Mia and Bryce are back to shake up the holiday season in this novella-length sequel to The Winning Ingredient!

It’s Christmastime and the DeSalvo Bakery is blanketed in sparkly white like a magical snow globe scene. Inside, business is bustling as customers shout out orders, stocking up on Italian favorites of panettone and pandoro.

With the new holiday market event only days away, the city is aglow with festive merriment. Unfortunately, sugarplums aren’t dancing in Mia’s head. When she isn’t ripping down annoying mistletoe off every doorway, her attention is focused on sprucing up an innovative confection to clinch the coveted Tasters’ Best culinary award. But if Mia wants to sleigh the competition, the winning solution might not be found in Nonna Antoinette’s Sicilian recipe book but in trusting Bryce.

Mia discovers . . . when life gives you lemons, make . . . cake! But, as soon as she has everything wrapped up in a tight velvet bow, her conflicting feelings for Bryce snowball. What’s in an innocent kiss anyway? Mia is about to find out.

New memories will surely be made, as the DeSalvos’ closest friends and family gather for Buon Natale and celebrate the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes. If that isn’t enough, a sprig of stubborn mistletoe might present itself at the perfect moment and be the gift Mia needs this Christmas.