Saving her from her curse is a gentleman's job. He, however, is no gentleman. Ruthie, cursed by a djinn, has been trapped in a recipe box for seventy-five years, and this Christmas is her last chance to break the curse. She assumes when Lee Reynolds opens the box, he will help her escape the djinn’s magic. Because that's what a gentleman does. She learns very quickly, though, that Lee is no gentleman. Unlike the Drigan werewolves, Lee is tormented by his wolf-side. Nightmares plague him, leaving him barely civilized most days. It takes all his control to work as a sous chef, but cooking is really the only thing that has ever soothed him. Then Ruthie pops out of his grandmother’s recipe box. And his wolf side becomes positively beastly. This story originally appeared in the USA Today Bestselling anthology A Very Alpha Christmas