It's the last chance she never thought she'd get. When perennial competition baker Candace Coale left the Food2Love Network Summer Bakes season amidst accusations of sabotaging other players and having an affair with the producer, she never thought she'd been invited back. But she gets that one last chance with an invitation to the Great Christmas Bake-Off. With only three days before she needs to be on set and a cash prize of $100,000 when she desperately needs it to rebuild the bakery she's just lost, there's no time to think about anything about hopping on a plane. It's the last chance he never thought he'd get. Laurin Lavigne was once soccer's next greatest legend before his career was cut short by a devastating injury. Nearly a decade later, he's settled into his quiet life of raising his young daughter and running the family bakery alongside his mother. The pro sports money has long dried up, and there's nothing left for the renovations the bakery needs to keep afloat, so he's facing the possibility of having to sell his house in order to finance it. The invitation to the Great Christmas Bake-Off and that giant prize is his last hope of holding onto both the house and the bakery. The it's a team season, and a mix-up puts Candace and Laurin as teammates and bunkmates. Candace thinks it's done to deliberately goad her into getting embroiled in another affair; after all, he's an attractive single man. Even worse? He's nice to her. Laurin isn't sure if this is bad luck or hazing or maybe he is an unwitting honeypot, he just knows he needs to survive it if he's going to get a shot at winning or being invited back. They both know that the last thing they should ever do is fall right into what may be a trap, but the chemistry is undeniable. Laurin is a man who takes what he wants, and what he wants is Candace's buns. Yeah, those buns. Holly Jolly Cake Fight is a slow burn that ends with all the spice between a cinnamon roll hero and a heroine best described as a feral cat being lured in day by day with bits of shrimp. Mild content warning for history of abuse.