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Love, Loaf & Other Disasters
He bakes. She burns things. The town ships it anyway.
Published October 14, 2025 · 352 pages
Synopsis
Poppy Marsh has exactly three weeks to save her late gran's café, and exactly zero baking skills. Her plan: enter the Larkhaven Bake-Off, win the prize money, and absolutely do not fall for the competition.
The competition is Theo Hart — six-foot-three of flour-dusted grump who runs the bakery across the street and has opinions about her sourdough (they're all bad).
When a disastrous practice round ends with Poppy's eyebrows slightly singed and Theo reluctantly agreeing to teach her, the whole town starts taking bets. On the Bake-Off. On the couple. On how long until someone sets the café on fire.
Spoiler: it's the café. Also, it's love.
Sneak peek
Chapter One
The smoke alarm went off before the timer did, which Poppy felt was a bit of a personal attack.
“Is that —” said a voice from the doorway, “— supposed to be a croissant?”
She turned, holding the tray like a shield. Theo Hart was leaning against the frame, arms folded, wearing the expression of a man who had witnessed a crime against butter.
“It's rustic,” she said.
“It's on fire.”
“Rustically.”
The Bake-Off Bonus
A free Larkhaven short story: the night Theo tried to teach the entire village choir to make croissants. It went about as well as you'd think.
