Toni's Review of Sweet Stuff by Donna Kauffman ***5 Stars***
Scheduled for release January 31, 2012
Double Fudge. . .Toasted Coconut. . .Key Lime. . .Strawberry Cream. . .
And the women of the Cupcake Club are bringing their appetites . . .
Riley Brown never imagined she would find her bliss on Georgia's quiet Sugarberry Island after years of Chicago's city life. With a new career and fantastic new friends, she's got it all--except for eligible men. But a gig staging a renovated beach house delivers a delicious treat--six feet of blue-eyed, gorgeous writer as delectable and Southern as pecan pie. Quinn Brannigan has come to Sugarberry to finish his latest novel in peace, and suddenly Riley has a taste for the bad boy author that no amount of mocha latte buttercream or lemon mousse will satisfy . . .
Riley's friends are rooting for her to give in to her cravings and spice up her life, but it's Quinn who needs to learn that life's menu just might include love, in all its decadent, irresistible flavors . .
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One cupcake disaster later
and the lives of two people are about to take a turn for the sweetly
unexpected.
Riley Brown’s life in
Chicago has been destroyed and she has to get away from the town and the people
in it. So she runs or rather floats away
to the tiny island town of Sugarberry, a quiet little haven off the coast of
Georgia. She needed the time to reflect
and get her life back in order. What she
found is a second chance at happiness, filled with true friends and a promising
new career. Too bad she just had one of her
most humiliating moments in her life and it was witnessed by the handsome and
successful author, Quinn Brannigan.
Quinn has returned to his
second home. It’s been years, but he can
feel the calm and serenity of Sugarberry.
He is a man at a turning point in his career and he needs peace and
quiet to make a very important decision.
With his new novel to complete he doesn’t have time for the luscious
Riley. The problem is she stirs
something within him that he has only written about in his novels.
Separately they battle
their demons of their pasts and presents until they can no longer deny what
they have together. With the help of their
friends, they discover that they have the potential for a wonderful new life
and learn that their troubles may have started with the cupcake disaster, but
it sure made the icing on the cake all the sweeter.
Sweet Stuff
is the tale of their blossoming relationship.
This is an amazing rendering of love and trust. Ms. Kauffman does a fabulous job telling the
ins and outs of a relationship; the feelings, desire, uncertainties and the heart
and the mind behind it. I was blown away
just by the depth of feeling and thoughts that I encountered while reading Sweet Stuff. The relationship build-up, is intensive and
thorough, but still felt light and pleasurable.
This is a fun read and the support characters are just that,
characters. They helped make this story
enchanting and delightful.
My only disappointment is
that I have to wait so long for the next installment, when books #1 and #2 came
out rather close together.
So
if you want to treat yourself to a decadent treat, pick up Sweet Stuff. This story is
deep without being heavy, with just the right amount of humor. At times you will wish you could be
transported to Sugarberry. A town filled
with the unexpected.
Thanks for reading!!! - Toni
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