Served Sweet — Marie Harte

It's all or nothing, and to the victor go the dirty sweet spoils.

As if buried in their respective DNA, Riley Hewitt and Anson Black have been rivals since grade school. Always trying to one-up the other...until Anson left town right after graduation. Fast forward a few years. Just as Riley is thinking of expanding her profitable baking business, who should plant his new restaurant right next door but smug, annoying-and, unfortunately, drop-dead-sexy-Anson. Spurred by a large bottle of wine and her two best friends, Riley sets out to get revenge. Of all the women Anson has known, no one has stirred him-or made him work harder-than Riley. Moving in right under her nose, he'll be a constant thorn in her side. After all, he's smart, sexy and successful. What's not to love? Much to her chagrin, Riley finds more than her competitive edge coming back to life. So is her libido. But if she lets her heart fall into Anson's win column, she could lose in more ways than one. And this time around, second place just isn't going to cut it.

Warning: A smug man needing his comeuppance duels with a baking queen who stirs his passion like nobody's business. No cupcakes were injured in the making of this romance, but the same can't be said for the knitting needles.