AUDIO REVIEW: Sweet to the Core by Amy Aislin (Lighthouse Bay #3)

- January 01, 2026

SWEET TO THE CORE

Lighthouse Bay - Book Three

by Amy Aislin

Release Date: May 17, 2022

Audio Release Date: July 30, 2024

Review

Sometimes one change can alter your path. For Dev and Clark, it’s working together to win the Sweet to the Core competition. Both with their reasons for entering the contest, these friends learn a lot about each other and themselves along the way.

It’s a sweet and delicious romance that will make you both swoon and make you hungry.

I also recommend it as an audiobook. Narrated by Aaron Hokanson, who deftly delivers this holiday romance, capturing the small-town nature and lovely characters.

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Synopsis

Dev has pined for his cousin's best friend for years, but no matter how hard he wishes, Clark sees him as nothing but a friend. And it's as a friend that Clark comes to him for help.

Clark’s father is on the brink of losing his house and the fastest way to make a quick buck is to win the $10,000 prize in the inaugural Sweet to the Core apple baking contest. Only problem? He's never baked anything that hasn’t come out of a box.

But Dev has. As a baker, he’s Clark’s best chance.

For the first time, Dev has something Clark wants. Only problem? Dev needs the prize for himself. The only thing he wants—besides Clark—is to buy the local lighthouse where he last spent time with his parents before they died.

Working together means opening a lot more than a barrel of apples, though. They may have found the recipe to love.

But will Dev have to give up the only connection he has left to his parents in order to have it? Or will Clark let his father down? They can't both have everything.

Or can they?

About Amy Aislin

Amy's lived with her head in the clouds since she first picked up a book as a child, and being fluent in two languages means she's read a lot of books! She first picked up a pen on a rainy day in fourth grade when her class had to stay inside for recess. Tales of treasure hunts with her classmates eventually morphed into love stories between men, and she's been writing ever since. She writes evenings and weekends—or whenever she isn't at her full-time day job saving the planet at Canada's largest environmental non-profit.

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