Bakery owner Matilda “Tillie” Toppington (who is 24) has recently been jilted by her ex-boyfriend, Simon (three months ago). She is angry that she wasted so many years of her life on Simon, who ended up having an affair with someone he met online. For the past two weeks a handsome man (Blake McClelland, 34) has been coming into her bakery and ordering Chocolate Éclairs. And he always insists on being waited on by Tillie. One day he makes Tillie an offer. He knows she’s going through a difficult financial period, (word is getting around town), and he offers to take care of her debts if she pretends to be his fiancée for the next month. Blake wants to buy back his ancestral home and the old man who currently owns it (Jim Pendleton) doesn’t want to sell it to a love-them-and-leave-them playboy. Jim Pendleton is friends with Tillie and he thinks the world of her, so who better to become engaged to than Tillie, Blake reckons. Maybe if old Jim thinks Blake is settling down he'll change his mind and sell the house to Blake. Tillie eventually agrees to the engagement. The more time Blake and Tillie spend together, the more attracted they become to each other, and the more they find they have some things in common.

This was such a wonderful, sweet, and cute romance! Blake and Tillie were terrific together, they had great chemistry, and I really enjoyed their banter. They were both very warm and likable characters. I also liked Jim’s adorable dog Truffles that Tillie was watching for Jim while he was recuperating from a fall.

I liked Tillie, she was a sweet and caring heroine, and Blake was a sexy, considerate, and gorgeous hero!

A very enjoyable read by Melanie Milburne. ( )