In A Sweet Mess by Jayci Lee ($17), Aubrey Choi is a successful pastry chef and bakery owner whose world gets turned upside down when a scathing review from a famous food critic hits stands. Even worse? She discovers that the food critic is none other than Landon Kim, a fling from her recent past. To help her save her business, Landon offers her a spot on a celebrity cooking show he's producing, and Aubrey accepts.
Both Aubrey and Landon are Korean-American, and I love how elements of their culture come through on the page. The foodie aspect lends a fun lens to the story, and there is an unexpected twist toward the end that I didn't see coming!