Tess never wanted a savior. She wanted her bakery to survive.
Sunrise & Salt is more than a business—it’s her family’s legacy, her community, and the proof that slow, honest work still matters.
Tess has built it with flour-dusted hands, long nights, and an ironclad refusal to take shortcuts. The last thing she needs is a billionaire with a hero complex walking through her door.
Leo Ashford has never been told no. Until Tess.
A reckless dare lands Leo behind the counter of a struggling bakery, trading boardrooms for early mornings and billion-dollar deals for minimum wage. He expects chaos.
He doesn’t expect Tess—brilliant, guarded, and completely unimpressed by his money. And when Leo crosses a line he can’t undo, he learns that intentions don’t matter nearly as much as accountability.
Trust isn’t rebuilt overnight. Love isn’t a fix.
As Leo is forced to confront who he is without his wealth, and Tess fights to protect the soul of everything she’s built, the line between work and feeling blurs.
But devotion isn’t proven by grand gestures—it’s shown in listening, in showing up, and in letting someone choose you freely.
