Spicy or Sweet

Noelle Whitten has finally got the bakery she always wanted, and it is wearing her down. Her family's legacy hangs over every loaf, and the pressure to live up to it is close to boiling over.

Shay Harland has just arrived in Wintermore to be nearer to her brother. Small-town life turns out to be lonelier than she expected. The one person in town who shares her trade, fellow baker Noelle, openly dislikes her.

Then a movie project forces the two women into the same kitchen. Noelle's biggest rival soon becomes the person she craves most. Shay knows she should not want someone sixteen years younger, yet the heat between them is hard to ignore, and one taste is enough to start a fire.

This is a sapphic romance with an age gap, a rivals-to-lovers dynamic and an open-door, spicy heat level. It promises a happily ever after. The stakes grow as the pair fall harder: Noelle's bakery and Shay's fragile place in a new town are both at risk. Full content warnings are listed on the author's website.