Love is like Texas chili—the hotter, the better. Chino Delgado is the Chili Man—and he knows how to turn up the heat! Chino's not only a chili professional—he runs a chain of chili restaurants—but a veteran of more cook-offs than you can count. Hallie Bergstrom, on the other hand, is new to the world of chili, with its secret ingredients, odd alliances and funny names. Her alias is Classy Lassie, and she's involved in all this because of a bet-with Chino. If her chili can beat his on the cook-off circuit, he won't turn The Cellar—Cedarville's historic coffeehouse—into just another link in his chili chain. But watch out! When a sexy Texan and Classy Lassie get together, more than the chili sizzles!