Of Spice & Sweets

It's hard to focus on winning the baking crown when one man wants your soul, another wants your heart, and both make your oven run hot.

Dimples Pistor is no ordinary halfling-she's the undisputed queen of confections, an eight-time baking champion in the Magicka Kingdom whose precision and passion have made her a legend. But a careless mistake, just two weeks before the new season, threatens to crumble her perfect streak like an overbaked biscuit.

Determined to salvage her legacy and uncover the elusive S-Factor ingredient, Dimples sets out on a desperate quest. Her search leads her to the doorstep of a troll-massive, grumpy, and unfairly magnetic-and he holds exactly what she needs. His toll? Her time, her freedom... and something far more distracting.

Bound by a contract she can't wiggle out of, Dimples quickly finds herself knee-deep in a slow-burning power struggle with the troll-one filled with smoldering looks, lingering touches, and moments that feel like they belong in a romance novel, not a kitchen. What started as a bargain is beginning to feel a lot like foreplay... and possibly a terrible idea.

Just when she thinks she's in over her head, an unexpected ally arrives: Corym, a green-eyed elf with a crooked grin, sweet words, and a long-standing crush he's suddenly not hiding very well. His dramatic entrance doesn't just rescue her-it throws him straight into a rivalry with the troll, as both men find themselves determined to claim Dimples' heart.

In a world of spice, sweets, and dangerously attractive distractions, Dimples is about to learn that the hottest thing in the kitchen... might not be the oven.