{"product_id":"hungry-love-9798994966204","title":"Hungry Love","description":"A big-hearted foodie romance about heartbreak, healing, and the courage to want more.\u003cp\u003eAva Diaz has always been the one holding everything together: a rising food editor who gave up her dreams to be a chef, a devoted girlfriend, and a survivor of a childhood that taught her that love comes with fine print. But when a dinner she's sure will end in a proposal takes an unexpected turn instead, Ava's carefully curated life collapses in a single course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last person Ava expects to offer her a lifeline is Gavin Jones, her ex's older brother-guarded, maddeningly observant, and impossible to ignore. A man who has always treated her like a problem he can't quite solve. So when he offers her a summer job as his private chef on a remote Pacific Northwest island, she surprises herself by saying yes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt should be simple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what begins as a temporary arrangement becomes something far messier and more intimate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurrounded by wild shorelines, hidden coves, evergreen forests, farmers markets, and salt air, the island has a way of softening even the hardest hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Ava cooks for Gavin and others on the island who are nursing private losses of their own, she begins to wonder if the life she thought she wanted was never really hers-and if the thing she's most afraid to want is exactly what she's been missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of Emily Henry and Abby Jimenez, who love Mr. Darcy vibes, found family, slow-burn tension, and emotionally satisfying happy endings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tomiko Diaz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Ode Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994966204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiaz, Tomiko:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tomiko Diaz is the rom-com pen name of writer Ayn Gailey and Editor Gray Gailey. Ayn's work has appeared in Cosmo, Elle (UK), Latina, and Kinfolk, and her memoir Pornology was adapted into the film A Nice Girl Like You, starring Lucy Hale. She curates the romance book club at Darvill's bookstore on Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest, where she champions happily-ever-afters both on and off the page.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Tomiko Diaz \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48614130942109,"sku":"9798994966204","price":22.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_ae0ab9a9-0edb-4636-afdf-4083ab3db6df.jpg?v=1783464169","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/hungry-love-9798994966204","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}