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Book first appears in: The Dom Who Loved Me
Main character in The Dom Who Loved Me, Chef's Special (from Master Bits and Mercenary Bites~The Secret Recipes of Topped)
Physical description: big hazel eyes, red hair
Relatives mentioned: Husband: Sean Taggart. Kids: David Hawthorne, Kyle Hawthorne, Carys Taggart, Lucas Taggart.
Other information:
Was Ian's assistant for several years before leaving to help Sean run his restaurants.
Two kids in college when she met Sean.
Arrested at several protests, on two occasions brought in and released, but charged with assaulting an officer on a third occasion, placed on parole and the charge purged from her record on her eighteenth birthday.
Late husband: Pete.
Grace served as McKay-Taggart's long time office manager before she left the company to help build Sean's restaurant empire.
Grace is partial to designer shoes, margaritas, guacamole and bottoming for her hot chef hubby.
At least once a year, she sneaks out to their pool completely naked and texts her husband to remind herself that getting caught is sometimes a good thing.
Grace's love of skinny-dipping - all alone and only for herself because it's not some weird plea for attention - comes from me. I used to go out late at night with the pool lights off and swim sans suit. One night I was swimming and that was when the house next door decided to move their party onto the balcony where they could easily see into my yard. Needless to say I clung to the side of the pool for about an hour before hubby came out with a robe. Grace's night ended way better than mine.
I own the shoes Grace is wearing in the picture when Sean first sees her.
Grace's maiden name is Thornton. Hawthorne is the last name of her first husband and her sons from her first marriage. Her original name is mentioned exactly once in the entire series - in DWLM by Ian when he's talking about the time she was arrested as a teen.