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Reena Manji doesn’t love her profession, her single standing, and most of all, her household inserting themselves into each element of her life. However when caring for her valuable sourdough starters, Reena can drown all of it out. No less than till her father strikes his latest worker throughout the corridor–with hopes that Reena will marry him.

However Nadim’s not like the opposite Muslim bachelors-du-jour that her mother and father have dug up. If the Captain America physique and the British accent weren’t sufficient, the person seems to like consuming her bread creations as a lot as she loves making them. She positive as hell would by no means marry a person who works for her father, however friendship with a neighbor is okay, proper? And when Reena’s profession takes a nosedive, Nadim fortunately agrees to pretend an engagement to allow them to enter a {couples} video cooking contest to win the artisan bread course of her goals.

As cooking at residence collectively brings them nearer, issues flip bodily, however Reena isn’t nervous. She is aware of Nadim is holding secrets and techniques, however it’s positive— secrets and techniques are at all times on the menu the place her household is anxious. And her coronary heart is protected… she’s not marrying the person. However even secrets and techniques stored for self preservation have a approach of getting out, particularly when meddling mother and father and gossiping households are concerned.

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Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake

Followers of Casey McQuiston, Christina Lauren, and Abby Jimenez will love this delicious and candy romantic comedy from the “dizzyingly proficient author” of Boyfriend Materials (Leisure Weekly)!

Following the recipe is the important thing to a profitable bake. Rosaline Palmer has at all times lived by these guidelines—properly, aside from when she dropped out of school to lift her daughter, Amelie. Now, with a paycheck as helpful as greaseproof paper and a home crumbling sooner than biscuits in tea, she’s teetering on the sting of economic catastrophe. However the place there’s a whisk there’s a approach . . . and Rosaline has simply landed a spot on the nation’s most beloved baking present.

Profitable the prize cash would give her daughter the life she deserves—and Rosaline is decided to stay to the directions. Nevertheless, greater than collapsing trifles stand between Rosaline and candy, candy victory.  Suave, well-educated, and parent-approved Alain Pope is aware of all the fitting strikes to brush her off her toes, however it’s shy electrician Harry Dobson who makes Rosaline query her long-held beliefs—about herself, her household, and her needs.

Rosaline fears falling for Harry is a assured recipe for catastrophe. But because the competitors—and the ovens—warmth up, Rosaline begins to appreciate probably the most scrumptious bakes come from the guts.

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Star Champion

Just one prize issues: his champion’s coronary heart

Dreaming massive on a dead-end world… Jemm Aves toils for a mining firm by day, however at night time she is a profitable bajha participant, disguised as a male to compete within the violent underworld of the colony’s combat golf equipment. Each win places her one small step nearer to her aim: saving sufficient to flee Barésh along with her household. When a royal recruits her to be a star participant for his workforce, her ruse proves to be her most perilous recreation but when it places each their lives—and her coronary heart—in danger.

Prince Charming he was not… Prince Klark is keen to reverse his repute because the black sheep of the Vedla clan. If his bajha workforce can win the galactic title it might go a great distance towards restoring the household honor that his misdeeds tarnished. On Barésh, he tracks down an beginner who has risen to the highest of the seedy world of road bajha, providing the commoner an opportunity of a lifetime: a approach off that reeking house rock for good. However his new participant comes with a scandalous secret that turns his plans and his beliefs the wrong way up. He units out to win a really totally different prize—his champion’s reluctant coronary heart.

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Sport Changer

New York Admirals captain Scott Hunter takes his pregame rituals very critically. On this case, it’s not only a fortunate smoothie he’s craving—it’s the person who made it.

Professional hockey star Scott Hunter is aware of an excellent factor when he sees it. So, when a smoothie made by juice bar barista Kip Grady precedes Scott breaking his on-ice droop, he’s determined to recreate the magic…and to get to know the horny, humorous man behind the counter.

Kip knew there was extra to Scott’s frequent visits than blended fruit, however he by no means let himself think about being invited again to Scott’s penthouse. Or kissed with reckless abandon, by no means thoughts touched in all places unexpectedly. When it occurs it’s red-hot, unimaginable and frequent, but in addition solely on Scott’s phrases and at all times behind his closed residence doorways.

Scott wants Kip in his life, however with playoff season approaching, the highlight on him is abruptly brighter than ever. He can’t afford to do something which may derail his profession…like introducing the world to his boyfriend. Kip is able to go all-in with Scott—however how for much longer will he have to stay a secret?

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