Back Home To You: Friends To Lovers, Protective Hero, Emotional Slow Burn, Second Chance, Coming Home, Small Town Bakery Romance

She’s the bakery dreamer running from her past. He’s the steady builder determined never to risk his heart again. When Layla Marin returns to sleepy Maplewood to open her bakery, she’s not ready to face Jasper Cole—her brother’s best friend and the man she’s secretly wanted for years. Jasper’s all hard muscle and quiet discipline, the hometown hero with hands that can build anything…except walls high enough to keep Layla out.
Their simmering chemistry boils over behind closed doors, but secrets, jealous exes, and small-town gossip threaten to tear them apart. Can Jasper risk everything for the woman he’s always needed? Or will Layla’s fear of heartbreak send her running again?

If you love steamy, slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance, meddling families, bakery hijinks, and small-town second chances, Back Home to You delivers a story as sweet—and as spicy—as fresh cinnamon rolls.