When former NHL player Cole Ripley needs a stand-in girlfriend ASAP, his friend Fedora Echeveria agrees to play along for one night. Problem is, she’s the executive chef at the brew pub he co-owns and all three partners have agreed never to date the help.

As for Fedora, she’s been there, done that. Early in her culinary career, she fell under the spell of her boss and when the relationship soured, he fired her. There’s no way she’s going down that road again. And yet on the fake date with Cole, they share a kiss that lights her panties on fire.

When she and Cole journey to Seattle for business, the desire that’s been simmering under the surface compels them to throw all their misgivings out the window. After all, it’s just sex and how hard could it be to keep their friends with benefits relationship under wraps?