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The Gingerbread Bakery

Author: Laurie Gilmore

Series: Dream Harbor Series #5

Release Date: September 16, 2025

Genre: Fiction/Romance/Contemporary

 

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The highly anticipated new Dream Harbor romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café!

'All the makings of a top tier Hallmark movie that happens to include a nice dash of spice'—People on the Dream Harbor series

Every book in the Dream Harbor series can be read as a standalone.

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As owner of her beloved Gingerbread Bakery, Annie Andrews should have a love life to match her business; sugary and sweet. But instead, she’s locked in a game of words with the irritatingly upbeat bar owner down the street.

Mac Sullivan has everything he wants, except the girl he dreams of. It’s easier to argue with Annie than get her to talk to him but with Jeanie and Logan’s wedding coming up, they're about to spend a lot more time together.

As the snowflakes fall and with romance in the air, will Annie see that the one she loves to hate might just be her perfect match after all?

The Gingerbread Bakery is a cozy romantic novel with an enemies to lovers dynamic, small-town setting and a HEA guaranteed!

Tropes:

Enemies to lovers

Found family

Small Town

Forced Proximity

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Laurie Gilmore

Laurie Gilmore is a #1 New York Times,Sunday Times and Globe & Mail bestselling author who writes small-town romance. Her first novel, The Pumpkin Spice Café, won the TikTok Shop Book of the Year award in 2024. Her Dream Harbor series is filled with quirky townsfolk, cozy settings, and swoon-worthy romance. She loves finding books with the perfect balance of sweetness and spice and strives for that in her own writing. Laurie is currently based in upstate New York.

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Annie and Mac have history, the kind of history that left a unshakable ding on their hearts, and the kind of history that made them instant enemies. Annie has spent the last decade avoiding him at all costs and made it known that she would not make room for him in her life, in any capacity, again. But now they are about to be thrown together again for the sake of their friends wedding and it's going to be a reunion neither were expecting or wanting... a reunion that is certain to be filled with fireworks. And not the good kind of fireworks... well maybe?

The pages of The Gingerbread Bakery hold the story of two people who tried their hand at love once and failed miserably. But love isn't giving up on them that easily. When they find themselves being forced into one another's orbit again for a friends wedding it's evident that there are some serious ill feelings there, but also some unresolved feelings too. Could it be possible to still love someone who hurt you after all these years? It's a question that Annie is not wanting to think about but constantly does anyway.

I really enjoyed delving between the pages of this one, it was my first visit Dream Harbor series and I have to say it's pages really delivered. Within a matter of a few pages I felt right at home with these characters and enjoyed watching Annie and Mac's forced reunion unfold. Tensions were high, the banter was on point, and the love bits were quite heartwarming... it was an enjoyable escape for sure! I'm definitely making a return visit to read all the stories I have missed out on! Highly recommend!

I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher, via NetGalley request, and I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased opinion.