A Taste of Tradition

By Annika Stone

She left this island to become someone. Now she's back to save what she left behind-and the competition has never looked this good.

Mackinac Island runs on three things: horses, tourists, and fudge. Emma Delaney grew up dusted in powdered sugar at her family's legendary shop, Delaney's Finest. She left the moment she could, chasing a career that didn't smell like copper kettles and maple cream. But when a corporate buyer circles the shop and her grandmother can't fight alone, Emma comes home to an island that hasn't forgotten her-even if she's tried to forget it.

Ben Chappell is her problem. The rival fudge maker's son, he's spent the years she was gone quietly becoming the person the island trusts most. He's steady where she's restless. Rooted where she's already planning her exit. And every time he matches her in the kitchen-adjusting her technique with infuriating calm-Emma feels the careful distance she's built start to crack.

Between secret family recipes, festival rivalries, and summer evenings thick with lilac and lake air, Emma must decide what she's really saving: a shop, a legacy, or a life she was afraid to want.

Some traditions can't be boxed up and shipped. Some have to be tasted to be believed.

A sweet, opposites-attract romance set on Mackinac Island-for readers who love rivals-to-lovers, family legacy, and small-town heart.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQQ18GHH
• ISBN13: 9798900679112
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Wondrous Publishing
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"