Annie Monroe has a rule: keep busy and keep smiling. But when a minor kitchen fire forces her to close her café during Pine Hollow’s busiest fall season, she’s forced to accept help—from the one man in town who’s made avoiding her an art form.
Cal Redmond doesn’t do cozy. He doesn’t do small talk. And he definitely doesn’t do fall festivals. But when Annie crashes into his quiet world with her flour-dusted charm and pumpkin-spiced determination, his carefully built solitude begins to crumble.
She’s sunshine and cider donuts. He’s storm clouds and silence. And this fall, Pine Hollow’s favorite baker might just warm up the moody mountain man who’s been burned too many times before.
