He drinks his coffee black. She lives on sugar and sass. When a brooding ex-soldier and a cinnamon-roll baker collide in one small Oklahoma town, the oven isn't the only thing heating up.

Charlotte "Charlie" Dawson has two goals: make Sugar & Comfort the sweetest spot in McAlester and forget the charming disaster of an ex who broke her heart. Routine—until Wyatt Jameson walks through her door. Six-foot-three, all grit and green-eyed silence, the former soldier orders black coffee every morning and nothing else...until the night a break-in leaves Charlie shaken and Wyatt on her doorstep, determined to keep watch.

Suddenly the walls she's spent years building crack beneath a slow-burn heat neither of them expected. He fixes things without asking. She bakes him cinnamon rolls he swears he doesn't want—then orders seconds. But when Charlie's past comes roaring back and Wyatt's demons refuse to stay buried, they'll have to decide if the fire between them is strong enough to forge a future, or if it will scorch everything in its path.

Perfect for readers who crave:

Dive into SMOLDER & SUGAR, Book One of McAlester's Sinful Nights. One taste and you'll believe in second chances, cinnamon-sweet kisses, and love hot enough to set the night on fire.