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Fairy Cakes in Winter by Lane Hayes
Narrated by Michael Dean
A grumpy baker, a quirky ad man, and a recipe for forever…
Scott
So this cute guy sits next to me on the plane and proceeds to talk my ear off for hours. Not good. I don’t like talking and I don’t like strangers. But Theo’s sweet, smart, and sexy—the perfect distraction from business woes and personal worries.
Okay, things got overly friendly, but we’re adults and we know the score. I’m too old, he’s too nice, and we live on different continents.
Then, out of the blue, he shows up at my bakery with that pretty smile and a list of wacky marketing ideas—like how to make fairy cakes a thing.
I don’t like fairy cakes.
But I do like Theo, so…maybe?
Theo
The new me takes risks. The new me is brave and confident. The new me flirts with hunky, imposing bears on planes while traveling to a foreign country.
It’s going well, thank you.
However, my plans to do some sightseeing, drink tea, and eat my weight in biscuits every day get derailed when I realize there might be a way to help Scott and prove a few things to myself.
Don’t worry. I won’t fall for the grumpy baker. No way. He’s complicated and broody and—
Uh oh…it might be too late. Help!
Fairy Cakes in Winter is a bisexual, age-gap, grumpy/sunshine MM romance featuring a sexy baker, a sunny tourist, and a few dozen fairy cakes.
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When Theo’s stomach rumbled, I’d offered to make an omelet in the hopes of staving off a new round of questions. There was nothing worse than standing around with your thumbs in your pockets while being interviewed by a hookup about European versus American brands of blenders. And I hated the idea of sending him home hungry.
Everything went sideways again ’cause he insisted on helping me. As in refused to take no for an answer.
“This is my kitchen,” I’d grumbled.
“But we’re talking about eggs. Not a soufflé. And I’m an excellent scrambler!”
I supposed that was how he got me. Who said shit like that? It was…cute but in a no-nonsense, confident way that turned me on. So I’d tied an apron around his waist and put him to work scrambling eggs and manning the toaster while I chopped veggies.
Theo had thrown himself into the task, firing off random questions as we’d made our impromptu feast.
“Do you bake specialty items for holidays? What sells best all year? When do start baking every day and when do you finish?”
Yes, red velvet cake, three a.m., and ten if I was lucky, but realistically noon.
Each query had sparked mini discussions about anything from the texture of frosting to jobs that required you to work the graveyard shift. And then we were talking about graveyards and churches, and the Jack the Ripper tour in London…as one does. Of course, that had led to a conversation about the city and my thoughts on must-see attractions.
Westminster Abbey, the London Eye, the British Museum…
In my world, sharing kitchen space was a choreographed dance amongst professionals. It took time and patience to get into a real groove. Inviting a novice to touch my things and infiltrate my space was…unfathomable. Some might suggest I was under some kind of spell, letting my dick do the thinking. Maybe so. But it felt right somehow.
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About the Author:
Lane Hayes loves a good romance! An avid reader from an early age, she has always been drawn to well-told love story with beautifully written characters. Her debut novel was a 2013 Rainbow Award finalist and subsequent books have received Honorable Mentions, and were winners in the 2016, 2017, 2018-2019, 2020-2021 Rainbow Awards. She loves wine, chocolate and travel (in no particular order). Lane lives in Southern California with her amazing husband in a newly empty nest.
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