Kneaded

By Bryn Ellis

He's trying to save his bakery. She's trying to protect her heart. Neither expected the other.

Ethan Ashford has poured everything into Kneaded-his cozy Seattle bakery known for its flaky croissants, terrible marketing, and even worse profit margins. Held together by stubborn hope and a trust fund his powerful father is all too ready to revoke, Ethan is one flood, one broken oven, and one wrong decision away from losing everything.

Then Lila Hartwell walks in.

Sharp, guarded, and carrying the weight of a past she hasn't fully unpacked, Lila has sworn off romance while she tries to figure out who she is without anyone else in the equation. But the charming stranger she ran into on the bus-the one with the crooked smile and infuriatingly good banter-turns out to be her new boss. And as she's pulled into the warmth of Kneaded and the makeshift family that comes with it, Lila starts to wonder if healing might mean letting someone in, not shutting everyone out.

Love isn't simple-not when money's tight, families loom, and old wounds demand to be felt. When everything starts to fall apart, Ethan and Lila will have to decide if what they've built is strong enough to rise again.

A warm, aching, and fiercely hopeful romance about broken things worth mending-and the people who choose to stay.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FQ2VNJ4P
• ISBN13: 9798263988937
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"