Winner-Second Place winner Contemporary Novel Category, Oklahoma Romance Writers International Digital Awards Contest There's more than business brewing between two old high school flames... Stubbornly self-reliant Mary Beth Kendrick needs financial backing to keep her catering business cooking. A looming corporate buyout forces her to accept help from Tom Sackett, the man who broke her heart and left her with no appetite for love. Unable to forget Mary Beth, Tom sets out to win her forgiveness. As he gets to know her again through their shared business interests, he realizes he wants more than forgiveness from her. He wants her in his life. Grateful for Tom's support but unwilling to trust him, Mary Beth vows to keep their relationship strictly business. But his attentiveness, culminating in a night of passion, starts to melt her icy resolve and shows her the caring, sensitive man Tom has become. Can Mary Beth learn to love and trust again? Will she and Tom open their hearts to a second chance at love? "(Cara Marsi) whips up a delicious romance with her novel A Catered Romance. I devoured every sweet nuance in this story of reawakened love." ...RITA nominee Elizabeth Keys