Baking with Nerds is Ainsley Morrison and that cranky former Marine, Brett Bentwater's book. Brett is honorably discharged from the military—a fate worse than death—due to a PTSD diagnosis. He's returned to civilian life with some major baggage. Meanwhile Ainsley, with the aid of her cousin, is suddenly thrust into opening a much needed coffeehouse in town. With his baggage and her new business they don't have time to fall in love. Or do they?