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The Baker and the Biker
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 14 2026
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Hazel Pemberton has spent fifteen years building her coastal bakery into a quiet, steady success. She has also spent two years carefully rebuilding her life after her husband of twenty-six years walked out for a younger woman. She tells herself she is content with her routine: early mornings, warm bread, loyal customers who ask for nothing more than coffee and conversation. She has convinced herself that she does not need anything else.
Then Ronan MacAllister roars into the gravel lot next door on a motorcycle large enough to rattle her display case.
He is gruff, tattooed, and clearly determined to keep his distance. He inherited his late brother's motorcycle shop and intends to settle his affairs and move on, just as he has done for twenty years. He does not plan to stay. He does not plan to make friends. He certainly does not plan to notice the quiet baker next door who keeps leaving baskets of pastries on his doorstep.
But a warped rolling pin and a shepherd's pie change everything.
As Hazel and Ronan slowly, carefully, find their way toward each other, they discover that second chances do not come with guarantees. Both have been hurt before. Both have built walls that seemed impenetrable. Both have spent years convincing themselves that they are better off alone.
The Baker and the Biker is a tender, hopeful story about the courage it takes to try again after heartbreak, the patience required to let love rise in its own time, and the particular sweetness of a life rebuilt from the ashes of everything that was once broken. For anyone who has ever wondered if they deserve a second chance, this novel offers a warm reminder that love can find you when you least expect it, and that the best things in life are worth the wait.
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