Blurb:

A wounded teacher. A village baker. A Christmas neither of them will forget.

When Dominic Byrne rents a cottage in Hollywick, a remote West Country village, he wants only peace, and distance from London and the life that nearly destroyed him. What he didn’t bargain for was the neighbour with warm brown eyes, a warmer smile, and a habit of turning up on his door step with freshly baked bread.

Olly Hansen knows all about starting over. Back in Hollywick and running the family bakery after a high-pressure career in London’s restaurant world, he’s built a quiet life that’s steady and safe — until Dominic arrives, fragile, wounded, and impossible not to want.

As winter closes in and the village gives itself over to Christmas, what begins as care and kindness deepens into something neither man can dismiss. But with both their futures still shadowed by the lives they left behind, love may ask them for more than either is ready to give.

In a season of snow, healing, and second chances, two bruised hearts may just find their way home.

If you love small-town MM romance, hurt/comfort, neighbours-to-lovers, and food-as-love-language, All the Sweet Things was written for you.

[Content Note: All the Sweet Things is a story about healing, care, and chosen home. Although it contains themes of trauma recovery — including references to a past and off-page assault, and emotional burnout — it is, at its core, an emotional and heartfelt romance with a strong HEA.]

https://books2read.com/AllTheSweetThings-AliRyecart

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Review:

Oh goodness, the sweetness factor here! Dominic is struggling so much but then he meets Olly and it’s just the best. The way that Olly slowly helps bring him around, getting him out of the house, showing him so much care and understanding as he takes baby steps towards healing. Introducing him to their quirky small village & its people and what it means to feel comfortable with life again. It’s all the fluff you could hope for with a holiday story but wrapped around a more difficult one about healing and finding yourself again.