Cream Tea and Cloudberry Cake — Laura Briggs

Baking rivalries reach new heights while matchmaking plans goes awry in the eighth installment of the best-selling series.Baking champion Dinah returns to her roots to open the village’s first new bakery in ages. With mouths already watering for her famous marmalade creations she’s sure to be a hit—until her archenemy from the reality baking show, perfectionist Prue announces she’s also setting up shop in town. Is there room enough for the two of them? And what will Dinah do when Prue seemingly attempts to steal her thunder at every possible turn?Meanwhile, Julianne is tempted to play matchmaker for old friend Gemma, setting up the romance novelist with a certain eligible bachelor. But Julianne’s ploy to get them together doesn’t go quite the way she pictured…much like the exclusive new wedding she and Kitty are organizing for a popular bridal magazine’s Cornish contest.Given the level of glamour involved from dress to designer cake it should be a picture perfect ceremony, right? But it feels like a disaster in the making to Julianne, as she watches the detail obsessed magazine pick apart the bride-to-be’s secret hopes for her special day.Can Julianne salvage her most unusual wedding yet while also fixing poor Gemma’s romantic woes? And when tempers flare, will Dinah be the last baker standing—or will she go down in the flames of defeat? It’s a summer of rivalries and romantic sparks in the series’ latest volume meant to satisfy the sweetest of reader cravings.