Sugar Steam and Second Chances - A Baker a Barista and a Menu Worth Melting For

Sophie Claire Whitmore

Sinossi

Clara Weston’s bakery has always been her anchor the scent of cinnamon rolls, the steady rhythm of kneading dough, memories of the life she built with her late husband. But when a glossy corporate café opens across the street, the tables she once filled with neighbors sit empty. Watching her community drift toward the rival shop, Clara wonders how long she can hold on.Ethan Roth knows the chain all too well. A skilled barista with a quiet edge, he left that world behind, though not without scars. Armed with his own roast recipe and a love for coffee that matches Clara’s devotion to baking, he offers to help. But his ties to the very company threatening her future might undo everything they’re trying to save.Long nights blur into mornings as flour dust clings to their clothes and fresh coffee lingers in the air. What starts as teamwork grows into something neither expected though trust is fragile, and the past doesn’t loosen its grip easily.Can Clara and Ethan find the courage to risk more than their businesses, or will old loyalties and hidden fears pull them apart?***As with all of Love Brewed Here, their love story shows that sometimes the smallest places hold the biggest magic.In every small town, there’s a spot that feels alive the hum of conversation, the scent of fresh coffee, the quiet corners where stories wait to unfold. Love Brewed Here is a series of clean, contemporary rom-coms set in welcoming cafés, cozy bookshops, and lively community spaces where dreams take shape as carefully as a latte poured by hand.Each book stands on its own, following everyday people bakers, book lovers, artists, dreamers as they stumble into love in unexpected ways. A playful rivalry between two café owners. A romance sparked during a town festival. Childhood friends reuniting among crowded bookshelves. Every story blends gentle humor with tender moments, capturing the kind of connection that feels steady and real.For readers who want warmth, laughter, and a guaranteed happy ending, Love Brewed Here celebrates life’s small joys and the charm of unexpected romance. Will you find your favorite love story waiting here?

Disponibile da: 01/08/2025.

Narrativa

Altri libri che potrebbero interessarti

What I Know About You

Éric Chacour

NOMINATED FOR THE 2026 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD
LONGLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2025
CBC BOOKS CANADIAN FICTION BOOKS TO READ IN FALL 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 GILLER PRIZE
FINALIST FOR THE 2024 DAYNE OGILVIE PRIZE FOR LGBTQ2S+ EMERGING WRITERS
FINALIST FOR THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE
STARRED REVIEWS IN KIRKUS, BOOKLIST AND QUILL & QUIRE
A heartbreaking tale of a family and an impossible love, torn apart by secrets and traditions in late-twentieth-century Cairo.
As a boy in 1960s Cairo, Tarek knows that his entire life is written in advance. He’ll be a doctor like his father, marry, and have children. Under the watchful eyes of his mother and his sister, he starts to do just that – until Ali enters his life and turns it upside down. The two men, from very different worlds, embark on an unsayable relationship that threatens to tear apart Tarek’s family.Years later, as Tarek is living a solitary life in Montreal, someone starts writing about him and to him, piecing together a past he wants only to forget. But who is the writer of this tale? And will he figure it out in time?
A bestseller in its original Quebec edition, and the recipient of several awards, including the Prix Femina des Lycéens, What I Know About You is poised to be an international sensation.
"This novel is a searing love story that moves between Egypt and Montréal, that shifts between hearts, highlighting the sacrifices the characters feel they have to make for the ones they love. Romantic, surprising, mesmerizing, and so devastating, What I Know About You examines the terrible costs of family secrets and toxic shame." – Suzette Mayr, author of The Sleeping Car Porter

Mostra libro

Amenah Awakens

Sam Skyborne

Amenah, a young woman living on the Island of Lesvos, Sappho's birth place, meets a blast from her past and learns how close love and hate can be. 
This is a short story in the Lesvos Island Collection of novels by Sam Skyborne.

Mostra libro

Warrior - Rendezvous with God...

