The Charming Bakery by the Sea
(2025)(The second book in the Island Hearts series)
A novel by Penny Lane-Parker
A surgeon running from his past. A baker fighting for her future. A century-old secret that will force them together.
Dr. Ben Graham is a brilliant surgeon undone by his own arrogance . Exiled from the civilized world of Boston to a rundown clinic on a remote, weather-beaten island, he’s counting the days until he can escape. He despises the town, the people, and their primitive reliance on ‘voodoo and green salve’.
Hazel Finch is the island's heart . A baker whose warmth and resilience hold the small community together, she has no patience for the cold, dismissive new doctor. She sees him for exactly what he is: a broken man hiding behind a wall of logic.
But when a brutal storm rips a hole in her bakery’s foundation, it uncovers more than just structural damage. It reveals a hidden smuggler’s tunnel holding a rusty tin , a mysterious map , and the key to a 100-year-old injustice that could tear the island apart.
Forced into an unlikely alliance, the precise surgeon and the intuitive baker must race against the island's ruthless historian to expose a conspiracy of stolen land, forged documents , and a woman whose legacy was stolen.
To win, Ben must fight the demons of his past. But to heal—and to win Hazel’s heart—he must learn to trust the one thing his surgical precision can't explain: the island's "green salve".
Genre: Romance
Dr. Ben Graham is a brilliant surgeon undone by his own arrogance . Exiled from the civilized world of Boston to a rundown clinic on a remote, weather-beaten island, he’s counting the days until he can escape. He despises the town, the people, and their primitive reliance on ‘voodoo and green salve’.
Hazel Finch is the island's heart . A baker whose warmth and resilience hold the small community together, she has no patience for the cold, dismissive new doctor. She sees him for exactly what he is: a broken man hiding behind a wall of logic.
But when a brutal storm rips a hole in her bakery’s foundation, it uncovers more than just structural damage. It reveals a hidden smuggler’s tunnel holding a rusty tin , a mysterious map , and the key to a 100-year-old injustice that could tear the island apart.
Forced into an unlikely alliance, the precise surgeon and the intuitive baker must race against the island's ruthless historian to expose a conspiracy of stolen land, forged documents , and a woman whose legacy was stolen.
To win, Ben must fight the demons of his past. But to heal—and to win Hazel’s heart—he must learn to trust the one thing his surgical precision can't explain: the island's "green salve".
Genre: Romance
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