"I will donate to charity the sum of a million dollars, if you will apprentice yourself to me for a single night." The scene is a press conference. Constance Halliday, talented broadsheet journalist, has just challenged infamous master chef, Alistair Douglas, on the subject of his hot temper. He has returned fire with a challenge of his own. And made refusal impossible. With a million dollars on the line and a scandalous reputation to erase, Constance suspects that Alistair's trying to buy himself a pet reporter, but she has no choice than to step from the safety of her cool world and into the heat and sizzle of Alistair's kitchen. Ice is about to meet fire - and it looks like Constance is on the menu.