A cupcake baker with magical abilities suddenly finds herself
competing with the unfortunately handsome owner of the fancy new bakery across
the street in Golden Heart® Winner Tara
Sheets's magical romantic comedy releasing April 24th, 2018.
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About Don’t
Call Me Cupcake:
Title:
Don’t
Call Me Cupcake
Author: Tara Sheets
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release
Date: April
24, 2018
Publisher:
Zebra
Shout – Kensington Publishing
Series: The Holloway Girls
Format: Digital eBook / Print
Print ISBN: 9781420146264
Synopsis:
There’s a very special kind
of sweetness to life on Pine Cove Island …
Hunter, it turns
out, is opening a fancy new restaurant and bakery right on the
waterfront—Emma’s competition. To make matters worse, the town committee has
decided to split the upcoming summer festival contract between the two, forcing
Emma to work with her nemesis. But she can’t afford to split her profits. The
solution: create a recipe that will make Hunter leave town permanently.
The Holloway
charms are powerful. But there are other kinds of magic in the world—like
red-hot first kisses, secret glances, and the feeling that comes with falling
truly, madly, inconveniently in love . . .
Excerpt:
Copyright© 2018
Don’t Call Me Cupcake
Tara Sheets
That
half smile ghosted across his face again and he crossed his arms. It was a
simple gesture of relaxed ease, but Emma didn’t buy it. There was a hunger in
his dark green gaze that she remembered all too well. The lion was on high
alert.
“What
did you want to talk about?” he asked.
“It
was wrong,” she blurted.
Hunter’s
posture shifted slightly. “You think last night was a mistake.”
“Totally.
I mean, I never do that kind of thing. Ever. I don’t know what I was thinking,
you know?” Here came the babble. She always babbled when she was nervous. “But
I know it’s not a good idea to mix my personal life with business. And you and
I are just business, so I hope you understand it’s not going to happen again
because, you know, I can’t really believe it even happened in the first place.”
Hunter nodded once
and glanced down at the floor. He seemed deep in thought, as if he was trying
to make a decision.
Emma tried not to
notice his muscular arms, crossed against his chest. Nothing sexy about those. Nope. La la la. She could hear the second
hands ticking on the wall clock. Tick.
Tick.
He pressed his
lips together and she suddenly remembered the feel of them, warm and hot
against the sensitive spot on her neck. Focus!
When he finally
lifted his head, her knees almost buckled. The lion stared back, all wild and
hungry and seductive, like he was about to lick zebra chops. He leaned closer.
She should
probably back away.
He watched her
beneath thick, dark lashes and lowered his gaze to her mouth.
Yup. Definitely
backing away soon. She could almost feel the heat of his body on hers and her
traitorous limbs ached with the desire to step closer.
His face hovered
inches from hers, as if he was waiting for some sign.
Any second now,
she would back away. Any second. Emma’s mouth opened on a tiny indrawn breath.
It seemed to be
exactly what he was waiting for. The moment his lips touched hers, her limbs
flooded with heat. Her body remembered him and was instantly ready.
He gripped her hips and lifted, pulling her
flush against him. She wrapped her legs around his waist, completely lost in
the kiss that spread like wildfire through her blood. He carried her to the
back room, knocking over a bag of sugar on the way as he braced her up against
the pantry wall. She gripped the edge of the shelf, sending stainless steel
mixing bowls toppling to the floor. The two of them were like a hurricane,
demolishing anything that got in the way, and she was helpless to do anything
but hang on.
Emma suddenly
wanted to feel his skin against hers. She grabbed the hem of his shirt and
yanked it up, breaking away from their kiss just long enough to tear it over
his head.
A low growl
escaped him as he ran his hands up under her apron, sending a jolt of pure
desire rocketing through her.
Screwed. She
was so screwed. But in this moment, who cared?
She smiled against
his mouth and licked his lips. If he was the hungry lion, then she was happy,
slow-roasting zebra chops.
About Tara Sheets:
TARA SHEETS is an award-winning author of contemporary romance and women’s
fiction. Her work has earned first place recognition in literary contests
nationwide and her debut novel, Don’t Call Me Cupcake, won the 2016 Golden
Heart® award sponsored by Romance Writers of America®. Tara began her career as
an author in the Pacific Northwest, inspired by the rain and the misty
mountains and the rivers of Starbucks coffee.
She now lives in the warm, wonderful South where she can stand outside
with no coat on, and she finds that pretty inspiring too. When not writing, Tara enjoys life with her
book-loving family and a book-eating dog named Merlin. She is represented by
Sarah Phair at Trident Media Group.
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