Download or read book Cupcakes Cupid Contemporary Romance Holiday Novella written by Debora Dennis and published by Debora Dennis. This book was released on with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SWEET NOVELLA Welcome to Starlight Hills! Mountain views, small town charm, and one little bake shop, where romance is always on the menu. While the rest of the town celebrates Valentine's Day with flowers, chocolate, and the annual Cupid Ball, Katie Dixon plans to spend it like every other day…alone, in her nursing scrubs. With a broken engagement in her past, her dreams of cuddling by the fire with the love of her life now involve her cat, chocolate covered strawberry cupcakes, and a book. No lying, cheating men. No wilting flowers to throw away. No more broken heart. Three years ago when Reed Dempsey left Starlight Hills, he thought he'd left his wounded heart behind too. In love with his best friend's fianceé, he took off to build his life in the city, far away from the ever prying eyes of his small hometown and constant reminders of Katie. Now he's back to get his grandparents' flower shop through Valentine's Day and ready to sell before he falls for Katie all over again. This year Cupid might need a little help to get these two hearts to the ball. Fortunately, one bakeshop matchmaker might be baking up more than cupcakes!

Download or read book Wishes Wedding Cake Contemporary Romance Holiday Novella written by Debora Dennis and published by Debora Dennis. This book was released on 2014-08-10 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SWEET NOVELLA Nick Berkley is happy being the best man, never the groom. Life is complicated enough with his thriving veterinary practice and working nights at the family pet store covering for his ailing father. He prefers dates to relationships. He doesn't need one woman to try to change him or his ways. Now his friend's Marine unit is shipping overseas and with only two weeks to plan a 4th of July wedding, Nick's put in charge of finding the perfect wedding cake when all the bakeries in town are booked for the holiday. Independent single mother Delilah Redmond still remembers the first wedding cake she watched a groom feed his bride. In that one magical moment, baking the perfect wedding cake became her passion. Six years later, Delilah finds herself wishing for more—more time with her son and more of a name for herself in the wedding cake business. But long hours in the kitchen with no recognition have left her feeling like a failure on both counts. Now Delilah's thinking of giving up her cake pans, and she hopes a vacation in the quiet mountain town of Starlight Hills will help clear her head…until she meets Nick, the desperate-for-a-cake best man. Sweet desperation has Nick making promises he's never made before and one woman's to blame. Now, pulling off the perfect wedding cake may force Delilah to depend on someone else…but she might also find everything she's ever wished for.

Download or read book Muffins Mistletoe Contemporary Romance Holiday Novella written by Debora Dennis and published by Debora Dennis. This book was released on with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SWEET NOVELLA. Welcome to Starlight Hills! Mountain views, small town charm, and one little bake shop, where romance is always on the menu. Christmas is the best time of year to be in love in Starlight Hills. Cold nights perfect for snuggling, plenty of mistletoe to be caught kissing under, and an abundance of gingerbread muffins for sharing under the stars. But when Corinne Mackenzie turns down a proposal from the man she loves at the Thanksgiving table, it could be the worst time of year instead. Convinced the only way to fix the biggest mistake of her life is to enlist the help of the town's resident matchmaker, she's got a plan to make this the best Christmas ever. After his proposal is rejected in front of family and friends, Jimmy Crane knows his only chance of surviving the holiday is to avoid the woman who stomped on his heart. The only obstacle to his plan is his matchmaking mother and Corinne's knack for getting him under the mistletoe.

Download or read book Some Kind of Wonderful written by Beth Ciotta and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have yourself a scrumptious, small-town Christmas with this special Cupcake Lovers holiday novella, Some Kind of Wonderful! Growing up in Sugar Creek, Maya Templeton and Zachary Cole were best friends. After high school, each went out into the world in search of adventure. Maya moved to Florida to explore her passion for baking and pastry-making, eventually establishing her own business: Cupcakes & Dreamscapes. Zach joined the military and became a Marine Scout Sniper. Now, after years apart, they're both going home for the holidays. They don't seem to have much in common anymore. In fact, Zach seems to have the hots for Maya's business partner. But when the two get stranded together during a blizzard, they are forced to reexamine their connection. Are Maya and Zach better off "just friends"-just as they were when they were young? Or could it be that true love was there all along? Look for Anything But Love-available now!-from St. Martin's Paperbacks. Praise for Beth Ciotta's Cupcake Lovers series: "An absolute treat."-Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author "Ciotta is a master of the fun-to-read romance, and this [series] is no exception."-RT BOOKreviews "Will keep readers waiting eagerly for [more]." -Publishers Weekly ABOUT THE AUTHOR Beth Ciotta is an award-winning author who specializes in romantic comedy with a twist. Her work includes contemporary, historical, and paranormal romantic fiction. "I can't think of anything more fulfilling than writing stories where everyone (except the villain, of course) gets a happy ending!" Beth lives in New Jersey with her husband, two zany dogs, and a crazy cat. A retired professional performer, Beth now pours her artistic passion into her writing.

