I dared a grumpy billionaire to out-cake me—then kissed him in my bakery.

Colin Everest arrives in Blakely Bay with pressed linen, Dallas money, and the offensive belief that his culinary robot can make a better wedding cake than I can.

Naturally, I dare him to prove it.

My bakery is next door to his sister’s inn, his niece’s wedding cake is on the line, and the whole town is watching our ridiculous cake-war courtship unfold.

Just when I’ve had it up to my eyeballs in tech-genius nonsense, Colin holds a flashlight through a storm, sits beside me when my oven dies, and helps me rebuild a recipe without taking over.

Somewhere between sugar magnolias, midnight cake tests, and one kiss I cannot stop thinking about, the impossible man starts feeling like mine.

Then I discover he secretly used his influence to protect me.

If Colin thinks love means choosing for me, then the man I’m falling for may be the one man I can’t choose.

A sweet, clean, heartwarming rom-com with small-town charm, swoony romance, and a wonderful happily ever after.