Book Review: Ice Skates and Cupcakes

 


Ex-ballerina and cupcake connoisseur, SUMMER SIMPSON is four years into running her controversial but successful cupcake emporium in Montmartre, Paris. All of which has created enough drama, but then there are the grumpy but hot handball star, FABIEN ROBERT and his snooty, overbearing aunt.

When Fabien isn’t turning the heating off in their apartment block to annoy Summer, his beloved family member is circulating new streams of gossip in a bid to make her scurry back to the UK ‘where she belongs’.

But Summer is as tough as her sugarspun Eiffel Tower cupcake toppers… even in the snow flurries of a French winter. Until disaster strikes and a corporate Christmas delivery for the biggest business in the neighbourhood has the power to make or break the emporium, forcing even Fabien to defrost - and the sparks to fly.

Can the prickly Parisian really turn into the role model golden retriever boyfriend? Festive dates on the outdoor ice skating rink are well and good (and a fabulous excuse to dust down Summer’s pirouettes) but her business comes first and there’s no way she will share her heart with a man whose meddling family cannot be trusted.

A slow-burn - but steamy - enemies-to-lovers romcom dusted with lashings of icing sugar!


My Review

This is a quick, charming, funny, and delicious read! I know my sweet tooth came out big time reading this book. I was just imaging all of the delectable treats featured in this book and how they must taste. 

In the beginning, I was Team Summer all the way. We did not like Fabien and how he treated Summer. Yet, once I got to know him better, he did win me over. He has a bit of a cheeky side to him. There is a spark between Summer and Fabien. It slowly grows as this is a slow burn romance. The innuendos and touchy feely these two shared is entertaining. 

If you like slow burn romances that have engaging characters, and tons of yummy food in the story than you will want to pick up a copy of this book. One final parting word of wisdom..."Cupcakes are muffins that believed in miracles".

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