would be ready in time for their visit.
Maybe things, one by one, the mystery of the thefts and his restaurant’s reputation, were beginning to sort themselves out in his favor.
Author Bio:
B.B.E. Gwyn is an author who enjoys diving into realms of low fantasy adventure. She draws inspiration from tabletop role-playing games, yokai folklore, and all kinds of media featuring characters with fun, bizarre powers. Her novels focus on intricate plots and rich character development without any romance or spicy elements, using the full breadth of her pages to offer thrilling adventures in a mysterious world.
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