A Matter of Taste

The recipe for attracting a man is easy, getting them to stay is the hard part. Carolina J. Delano has plenty of experience with men, both from her lingerie modeling career and in the bedroom, but her experience doesn't seem to matter when it comes to snagging her next modeling gig now that she's twenty-seven. Up against girls a decade younger and strapped for cash, Cara finds herself using her experience in other ways--attracting men at bars and getting them to pay for fancy meals and hot showers in exchange for a night with her. Though she's used to being judged when she's in front of the camera, Cara is bothered when one of the bartenders at an up-and-coming cocktail bar in Manhattan calls her out on her promiscuity, and she makes it her mission to make him her next target. Dominic Pietro works harder than anyone, especially when it comes to crafting cocktails. As a college dropout and the brother of a famed plastic surgeon, his family wonders if he'll ever stop pleasing a drunk audience and get a real job. Despite their disapproval, Dominic takes pride in perfection, so when his boss mentions they are opening a second location and need someone to run it, Dominic sees his opportunity to prove to himself. Things are going well until a model with judgy green eyes struts into the bar and shows him up at his own game, and he begins doubting his skills as a bartender. After a slew of what he sees as failures drives him to near madness, he decides the best way to ensure he gets the promotion is to enlist her help, but what he couldn't have anticipated was that she would walk straight off the catwalk and into his heart.