Bliss
Pastry chef Serafina Bliss Wilde moves to Santa Fe to lend a hand to her aunt Pauline, but it’s Sera who ends up getting help repairing the damage her egomaniacal ex-boyfriend, Blake, also a chef, has done to her career and self-esteem. Pauline, a renowned women’s sexuality expert, convinces Sera to turn her shop, Pauline’s House of Pleasure, into a bakery with a back room that caters to more carnal satisfaction. The irony is that Sera has never experienced climax, but if Pauline and her friends, “The Back Room Babes,” and the handsome landlord, Asher, have anything to do with it, that will soon change. When Blake shows up in town to try to destroy Sera’s newfound success and confidence, it all ends up getting played out in an epic, televised bake-off. Pastries and sex toys make for an unusual and entertaining mix in this tasty debut novel. The romance and revenge are as sweet as the luscious descriptions of Sera’s confections. --Aleksandra Walker