"This book felt like eating a warm chocolate chip cookie straight out of the oven." -ARC Reader
Grumpy/Sunshine
Forced Proximity
Incapable of Love
Found Family
Falling for each other is half a cup of risky and half a cup of irresistible.
Holden Trimble has two goals: make a success of his coffee shop and repair his family's reputation. His dream coffee shop, Pour-Over, is doing well in its opening weeks, but the addition of taking in his thirteen-year-old niece, Harper, wasn't in his game plan.
Izabella Kozlowski has sworn off two things: baking and getting close to anyone she could lose. The last year was almost more than she could handle, one painful blow after another. When she discovers an increased rent notice on her apartment door, she's desperate to up her income by supplying delicious baked goods to Holden.
But as the closed-off baker and larger-than-life barista work side by side, their growing attraction, while sweet and life-giving, threatens their individual agendas. As secrets, lies, and family ties turn up the heat, there's no guarantee what will leave the kitchen.