Rubi Ramos’s Recipe for Success audiobook cover - A first‑gen daughter with a strict Ban on Baking, a dream school that waitlists her, a surprise surf‑boy tutor, and a high‑stakes OC Bake‑Off. Rubi learns to choose both heart and future—without losing herself.

Rubi Ramos’s Recipe for Success

A first‑gen daughter with a strict Ban on Baking, a dream school that waitlists her, a surprise surf‑boy tutor, and a high‑stakes OC Bake‑Off. Rubi learns to choose both heart and future—without losing herself.

Jessica Parra

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Description

This is a warm, high-energy story about a Cuban‑Guatemalan teen navigating family expectations, secret baking, and a fierce debate team—while chasing a spot at Alma University and a Bake‑Off crown. When Alma waitlists her, Rubi scrambles: ace Trig, win the tournament, and, maybe, win OC’s first Bake‑Off. Along the way she falls for Ryan, faces down a ruthless classmate, and discovers that the rules aren’t the only way forward. It’s a love letter to prep rooms, public debate, and finding a recipe that actually fits your life.

Who Should Listen

  • Listeners who love food stories with heart, humor, and competition
  • First‑gen and immigrant families navigating expectations and identity
  • Fans of YA romances threaded through ambition and friendship

About the Authors

Jessica C. Parra is a lawyer and daughter of Guatemalan and Cuban bakers who never objects to an extra slice of cake. A Los Angeles native, she writes about Latinas with big hair and bigger dreams, complicated families, and the healing magic of acceptance. When she isn’t drafting books, she’s sipping kombucha, cuddling cats, or copiloting the Millennium Falcon at Disneyland’s Galaxy’s Edge.