The Baker and the Bookkeeper

Maggie Chen runs the only bakery in Amaranth Springs and has been quietly in love with her upstairs tenant for three years. Then one honest night after her grandmother's funeral leaves her pregnant, single, and staring at a proofing loaf that won't rise. Peter Osei has filed his feelings for his landlord in a drawer labeled 'not now.' He offers her spreadsheets, insurance forms, and a plan. He does not offer the one thing she wants. When the building goes on the market, Peter buys it without telling her — and the town finds out the same day the ovens fail. A sweet accidental pregnancy small town romance about grief, pastry, and the man upstairs who took three years to say three words.