Hot Gooey Hex~ Releasing August 20, 2025

Poppy Bell doesn’t believe in fate—or magic. She believes in espresso, sarcasm, and vintage velvet. So when her Great-Aunt Myrtle leaves her a quirky thrift bakery called “Hex and Honey," Poppy heads to the small town of Moonriver Cove ready to sell, snack, and split.

But “Hex and Honey" isn’t just a secondhand bakery filled with abandoned mixers and cursed Bundt pans. It’s enchanted—and it’s hungry. One accidental spell later, Poppy conjures something very strange in the flour bin: Rye, a six-foot-three cinnamon roll golem with golden skin, a body sculpted by literal magic, and an unexplainable hunger for… her.

He’s made of enchanted flour, sugar, and who-knows-what else—but he walks, talks, bakes like a dream, and worships the ground Poppy stomps on in her cherry-red Doc Martens. Oh, and he smells like vanilla and sin.

Now Poppy’s stuck with a kitchen full of magical mayhem, a town full of nosy locals, and a golem boyfriend who thinks she's the reason the stars were invented. But someone (or something) wants Rye gone, and if they can’t figure out why the bakery is activating ancient love spells, Poppy could lose everything—including the only man who’s ever made her feel perfectly made.

Tropes & Themes:

• Curvy heroine who owns her body and her power

• Accidental magic / “Oops I conjured a boyfriend”

• Sunshine golem × sarcastic realist

• Bakery + thrift combo setting

• Magical chaos & enchanted baked goods

• Low angst, high chemistry, lots of flour on the floor

• Found family, cozy townies, and one very naughty apron scene