Book 1 in the Savoring Temptation series, a Regency romance by bestselling author Sara Adrien.

A duke.

A baker's daughter.

And a secret that could destroy them both — or finally make her whole.

Chester Stockton, Duke of Wyndale, controls the flour that feeds London. He sets the policies, signs the circulars, and keeps the docks running like clockwork. What he doesn't do is lose his head over a woman behind a pastry counter.

Until he does.

Lady Barbara Beaumont is everything society expects — polished, careful, perfectly behaved. What society doesn't know is that she slips away every morning to knead dough in her father's Harley Street pâtisserie, wage war on the Flour Duke in anonymous letters, and live the only life that feels real. She has managed the secret beautifully.

Then he walks through her door. Twice.

They shouldn't want each other. He is strangling her father's livelihood with a stroke of his pen on his policies. She is the last woman a duke should notice — with a limp, uncertain prospects, and a French baker for a father she is not supposed to have. But Chester sees both halves of her and wants them equally. And Pepper — because that is who she really is — is running out of reasons to keep him at arm's length.

When a royal tasting at the Brighton Pavilion drags her double life into the light, she will have to choose: the safety of the secret she has always kept, or the man who would ruin her reputation and love her with his whole heart.

Tropes you'll love:

✔ Secret identity / double life

✔ Enemies to lovers

✔ He falls first

✔ Grumpy duke / sunshine baker

✔ Forbidden match across class lines

✔ Royal Warrant and high-stakes tasting

✔ Slow burn with emotional payoff

This full-length Regency romance features a guaranteed happily ever after, a heroine with flour on her hands and fire in her heart, and no cliffhangers.

Savoring Temptation Series

Book 1 - A Recipe for Love

Book 2 - When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Love

Book 3 - Scandal with a Side of Secrets

Book 4 - Love is Best Served Hot

Book 5 - A Duke With A Pinch Of Salt