When kitchen witch Rowan Everly returns to Hazelwick to rescue her aunt's struggling bakery, the last thing she needs is competition from Alder & Crust-the town's wildly popular pie shop run by cinnamon-dusted single dad Graham Alder. Sparks fly in the town square, and not just from Rowan's charms.

As the Hazelwick Harvest Fair approaches, mysterious "safety" complaints, power surges, and sabotage threaten to shutter Hearth & Hex for good. Forced to share midnight oven time with Graham, Rowan discovers that precision and chaos can make perfect pastry...and even better chemistry. With a blue-ribbon bake-off on the line, a meddling eight-year-old matchmaker, and a town split over magic in the marketplace, one truth becomes impossible to ignore: love might be the secret spice that saves them all.

Expect:
- Witchy romance, crisp autumn nights, lantern-lit streets
- Rivals-to-lovers slow burn with flirty banter
- Single dad + cozy small-town community
- Food-as-magic (cinnamon = warmth, cardamom = courage)
- Festival hijinks, a bake-off showdown, and a very opinionated cat