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Emma Reilly has three months to save her grandmother’s bakery and her only hope is a baking competition partnered with the man who makes Gordon Ramsay look cuddly.When Emma’s beloved grandmother passes away, she doesn’t just inherit the small-town bakery that’s been her whole world, she inherits a mountain of debt and an impossible deadline. Enter the Greatest American Bake-Off, a televised competition offering exactly enough prize money to save everything she’s about to lose.There’s just one problem: contestants compete in pairs.And Emma’s partner is James Morrison.Once a celebrity chef with his own TV empire, James is now best known for that viral meltdown where he threw a chair at a fellow judge. Hiding out in his hometown and drowning in cynicism, he’s the last person Emma would choose to trust with her family’s legacy. He thinks her “rustic charm” is code for sloppy technique. She thinks his perfectionism is just fear wearing a chef’s coat.The network paired them for the drama. What they didn’t count on was the chemistry.Long nights in the test kitchen turn flour fights into something dangerously close to foreplay. Stolen moments in the pantry reveal the grief both of them are trying to outrun. And somewhere between the technical challenges and the pressure-cooker eliminations, Emma realizes the scariest risk isn’t losing the competition—it’s falling for a man who’s convinced he destroys everything he touches.But as the finale looms and the stakes skyrocket, they’ll both have to decide: Are they baking for redemption, or for something neither of them saw coming?A swoony, high-stakes romance about second chances, found family, and learning that the best recipes require a little chaos and a lot of heart.Perfect for fans who crave small-town warmth, forced-proximity tension, and banter that’s almost as delicious as the pastries.