Donna Kauffman is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over 70 novels, translated and sold in more than 26 countries around the world. She is the recipient of multiple RT Book Awards, a RITA® finalist, a National Readers' Choice Award-winner, and a PRISM Award-winner. Born into the maelstrom of Washington, D.C.'s politics, she now lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia surrounded by a completely different kind of wildlife. A contributing blogger for USAToday.com, she is also a DIYer, a baker, a gardener, and a volunteer transporter for the Wildlife Center of Virginia and Rockfish Sanctuary. Please visit her online at www.DonnaKauffman.com.

A small-town baker gives a real estate developer his just desserts in this holiday romance novella by the USA Today-bestselling author of Unleashed.

Businessman Griffin's never believed in luck . . . until sassy-sweet small-town baker Melody turns his world around. Except there's a catch: there's no way he'll be able to build his empire and hold on to her. This new love could destroy all his dreams-or make this Christmas better than he ever imagined possible . . .

Previously published in The NaughtyList

Praise for the writing of Donna Kauffman

"Kauffman's stories show that the bravery to reach for a connection is all we need to discover joy; she excels at expressing the struggles and joys of giving in to love." -Publishers Weekly on Sandpiper Island

"We all know where there's Donna Kauffman, there's a rollicking, sexy read chock-full of charm and sparkle. Kauffman's characters are adorably human and so very magnetic." -USAToday.com

"Kauffman pens a touching romance . . . A quirky community and secondary characters with enough personality to make readers want to come back. A light romance with a touch of heat, a pinch of intensity and a dash of mysterious small-town magic." -Kirkus Reviews on Pelican Point

"Sassy, witty, and sexy." -Library Journal on Snowflake Bay