Books like Icing On The Cake by Laura Castoro

Wedding baker Laurel McBane navigates romance and friendship while working at Vows in the Bride Quartet series, balancing city luxuries with her quiet heart and the pull of a childhood crush, Ivy League lawyer Delaney.

A romance novel about a woman who falls in love with her wedding dress and decides to marry the next man she meets.

Nicole Keyes, steward of her family bakery and caretaker of two sisters, feels the weight of self‑sacrifice pull her toward a life of her own. When sharp‑tanned former NFL star Hawk enters her world, he offers a different kind of freedom—and a risk that her past may close down the future she craves.

A software heir must secure his ranch by marrying within a year, but his heart is set on entrepreneur Lily Spencer—who may hold the key to his future and a hidden family secret.

Caroline Daniels, a five-year-old girl, becomes the subject of intrigue and speculation as she is rumored to have a father, while Dr. Jane Dickinson, a newly graduated physician, is also drawn into the mystery of the child's paternity in Heart of Texas Vol. 2 by Debbie Macomber.

Adopted teenager Yuri, the youngest of five sisters and the daughter of a mayor, discovers confidence through her passion for baking and a bold stand for herself.

A rich man and a widow find themselves entangled in a complex romance that threatens to ruin their lives if they don't handle it carefully.

A small prairie town in North Dakota faces external threats as it tries to preserve its way of life.

A charming story about twins, Christmas, and a beautiful man, featuring humor and romance in a traditional setting.

A single father and eccentric pet store owner form unlikely bonds, leading to a romance that helps find home at last.

A romance novel about a couple trying to rebuild their lives after their restaurant was destroyed by arson.

Grace, a lifelong resident of Cedar Cove and public‑library librarian, grapples with her husband Dan’s sudden disappearance while navigating family, friend, and town dynamics amid weddings, babies, and new relationships.

What does it take to perfect a flawless éclair? A delicate yet buttery croissant? To pipe dozens of macarons? The answer is: an intimate knowledge of the fundamentals of pastry. In The Art of French Pastry award-winning pastry chef Jacquy Pfeiffer, cofounder of the renowned French Pastry School in Chicago, gives you just that. By teaching you how to make everything from pâte à choux to pastry cream, Pfeiffer builds on the basics until you have an understanding of the science behind the ingredients used, how they interact with one another, and what your hands have to do to transform them into pastry. This yields glorious results! Expect to master these techniques and then indulge in exquisite recipes, such as: brioche, napoléons / Mille-Feuilles, cream puffs, Alsatian cinnamon rolls / chinois, lemon cream tart with meringue teardrops, elephant ears / palmiers, black forest cake, beignets, as well as some traditional Alsatian savory treats, including: Pretzels, Kougelhof, Tarte Flambée, Warm Alsatian Meat Pie. Pastry is all about precision, so Pfeiffer presents us with an amazing wealth of information—lists of necessary equipment, charts on how ingredients react in different environments, and the precise weight of ingredients in grams, with a look at their equivalent in U.S. units -- which will help you in all aspects of your cooking. But in order to properly enjoy your "just desserts," so to speak, you will also learn where these delicacies originated. Jacquy Pfeiffer comes from a long line of pastry chefs and has been making these recipes since he was a child working in his father's bakery in Alsace. Sprinkled with funny, charming memories from a lifetime in pastry, this book will have you fully appreciating the hundreds of years of tradition that shaped these recipes into the classics that we know and love, and can now serve to our friends and families over and over again. The Art of French Pastry, full of gorgeous photography and Pfeiffer's accompanying illustrations, is a master class in pastry from a master teacher. - Publisher.

Two sisters open a bed-and-breakfast, but must adapt to a rural lifestyle to run it, facing challenges and romance along the way.

An heiress living in a modern setting is unexpectedly kidnapped in a father’s matchmaking plan, only to discover hidden affection with her captor, Jonathan Prince Patterson.

Gracie MacDougal returns to Seagull Point, Virginia, to escape her workaholic lifestyle, only to find her dream bed-and-breakfast house and a formidable southern charm in Kevin Daniels, both threatening to derail her plans.

Auntie Maggie, Uncle Louie, and the 4th of July: A Family Adventure Novel

Katherine and Dr. Wynn disagree over Christmas traditions, but they learn the true meaning of the season when they accept their differences.

A romance novel following the life of a chess player and her experiences in Cedar Cove.

A starlet and a historian fall in love on the set of a Shakespearean play in Scotland.

Scarlet Lindsey takes over her Aunt Wilhelmina’s Texas‑famed cake shop, only to fall into a cascade of kitchen mishaps that catapult her onto national television and into an unexpected romance.