Semi-Sweet On You

Semi-Sweet On You is done! <br />I can't wait for you to come back to Appleby with me and get to know Cam and Whitney better! <br /><br />Do you love slow burn, second chance romances? You are going to love this one! <br /><br /><br /><i>What if your ex was your new boss? <br />And you were still semi-in love with him? <br />And he wants you back? <br /><br />It could all be very sweet. <br /><br />Or someone could end up getting badly burned...</i><br /><br /><br />????-????? ?? ??? ?? ?????? ????????? 15??!<br /><br />It's got all of these goodies inside!<br />✔ Second chance romance<br />✔ Slow burn<br />✔ A hot guy who bakes<br />✔ A feisty grandmother<br />✔ A lot of awwww moments<br />✔ Small town<br />✔ Rom com<br /><br />Cam and Whitney gave me a few fits at first, but honestly, as soon as I figured out that Cam actually had a big gooey center inside that gruff exterior, things got a lot easier ;). Not that it was a piece of cake (ha!) from there... Whitney wasn't quite as easy to get to go along with my plan! <br /><br />Thankfully, I had a little help from Didi, her grandmother ;) <br />And Cam's persistent. <br />And he bakes. <br /><br />She never really stood a chance. <br /><br /><br /><b>Here's a little peek at Cam and Whitney...</b> <br /><br /><br />“I think my butt looks really weird in this. Can you come look?” Whitney called from inside the powder room in her office.<br /><br />Piper was out at her desk in the reception area of the Hot Cakes executive suites and this dress was hers. Whitney did not think she was pulling it off. At all. The other woman wore the pin-up style dresses and looked like a million bucks. But Piper had the curves for it. And the attitude. She was confident, sassy, and sexy.<br /><br />Whitney knew she didn’t have the curves and she was pretty sure she didn’t have even half the attitude.<br /><br />But she wanted it.<br /><br />She really did.<br /><br />She wanted a change, that was for sure, and her attitude was just part of it.<br /><br />This dress might be a good start.<br /><br />She turned in front of the mirror on the back of her powder room door. Or maybe it wasn’t a good start.<br /><br />She wasn’t ready for a dress like this.<br /><br />“Seriously, I don’t have the curves for this,” she called. Piper might be on the phone, but Whitney really needed a second opinion.<br /><br />“I sincerely doubt I’d ever use the word ‘weird’ in regard to your ass.”<br /><br />Whitney swung around with a gasp. That was not Piper’s voice.<br /><br />“But I’m very happy to take a look.”<br /><br />Whitney sucked in a breath. Dammit. That was Cam.<br /><br />Camden McCaffery.<br /><br />One of the partners who owned Hot Cakes.<br /><br />One of her new bosses.<br /><br />Her ex.<br /><br />Oh, and the guy that she was still sort of in love with.<br /><br /><br /><i>You can preorder it everywhere now!</i>

