Kneaded by my Master Baker: One girl. Two hands. Fully risen.

by Krista LaRae

He said he’d tell her everything. He just didn’t say when.

Abby Dixon survived a siege, a kidnapping, and two rounds of the Flour Council’s Proving with five bonded kitchen monsters and zero help from the man who owns her bakery. Then Zane Belfort walks back in out of the rain, looking like he hasn’t slept since Prague, and says the one thing she’s spent five years waiting to hear.

She throws a towel at him and tells him to stop dripping on her floor. Obviously.

Round Three is coming. The Council has already tried the move that worked on every Kleides before break one bond before the final working. Now they’re after the sixth position, the Foundation, and they’ve filed a claim on the only man who can fill it. Because Zane has a secret he’s carried for centuries.

Abby has a lemon poppyseed cake, her grandfather’s handwriting, and a brain that can’t make pictures. She also has Jess with a highlighter and the Charter, Jordan with two escape-artist kittens, Winter with a pun board, and a regular in a gold tracksuit who knows far more than a woman with a blueberry muffin habit should.

In the final Sweet Rise

Humor, plot, and mythologyFive bonds, one Foundation, and an espresso machine strike against the bossAn ice storm and a stranded college football teamA Proving round nobody has ever passedThe truth about Storage, and the women behind its doorsZane. Kneading. Finally.Kneaded by My Master Baker is the fifth and final book in The Sweet Rise Bakery A Kitchen Monster RomCom. Read in order, starting with Creamed by My Monster Stand Mixer.

Content Explicit open-door romance with multiple partners (MMMMMMF why-choose), monster/non-human love interests, humor, strong language, and a happily-ever-after. Mentions of captivity. For readers 18+.

259 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 30, 2026

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Abby's managed to bond with five daimons, pass rounds one and two of the Proving, survive a flour shortage, deal with one of her employees being "kidnapped", and parse through a whole lot of legalese (with the help of Jess) in the Council's contracts, but things aren't over yet. Because Zane's finally made it back to the bakery and things are complicated.

Admittedly, they've always been a little complicated between Abby and Zane, but Zane has secrets that could throw round three into disarray before it even starts.

Com.pli.cated.

That said, Abby might be angry at Zane and his weird silences and the way he doles out information, but she's also relieved that he's safe. Now she just has to convince him she's serious when she says she wants answers. And then she has to deal with how to use the information he (eventually) provides to figure out how to beat the Council at their own game.

We get a whole lot of answers, explanations as to why the Council has been doing what they do, and we get to spend some quality time with the core gang (plus a few extras). This has been a wild ride since Abby enjoyed her first encounter with her mixer and BOY have I enjoyed it. *thumbs up*

-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal

[Surfegirl080 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sorry to see this series go - the story was about acceptance and empowering those closest to you to be the best “versions” of themselves and loving 🥰 them for who they are. Allowing yourself to be loved and to be the goddess you didn’t know you were. #51 #punkgirlsread #books #readersgonnaread #spiceybooks

[Sharon Goodley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved

I have absolutely loved this series. The characters are brilliant. This will probably be one of those series that I will re read in the distant future when I’ve had time to forget it 😉

[MTRossi · Rating 4.25 out of 5]

Such a fun series! If you like fantasy crazy, with some wild spice…go for it!!

[Jillian Kelsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved how this wrapped up the entire book!