Debra H. Goldstein

Sarah Blair is a little skeptical when her mother—who insists on being called Maybelle even by her own daughters—enters a reality TV show competition for Southern Belle brides to be. Her eyebrows rise even further when Maybelle tells her that she’s needed on set as her mother’s chaperone, in the grand Southern tradition of decorous,…

Sarah Blair is waiting outside Carleton Junior Community College for Grace Winston, who’s both her friend and the sous chef at the restaurant she co-owns. Grace is teaching an introductory class on knife skills for the college’s culinary school, which shouldn’t be too taxing given both Grace’s skill and her desire to give back to…