{ "item_title" : "Simmering Seasons", "item_author" : [" A. R. Fernandez "], "item_description" : "The recipes are getting harder. So is pretending she doesn't feel something. Three months after the Lantern Festival, Elara Thornwood's magical bakery is open and thriving. The ovens hum at dawn. The village lines up for honey bread and Evergreen Biscuits. And the grumpy herbalist who kissed her under the willow tree keeps showing up at six in the morning with herb cuttings and a stubborn refusal to admit he's happy. Then the letter arrives. Elara has been nominated for the Verdant Isles Regional Baking Championship, the most prestigious craft baking event in the southern valleys. Her grandmother won it twice. The entire village expects a third victory. No pressure. But the Championship demands something Elara has never done: an original recipe. Not her grandmother's magic filtered through her hands. Her own. Something born from her own truth, her own courage, her own slow burn relationship with a man who speaks to plants more than people and who split his most precious herb because she asked. To make things worse, Aldric Voss has arrived in Willowmere in person, charming and persistent, with a corporate offer that threatens everything she's built. And at the competition itself, a corporate baker enters for the first time, representing everything Elara's craft magic stands against. With her best friend Lila uncovering ancient secrets in the village library, her apprentice Juni running the shop with fierce competence, and Rowan beside her in the garden every morning, Elara must discover that the hardest ingredient in any recipe is the one you've been afraid to add: yourself. Simmering Seasons is a cozy fantasy romance with slow burn chemistry about finding your own voice, the courage to create something original, and learning that the cracks in the bread are where the light gets in. Perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes, The House in the Cerulean Sea, and Howl's Moving Castle. Tropes readers love in this book: Grumpy-sunshine deepening, found family, baking competition, slow burn romance, forced vulnerability, he fell first, small town pride Simmering Seasons is Book Two of The Brewed Enchantments series.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/825/360/9798253604328_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "14.99", "online_price" : "14.99", "our_price" : "14.99", "club_price" : "14.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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