Baked in Love

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Five years ago the loss of Katie's brother devastated her. She dropped everything and everyone to flee to Michigan. There she could mask her pain and throw herself into her work as a baker. She could pretend any discomfort didn't exist.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But now her baby sister is getting married and she has to return to her hometown.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She can face her family even without Jeff there but the one person she wants to avoid is her brother's best friend Travis-the man she has had a secret crush on forever and the one man she can never have.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>During the wedding festivities tragedy strikes and now Katie and Travis must share a guesthouse and work together to save her sister's wedding.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Will all the secrets and feelings from the past drive these two together? Or will this be the event that pushes Katie away from her hometown and from Travis forever?</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This novella originally appeared as a short story in the anthology </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Recipes for Romance</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> released by And You Press an imprint of Nicole Frail Books in January 2025. It has since been expanded to explore Katie and Travis's story.</span></p>