Poppy Clark arrives in Lone Ridge with nothing but a honda civic stuffed with her baking gear, a trunk full of sprinkles, and a vow to avoid charming disasters—especially lawyers.

Theodore P. Munsen has never met a rule he didn’t laminate, but his orderly life implodes the moment Poppy’s “experimental” brownies leave the town book club hilariously oversharing.

Now the chaotic baker and the buttoned-up attorney must team up to save his reputation, her fledgling bakery, and the town’s beloved winter festival. Each recipe test turns into a flour-flecked flirt-fest, each legal brief melts into late-night tasting sessions, and the kitchen heat is anything but pre-heated.

To win the holiday bake-off—and each other—they’ll have to prove that love, like dough, rises best when you break a few rules.

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