The young duchess has beauty, wealth, magic - and one burning ambition: to become a battlemage. Just one year of training at the Academy stands between her and her goal. No time to waste on the swarm of suitors desperate to claim her bed and title. So she devises a plan: pretend to fall for a cook. Not a stunning beauty, but a quiet student from the culinary school. The role is filled, the suitors are scandalized, and the meals? Exquisite. The plan is flawless - as long as the cook's secrets play along.