In May 2018, award-winning author and Issaquah resident, Tara Sheets, joins Kensington with the first in a new delightfully delicious, cupcake-themed contemporary romance series, “Don’t Call Me Cupcake”.
Winner of RWA’s 2016 Golden Heart Award, “Don’t Call Me Cupcake” is set a cupcake shop in the Pacific Northwest and features a heroine who knows how to put a little magic into her baking. Gifted baker/cupcake shop owner Emma Holloway, who can infuse emotions into her delicious treats, and her cousin Juliette must whip up the perfect spell to win their town’s annual summer festival contract and make her handsome rival, Hunter Kane, leave forever.
A must-read for anyone who loves lighthearted romance with a small-town, contemporary setting, the story is perfect for rom-com fans and has a touch of humor that will charm even the most dour of readers.
About the book
Most families have a favorite recipe or two, handed down through generations. The Holloway women are not part of most families. Emma Holloway, like her grandmother before her, bakes wishes into her delicious cupcakes, granting the recipient comfort, sweet dreams, or any number of good things.
It’s a strange gift, but it brings only happiness. Until gorgeous, sweet-talking newcomer Hunter Kane strolls into her shop, Fairy Cakes—and Emma mistaking sells him not one, but three Sweet Success cupcakes.
Hunter, it turns out, is opening a fancy new restaurant and bakery right on the waterfront and is now 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 charming nemesis. However, 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…
About the author
Award winning author Tara Sheets is a lover of fairytales and a staunch believer in happily ever after. She enjoys writing women’s fiction and lighthearted romance with a splash of magic.
Tara holds a BA in Communications and is a graduate of the University of Washington’s Popular Fiction Writing Program. Her debut novel, Don’t Call Me Cupcake, won the 2016 Golden Heart. Tara now lives in the Pacific Northwest with her book loving family and a book eating dog named Merlin.
