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Foggy Basin #4
Don't Go Bakin' My Heart
Second Chance Romance
Small Business Fighting the Evil Corporation
Delicious Baked Goods
PERCY- I left my Michelin-Starred restaurant in France, where I was the head pastry chef,
to come back to Foggy Basin when my parents wanted to retire. I couldn’t stand to think of my family’s bakery closing. Choices always have a way of biting you on the butt! Now a large corporation is trying to buy out some of our businesses so they will have room to build a resort. Dealing with that was enough – but in walked my old high school crush Ben, and my world got flipped upside down. Why now? Our history is complicated. But he’s acting like he wants a future. What do I want?
BEN- I ran away from Foggy Basin as soon as I graduated. I had been an angry young man who hid everything about himself, terrified that people might discover my truth. A truth I was forced to face because of one Percy Armstrong.
My boss at BHB found out I was from there and sent me back home to help convince the local businesses to sell to them so they could build the luxury resort we were known for. Then I saw Percy, and everything changed. Here was my chance to do it right this time. Nothing could get in my way.
Welcome to Foggy Basin. Just passing through? No problem. Here to stay, well, better find your place. Sit back, relax and get to know the townsfolk. They love hard and play even harder. Each book is a standalone but why not stay and get to know us and read them all.
Small Business Fighting the Evil Corporation
Delicious Baked Goods
PERCY- I left my Michelin-Starred restaurant in France, where I was the head pastry chef,
to come back to Foggy Basin when my parents wanted to retire. I couldn’t stand to think of my family’s bakery closing. Choices always have a way of biting you on the butt! Now a large corporation is trying to buy out some of our businesses so they will have room to build a resort. Dealing with that was enough – but in walked my old high school crush Ben, and my world got flipped upside down. Why now? Our history is complicated. But he’s acting like he wants a future. What do I want?
BEN- I ran away from Foggy Basin as soon as I graduated. I had been an angry young man who hid everything about himself, terrified that people might discover my truth. A truth I was forced to face because of one Percy Armstrong.
My boss at BHB found out I was from there and sent me back home to help convince the local businesses to sell to them so they could build the luxury resort we were known for. Then I saw Percy, and everything changed. Here was my chance to do it right this time. Nothing could get in my way.
Welcome to Foggy Basin. Just passing through? No problem. Here to stay, well, better find your place. Sit back, relax and get to know the townsfolk. They love hard and play even harder. Each book is a standalone but why not stay and get to know us and read them all.
139 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 9, 2024
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About the author
Shane K. Morton
65 books239 followersShane K Morton lives in California with his husband and their fur baby. His Novels include: The Point Pleasant Holiday Series, Bluegrass Boys Series, Moray University Collection- Adorkable, The Trouble With Off-Campus Housing, Private Waterloos and The Year of the Cock. Short stories: And We Call It Bella Notte, Ginger in the City and Get off of my Runway. Shane can usually be found at a film festival or performing in cabaret somewhere in a dark dive bar in LA.
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September 30, 2024
Like I could resist a book with this title? This was as good as I hoped it would be.
Foggy Basin is a quintessential small town in California, not too far from San Francisco. Many of the businesses in town have existed for years, but recently a resort developer has been trying to convince the owners to sell, so a gigantic resort and golf course could be built. And they’re not above making offers that would allow the owners to live quite well.
Percy grew up in town, and his parents owned a bakery called Don’t Go Bakin’ My Heart. When they were ready to retire, Percy left his job as a pastry chef at a Michelin-starred hotel in Europe to buy the bakery from them. It’s hard keeping a business going, but the bakery is in his blood.
Percy and Ben grew up together, and became very close, until Ben became afraid of his feelings and proceeded to treat everyone, especially Percy, cruelly for four years of high school. Ben couldn’t wait to leave Foggy Basin and never look back. He’s on the verge of becoming partner at the development company where he works, but his promotion depends on him convincing the business owners of Foggy Basin to sell and make way for the resort.
Percy can’t believe Ben has returned after 10 years. Their feelings for one another still burn intensely, but Percy has to get over his resentment of how Ben treated him in high school. As they draw together again, there’s one little secret—the reason Ben has returned—that can tear them apart for good.
Did I guess how the book would go just from the description? Yes, but did it matter? Nope. This is a sweet, emotional, sexy love story with more than a touch of pastry, and the characters were just terrific. I’m looking forward to a return to Foggy Basin!
See all of my reviews at itseithersadnessoreuphoria.blogspot.com.
