The Vital Ingredient — Mary Jo Territo

When it came to the crunch ...

What did a nice Italian girl from Jersey have in common with a guy who rode around in a chauffeured limo? The more Terry Benedetti got involved with Tony Mangione, the more she wondered.

True, he was loving, generous and could reduce her to mush with a single look. But she'd worked hard starting up Terry's Terrific sauces, while he'd been handed his pasta empire on a platter. Yet curbing her hunger for Tony would take more willpower than she possessed.. . .