{"product_id":"the-bakery-on-the-river-avery-hart-9781996882009","title":"The Bakery On the River","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bakery on the River\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe left everything to save her grandmother's bakery. He walked through the fire.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClara Beaulieu traded Toronto and a broken engagement for 4 AM shifts at her grandmother's bakery in Millhaven, Maine. Two years later, she's surviving on coffee and stubbornness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen her kitchen catches fire. The firefighter who kicks down her door? Jack Thibodeau. Six-two, steady hands, the kind of man who makes you forget you swore off depending on anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe puts out the fire. Can't undo the damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bakery's shut down. Clara's too proud for help. Jack makes a deal: he'll rebuild her kitchen if she teaches him to bake. She knows it's charity. Takes it anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey fight over walls. Argue about sourdough. The town watches. And somewhere between the sawdust and rising dough, they fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Clara's hiding something. A developer wants the bakery building. Real money. Enough to solve everything or erase her grandmother's legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack's hiding too. The fire chief job would root him here permanently. In a town he never chose, just never left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContains: A firefighter who notices when you skip meals. A baker with trust issues. Small-town gossip. Open-door scenes hot enough to set off smoke detectors.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYellowstone meets Hallmark. With the door wide open.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Avery Hart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1996882007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781996882009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Exciter Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.33d","brand":"Avery Hart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440713642239,"sku":"9781996882009","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c93eec65-58a3-4cb8-8759-cddf583e2a92.jpg?v=1777184312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bakery-on-the-river-avery-hart-9781996882009","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}