Charlene Higgins

Charlene Higgins is a character in Book 1. She is engaged to be married to Len, but doesn't know how to cook. This, and her various cooking mishaps, makes her very unpopular with Annette, Len's mother. Thus, she takes Heidi Troyer's cooking classes, but she keeps them a secret from Len, hoping to surprise him with her cooking. Notably, Charlene has an interest in photography, which leads her to win a photography contest

Physical Appearance
Charlene is described as having long brown hair, which she wears in a long ponytail. She wears a lavender apron to the cooking class.

Role in Book One
Charlene is tired of going out to eat with her fiance Len, so her friend Kathy suggests that she takes the cooking classes. Charlene agrees, partly to surprise Len and partly to make Annette, Len's mother, like her.

Charlene learns how to cook pretty well in the class (and later surprises Len with her good cooking like she hoped), making friends with some of the other students. Kendra even suggests she enter a photography contest with some photos she took of a horse giving birth. She ends up winning and is congratulated by Kendra.

Charlene gets into a fight with Len later on in the book, as she wants to move away from Annette and her insults. Len doesn't want to, and Charlene is worried that their relationship might be suffering. But later, Len apologizes.

Trivia

 * The same actress who plays Charlene in the trailer is Charlene on the front cover of the first book.