YES, CHEF Tour with Grace Reilly & Peyton Corinne

Schedule

Tue Jul 28 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

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Shelf Love DSM | Des Moines, IA

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Join us to celebrate the release of YES, CHEF with author Grace Reilly! Your ticket includes a Q&A , signing, and a copy of the book.
About this Event

Join us to celebrate the release of Yes, Chef by author Grace Reilly. Grace will be in conversation with Peyton Corinne, author of the Unsteady, Unloved, and Unbound!

The evening will start with an author chat and will be followed by a meet-and-greet and signing. The purchase of a ticket comes with a copy of Yes, Chef.

This event will be hosted at Shelf Love DSM unless capacity exceeds our maximum; we will then move to an alternate location in the Drake neighborhood.


About Yes, Chef

The Bear meets It Happened One Summer in this delicious new romance from USA Today bestselling author Grace Reilly, in which a down-on-his-luck chef and a determined social media maven strike a reluctant deal to bring a beloved restaurant back to life.

If you can’t take the heat…get out of the kitchen.

After a public meltdown in the dining room of one of Manhattan’s most elite restaurants, Chef Jack Hartman is back in his South Florida hometown. Angry, grieving, and saddled with the unwanted storefront his late mentor left him, his life is spinning out of control. And that’s before Poppy Winfield, the blond, bubbly, utterly infuriating daughter of his former boss, shows up at his dock.

Poppy needs to escape. From her disapproving family, her horrible ex-boyfriend, and her reputation as someone who has never taken anything seriously. But more than that, she wants to prove herself—and she has just the plan to do it. Unfortunately, that plan involves Jack Hartman, the most arrogant, prickly, intimidating man she’s ever had the pleasure of throwing a shrimp at.

She knows Jack is desperate to come back from his unceremonious firing, so she proposes a deal: working together to open a revamped version of his mentor’s restaurant. He’ll handle the menu, and she’ll use her skill as a social media influencer to sell the hell out of its grand opening. If she and Jack can make the restaurant a success, it’ll be an accomplishment no one can deny—and a ticket for them both to return to New York.

Jack is intrigued, but only on his terms: if Poppy’s going to work for him, she must learn the ropes of the entire business. Including how to cook. From him.

As sparks fly both in and out of the kitchen and tensions reach a boiling point, Poppy and Jack are left wondering--could they be a perfect pairing? Or is this whole experiment a recipe for disaster?


TROPES

Grumpy-sunshine

Forced proximity

Friends with benefits

Opposites attract

Found family


About Grace Reilly

Grace Reilly is the USA Today bestselling author of swoony, spicy contemporary romances with heart—and usually a healthy dose of sports. When she’s not dreaming up stories, she can be found in the kitchen trying out a new recipe, cuddling her pack of dogs, or watching sports. Originally from New York, she now lives in Florida, which is troubling given her fear of alligators. She is the author of First Down, Breakaway, Stealing Home, and Wicked Serve, the college-set sports Beyond the Play series about the Callahan siblings.


About Peyton Corinne

Peyton Corinne is a writer of romances with imperfect characters, angst and lots of heart. Her stories come with a healthy dose of swoon and angst, of hurt and comfort, and—though it make take them some time, they always end with a happily ever after. She has been writing since she was young, but is finally letting those stories live further than her notes app. If she's not writing, she's probably making another cup of coffee, rewatching Twilight and frantically reading through her own endless TBR. Peyton loves to laugh, but her books might make you cry.



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Agenda

🕑: 06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Doors Open
🕑: 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Q&A with Grace & Peyton
🕑: 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Signing
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Shelf Love DSM, 2326 University Avenue, Des Moines, United States

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