One hot chef...Eric Weil has always loved a challenge. After leaving the Navy, he mastered his passion for cooking. As a sous chef at Tops, one of Dallas' top-notch restaurants, he goes out of his way to push his kitchen skills to the limit every night. Unfortunately, his main prize continues to elude him. Waitress Dinah Holmes is the sweetest creature he has ever seen, but she is as beautiful as she is distant. When they attend a preparatory class together at the famous Sanctum club, he realizes that he will achieve his goal. This former Marine never misses. A woman who has lost her taste for love...Dina thinks Eric is the most magnificent man, but her heart has been burned too many times. She vowed never to get into a relationship, and can no longer trust herself around a man who is so easy to fall in love with. She decides to undergo training at Sanctum in the hope of finding a safe place for research and experimentation. When Dina learns that her partner will be the same chef's assistant she dreams of every night, she realizes that she has bitten off more than she can chew. The perfect recipe for passion... Exploring the world of Sanctum, Eric and Dina learn not only intimate secrets, that they didn’t even know about, they study each other. But when the ghosts of her past appear, old wounds are reopened. Will new love survive such a test?