Preserves, Pride & Poor Choices: A Romantic Comedy

Finch Fox knows exactly how jam competitions are supposed to work. You respect tradition. You protect the family recipe. You do not get distracted by Basil Fields, the charming produce-market rival with rolled sleeves, reckless flavor ideas, and an extremely inconvenient smile. But when Dalton Blueberry Days forces Finch and Basil into judging tables, cooking demonstrations, family dinners, storm cleanup, and one very public rivalry, Finch's carefully controlled life starts to boil over. Basil believes tradition should leave room for something new. Finch believes herbs in jam are suspicious. Neither of them planned on the market gossip, the accidental teamwork, or the attraction simmering between them with every shared spoon and stubborn argument. As the competition heats up, Finch has to decide whether winning alone is really better than risking his pride on someone who makes him feel seen, challenged, and completely off-balance. Preserves, Pride & Poor Choices is a warm, low-angst male/male small-town romantic comedy featuring rival preserve makers, family pressure, festival gossip, public flirting, emotional panic, and the very dangerous discovery that partnership might be sweeter than victory.

Pagina's: 256, Paperback, Independently published