Florian Fields has one rule: don't fall in love.
As the owner of Grounded & Glazed, the beloved bakery in the quirky small town of Fablewood, Florian has built her entire life around baking '' and around the family curse that says romance will destroy her gift. With the bakery falling apart, a leaky roof overhead, and a temperamental oven on its last legs, she desperately needs the cash prize from the Peregrine County Baking Competition. She cannot afford distractions. She especially cannot afford a curse.
Enter Griffin O'Malley: woodworker, best friend, secret romantic, and the woman who has been quietly, hopelessly in love with Florian for seven years. When Florian's anxiety starts sabotaging her baking, Griffin proposes a plan so logical it's almost stupid — they'll fake date to prove the curse isn't real. If the baking stays perfect, Florian enters the competition with confidence. No risk. No real feelings. Just science.
Except sharing milkshakes at the town diner starts to feel like a real date. Holding hands under autumn lanterns stops being a performance. And when a flour-dusted kiss in the bakery kitchen turns their careful experiment into something neither of them can control, Florian is faced with the question she's been avoiding her whole life: What if love isn't the thing that breaks her — but the thing that makes her whole?
The Baker's Curse is a standalone sapphic romantic comedy featuring a superstitious baker, her endlessly patient best friend, a town full of well-meaning gossips, and a happily ever after as warm and satisfying as a fresh-from-the-oven scone. Closed door.
Genre: Romance
As the owner of Grounded & Glazed, the beloved bakery in the quirky small town of Fablewood, Florian has built her entire life around baking '' and around the family curse that says romance will destroy her gift. With the bakery falling apart, a leaky roof overhead, and a temperamental oven on its last legs, she desperately needs the cash prize from the Peregrine County Baking Competition. She cannot afford distractions. She especially cannot afford a curse.
Enter Griffin O'Malley: woodworker, best friend, secret romantic, and the woman who has been quietly, hopelessly in love with Florian for seven years. When Florian's anxiety starts sabotaging her baking, Griffin proposes a plan so logical it's almost stupid — they'll fake date to prove the curse isn't real. If the baking stays perfect, Florian enters the competition with confidence. No risk. No real feelings. Just science.
Except sharing milkshakes at the town diner starts to feel like a real date. Holding hands under autumn lanterns stops being a performance. And when a flour-dusted kiss in the bakery kitchen turns their careful experiment into something neither of them can control, Florian is faced with the question she's been avoiding her whole life: What if love isn't the thing that breaks her — but the thing that makes her whole?
The Baker's Curse is a standalone sapphic romantic comedy featuring a superstitious baker, her endlessly patient best friend, a town full of well-meaning gossips, and a happily ever after as warm and satisfying as a fresh-from-the-oven scone. Closed door.
Genre: Romance
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