Cakewalk (Busy Bean #3)
Claire Hastings
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
3.71
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 12 ratings · 291 pages · Published: 24 May 2021
Gigi Hawthorne is starting from scratch. She just didn’t realize until her crappy car broke down that she was going to be doing it in a small town in Vermont. With an eye for design and some serious decorating skills, she’s managed to land a job making delectable treats for the patrons of the Busy Bean. Now she’s up to her elbows in sugar and flour, but her thoughts are never far from her gorgeous, brooding landlord.
Holden St. James swears he isn’t a recluse. He goes to the local coffee shop three times a week, doesn’t he? Yeah, maybe he never actually talks to anyone, but with a backstory of loss, pain, and regret like his, he’s pretty sure he wouldn’t be very good company anyway. Yet something about his new tenant makes him wonder if maybe it’s time to let someone open the oven door and release a little heat into his closed-off world.
But both are hiding secrets as dark as an espresso mocha cupcake and they’re not sure if they can trust each other. Will the truth break their delicate relationship into sad, sweet crumbs--or will it turn out to be the key ingredient in the recipe for a new life?
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- athlete hero 2
- curvy heroine 1
- forced proximity 1
- grumpy & sunshine 1
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The 'Busy Bean' series
3.70 · 89 ratings
contemporary · dual-pov · m-f · small town · vermont · male-pov · competent heroine · first-person-pov · length-medium · usa · explicit-open-door · strong heroine · independent heroine · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · forced proximity · sweet heroine · length-short
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