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Two rival food trucks. One summer circuit. No clean way out.
Leo Vance knows smoke, pork, and how to keep a line moving. Big, charming, and built like the former football player he is, Leo runs The Smokin' Hog with heat, noise, and a grin that sells almost as much as his ribs.
Milo Santos knows pastry, precision, and how to leave before anyone can ask him to stay. His truck, The Golden Crust, is clean, quiet, and exacting-everything Leo's business is not.
When the two trucks are placed side by side on a Mid-South food festival circuit, the rivalry starts with smoke drifting into pastry cases and customers blocking the narrow strip between them. It does not stay that simple.
Across Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, St. Louis, Little Rock, and Memphis, Leo and Milo clash over space, menus, pride, and the inconvenient fact that wanting each other does not make working together any easier. But when storms hit, competitors copy, and the pressure of the circuit turns personal, the line between rivalry and partnership begins to blur.
Some things burn. Some things rise. And some things only work when smoke and gold meet in the middle.
By Memphis, the heat between them is no longer something either man can measure, manage, or keep off the menu.
Smoke & Gold is a spicy MM rivals-to-lovers contemporary romance featuring adult men, food trucks, forced proximity, sharp banter, open-door heat, and a hard-earned happily ever after.
