"Sugar Rush" by Donna Kaufamann is a bit outside my normal reading tastes. It's chick lit/romance, but it was fun and harmless fluff. Leilani has left behind fast paced New York to open her own cupcake bakery on the small Georgia island of Sugarberry, where her mother grew up. Part of her reason for leaving New York was Baxter Dunne, her boss and wildly successful celebrity chef. Lani had a big crush on him and thought distancing herself would make it go away. But then Baxter shows up on the island, filming an episode of his TV show and wanting Lani's help. Baxter has decided he can't live without her and is determined to break down her defenses.
"The Midwife's Confession" by Diane Chamberlain was very good. She reminds me of Jodi Picoult with the way she makes you see both sides of a difficult issue. Noelle, a midwife, commits suicide and her two best friends, Tara and Emerson, are stunned and go about trying to determine why Noelle would do such a thing. Noelle was hiding a dark secret, well several actually, and as each one comes to light Tara and Emerson find it hard to believe they ever even knew Noelle. It had a big twist at the end that I didn't see coming but I liked a lot.
"A River Runs Through It and Other Stories" by Norman Maclean was a group of three novellas set in Montana with common themes of a preacher's son looking to strike out on his own in the world. They had some interesting dry, dark humor but all and all they didn't really hold my interest.
"Sweet Stuff" by Donna Kaufmann is her second cupcake book. Riley moved to Sugarberry two years earlier after she caught her fiance cheating on her. She has sworn off men, until gorgeous author Quinn Brannigan comes to the island, looking for peace and quiet to finish his latest novel. They are both instantly attracted to one another, but Riley is wary of letting another man into her heart and Quinn has never really had a long term successful relationship. They finally do get together though and it is very hot and steamy.
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