Slow-burn spice for your sweet tooth . . .

Ingredients: One plus-size pastry chef with a shot at a major food award and a heart she swears is off-limits. One restaurant manager, recently divorced and determined not to fall again. A secret friends-with-benefits arrangement that's gotten a little too complicated—and a lot too sweet.

Directions: Blend kitchen heat, professional dreams, and late-night cravings. Fold in jealousy, temptation, and a heaping dash of tenderness. Let rise until casual turns into something that tastes a lot like love. Best served warm, with sugar, spice, and a spread of joy.

Take a bite of this deliciously steamy queer M/F best friends-with-benefits romance novella, where love might just be the sweetest indulgence of all.

Contains mature themes.