Cole Howard is a fictional character from The Young and the Restless, an American soap opera on the CBS network.

Distraught that her son was romantically involved with his half-sister, Eve rushed to Genoa City, determined to stop their wedding.

When Ashley went to Paris on a business trip later that year, Victoria began trying to seduce Cole, which was unsuccessful.

Cole wasn't interested, so he accepted a teaching position in England and divorced Ashley.

Years later, Cole returns to Oregon after being lured by his aunt Jordan and his newly discovered presumed dead daughter Eve Nicole, now known as Claire Grace in order to get revenge on him and the Newmans, whom they blamed for the death of his mother.

Jordan told Cole and Victoria after her sister's death, she sought revenge on them by stealing baby Eve after she was born and switched her with another child that died on the same day.

Later, Cole snucked back into the House to get a few items in order to provide a DNA test to prove Jordan's claims.

Later, Victoria and Cole decide to try to get to know their newfound daughter, while Claire was sent to the psych ward at Genoa Memorial.