Althea — Karen Nichols

Althea Fairfax loved catering. She loved her kitchen and she felt alive creating and arranging party buffets for her clients. Enter Murphy's Law, a broken van, a friendly guest and the arrival of an angry brother. And a bit of punch that definitely packed one.

Losing more than her inhibitions, Althea thought she'd escaped quickly and quietly.

When Theo Hadley suddenly appeared in her training kitchen, all the memorized lectures for the small class disappeared, replaced with the memories he'd aroused a few nights before.

Theo had worked his way to a very profitable, well-respected company. He wanted everything for his brother that he hadn't been granted growing up. He wanted the prestige that he thought money could buy him. And that included Althea Fairfax.