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Foggy Basin is a quintessential small town in California, not too far from San Francisco. Many of the businesses in town have existed for years, but recently a resort developer has been trying to convince the owners to sell, so a gigantic resort and golf course could be built. And they’re not above making offers that would allow the owners to live quite well.
Percy grew up in town, and his parents owned a bakery called Don’t Go Bakin’ My Heart. When they were ready to retire, Percy left his job as a pastry chef at a Michelin-starred hotel in Europe to buy the bakery from them. It’s hard keeping a business going, but the bakery is in his blood.
Percy and Ben grew up together, and became very close, until Ben became afraid of his feelings and proceeded to treat everyone, especially Percy, cruelly for four years of high school. Ben couldn’t wait to leave Foggy Basin and never look back. He’s on the verge of becoming partner at the development company where he works, but his promotion depends on him convincing the business owners of Foggy Basin to sell and make way for the resort.
Percy can’t believe Ben has returned after 10 years. Their feelings for one another still burn intensely, but Percy has to get over his resentment of how Ben treated him in high school. As they draw together again, there’s one little secret—the reason Ben has returned—that can tear them apart for good.
Did I guess how the book would go just from the description? Yes, but did it matter? Nope. This is a sweet, emotional, sexy love story with more than a touch of pastry, and the characters were just terrific. I’m looking forward to a return to Foggy Basin!
See all of my reviews at itseithersadnessoreuphoria.blogspot.com.
Follow me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/getbookedwithlarry/.
April 2, 2025
There is so much about Ben's company that I don't understand. Can you make partner in a company that also has a president and numerous vice presidents? What is their corporate structure? Why on earth do they want to build this cookie cutter resort in this nowhere town on a plot of land that will require tearing down a business district and digging a canal to a nearby lake? If all their resorts are exactly the same, do they all have a canal? And what is this business district? Are they just buildings in a field or are there homes/roads/infrastructure around them? They've apparently been there for decades and it seems weird that things haven't grown up around them. Is the company going to tear down all that stuff as well?
It feels a lot like this plot was badly ported over from another book in which a lawyer is trying to get farmers to sell their land for a factory or something. I know I'm nit-picking but nothing in the writing or the the characters was interesting enough to distract me from the plot holes.
For a story this short, there are a lot of plot holes.
I'm starting to wonder if I just don't like Shane K. Morton as a writer.
It feels a lot like this plot was badly ported over from another book in which a lawyer is trying to get farmers to sell their land for a factory or something. I know I'm nit-picking but nothing in the writing or the the characters was interesting enough to distract me from the plot holes.
For a story this short, there are a lot of plot holes.
I'm starting to wonder if I just don't like Shane K. Morton as a writer.
August 28, 2024
After ten years, can you forgive him?
Such a feel-good story! I did not want b to put it down. Percy and Ben are perfect for each other. Sure, they both have baggage, hurt feelings, and soul searching, but they can overcome them all together. Yes, the sexy scenes are hot and detailed. Keep your fan ready. You are simply gonna love this book! I did. So, grab it. NOW!
Such a feel-good story! I did not want b to put it down. Percy and Ben are perfect for each other. Sure, they both have baggage, hurt feelings, and soul searching, but they can overcome them all together. Yes, the sexy scenes are hot and detailed. Keep your fan ready. You are simply gonna love this book! I did. So, grab it. NOW!
September 10, 2024
A short quick read about Percy and Ben.
Unfortunately, the plot was very similiar to a book I had read earlier in the year. A different store but an old flame who comes home to try to get a business owner to sell.
Unfortunately, the plot was very similiar to a book I had read earlier in the year. A different store but an old flame who comes home to try to get a business owner to sell.
August 11, 2024
sweet angsty second chances
A very sweet story but also made cry. One of the main characters really was not nice in school and there is lots of angst from that and some other story happenings. But everything comes out lovely in the end. Another great story from wonderful author.
A very sweet story but also made cry. One of the main characters really was not nice in school and there is lots of angst from that and some other story happenings. But everything comes out lovely in the end. Another great story from wonderful author.
August 26, 2024
cute story
Cute premise, second chance, childhood crush, bully. Short novella. Slow burn.
Read this book for my the 52 books challenge.
Cute premise, second chance, childhood crush, bully. Short novella. Slow burn.
Read this book for my the 52 books challenge.
September 9, 2024
This is a sweet, warm, more or less, fast developing romantic story.
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