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 Some traditions are worth breaking your routine for.

Mia arrived in Havenbrook with flour in her hair and determination in her heart, ready to make her mark as the town's new pastry chef. But she never expected her biggest challenge would come in the form of the annual gingerbread competition—a beloved tradition where local businesses create elaborate displays that transform the entire town into a magical holiday destination. With the bakery short-staffed and her reputation on the line, she's been paired with the most unlikely partner imaginable.

Alex has spent years perfecting root canals and avoiding holiday festivities with equal precision. As the town's dentist, he's built his life around predictable schedules and sugar-free living. His legendary gingerbread designs from years past are still talked about in hushed, reverent tones, but he hasn't touched a piping bag since a painful breakup left him retreating from everything that once brought him joy—including Christmas.

Forced together by desperate circumstances and small-town meddling, Mia's infectious enthusiasm clashes spectacularly with Alex's methodical approach to everything. She sees magic in spontaneous decorating sessions; he sees structural engineering problems waiting to happen. But as they work side by side creating a display that could restore the town's fading holiday glory, something unexpected begins to emerge from their creative collaboration.

Through late-night frosting sessions, heated debates over architectural integrity versus artistic vision, and the gradual sweetening of a partnership neither wanted, they'll discover that some traditions are worth preserving—and some hearts are worth the risk of letting back in.

A sweet enemies-to-lovers romance about second chances, holiday magic, and finding that home isn't a place—it's the person who makes everything feel possible.