Cupcakes and Cupid: A Collection of Six Delicious Romance Novellas

Sweeten your Valentine’s Day with romance and recipes!

Sweet Caroline Confectionary’s profits are through the roof, and owner Caroline Emory’s bank balance is in the black—for now. But the New Year brings resolutions. Treats are swapped for treadmills, and sales grind to a screeching halt in SWEET CAROLINE. When Caroline's sister enters the Confectionery in a TV baking contest, camera-shy Caroline's afraid she’ll be out of her element, especially when facing her hot and oh-so-haughty challenger, Mr. Tall, Dark, and Grouchy. Will their rivalry be a recipe for disaster…or romance?


Nobody hates Valentine's Day more than Charlotte Hudson. Ever since she lost her dad, the holiday serves only as a reminder of all she’s lost in CHANGE OF HEART. When a handsome new guy who joins her gym keeps popping up all over town, Charlotte can’t deny that there’s an attraction...she might actually have a reason to celebrate Valentine's. Then Alex’s cutthroat business partner sets his sights on everything she’s ever worked for, and Charlotte finds her gym—and her feelings for Alex—in jeopardy. Can Charlotte save her gym and reach for the love she’s been afraid to find all these years?


After breaking her engagement to an unfaithful venture capitalist, food stylist Candy Patterson moves to San Diego to start a new life. It’s been difficult, but she’s optimistic her life will improve. In I WANT CANDY, a photo shoot at a chic French restaurant with her best friend and business partner takes Candy back to LA. She encounters her remorseful ex-boyfriend, who's itching to reconcile, but later that day meets a sexy Irish chocolatier on the train home. Now Candy has a Valentine’s Day decision to make—reconnect with handsome, wealthy Alexander or take a chance on Kyran O’ Keefe and his dark good looks and dreamy accent. What’s a girl to do when everyone wants Candy?


In DRUNK ON LOVE, baker Sloan Matthews spends her days in front of the camera as a media influencer, using her beloved grandmother’s handwritten recipes for inspiration. All she wants is to make her family proud—and perhaps someday garner enough of a following to open her own bakeshop. Then a chance encounter with savvy entrepreneur Grant Dean changes everything. Infuriatingly charismatic Grant tempts Sloan with an enticing opportunity—an agreement to add her creations to his bakery franchise’s menu, with potential to make her a household name. Can boozy treats and a gorgeous man be the push she needs to reach her goals?


A café straight out of Provence, set in her picturesque hometown, has been Avery Cort’s dream since culinary school—and she’s living it. In LOVE AT THE AZURE CAFÉ, running a small restaurant has its challenges, especially when Avery's also raising her precocious niece. During Covid, her slim profits took a nosedive, and now she’s scrambling to keep from going under. Is her old high school crush North Sutton the answer to Avery’s prayers? The ex-SEAL turned pastry chef is just the boost her café needs, especially around Valentine’s Day. But there's one problem...Avery finds him more attractive than ever. Will love triumph at the Café Azure?


Ingrid Kane has spent the last nine years making her small bakery a success, but when the pandemic closes her business and her husband walks out, she's forced to return to her hometown in defeat. Lost and in despair, she reluctantly returns to DA NONNA'S, the Italian restaurant where she worked as a teen. The fast pace of the restaurant world rejuvenates Ingrid’s spirit and gives her purpose, but it also brings back memories. Especially of Da Nonna’s new manager, Luciano, whose heart she broke years ago. Her old flame's less than welcoming, and Ingrid faces rebuilding the bridges she burned when she fled from home. Can she make a new future for herself at Da Nonna’s, and regain the trust of her first love?