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Following the recipe is the key to a successful bake. Rosaline Palmer has always lived by those ruleswell, except for when she dropped out of college to raise her daughter, Amelie. Now, with a paycheck as useful as greaseproof paper and a house crumbling faster than biscuits in tea, shes teetering on the edge of financial disaster. But where theres a whisk theres a way . . . and Rosaline has just landed a spot on the nations most beloved baking show.

Winning the prize money would give her daughter the life she deservesand Rosaline is determined to stick to the instructions. However, more than collapsing trifles stand between Rosaline and sweet, sweet victory. Suave, well-educated, and parent-approved Alain Pope knows all the right moves to sweep her off her feet, but its shy electrician Harry Dobson who makes Rosaline question her long-held beliefsabout herself, her family, and her desires.

Rosaline fears falling for Harry is a guaranteed recipe for disaster. Yet as the competitionand the ovensheat up, Rosaline starts to realize the most delicious bakes come from the heart.