When ambitious architect Judith Mitchell is assigned to design a life-sized gingerbread house for the annual Christmas festival, she sees it as the perfect opportunity to impress her firm and secure a long-awaited promotion. But when the project requires her to collaborate with a local baker, she’s less than thrilled. Enter Charles Jackson, a charming and easygoing pastry chef who’s more interested in spreading holiday cheer than in following rigid blueprints. Despite their differences, they’re forced to work together to create the ultimate holiday showstopper.
Judith and Charles find themselves drawn to each other in ways neither anticipated. Charles’s lighthearted approach to life challenges Judith’s tightly controlled world, and she begins to see that there’s more to the holiday season—and to life—than career success. With the gingerbread house taking shape and the Christmas festival approaching, sparks fly between the two, leaving Judith to wonder if this unexpected romance could be the sweetest surprise of all.
