Unwrapped

<p><strong>When my best friend and I decide to open our dream bakery Sugar & Spice I expect endless nights of kneading dough and dusting sugar cookies with holiday magic</strong>.</p><p><em>What I don't expect?</em></p><p>My business-savvy bestie reaching out to Asher Mercer-Chicago's most eligible bachelor and the same guy who starred in all my high school daydreams.</p><p>He's everything I remember-devastatingly handsome wickedly charming-with a gaze that makes my knees weak and my pulse race faster than an industrial mixer.</p><p>I'm not that quiet girl hiding behind textbooks anymore but sitting across from him in a high-stakes business meeting watching him study my proposal like he's savoring the last bite of dessert has my composure threatening to crack.</p><p>Between building our business and perfecting every recipe these last few years I've convinced myself that love is just another ingredient I don't have time to measure.</p><p>But when Asher starts showing up more often with questions about dreams that have nothing to do with profit margins I feel my carefully constructed walls beginning to crumble like an overbaked cookie.</p><p>One kiss beneath the mistletoe at his company's holiday party changes everything.</p><p>Now with success finally within reach I'm faced with an impossible choice: stick to my tried-and-true recipe for success or risk it all on a taste of something sweeter.</p><p><strong>After all some of the best desserts require turning up the heat.</strong><br><br><strong>If you love holiday magic a touch of spice and a sugary sweet happily ever after then dive into this holiday slow burn. This is book 1 in a Christmas duet titled Sugar & Spice.</strong></p>