20+ Contemporary Romance Novels Baked With Love

by Amanda Elliot

Landing a coveted spot on her favorite TV show, chef Sadie, a rising star in the trendy Seattle restaurant scene, arrives in NYC and has a spontaneous one-night fling, or she thought was a one night, until she arrives on set and gets the surprise of her life

by Erin La Rosa

Chef Nina Lyon finds her dreams of stardom dashed after clashing with her cooking challenge show co-host so badly it causes her to quit on live tv, forcing her nemesis to beg for her return. 

by Jamie Wesley

After a polarizing stint on a reality tv dating show, a woman takes a job at a San Diego cupcake bakery whose uptight owner and professional football player decides to take advantage of their rumored affair. 

by Yaffa S. Santos

Born with the ability to perceive the emotions of others through their cooking, Lumi takes a sous chef position in a traditional French restaurant where she clashes with an irascible celebrity chef. 

by Kosoko Jackson

Xavier Reynolds just got dumped and is back home in Harper's Cove, Maine. The last thing he wants to do is to work as a prep chef in the kitchen of the hip new restaurant in town. The owner, Logan O’Hare, doesn’t understand Xavier or why every word out of his mouth is dipped in sarcasm, but he needs help in the kitchen even if it's a recipe for disaster. Stuck between a stove and a hot place, Logan and Xavier discover an unexpected connection. But when the heat between them threatens to top the Scoville scale, they’ll have to decide if they can make their relationship work or if life has seasoned them too differently.

by Farah Heron

Determined to marry for love in spite of her parents’ interfering matchmaking schemes, Reena Manji pretends to be engaged to a neighbor in her father’s employ in the hopes of winning a couples’ cooking competition

by Mary Kay Andrews

Her efforts to secure a job on a national cooking channel challenged by her unfaithful boyfriend, irresponsible sister, and interfering mother, television chef Gina Foxton finds her endeavor further complicated by her unexpected attraction to a rival chef with an off-putting redneck personality

by Alexis Hall

Rosaline has just landed a spot on the nation's most beloved baking show. Winning would give her daughter the life she deserves. Suave contestant Alain Pope knows all the right moves to sweep Rosaline off her feet, but it's shy electrician Harry Dobson who makes her question her long-held beliefs about herself, her family, and her desires. Rosaline fears falling for Harry is a guaranteed recipe for disaster. Yet as the competition and the ovens heat up, Rosaline starts to realize the most delicious bakes come from the heart. 

by Alexis Hall

To stop his relationship from going sourdough, the least-popular contestant on Britain's favorite baking show must work through his anxiety and fears in order to find happiness. But with each week of the competition, Paris is crumbling. He's always believed that his fears are his just dessert, but as Paris finds the strength to face his anxieties, he might just realize it's the sweet things in life that he really deserves.

by Cathy Yardley

Newly single and unemployed, Tam Doan calls up her best friend from high school and the next thing she knows, she’s on a plane back home. Josh O’Malley was a troubled, unconfident teenager. Now he’s the successful owner of a multimillion-dollar ghost kitchen. When Tam calls him out of the blue, he jumps at the chance to help. Their close friendship was always a lifeline between them; a blooming romance might confuse things. Still, at least one thing is for certain: their chemistry is un-brie-lievable.

by TJ Alexander

A perfectionist pastry chef working at a cookbook publisher must learn how to deal with the obnoxiously chipper new kitchen manager who begins softening her heart and comes out as nonbinary to mixed reactions at work.

by Julie Tieu

Stuck in a rut working at her parents' donut shop, Jasmine Tran finds help in the form of an old college crush, but when their relationship doesn't work out, she must scheme to find a solution and get herself out of the donut trap.

by Jayci Lee

Bakery owner Aubrey Choi's one-night-stand with Landon Kim makes her want things she didn’t think she had time for. Too bad it turns out he’s a celebrity food critic whose scathing review of her bakery goes viral. Landon tries to clean up the mess by offering Aubrey a spot on his new cooking show and she agrees in an effort to redeem her bakery's reputation. Now Aubrey and Landon find themselves sharing a villa in California wine country—a recipe for disaster...or the necessary ingredients for love?

by Kaitlyn Hill

Reese and Benny, two rival interns at a wildly popular cooking channel are thrown together for a video shoot that goes viral. Audiences are hungry for more and soon they're in an all-out televised food war. Reese can't deny the chemistry between her and Benny. But the more their rivalry heats up, the harder it is to keep love on the back burner.

by Lucy Parker

Baker Sylvie Fairchild joins a competition to bake a cake for the upcoming wedding of Princess Rose. Her main competition is Dominic De Vere. He's the hottest pastry chef in London and the judge who once voted her off a hit baking show. In this royal battle, can there be room for two? 

by Sarah Smith

Forfeiting her dream job to support her mother’s Filipino food-truck business, Nikki clashes with a kindhearted but competitive British food-truck newcomer who poaches her customers while encouraging a public feud. 

by Sonali Dev

Acclaimed neurosurgeon, Dr. Trisha Raje, clashes with the new chef, DJ Caine, over pedigree, pride, and arrogance, but must find a common ground to save DJs sister.

by Sonali Dev

When chef Ashan Raje joins the cast of a hit reality television show to save her restaurant, she finds herself paired with her first love, soccer star and celebrity Rico Silva.

by Sarah Echavarre Smith

When they discover the real reason for the renovation on their shared building, enemies Joelle, the owner of a Filipino bakery, and Max, the owner of a neighboring bookstore, must cast their differences aside, putting both their business senses and feelings for each other to the test.

by Chandra Blumberg

A young woman working in her grandfather’s restaurant in rural Illinois who dreams of opening up a cookie shop in Chicago falls for a big-city academic paleontologist when a rare dinosaur bone turns up in her grandparents’ backyard. 

by Jackie Lau

Back in Toronto after a promotional tour for a bombing film, actor Ryan Kwok grieves the loss of his mother and bonds with a donut baker who agrees to teach him how to bake for an upcoming tv show. 

by Ruby Barrett

When a new foodie TV show provides the exposure they need, restaurant owner Amy and head chef Sophie form an uneasy truce, but soon learn that making their dreams come true requires personal and painful sacrifices, which puts more than just the restaurant at stake.

by Nancy Naigle

Years ago, Kelly McIntyre and Andrew York were engaged and dreaming of opening a restaurant together. Then he chose an opportunity to study in Paris over the small-town life they’d planned, and their romance came to a bittersweet end. Now Kelly's competing in a Valentine’s Day bake-off and guess who is in town? When Andrew sees Kelly, it stirs up his old feelings. Little does he know that soon, in New York, he’ll compete against her in the bake-off…and they’ll both realize how much their past is a part of them still.