Midnight at the Butter Cow
A State Fair Romance

About this book:

The butter war has been raging for seventy years—Caroline Miller’s lard-based flakiness versus Noah Hartman’s butter-purist perfection, fought out across a dusty midway where the only thing hotter than the August ovens is the chemistry between the rival heirs. But when the fair’s crown jewel, a six-hundred-pound Butter Cow, begins to melt in a sabotaged cooler, their generations-old feud takes a backseat to a far more dangerous game. Someone has cut the refrigeration lines with hydraulic shears, and the trail of clues points straight to a corporate developer salivating over their family booths.

Forced into a fragile truce, Caroline and Noah trade rolling pins for detective work, racing a heat wave and a health inspector’s deadline to save the sculpture—and their livelihoods. Between midnight stakeouts in the dairy barn, illicit refrigerant runs, and the kind of banter that masks a lifetime of almost-kisses, they discover that the line between "crust and conflict" and something far sweeter is paper-thin.

*Midnight at the Butter Cow* serves up a delectable enemies-to-lovers romance baked with small-town charm, a dash of cozy mystery, and enough mouthwatering pie detail to make you taste the cinnamon. Perfect for readers who like their love stories with high stakes, warm humor, and a side of Midwestern magic.