Sugar
Springs #2
By: Kim Law
Releasing January 1st, 2014
Blurb
Joanie Bigbee,
cupcake baker extraordinaire, likes to keep her options open--and she's good at
it. She's started and sold some 30 businesses in her postage stamp-sized
Tennessee town, and at the moment she can be found in a short skirt and go-go
boots, selling cupcakes out of the back of a converted Volkswagen van. What she
moves on to next is anybody's guess. She knows better than to be tied down. In
any way. She's watched every woman in her family fall head-over-heels, only to
find themselves wondering how to pick up the pieces when love is lost.
When Nick Dalton
shows up at the groovy cupcakery, all Joanie wants is a taste; a fling with no
strings suits her just fine. But for Nick, a bite is not enough; he wants the
whole cake: a big house, a family, true love. But love only makes you stupid,
right? Joanie has to decide whether to follow where her free-spirit leads? or
hold on to the sweetest thing she's ever known.
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Author Info
In the spirit of cupcakes for the release of Sweet Nothings, I’m sharing a cupcake
recipe that looks AMAZING to me! I haven’t tried it yet, but I will before the
year is over. I’m hoping to tweak it to make it similar to a cupcake I use in
the book!
Enjoy J
Orange Dreamsicle Cupcakes
1 box orange cake mix
1 3oz box orange jello
1 c boiling water
1 3½ box instant vanilla pudding
1 c milk
1 t vanilla extract
1 t orange extract
1 8oz container Cool Whip
Prepare cake mix according to
directions and pour evenly into cupcake pans. After they are done, bring from
the over and poke holes in the middle of the cupcakes with a fork. Prepare
orange jello with 1 c boiling water and pour over the cake. Allow to cool.
In a large mixing bowl, mix together
pudding with 1 c milk. Stir in orange and vanilla extracts. Mix well. Fold in
Cool Whip and spread over the cupcakes. Chill for 2-3 hours before serving.
Option: Add a small amount of mint
extract for a hint of freshness to the cakes.
Recipe
copied from: http://www.food.com/recipe/best-orange-dreamsicle-cake-109825
Excerpt
Joanie stared through the open door
behind him before heading across the porch. “Can we just hang out here a
minute? I’m not ready to go home yet.”
“Sure.” He motioned to the
door. The switch for the porch light was on the inside wall. “Want some light?”
“No,” she answered quickly. She
paced in the shadows. “I prefer the dark.”
“Okay.” He moved to perch on
the concrete railing, but stopped halfway down. “Want a beer? Whiskey?”
A ghost of a smile curved her
lips. “No, thanks.”
He finished lowering himself
but remained quiet, hoping she’d fill him in on the problem. She didn’t.
Finally, her melancholy mood getting to him, he decided to start the
conversation with something that should lighten her spirit.
“How about you tell me why your
hair is now orange?”
“What?” She stopped in front of
him and lifted her hands to her hair. “My hair is not orange. It’s blonde.”
He grabbed a curl and slid the
end between his fingers. “The tips, blondie. Why are the tips orange?”
“Oh.” She smiled and his pulse
informed him it was no longer just about kissing; he wanted her in his bed. “It
matches Orange Paparazzi.” At the blank look he gave her, she added, “The
cupcake of the week.”
He cleared his throat. “You
change your hair color to match your cupcakes?”
“Only the cupcake of the week.
And only the tips.” She pulled one of the orange locks in question in front of
her face and held it up for him to see. “It’s a temporary wash, so it won’t damage
my hair by changing it so often. I have boots to match, too.”
There went all the blood that
had been in his brain. “More Go-Go boots?” he croaked out.
“Yep.” Her smile flashed,
showing him a hint of the carefree woman he liked so much, and not the sad one
who’d shown up at his door. He almost leaned in and kissed her.
He needed to get away from her
before he did something stupid, but couldn’t bring himself to move her aside.
Or to walk away himself. Instead, he glanced down at the brown boots she wore.
“When do you plan to wear these orange boots? Or did I miss them already?”
Please, he silently pleaded, please don’t let me have missed them.
The thought that she might have
been prancing around town in the orange boots, and if he was guessing correctly,
an orange mini-skirt, had him more than ready to go.
She stepped back from him, and
moved to rest her rear on the railing to his side. “I’ve designated Thursdays
as the day I take out the van. At least until tourist season starts. I’ll take
it out more then and on Saturdays when the local soccer and baseball games kick
off.”
“So that’s when you’ll wear
your boots?”
“And the matching outfits,
yes.”
He gulped. “Do you need any
help on those days?” The thought of leaving her alone for all those men to ogle
irritated him.
She laughed, a clear sound
ringing out in the dark night that made him feel good inside. “Thanks, but I
have Destinee for that. I suspect she’ll be far more help than you would be.
You’d probably try to eat all the cupcakes.”
“Yeah,” he said. “Cupcakes. That’s what I was thinking about.”
Author Info
Law spent years
working as a computer programmer and raising her son, and she now devotes her
time and energy to writing romance novels (none of which feature talking
raisins).
She is a Romance
Writers of America’s RITA® finalist, a past winner of the RWA’s Golden Heart®
Award, and currently serves as president for her local RWA chapter. Her books
can best be described as a light-hearted mix taking her readers on a sexy, fun,
and emotional ride. A native of Kentucky, she now lives with her husband and an
assortment of animals in her Middle Tennessee home.
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Thank you for hosting today! I am SOOOO going to make those cupcakes!
ReplyDeleteI'm so going to make those cupcakes too! Right? They sound yummy!!!
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