Arrival at Shortland Street and relationship with Ethan Brooke arrived at Shortland Street in August 2008. She instantly attracted a lot of male attention including that of local playboy Kip Denton and recent widower Chris Warner. Soon after Brooke arrived, the new surgeon arrived too. His name was Ethan Pierce. Noone noticed, but Ethan and Brooke obviously knew each other previously. Chris caught onto this and Brooke dismissed it saying he used to teach her. Tania Jeffries and Tracey Morrison instantly dislike Brooke as they could see she was playing games with Kip and Chris. Ethan convinced Brooke to date Chris so he could have a higher chance of becoming Head of Surgery. Chris and Brooke's relationship went far and Brooke was getting used to being rich again. The Ferndale newspaper publ