Sugar Plum Romance

Broken dreams, broken cookies, and broken hearts. Can Christmas magic cook up a recipe of love?Posie's spirit is troubled this holiday season. She finds herself in a sticky situation when all of her hired help goes on vacation while her new bakery is on the verge of bankruptcy. When an opportunity too sweet to resist presents itself, Posie agrees to create a mouthwatering masterpiece for the year's grandest Christmas gala.Amid the opulence of an impressive countryside estate, Posie finds herself out of her comfort zone and grappling to meet the high expectations of her wealthy employer. When her demanding boss adds a twist to the plan, Posie is thrust into a race against time to create an entire gingerbread city by Christmas Eve.In the whirlwind of flour and frosting, Posie crosses paths with Oliver, the quiet, mistletoe-dodging heir to the estate. Oliver's scars run deep, but their connection is both undeniable and distracting.The days grow shorter and so does the time for her to complete her masterpiece. As the fragile walls of gingerbread threaten to crumble, so does her resolve to keep things between her and Oliver strictly professional.Will Posie manage to mend her gingerbread city, her broken business, and Oliver's wounded heart?Posie's Christmas Predicament is a delightful romantic Christmas novel that will warm your soul. If you like charming characters, glittering Christmas traditions, and wholesome holiday romance with plenty of sprinkles, you will love this delightfully cozy Christmas story.Buy Posie's Christmas Predicament today and snuggle up for some romantic Christmas fun!

Haunted by mistakes in her past, can a dash of Christmas magic and a sprinkle of love allow her dreams to shine brighter than ever?Bella Velez is positively jingling with excitement. After a dramatic exit from her cable cooking show Bella is determined to finally make her dream come true opening her own high end restaurant in New York City. It's a vision she's carried with her since she was a little girl, and it's now tantalizingly close to becoming reality just in time for Christmas.But life has a funny way of complicating Bella's path to success. So, of course, there's a hitch.Next door to her soon-to-be restaurant, the previous cozy coffee shop has been replaced by a gaudy barbecue joint. The owner, Mason Povich, is charming, but his culinary offerings are far from what Bella envisions for her elegant establishment. To make matters worse, Mason is distractingly handsome.When Mason's sandwich shop threatens to overshadow Bella's grand opening, and her attraction to him causes her to make a major blunder, Bella is torn. Can she afford to let Mason into her carefully constructed world, especially with the fate of her beloved restaurant hanging in the balance?Bella's Christmas Blunder is a heartwarming romantic women's fiction novel where Bella must navigate a culinary clash of dreams and find out if a little blunder might just lead to the perfect recipe for love. If you like wholesome characters, charming friendships, and the bright lights of New York, you will love Darci Balogh's delightfully cozy Christmas romance.Buy Bella's Christmas Blunder today and let the sparkle of the season warm your heart!

A celebrity chef who cannot cook. A Christmas dinner that has to be perfect. One chance to impress, one shot at love, and one big mess in the kitchen. A sweet Christmas romance full of joy, laughter, and all of the flirty fun that comes around just once a year! Charlotte Olsen is one of cable TV's hottest new celebrity chefs. She's climbed to stardom in a matter of months due to her charming personality, adorable smile, and excellent taste in dinnerware. Hired by the Crystal Lake Inn as a guest chef for the holidays, Charlotte flies to Colorado with a blizzard on her heels. The Crystal Lake Inn has a particular rustic charm as does its funny, handsome owner, Davis Reed. As the snow drifts build up around the Inn and they wait for the other guests to arrive, Charlotte and Davis feel a mutual attraction to one another. What could be more perfect than getting snowed in with a gorgeous man over Christmas? Could it be getting snowed in with a gorgeous man and all of the food and drink necessary for a very merry holiday? There is only one tiny, but hard to ignore, problem with the whole scenario. Chef Charlotte can't cook. Stranded without her assistant chef and tasked with feeding Davis and the investors he needs to impress to save the Inn from foreclosure, Charlotte is in a verifiable tizzy. When she realizes what Davis has on the line if she doesn't perform well, she's faced with telling him her secret. If Charlotte reveals her secret, is there still a way to save the Inn? Once Davis knows she's a fraud, will he still find her desirable? Is there any way their brand new love can withstand the heat in this kitchen?