It only takes a few days for Ollie D'Angelo to lose his boyfriend, his job, and his home. Instead of mourning what he doesn't have, Ollie celebrates what he does: the freedom to pursue his real passion -- cooking. He begins Dinner at Home, a home-catering business, and it takes off.<br><br>Late one night, Ollie catches Hank Mellinger, a streetwise hood down on his luck, about to rob his car. Ollie soon discovers that appearances aren't necessarily what they seem. Hank isn't a criminal caught red-handed, but a hungry young man trying to make a life for himself and the four-year-old niece he's trying desperately to take care of.<br><br>Instead of calling the cops, Ollie offers Hank a job and a way to pull himself up by his bootstraps. Together, they discover they can really cook ... and that their shared passion for food just might lead to a passion for each other.

Dinner at Home

But when he entered the kitchen, just after Ollie, it was obvious they had not. Rose was at the counter, whisking a bowl of eggs, her head bent low to the task. Addison sat at the kitchen table, stirring Nestlé’s Quik into a glass of milk. There was milk spilled on the table and a trail of brown powder all around the glass.


“Looks like you got more of that chocolate-milk stuff on the table than in your glass,” Hank said.


Addison, grinning, shoved the glass toward her uncle. “Then you make it.”


Chapter 56