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Publisher Description
“Clever, hilarious, and—most importantly—a whole lot of fun…This is a perfect holiday love story.” —Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Adriana Mather comes a heartwarming tale of love, family, and pastry perfection.
Maddi DeLuca is coming home for the holidays with her nine-year-old son, only it’s not the triumphant return she might have hoped for. She recently broke down on a reality TV baking show, letting the entire country know she feels like a colossal failure, and she can be certain her mother will remind her of all the ways she hasn’t lived up to expectations over the years.
Ten years ago, all Maddi dreamed of was running her father’s beloved bakery in their tiny coastal town of Haverberry Cove, Massachusetts. Her best friend, Wilder Buenaventura, had his own dream—a life with Maddi. And for one brilliant moment when they were seventeen, those dreams collided. They baked together. They loved each other insatiably. But like a fallen soufflé, their relationship imploded, taking their lifelong friendship with it.
If she had her way, Maddi would have stayed in California, hiding her head in its beautiful white sands. But at her mother’s request, she has returned to her hometown to help deal with an urgent matter concerning her father’s will and his nostalgia-filled bakery. What Maddi doesn’t know is that this issue also mysteriously involves the one person she’s spent forever trying to forget—Wilder. Now she finds herself forced to make an impossible decision: give up her father’s bakery and her lifelong dream, or find a way to coexist with Wilder without murdering him with a cookie cutter.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
From Mather (Hunting November) comes a delicious second-chance romance that, despite its title, delivers more heartfelt feels than it does laughs. The quaint coastal town of Haverberry Cove, Mass., was once the setting of all of Maddi DeLuca's dreams, including taking over her father's bakery and growing old with her childhood best friend turned on-and-off teenage fling, Wilder Buenaventura. Then, at 17, she got pregnant with Wilder's friend's baby and fled to California. Now, 10 years later, Maddi's home with her son, Spencer, for the reading of her father's will. She's unprepared for the bombardment of emotions that the small town brings—grief, resentment, embarrassment, and guilt—or the pain of seeing Wilder again. For Wilder, Maddi is the one that got away, and he feels horrible that he wasn't there for her when she needed him most. When this reunited duo learns that they've co-inherited the bakery—with the stipulation that, to keep it, they must both work there full-time for a year—they may finally have the chance to face their past and work out their lingering issues. The result is a heartfelt tale about learning to forgive both oneself and others. Readers will not want to miss Maddi and Wilder's second chance at love.
