Three years ago, Alexis Hullinger’s review helped tank a trendy New York restaurant. Now fate throws them into the same kitchen—she’s the editor assigned to a redemption cookbook, and he’s the small?town baker determined to prove himself all over again.
Alexis is fighting for a permanent editing job and carefully managing chronic pain while chasing a future that finally feels possible. Noah Reynolds has poured his last chance into Rye Again, a bakery built on patience, precision, and the kind of sourdough that makes the whole town swoon. Working shoulder to shoulder turns enemies into something far more dangerous, and the heat between them rises faster than his starter.
But someone wants Rye Again to fail. “Accidents” multiply, orders vanish from the system, and a shadow keeps watching from the edges of closing time. To protect the bakery—and the fragile hope growing between them—Alexis and Noah will have to uncover who’s sabotaging his business before everything burns.
Love, like sourdough, needs time and trust to rise… and when the timer dings, some risks are worth the heat.
