Former star quarterback Ethan Marlowe walked away from the roaring stadiums of the Denver Mustangs to build a food empire from the ground up. As the hard-driving CEO of Marlowe Foods, he’s built his brand on integrity, quality, and the work ethic he learned decades ago in the back of a small bakery. He knows every recipe, every process, every inch of his company—and he can sense when something isn’t right.
Which is why he goes undercover at The Velvet Oven, one of his flagship bakeries, to confront the one woman he never expected to be captivated by.
Megan Kincaid, the talented, passionate manager of the shop, is proud of what she’s built. Bread is in her blood, and she pours her heart into every loaf and pastry that leaves her ovens. When a rugged new ‘temporary baker’ begins working beside her, she has no idea he’s actually her billionaire boss—nor that he suspects her of embezzling.
But sparks ignite in the kitchen, and soon the heat between them becomes impossible to ignore.
Then Megan’s quiet life begins to unravel.
Someone is secretly sabotaging the bakery—and her. With ambition curdling into obsession, he plans to take Megan down or make her his… whichever gets him what he wants.
Suddenly, Ethan realizes the threat is far more dangerous than missing funds. And he may be the only one who can protect her.
As secrets are exposed and danger closes in, Ethan must choose between the company he built and the woman who’s stolen his heart. And Megan must decide whether to trust the man who deceived her… or risk losing everything she loves.
Betrayal. Heat. High stakes.
In the oven and in the heart, things are heating up—and someone is about to get burned.
Genre: Romantic Suspense