"An unflinchingly honest romance." âKirkus, starred review
From the author of THE MATZAH BALL and MR. PERFECT ON PAPER comes this hilarious and emotional rivals-to-lovers romance.
Step 1: Get the secret recipe. Step 2: Donât fall in loveâŚ
Avital Cohen isnât wearing underpantsâwoefully, for unsexy reasons. Chronic pelvic pain has forced her to sideline her photography dreams and her love life. Itâs all she can do to manage her familyâs kosher bakery, Best Babka in Brooklyn, without collapsing.
She needs hired help.
And distractingly handsome Ethan Lippmann seems the perfect fit.
Except Ethan isnât there to workâheâs undercover, at the behest of his ironfisted grandfather. Though Lippmannâs is a household name when it comes to mass-produced kosher baked goods, they donât have the charm of Avitalâs bakery. Or her grandfatherâs world-famous pumpkin spice babka recipe.
As they bake side by side, Ethan soon finds himself more interested in Avital than in stealing family secrets, especially as he helps her find the chronic pain reliefâand pleasureâsheâs been missing.
But perfecting the recipe for romance calls for leaving out the liesâŚeven if coming clean means risking everything.