Gingerbread Hill
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Last published Mon, Nov 28, 2022
Peyton Rae is tricked into returning home for the holidays to save her family's struggling bakery by entering a prestigious gingerbread contest -- but will sudden feelings for her rival Quinn Baker risk her chances of winning?
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Peyton was happily prepared to dive into her work this Christmas, content to avoid all aspects of the season, a time that only makes her sad now that her father has passed. But an alarming phone call about her grandmother has her racing home for the holidays, only to end up being tricked into helping the family save their struggling bakery, Gingerbread Hill Bakeshop, by winning a prestigious gingerbread contest her father was famous for. But things grow complicated when she catches feelings for her TikTok-famous rival Quinn Baker, whose family has just opened up a new -- and very successful -- bakery across town. Despite the likely consequences of their romance, neither can stay away from the other and they embark on secret dates, finding love in the most unusual of places and hiding their budding relationship from all they know. That is until Peyton's childhood best friend Noah (who's not-so-secretly been crushing on her) catches the pair out together. Can Peyton manage to keep her ever-complicated love life at bay to help her family, or will finally following her heart mean risking her father's legacy once and for all? Find out in this sweet sapphic Christmas rom-com.
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