No one knows how she ended up in Broken Bay; she moved in overnight paying cash for a tiny bungalow on the beach.
She prays they never find out, it is, after all none of their business where she came from or why she is in here.



She came to get her life back, not live defined by past mistakes.
Shortly after her arrival, Micaela started making a name for herself at the local restaurant,
her skills in the kitchen breathed life into the dying establishment.



Just one short year after being hired on as line chef,
Micaela was promoted to Executive Chef at the Lighthouse bar and Grill.
She is credited with turning a struggling mom and pop establishment,
into the place for fine dining in Broken Bay.
Each of the dishes she has created is infused with her own snappy personality.



She loves cooking, she adores making people smile with her creations,
and the restaurant gives her the chance to do just that.
Home is different, after a full day of work,
returning to the empty house is often more then she can bear.



On the worst of those days she travels over to the local bar and has a couple of drinks, listens to the local band play, and pretends she is happy being single.
She reminds herself, this is her choice, she wants no one telling her how to run her life, and she alone is in charge of that.



At the end of the day, when she lays down in her bed,
somehow it doesn't matter that she has chosen this life;
somehow it seems this life of solitude has chosen her.
Is she trapped forever in its cold claws?



This is her life in Broken Bay,
single by choice, passionate about cooking,
and guarding her past,
hoping her friends and neighbors never discover
what drove her to their sleepy little town.
Will the Lighthouse be enough to keep her warm at night,
or will loneliness win the war it wages against her?