After four years at the countryâs top culinary school and several years as head chef in her motherâs restaurant, Rowan Townsend has built a notable reputation. Her farm-to-table collard greens have long been bringing everyone to the yard, but limits on the restaurantâs size have led to long waits. Looking to expand the restaurant, she enters a televised chef competition. The problem? Her infuriatingly talented nemesis from culinary school also enters. To the culinary world, Knox Everheart is restaurant royalty. As much as Rowan wants to deny it, heâs a gifted chef. Rowan knows her arrogant archnemesis is confident heâll winâheâs certainly given her a run for her money more times than sheâd like to admit. But this time, sheâs ready to show him who's boss. Their rivalry soon sparks fireworks in the kitchen, and, as the competition heats up, so does Rowanâs attraction to Knox. And somewhere between pasta and gumbo, they both need to decide whatâs worth fighting for.