Sometimes the only way to move forward… is to go back. JAMES I don't know what's more shocking—the sudden end to my marriage, or the fact that I'd married a woman at all. But now I'm broke and homeless, kicked out of my Upper West Side apartment while my ex-wife walks away with everything we've ever worked for. So what's an executive chef stripped of his dignity gonna do? Go back to Jersey with his tail between his legs, that's what. BEN I can’t say that spending a decade pining after my best friend was the best use of my time. While I'd pretty much become an expert at the whole unrequited love thing, I'd resigned myself to the fact that Jimmy and I were never gonna happen. But when Jimmy turned up on my doorstep in his hour of need, I jumped at the chance to offer him my bed—er, couch. I mean, what are friends for, right? Now that he's released from the shackles of matrimony, I can't wait to show him exactly what he's been missing out on all these years. What I didn't anticipate was him showing me that maybe I'd been missing out too.

When the stakes are this high, it's all or nothing. The only place Jeremy Cohen takes risks is in the kitchen. Introverted and cautious, it takes an offer to compete in a cooking competition on the Culinary Fare Network to tempt him out of his comfort zone. Winning might be a long shot, but passing it up isn’t an option, even if it’s the most terrifying thing he’s ever done. Kai Morgan is done with people underestimating him. His lack of experience might make him the underdog, but taking first place in the most highly-regarded cooking competitions in the country would go a long way toward changing that. Unfortunately, there’s more than one distraction and ignoring them is proving next to impossible. Wyatt Finley is the best chef in the city and he knows it. He might be full of bravado and swagger, but he’s got the résumé and the skills to back it up. Although success may have come at a price, it was a price Wyatt happily paid. Who needs a personal life when professional achievement is this gratifying? It seems as though the only thing the three men have in common is their passion for food, but as they face off, the kitchen isn’t the only thing heating up. What begins as a quick and dirty hookup soon becomes more and before long it’s clear there’s a lot more to lose than just a competition.