An invitation-only cooking competition. A private island. A man who has been watching her for years.

At first, I thought Chef Blaze Turner was only cruel.

A world-famous culinary genius with blue eyes sharp enough to carve straight through me and a reputation built on humiliation, perfection, and fear.

But I was drowning when his invitation came. Buried in debt, abandoned by the only family I had, one missed payment away from losing everything. He offered me a way out. A new name. A new life. A second chance at the only thing I've ever wanted to be good at.

All I had to do was win.

Then I started noticing things.

The meals arriving in my room before I asked for them. The private messages from a stranger who knows exactly what I crave. The feeling of being watched even when I'm alone.

Someone has been stalking me. And he was watching long before this island.

And the worst part?

Some broken, starving part of me likes it.

Because for the first time in my life, someone is looking.

But Dorcha is hiding more than secrets behind its kitchen doors. Contestants keep disappearing. The staff don't answer questions. The fog swallows screams before they reach the sea.

I should leave.

Instead, I keep letting him closer.

Because monsters know hunger better than anyone.

And Chef Blaze Turner looks at me like he already knows exactly how I taste.