Download or read book Cupcakes Cupid written by Debora Dennis and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Starlight Hills! Mountain views, small town charm, and one little bake shop, where romance is always on the menu. While the rest of the town celebrates Valentine & apos;s Day with flowers, chocolate, and the annual Cupid Ball, Katie Dixon plans to spend it like every other day ... alone, in her nursing scrubs. With a broken engagement in her past, her dreams of cuddling by the fire with the love of her life now involve her cat, chocolate covered strawberry cupcakes, and a book. No lying, cheating men. No wilting flowers to throw away. No more broken heart. Three years ago when Reed Dempsey left Starlight Hills, he thought he & apos;d left his wounded heart behind too. In love with his best friend & apos;s fiance©♭, he took off to build his life in the city, far away from the ever prying eyes of his small hometown and constant reminders of Katie. Now he & apos;s back to get his grandparents & apos; flower shop through Valentine & apos;s Day and ready to sell before he falls for Katie all over again. This year Cupid might need a little help to get these two hearts to the ball. Fortunately, one bakeshop matchmaker might be baking up more than cupcakes!

Download or read book Anything But Love written by Beth Ciotta and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secret heiress Reagan Devereaux meets her match in pub owner Luke Monroe, but the two must settle their differences before they can learn to love.

Download or read book Cupcakes and Cupid written by Anne Lucy-Shanley and published by . This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweeten your Valentine's Day with romance and recipes!Sweet Caroline by Anne Lucy-ShanleyAfter the new year, the sales at Sweet Caroline Confectionary grind to a screeching halt, and her answer is a televised baking contest. Enter her hot and haughty challenger, Mr. Tall, Dark, and Grouchy. When the competition heats up, so does their attraction.Change of Heart by Amber TerrellEver since Charlotte lost her dad near Valentine's Day, the entire month-with its hearts and candy and flowers-is only a reminder of all she's lost. When a handsome new guy joins her gym, Charlotte might have finally found a reason to celebrate the holiday.I Want Candy by Laura E. AkersAfter breaking her engagement to a wealthy venture capitalist, food stylist Candy moves and starts a new life. When a photo shoot draws her back to LA, her life gets turned upside down, and she must choose between two handsome Valentine's Day suitors.Drunk on Love by Amanda JemmettSloan bakes at home. She likes it that way, until a chance encounter and an enticing opportunity shake up the cozy life she's created for herself. Can boozy treats and a gorgeous man be the push Sloan needs to live her life and stop hiding from the world?Love at the Café Azure by Patricia WilsonAvery has her dream-a French café in her picturesque hometown. But things take a turn for the worse, and now she's scrambling to keep from going under. An irritating ex-SEAL turned pastry chef might be just the boost her café needs.Da Nonna's by Jenny Marie TaylorIngrid has spent years making her bakery a success, but when it closes and her husband walks out, she reluctantly returns to the Italian restaurant where she worked as a teenager. Can she make a new future for herself and regain the trust of the man whose heart she broke?

Download or read book The Trouble with Love written by Beth Ciotta and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While on a quick trip to New York on behalf of the Cupcake Lovers' forthcoming book, Rocky Monroe has a one-night stand with Jayce Bello, the one man she never wanted to see again, who is reluctant to let her go a second time.

Download or read book In the Mood for Love written by Beth Ciotta and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ONLY THING BETTER THAN A SURPRISE FLING... Sugar Creek, Vermont, is a world away from Los Angeles for high-powered, media-obsessed Harper Day. When she took the job doing publicity for the Cupcake Lovers, she never expected to be won over by the town's old-fashioned charms. But that was before she moved into the Victorian vacation home of her dreams and fell in with a man whose good looks and irresistible ways are anything but small-town... IS FINDING TRUE AND LASTING LOVE. Sam McCloud is a widowed father of two. He and bossy, big-city Harper appear to have nothing in common... though the attraction they feel toward one another cannot be denied. But will their romance last longer than the day's headlines? There's more to Harper than meets the eye, and as it turns out, she needs to get married—fast. Little does Harper know that family-man Sam will do whatever it takes to keep her in Sugar Creek—even if that means taking matters into his own hands. And never letting her go...in the fourth novel in the Cupcake Lovers series, In the Mood For Love. "Ciotta writes with style, wit, and heart. Can't wait for the next one!" —Susan Andersen, New York Times bestselling author

Download or read book Fool for Love written by Beth Ciotta and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chef-in-training Chloe Madison wants to have her cake and eat it too. So when her boyfriend dumps her for a French tart, she decides to start over from scratch with a new life and job in Sugar Creek, Vermont. What could be more tempting than joining a club called the "Cupcake Lovers"? Just one thing: local business-hunk Devlin Monroe.

