Samantha Barkley has spent years fighting to keep her home bakery—and her family—from collapsing under the weight of impossible expectations. When a vindictive client destroys her reputation overnight, Sam finds herself desperate, exhausted, and cracking under pressure. Then a stranger tells her about someone called the Happy Man, a figure who can make life’s problems “go away” with a single midnight ritual. Sam doesn’t believe it… until it works. But happiness comes with a price—and ...