First published 2025
Annie Andrews owns the Gingerbread Bakery and pours all her energy into making it successful. She should be happy, but instead she finds herself constantly sparring with Mac Sullivan, the cheerful bar owner whose business sits down the street from hers. Mac wants Annie more than anything, yet he can only seem to provoke arguments from her. When their friends Jeanie and Logan announce their upcoming wedding, Annie and Mac discover they'll be thrown together far more often than either expected. Snow begins to fall as wedding preparations bring them into close quarters. Annie must decide whether the man who drives her crazy might actually be the person she's been waiting for. This small town romance follows two stubborn business owners as they navigate the thin line between hatred and love.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, friends-to-lovers
Setting: Gingerbread Bakery
Period: when snow begins to fall
358 pages · Paperback · HarperCollins