Download or read book Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe written by Jenny Colgan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From perennial bestseller Jenny Colgan comes this sugar-fueled Christmas treat of a novel, bursting with recipes and holiday cheer. Life is sweet for Issy Randall, owner of the Cupcake Cafe. Taught how to bake by her beloved late grandfather, she is proudly carrying on the family tradition with her London eatery. Not only is business thriving, the icing on the cupcake is that she also happens to be head over heels in love. Plus she’s surrounded and supported by close friends, even if her cupcake colleagues Pearl and Caroline don’t seem quite as upbeat about the upcoming season of snow and merriment. But when her boyfriend Austin is scouted for a possible move to New York, Issy is forced to contemplate the prospect of a long-distance romance. And when the Christmas rush at the cafe—with its increased demand for her delectable creations—begins to take its toll, Issy has to decide what she holds most dear. This December, Issy will have to rely on all her reserves of calm, courage, and cinnamon to make sure everyone has a merry Christmas, one way or another. . .

Download or read book The Christmas Cove Cupcake War written by Holly Montrose and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tired of his fame, the paparazzi and his philandering ex-fiance, Chris Valentino, AKA Vince de Carlo, best selling crime novelist, has left Hollywood and is heading home to Christmas Cove for the Holidays. It will be the first time he's been home for the Holidays in several years. Chrissy and Norma are rival cupcake store owners in Christmas Cove. Norma despises Chrissy for trying to ruin her business, established over twenty years. Determined to get the jump on Chrissy this festive season and bring in more customers, Norma recruits her reluctant son Chris to spy on Chrissy and report back his findings about her Holiday plans for the store. There's just one problem - Chris and Chrissy are about to fall in love with each other over the course of one magical Christmas Cove Festive Season, and Norma's not very happy about it! This is a novel of approximately 54,000 words. This is BOOK ONE of the CHRISTMAS COVE CHRONICLES. CONTENT: Lots of romance. No sex. No cussing. No sexual vulgarity.

Download or read book The Cupcake Diaries Spoonful of Christmas written by Darlene Panzera and published by Avon Impulse. This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Debbie Macomber comes Spoonful of Christmas, the fourth installment in the popular Cupcake Diaries series. Andi, Rachel, and Kim each have their own reasons for wanting this Christmas at Creative Cupcakes to be special. Andi is scared that Jake's job offer with another newspaper will move them to a different state. Rachel, set to marry Mike on Christmas Eve, is afraid her cousin Stacey will ruin the wedding. Kim fears she'll never get a ring and Nathaniel will leave her after the holidays are over. What they didn't count on was having a modern-day Grinch try to steal Christmas away from them. Can they unmask the culprit before it's too late ... or will this be a Christmas to remember for all the wrong reasons?

Download or read book Katy and the Christmas Cupid written by Amy Sparling and published by Lake Sterling Sweet Romance. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katy is tired of wishing her perfect man would magically appear in her life, so she decides to take matters into her own hands. In order to secure a date (and hopefully a soul mate) for her work's epic Christmas party, she decides to host a Christmas Cupid speed dating event. When a hundred handsome, eligible men sign up, she hopes one of them will be the perfect match for her. Only after one hundred awful speed dates, Katy is still single. But that doesn't mean Santa has forgotten about her. It turns out her perfect man does exist...and he's been right in front of her this whole time. Katy and the Christmas Cupid is a novella, and the second book in the Lake Sterling series of sweet contemporary romances. Each book can be read as a standalone. Dive into Lake Sterling and fall in love today!

Download or read book A Cupcake Christmas written by Beth Barany and published by Firewolf Books. This book was released on 2015-12-25 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you risked losing your baking legacy by cooking up a love truly special? Florian MacMillian needs a final job to complete his baking resume-preferably a job where he's unlikely to blow things up with his unruly magic-before returning to the North Pole and taking his rightful place as Master Baker to all the elves. Kate Delore desperately needs help in her fast-growing cupcake business. Florian is a perfect fit, so she brings him on as baker. For a short time, Florian is happily up to his elbows in batter, and Kate's business is booming. But when things heat up between them, Florian wonders if he should risk his legacy to cook up something truly special.

Download or read book Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe written by Jenny Colgan and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issy Randall, proud owner of The Cupcake Cafe, is in love and couldn't be happier. Her new business is thriving and she is surrounded by close friends, even if her cupcake colleagues Pearl and Caroline don't seem quite as upbeat about the upcoming season of snow and merriment. But when her boyfriend Austin is scouted for a possible move to New York, Issy is forced to face up to the prospect of a long-distance romance. And when the Christmas rush at the cafe - with its increased demand for her delectable creations - begins to take its toll, Issy has to decide what she holds most dear. This December, Issy will have to rely on all her reserves of courage, good nature and cinnamon, to make sure everyone has a merry Christmas, one way or another ...Indulge yourself and your sweet-toothed friends with Jenny Colgan's new novel, simply bursting with Christmas cupcake recipes and seasonal sugar-fuelled fun.

Download or read book Christmas At Cupid s Hideaway Mills Boon American Romance written by Connie Lane and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Cupid's Hideaway you can celebrate the spirit of Christmas all year long! Cupid's Hideaway is an unusual bed-and-breakfast run by the equally unusual Maisie Templeton, together with her granddaughter (and chef) Meg Burton. The B and B is on an island in Lake Erie–the perfect place for Meg to hide her broken heart.