Bill Myers

Finally equipped for battle, our reluctant hero begins the fight … while learning where the real battlefield lies … who his real enemies are … when to strike with God’s truth or reach out with His grace … and when to quietly pray or boldly take a stand regardless the cost. Now that Will has received the tools of spiritual warfare, he must learn how to use them. Through trial and sometimes comical error—along with patient instruction from Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Host of Heaven he learns: 
• What to fight 
• When to fight 
• And, most importantly—who to fight as he becomes the warrior God has always called him to be.

Mostra libro

Hot Wolf Shifters Bundle

Emilia Rose

Three sizzling wolf-shifter stories that will leave you wanting more.
The Twins
The twin alphas will do anything to claim every inch of my body.
My number one rule has always been business before pleasure. As a human who trains packs of werewolves, temptation lurks around every corner. From their large canines that could sink right into my neck to their brute power, I had always had the strength to resist.
Until I meet the twins.
When they hire me to help strengthen their weakest members, these bad boys make it their mission to break me. And while I’m determined to never let pleasure interfere, there’s something about the twins that I can’t seem to resist.
But can I fight the urge to fall in love with them?
Come Here Kitten
When the most feared alpha claims me as his mate, he promises to wreak havoc if I don’t leave with him. But I’m far more dangerous than anyone thinks. And I’m determined to do whatever it takes to bring this alpha to his knees.
The most feared alpha in the Sanguine Wilds takes me by the waist, growls in my ear, and claims that he’d burn down the world for me–but I’m determined to do whatever it takes to bring this alpha to his knees.
Alpha Maddox
Mates are supposed to last forever, but nine years ago I found mine sleeping with another man.
So, when I spot a second-chance mate in the forest one foggy evening, I vow to make her life a living hell.
Only problem is… I can’t stop the innate desire to tie her to my bed and claim her as mine.

Mostra libro

Daddy Down Under

Nora Phoenix

I’m such a cliché. Rich, successful…and bored out of my mind. 
A classic case of a midlife crisis probably, but instead of buying an expensive sports car, I go on a long business trip to Australia. 
Alone. I haven’t trusted myself to be with anyone since my best friend betrayed me, leaving me bleeding and heartbroken. 
Until a gorgeous surfer dude named Ocean falls into my lap. Literally. 
He’s unlike anyone I’ve ever met. Bossy, carefree, and somehow, he reads me like an open book. 
I agree to him staying with me in Melbourne so we can have a fling. With me in charge, obviously. He is half my age, after all. 
But Ocean changes the rules on me, becoming what I never knew I needed. 
A Daddy. 
Oh, and did I mention he’s my ex-best friend’s son? 
Daddy Down Under is a full-length, standalone MM romance with a Daddy who’s younger and an older boy who happens to be a billionaire. That doesn’t make him any less needy though. No age play.

Mostra libro

Avery

Kat Savage

Avery Fletcher makes a better friend than a lover—at least he thinks so. Well, him and every woman he's ever dated. His encounters are brief and satisfying. There's really no need to complicate things. 
 
 
 
Helena Davenport doesn't need a man—nor does she want one. As heiress to her late father's fortune and business, she's here to impress. But apparently, you can't get away from societal expectations—even in the twenty-first century, and the board of directors wants this queen to crown a king. 
 
 
 
When she finds herself being tattooed by none other than bad boy Avery at a bachelorette party, she hatches a plan. He's perfect—tattoos, unruly beard, and a sharp wit. Oh, and incapable of falling in love with her. He makes the perfect fake boyfriend. 
 
 
 
She'll get the company board off her back by giving them exactly what they asked for and watch them eat their words. What could possibly go wrong? 
 
 
 
Social events put the pair to the test, forcing them to get cozy—a little too cozy. The situation soon turns red hot and a little worrisome. 
 
 
 
As the plan to stay platonic starts to fall apart, can the two keep their cool or will they succumb to the heat between them? 
 
 
 
This audiobook includes the novella Blythe by Kat Savage. 
 
 
 
Contains mature themes.

Mostra libro