New York City firefighter Desmond Conlon is known among his sisters as the family prankster, but they’ve finally paid him back by nominating him as a contestant on a reality show for terrible bakers. Baking a decent cake with his huge baseball mitt hands will be challenging enough, but the task proves almost impossible when Desmond can’t seem to pry his eyes off one of the judges—petite, soft-spoken, bespectacled Quinn. Forget the cake, she’s the only sweetness he needs in his life.


Quinn Beverley has never dated, finding the whole process intimidating. If only she could be more like Desmond. Outgoing, confident, sinfully sexy. In a burst of courage, she asks Desmond to give her a lesson in seduction—and he readily agrees. As their training heats up, though, the lines of their agreement blur and Quinn starts to wonder if Desmond has been seduced by her all along…