Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake

A successful bake requires that you follow the recipe exactly. Rosaline Palmer has always followed those guidelines—well, not since she left college to care for her daughter Amelie. She's on the verge of financial ruin now, her income as valuable as greaseproof paper and her house falling apart faster than biscuits in tea. However, where there's a whisk, there's a way, and Rosaline recently was accepted onto the most popular baking program in the country.

Rosaline is committed to following the guidelines because she believes that her daughter would have the life she deserves if she were to win the prize money. But there's more that stands between Rosaline and sweet, sweet victory than crumbling trifles. Rosaline is swept off her feet by the dapper, intelligent, and parent-approved Alain Pope, but it's the quiet electrician Harry Dobson who challenges her deeply held convictions about her family, herself, and her ambitions.

Rosaline worries that falling in love with Harry will only end badly. Rosaline begins to understand, though, that the tastiest baked goods originate from the heart as the competition—and the ovens—heat up.