The Gingerbread Bakery is a cozy contemporary romance novel by #1 New York Times, Sunday Times, and Globe & Mail bestselling author Laurie Gilmore. It is the fifth book in the Dream Harbor series, published by HarperCollins in September 2025, and can be read as a complete standalone.

As owner of her beloved Gingerbread Bakery, Annie Andrews should have a love life as sugary and sweet as her pastries. Instead, she finds herself locked in a game of words with Mac Sullivan, the irritatingly upbeat bar owner down the street. When Jeanie and Logan's wedding brings the whole of Dream Harbor together — and forces Annie and Mac into each other's orbit — old feelings and buried history begin to surface. With snow falling and romance in the air, Annie must decide whether the man she loves to argue with might just be her perfect match.

The story blends enemies-to-lovers tension with second-chance romance, small-town warmth, forced proximity, and a found-family dynamic. Praised by People magazine as having "all the makings of a top tier Hallmark movie that just happens to include a nice dash of spice" and by Publishers Weekly as "a charming break from reality," the novel delivers a heartfelt holiday read with guaranteed HEA (happily ever after). The paperback edition contains 358 pages.