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Sweet Beginnings Bakery
(2026)(The ninth book in the Sweet Tea and a Southern Gentleman series)
A novel by Anne-Marie Meyer
USA Today Bestselling Author Anne-Marie Meyer returns to Harmony Island — Book Nine in the beloved Sweet Tea and a Southern Gentleman series, a sweet, closed-door Southern romance perfect for fans of Sweet Magnolias and Virgin River.
There are two things in this life I’m sure of: One, Emery Torres is all that matters Two, what I want and what I need does not
Emery
I wanted to crawl into a hole and never emerge after I asked Noah to fake a marriage with me and he never responded. I thought I would die of embarrassment, until Noah agrees. He’ll marry me for three years so I don’t lose my job and Carson’s company. ‘Whatever you need,’ he says.
This plan seems perfect. With Noah, it’s familiar. With Noah, it’s safe.
Then we’re forced to kiss and everything changes.
I’m incapable of having an intimate relationship with a man so Abigail comes up with a grand plan: ask Noah to desensitize me. After all, our relationship is fake. It was founded on rules and has a built in end date. Feelings are not involved…
Until they are.
I’m falling for my fake fiancé but I don''t know what that means. I want to think it’s possible that he could have feelings for me too, but how do I ask him without unraveling the plan that I’d worked so hard to construct. Especially when my son seems to want this to be real as well.
Eloise
There are two things I’m absolutely sure of. One is the love I have for my brother, Gaines. He’s the last living person in my life who I truly care about. And two, I hate Hudson Maxwell. My brother’s best friend since high school and a class-a schmuck.
So when my bother asks me to fly to Harmony Island to finish preparations for his wedding because his wedding planner got sick, I agree despite the fact that his best man is my number one enemy. I’m a big girl. I can lay down my weapons of war and keep the peace for one week.
If only Hudson would get the hint. Instead, he seems determined to rekindle the friendship we once had. My snarky attitude and death stares don’t seem to deter him and I’m desperate. Hating Hudson when he’s a jerk is easy. But when he’s nice?
It just might be impossible.
Told through three points of view — Emery, Noah, and Eloise — Sweet Beginnings Bakery is a story of widows who learn to love again, of best friends who become more, and of the enemy you can't quite manage to keep hating.
Perfect for readers who love:
• Sweet, closed-door small-town romance
• The Netflix show Sweet Magnolias
• Fake marriage and the widow's second chance at love
• Bodyguard romance and husband's-best-friend tropes
• Military widow stories and the heroes who waited
• Enemies to lovers and brother's-best-friend wedding-week chaos
• Forced proximity, surfer-baker heroes, and impromptu food fights
• Hallmark-style comfort reads you can share across generations
The Sweet Tea and a Southern Gentleman series delivers Anne-Marie Meyer's signature HEA Guaranteed — every romance finds its happy ending. No explicit content, no graphic language, just the kind of love story you can share with your mother, your daughter, and your best friend.
Please note: This is Book 9 of a connected series and ends on a cliffhanger. Eloise and Hudson's story continues in Book 10, Gelato Grove.
Come home to Harmony Island.
Genre: Romance
There are two things in this life I’m sure of: One, Emery Torres is all that matters Two, what I want and what I need does not
Emery
I wanted to crawl into a hole and never emerge after I asked Noah to fake a marriage with me and he never responded. I thought I would die of embarrassment, until Noah agrees. He’ll marry me for three years so I don’t lose my job and Carson’s company. ‘Whatever you need,’ he says.
This plan seems perfect. With Noah, it’s familiar. With Noah, it’s safe.
Then we’re forced to kiss and everything changes.
I’m incapable of having an intimate relationship with a man so Abigail comes up with a grand plan: ask Noah to desensitize me. After all, our relationship is fake. It was founded on rules and has a built in end date. Feelings are not involved…
Until they are.
I’m falling for my fake fiancé but I don''t know what that means. I want to think it’s possible that he could have feelings for me too, but how do I ask him without unraveling the plan that I’d worked so hard to construct. Especially when my son seems to want this to be real as well.
Eloise
There are two things I’m absolutely sure of. One is the love I have for my brother, Gaines. He’s the last living person in my life who I truly care about. And two, I hate Hudson Maxwell. My brother’s best friend since high school and a class-a schmuck.
So when my bother asks me to fly to Harmony Island to finish preparations for his wedding because his wedding planner got sick, I agree despite the fact that his best man is my number one enemy. I’m a big girl. I can lay down my weapons of war and keep the peace for one week.
If only Hudson would get the hint. Instead, he seems determined to rekindle the friendship we once had. My snarky attitude and death stares don’t seem to deter him and I’m desperate. Hating Hudson when he’s a jerk is easy. But when he’s nice?
It just might be impossible.
Told through three points of view — Emery, Noah, and Eloise — Sweet Beginnings Bakery is a story of widows who learn to love again, of best friends who become more, and of the enemy you can't quite manage to keep hating.
Perfect for readers who love:
• Sweet, closed-door small-town romance
• The Netflix show Sweet Magnolias
• Fake marriage and the widow's second chance at love
• Bodyguard romance and husband's-best-friend tropes
• Military widow stories and the heroes who waited
• Enemies to lovers and brother's-best-friend wedding-week chaos
• Forced proximity, surfer-baker heroes, and impromptu food fights
• Hallmark-style comfort reads you can share across generations
The Sweet Tea and a Southern Gentleman series delivers Anne-Marie Meyer's signature HEA Guaranteed — every romance finds its happy ending. No explicit content, no graphic language, just the kind of love story you can share with your mother, your daughter, and your best friend.
Please note: This is Book 9 of a connected series and ends on a cliffhanger. Eloise and Hudson's story continues in Book 10, Gelato Grove.
Come home to Harmony Island.
Genre: Romance
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