The Baker’s Man

I seriously cannot get enough of books that incorporate all things good and baking, and 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻 is a story I know I’m going to love. Oh! And it also has the added bonus of a splash of magic!

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘀.

Anna O’Brien inherited by several gifts from her late Grandma Bea: culinary superpowers, a bakery in a charming Southern town, and a mysterious box with a note:

Open the box only when you need to. You’ll know exactly when you do, and you’ll know what to do with it. I love you.

The night her presumed fiancé crushes her dreams, Anna opens the box and finds “magic sugar” inside, along with a recipe to bake “the perfect man.” Encouraged by her best friend Lily (and maybe a wee bit too much rum), a heartbroken Anna sets out to do what she always does when she’s feeling blue: bake.

She hardly believes her eyes the next morning when a man—a breathing and rather handsome man—is in her bakery and seems to know all her likes and dislikes, her quirks and preferences. Elijah is everything Anna dreamed and nothing she expected. Where did he come from? Is he real? And when he fashions his own ideas about what makes a good life, can she let him go?

Escape into this whimsical and enchanting tale of magical realism and the spellbinding power of following your dreams as Anna discovers the sweetest side of life.

💬 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲?

AOTD: I just baked up some gooey brownies the other day!