Starting over and moving back home wasn't on Thyri Richard's 30 Before 30 bucket list.After swapping the countryside for big city living, Thyri vowed never to step foot across another sunflower bed ... Until her ex-husband's peculiar gaming addiction lands her right back on the doorstep of her enemy, Dakota Callahan.Dakota and Thyri only have two things in common: they're next-door neighbors again and they share enough bad blood to curb a vampire's appetite. He's the honorable hockey captain of the legendary Magnolia Falcons, and the bane of Thyri's existence since childhood.When Thyri is challenged with reviving her family's bakery, The Raspberry, she plans to use the publicity surrounding Dakota's sudden hockey retirement and brooding scandals to her advantage.Nothing can convince her that Dakota's a changed man. He is still Sunflower's devilishly handsome golden boy, sharp-tongued and skilled at bending the rules. She has nothing to lose and everything to prove.After a devastating loss, Dakota is left questioning his purpose and the abrupt end of his NHL career. But as soon as Thyri offers a dozen pumpkin-spiced donuts to express her condolences, he welcomes the distraction. Unaware that he's merely a marketing ploy, the more time they spend together, the harder he falls.With Thyri's family legacy on the brink of ashes and Dakota's back against the wall, will they put their differences aside and lean on love to extinguish their internal infernos? Or let the past take its toll?A Pinch Of Puck And Spice is a tear-jerking, enemies to lovers, steamy hockey romance story about new beginnings, forgiveness, and finding unconditional love in the last place you would imagine.