Rating:4
Roxie Ray is a relatively new group of writers for me but I’m really enjoying the books that they write. The Alpha and The Baker by Roxie Ray is an excellent example. It’s a paranormal romance about a small town that has two very different pack of shifters with an interesting deep entwined heritage.
Who will be caught up between them, in a gentle and entertaining manner is a human Asian American baker, Felicia, who is struggling to keep her bakery going after the loss of her mother.
The authors give us the big exuberant Irish pack of Castiel who runs to Felicia’s bakery in need of cakes for a pack get together. And then an equally lovely and tradition based Mexican pack that lives adjacent to them in town.
So it’s meet cute, a growing relationship with Castiel and his pack, all of the recipes, Felicia’s culture and background of loss and love, and a divide between the packs that needs to be resolved.
It’s well written, full of terrific food, great characters, multiculturalism, spicy sex scenes and body positivity.
Highly enjoyable and recommended.
Buy link
Amazon.comhttps://www.amazon.comThe Alpha And The Baker eBook : Ray, Roxie
Blurb
A grumpy-sweet alpha. A broke but brilliant baker. One emergency cake order that might just be fate.
When Castiel’s pack reunion turns into a frosting-fueled disaster, the last thing he expects is to find salvation in the form of a tiny bakery—and the fiery, flour-dusted woman who runs it.
Felicia’s barely keeping her business alive, her heart is still healing, and she has zero time for distractions—especially not the ridiculously hot country guy begging for last-minute cakes. But with a hundred people waiting for dessert and a cash offer she can’t refuse, she says yes.
One rushed bake. Three ruined ovens. A van full of dreams.
And a connection that neither of them saw coming.
She’s a human with a whisk.
He’s an Alpha with responsibilities.
But when their worlds collide, it’s anything but half-baked.
Fans of small-town shifter romance, soft alpha energy, and banter that melts frosting will devour this slow-burn standalone with found family, first shifts, and the sweetest damn love story this side of the forest.
Special Fiction Books
Publication date
July 25, 2025
Edition
1st
Language
English
Print length
466 pages
