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The first installment in a “charming” cozy mystery series set at Kensington Palace and starring “a gutsy heroine”—a perfect read for foodies and royal fanatics (Kirkus Reviews)!

The new, American-born chef to the British royal family must struggle to ‘keep calm and carry on’ when a body turns up in the royal gardens . . .

Chef Carrie Ann Cole is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime—an assignment as the new Personal Chef to the Royal Family at Kensington Palace. But no sooner has Carrie Ann touched down across the pond and donned her apron than a dead body crops up beneath the royal kale beds.
With one assistant dead and the other soon under suspicion for his murder, Carrie Ann is scrambling to keep her kitchen up and running. Not to mention she gets off to an immediate bad start with the tempestuous Royal Chef Butterbottom, who has a bitter taste in his mouth since the prestigious position in the Royal Family's kitchen was given to an "over-privileged, under-educated American chef."
But the Royal Family's appetites wait for no one, and Carrie Ann must solve the murder and still get supper on the table on time—even with the annoyingly handsome Head of Security Ian Gordon tracking her every move like an MI6 agent.
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The new, American-born chef to the British royal family must struggle to ‘keep calm and carry on’ when a body turns up in the royal gardens . . .

Chef Carrie Ann Cole is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime—an assignment as the new Personal Chef to the Royal Family at Kensington Palace. But no sooner has Carrie Ann touched down across the pond and donned her apron than a dead body crops up beneath the royal kale beds.
With one assistant dead and the other soon under suspicion for his murder, Carrie Ann is scrambling to keep her kitchen up and running. Not to mention she gets off to an immediate bad start with the tempestuous Royal Chef Butterbottom, who has a bitter taste in his mouth since the prestigious position in the Royal Family's kitchen was given to an "over-privileged, under-educated American chef."
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      • source: Julie Hyzy, author of the New York Times bestselling White House Chef Mystery Series
      • content: “Anglophiles rejoice! Kale to the Queen, Nell Hampton’s first Kensington Palace Chef Mystery, is as delightful a treat as afternoon tea. Hampton’s engaging protagonist and breezy writing style will keep readers captivated in this charming across-the-pond adventure. You’ll be chuffed to bits! Don’t miss it!"
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      • source: Connie Archer, author of the national bestselling Soup Lover’s Mystery Series
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        A chef's dream job may be the death of her.Chicago native Carrie Ann Cole has come to Kensington Palace to work as the family chef for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The security is tight and the palace rules daunting, but she quickly settles into her little suite and starts to meet the natives. Handsome Ian Gordon, head of security, greets her warmly, but Mrs. Worth, the household manager, is made of sterner stuff. Carrie Ann's kitchen staff includes butcher Frank Deems, prep man Michael Haregrove, and Jasper Fedman, who supplies the household with greens and herbs from the attached greenhouse where Carrie Ann finds Deems' dead body. His murder puts the palace staff in an uproar, for either there was a major security breach or the killer is a staff member. Carrie Ann's work is restricted to a small area in the large kitchen run by resentful Chef Butterbottom, who thinks he should be providing food for the Cambridge family. When Haregrove is arrested for the murder, Carrie Ann feels sure he's innocent, but all she can do is take food to his wife, who's battling cancer, and their two young boys. Not until the greenhouse is torn down does she finally meet Fedman, a strikingly handsome man who invites her out to dinner. Unfortunately, their goodnight kiss is witnessed by her boyfriend, John, a rising culinary star who flew in from Chicago to propose. It was hard enough for Carrie Ann to put their six-year relationship on a long-distance basis when he refused to move to London; now John's moving to California, where he wants her to become his sous chef. Carrie Ann distracts herself by making inquiries about the staff. She learns that Deems had a gambling addiction that might just provide a motive for murder, though proving it won't be easy. A charming debut foodie cozy with a gutsy heroine, a neat little mystery, and the requisite appended recipes.

        COPYRIGHT(2017) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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        Hampton’s debut mystery gets kitchen ego spot-on. No matter that jet-lagged Midwesterner Carrie Ann Cole, the new family chef for the young duke and duchess of Cambridge, finds her assistant, Francis Deems, “toes up” under the kale bed on morning one at Kensington Palace. And that security chief Ian Gordon imperiously moves Carrie Ann’s operation into the kitchen of palace culinary top banana, anti-American Chef Butterbottom. Driven, disciplined Carrie Ann just washes her hands and prepares the royals an organic, locally sourced breakfast, on time—complete with fresh blueberry ginger scones. Hampton knows British food, but her menu is heavy on red herrings sauced in strained satire. Foodie puns and dubious characteristics include round-nosed Inspector Garrote and “swarthy” (meaning dangerous, as in the Hardy Boys?) prep cook George Rabe, who bitterly quits on his second day. Desserts more suitable to a romance punctuate the mains: gardener Jasper Fedman is “shockingly handsome”; “Greek god” Ian emanates “spicy cologne and warm male.” Pass the vinegar, please. Agent: Paige Wheeler, Creative Media Agency.

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The new, American-born chef to the British royal family must struggle to ‘keep calm and carry on’ when a body turns up in the royal gardens . . .

Chef Carrie Ann Cole is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime—an assignment as the new Personal Chef to the Royal Family at Kensington Palace. But no sooner has Carrie Ann touched down across the pond and donned her apron than a dead body crops up beneath the royal kale beds.
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