FWB: Friends with Baking

A sweet and sexy small-town rom-com from Tasha Zima

Return to Ashby Lake in this warm, witty romance where friends, flour, and feelings collide in all the best (and most deliciously inconvenient) ways.

Amy Wheeler

Born: May 2, 1996

Occupation / Role: Baker, owner of Joy Bakery

Books: The Making of a Storm (cameo), FWB: Friends with Baking

Connections: Julian, Lance, Bobby, Emily

Personality Keywords: Warm • Capable • Emotionally open • Witty • Romantic • Braver than she gives herself credit for • Feels deeply • Loves fully • Commits carefully

Tropes: Sunshine With a Backbone | Small-Town Returner | Girl Who Left (and Came Back Stronger) | Second-Chance Heroine | Baker With a Big Heart | Emotionally Brave FMC

A young woman in a pink dress holding a cupcake. She has dark hair, is standing in a bakery and is very pretty

Julian Ward

Born: August 15, 1996

Occupation / Role: Owner of Ward Winery

Books: FWB: Friends with Baking

Connections: Friend of Chris & Lara Kelly, Emily, Cassidy

Personality Keywords: Controlled • Observant to the point of obsession • Protective • Emotionally reserved • Deeply loyal • Carries old feelings like loaded weapons he pretends aren’t there

A blond man standing in a bakery, handsome, white shirt open at the collar

Bobby Strand

Born: January 20, 1989

Occupation / Role: Artist

Books: FWB: Friends with Baking

Connections: Friend and former lover: Amy Wheeler

Personality Keywords: Soft-spoken • Observant • Quietly confident • Emotionally intuitive • deeply loyal • Creative • Expressive • Unafraid of intimacy • Grounded presence with surprising steel • Offers love without possession

a scruffy man, longer hair, glasses, wearing a paint stained apron, holding some paintbrushes

Cassidy Myers

Born: October 1, 1998

Occupation / Role: Local reporter

Books: FWB: Friends with Baking

Connections: Knows everyone in town and their business

Personality Keywords: Sharp • Ambitious • Relentlessly curious • Knows exactly how to read a room • Territorial when it comes to stories and people • Polished • Driven • Always slightly on edge • Uses professionalism to mask unresolved feelings

Tropes: The Ex Who Never Quite Let Go | Career-First Woman | Journalist With an Agenda | “I Knew Him First” Energy | Professional Rival | Emotional Complication | Control Freak With Cracks

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Characters from FWB

A middle aged man, with a bit of a belly, dressed in chef's whites standing in the doorway of a restaurant. — Luigi

A male and female employee cleaning up at the bakery — Susan and Geoff

a good looking Gallic man sitting at a cafe table in Paris. He is wearing a dark suit jacket and an open white button down shirt — Jacques

A couple in their 50s sitting at a kitchen table. The woman is making a pie and the man is drinking coffee. — Debbie and Robert Kelly

Places from FWB

a luxurious apartment, candlelit, large kitchen island — Amy’s Loft

The storefront of an Italian Bistro with wisteria hanging down and a few bistro tables out front — Luigi’s Bistro

Ward Wineries, a barn that doubles as a tasting center, a log timber house in the background and rows of vines — Ward Wineries

Moon garden, white flowers, moon in the sky, candles — Julian’s Moon Garden

a bakery - Paris inspired. Peach coloured walls, lots of pastries, fresh flowers and a chandelier. The name of the Bakery is Joy — Joy Bakery

A sleek red sports car parked in front of a bakery — Julian’s car

Amy and Julian’s story started in high school, but picks up again years later.

A book cover for FWB: Friends with Baking. A couple is standing in a bakery. The woman is looking down at a cupcake, the man is standing behind her. The scene is intimate, romantic.

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