Rowan fled a chaotic city life for the quiet, predictable comfort of her small-town candy shop, "The Gilded Caramel." Her life is now a carefully controlled recipe of sugar, butter, and solitude.
That control shatters when Silas, a tall, handsome writer with a "quiet, observant intensity," walks into her shop. He's renting a cabin by the lake to work on his next romance novel-a cozy one, "with a little bit of... spice."
What begins as a simple connection over tea and caramels deepens into something far more intimate. Silas isn't just a writer; he's a Dom, and he sees the part of Rowan she's kept hidden from the world. He offers her a new kind of recipe, one built on trust, communication, and "the pleasure in giving up control".
As Rowan navigates her powerful feelings, she must decide if she can trust this man with her long-guarded secrets. Can she truly find safety in the "sweetest surrender," or will her past fears keep her from the one man who understands her deepest desires?