A full-hearted novel about a big-city baker who discovers the true meaning of homeβand that sometimes the best things are found when you didnβt even know you were looking
Livvy moves with her larger-than-life, uberenthusiastic dog, Salty, into a sugarhouse on the innβs property and begins creating her mouthwatering desserts for the residents of Guthrie. She soon uncovers the real reason she has been hiredβto help Margaret reclaim the innβs blue ribbon status at the annual county fair apple pie contest.
With the joys of a fragrant kitchen, the sound of banjos and fiddles being tuned in a barn, and the crisp scent of the orchard just outside the front door, Livvy soon finds herself immersed in small town life. And when she meets Martin McCracken, the Guthrie native who has returned from Seattle to tend his ailing father, Livvy comes to understand that she may not be as alone in this world as she once thought.
But then another new arrival takes the community by surprise, and Livvy must decide whether to do what she does best and fleeβor stay and finally discover what it means to belong. Olivia Rawlings may finally find out that the life you want may not be the one you expectedβit could be even better.
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