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Maisy Apodaca is a phenomenal baker, opening the first HOH led bakery in the city of Seattle was her dream, so when her ex boyfriend takes that dream away as easy as taking essential ingredients, she signs on for a national baking contest: Baking Buddies. what she doesn't expect or exactly like, is that arrogant, Dr. Rhys Hyun makes her a deal she cannot say no to, and their spectacular mess of a reluctant partnership in the show is only going to heat up things for the both of them.
The question is, how long before one of them gets too close to getting burned?
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