Late at night in her empty restaurant, Maya Chen receives an urgent message from Marcus Reid that leads to a clandestine meeting in her private kitchen. As professional boundaries dissolve into a passionate encounter, crucial truths about the restaurant industry conspiracy begin to surface....

During Marcus Reid's official review dinner at Sweet/Heat, Maya must maintain her professional facade while serving seven intimate courses to the man she shared a passionate night with in her wine cellar. But when Marcus's ex-wife Katherine appears at the bar with warnings about Tuesday's...

In her upscale Chicago restaurant's hidden basement kitchen, pastry chef Maya Chen prepares for her exclusive underground supper club, where the city's elite dine in masks and anonymity reigns. But tonight's preparation is interrupted by news that notorious restaurant critic Marcus Reid has made...