The Gingerbread Bakery by Laurie Gilmore Published by Harper Collins on September 16, 2025
Genres: Contemporary Romance
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From the international bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café and The Cinnamon Bun Book Store, comes the highly anticipated Dream Harbor romance for 2025!
A wedding in Dream Harbor can only mean one thing, everyone wants to get involved!
With Jeanie and Logan set to tie the knot, and Kira desperate to hire out her newly renovated barn at the Christmas tree farm, everything seems to be going well. Annie has agreed to bake the cake, and Mac is responsible for, well… just being Mac. And as the whole of Dream Harbor comes together to celebrate the wedding of the year with the snow falling around them, can Annie and Mac put aside their dislike for each just long enough for the ‘I Do’s’ or is that one request too far…
The Gingerbread Bakery is a cozy romantic novel with an enemies to lovers dynamic, small-town setting and a HEA guaranteed!
Tropes:
• enemies to lovers
• found family
• small town
• forced proximity
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Annie Andrews is not sure she can survive Jeanie and Logan’s wedding. Her ex, Macaulay “Mac” Sullivan is making her life difficult just by being in the wedding party. They are in forced proximity and sworn to play nice. The tension between these two was oh so good and I knew it was just a matter of time before something cracked.
The Dream Harbor series is addictive! This story balances the perfect amount of romance, spice, and everything nice. This time around we had a lot of baggage to unpack as well though since they were together back in their younger days. I loved that the chapters alternated from current time to back in their youth, it gave a lot of insight to the characters and their relationship. Overall, I am pleased with this addition to the series, and I am excited to see what the next book brings. If you are a fan of contemporary romance with enemies to lover’s trope you will love this book.