<b>4.5 Not Marginalized Stars<br>* * * * 1/2 <i>Spoiler Free-It's LIVE!!!</i><br>Erin Nicholas has always used her abilities to highlight many issues with her romance books. She has a deft hand and makes all that she touches more meaningful because includes more than just the swoony stuff. Oh, there is lots of swoony, hot stuff...but she also addresses how things from the past, impacted how people were marginalized, not allowed to experience and live up to all they should have...Mainly women. <br><br>The basis of this series has been the story of two dear friends who started baking together and then one of them saw a way to spread the goods by selling the little cakes in a wider way...to mass-produce them and sell them in many locations. What happens next is a family feud involving the town and generations with one accusing the other of stealing the recipe and profiting from it. <br><br>This left the town and families pitted against each other. </b>The main form of employment was the factory making Hot Cakes and Buttered Up was the long-standing bakery that felt ripped off. You either worked at the factory and never was seen purchasing anything at Buttered Up for fear of losing their job or remained loyal to Buttered up never to mention Hot Cakes to anyone involved with the bakery. <br><br>Not Good. <br><br>What was good was the men that came into the town, rescued the factory by buying it and then making positive changes all around. Two of the men were from the town and one was tied to the family that owned the bakery. <br><br>Semi-Sweet On You focuses on the couple most impacted by this family feud, Cam who was the son of the bakery, and Whitney, the daughter from the factory. When they were young and getting ready to start their lives, they fell hard for each other. But Whitney sent Cam off to college saying she wouldn't go with him to Chicago. She let him think she chose her family and Hot Cakes over him.<br><br>For more than 10 years, Cam has been sour about how Whitney chose her family over him. He hurt and deep down, really deep down, he felt he still may love her. Whitney also has feelings for Cam all of these years but she is in a place where there is something she must figure out before she can even think about Cam. <br><br>So here we have Cam technically being Whitney's boss along with the four other guys and she is the only one who understands how the factory works and the business end of the Hot Cakes. She has this one opportunity to finally step up and promote her own thoughts for the company and not be marginalized by her father or grandfather. She cannot allow anything to color how she accomplishes her goals, she needs to make the new promotion for a new product a success on her own. <br><br>Cam wants to see what could be with Whitney, the new Whitney, not the teenage Whitney he remembers. He gets tied up and wants to do naughty delicious things with and to her. It is becoming a challenge. Every time Cam tries to forge ahead, Whitney shoots him down. <br><br>The circumstances around Whitney and Cam change when Whitney's grandmother decides Cam should move into their house while she waits to move into the senior citizen's location Dax, one of the guys is renovating. It will be ready in a month and the Gram wants Cam to help her instead of the woman Whitney had hired.<br><br>Oh, this changes everything. <br><br>It allows Cam more time with Whitney but it becomes more than that. It allows Cam to be who he really is and for Cam to see what Whitney needs most, the ability to discover what she is capable of, to see how strong she is. <br><br>This story touched on so much, you need to discover the insights on your own. However, I will share the heart in this is fully displayed, Cam shows everyone how much of a good guy he is...and Whitney learns others like her for who she is. And best of all, we are given the amazing Didi, one of the original gals who started baking long ago. <br><br>All of the other characters float in and out and Ollie and Paker continue to have their curious relationship. Ms. Nicholas decided to cross this amazing series with another amazing series of hers...We are getting Paige and Mitch's story, one from Hot Cakes and the other from the Boys of the Bayou! You do not have to read the Bayou series in order to enjoy this upcoming book...<br>But Why Wouldn't You because I am telling you, any excuse to Binge on that series works!<br><br>Loving this series, Loving Ms. Nicholas, Loving all of the amazing characters she gives us. <br><a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/55054906.Sugar_Rush__Hot_Cakes__0_5_" title="Sugar Rush (Hot Cakes #0.5) by Erin Nicholas" rel="noopener"> <img src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1598036226l/55054906._SY75_.jpg" alt="Sugar Rush (Hot Cakes #0.5) by Erin Nicholas" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"> </a> <b>Sugar Rush (Hot Cakes #0.5)<br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3521579985">https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...</a><br><a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/48914649.Sugarcoated__Hot_Cakes__1_" title="Sugarcoated (Hot Cakes #1) by Erin Nicholas" rel="noopener"><img 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Whitney A Sugar Rush...<br>Is The Fact...<br><br>This Time, For Real...<br>Cam Has Staked His Claim...<br>He Told Her He Is...</i></b><br><br><b>Semi-Sweet On You (Hot Cakes Book 4)- September 15, 2020 </b><br><br><i>A gifted copy was provided by author/publisher for an honest review.</i><br><br><strong>For more Reviews, Free E-books and Giveaways</strong><br><div> <br><a href="http://starangelsreviews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img alt=" photo banner_zpsb3ab83a0.jpg" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1407612151i/10746470._SX540_.jpg" width="400" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"></a> </div></b>

Check out all of my reviews at: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.avonnalovesgenres.com">https://www.avonnalovesgenres.com</a><br /><br />SEMI-SWEET ON YOU (Hot Cakes Book #4) by Erin Nicholas is the latest contemporary romance in the Hot Cakes series. I have been anxiously waiting for Whitney and Cam’s second chance love story and it did not disappoint. Laughter, fun, family, friendship, love, smokin’ hot attraction and yummy baked goods are all used to solve even the toughest problems.<br /><br />For three generations the feud between the Lancaster and McCaffery families has carried on in the small town of Appleby, but like Romeo and Juliet, Cam and Whitney fell in love in high school and hid it from their families. When it came time for Cam McCaffery to go to away for college, he wanted to stay and marry Whitney, but she knew he had so much more to accomplish, so she broke up with him and sent him on his way.<br /><br />Now Cam and his best friends are back and have purchased Hot Cakes, the largest employer in town from the Lancaster family to save the town. Cam is now Whitney’s boss, but he realizes that Whitney is not the same girl he left behind. <br /><br />Whitney has never had the chance to prove herself in her family’s company. Her father and brothers did not believe she had a place in decision making. Now with the new ownership she is determined to prove her worth and become a partner, but she is also dealing with her grandmother, Didi’s Alzheimer’s. Cam slides right into Whitney and Didi’s life with the promise that he will help and support Whitney as a friend only.<br /><br />Cam is trying to be a friend to Whitney, but even Whitney is not sure this can work because every time they are together the sexual attraction is hot enough to burn anything Cam has baking in the oven.<br /><br />PERFECT! Cam and Whitney are a great H/h couple. The sexual attraction is smokin’ hot between these two, but Ms. Nicholas has written a romance that shows them with feelings and emotions that have changed according to their new circumstances in life and are more mature than when they were together ten years ago. This relationship is everything I was hoping for and more. <br /><br />The secondary characters all play a very important role in this story, also. The friendship of all the guys of Fluke, Inc. and that includes the talented Piper, too make this series very entertaining. In this book we get to get to know Didi, Whitney’s grandmother and her side of the feud story even as her mental cognition declines. (Have some tissues ready for these parts of the story.) Whitney’s emotional reactions and emotions for her grandmother I feel were realistically written and handled. <br />This book is the fourth book in the series, but it can be easily read as a standalone. I believe that after reading this book you will go back and read all the previous stories.<br /><br />I highly recommend this second chance contemporary romance!<br />

Everyone deserves a second chance... and a fresh start. Semi-Sweet on You is...both. And THIS is the read you deserve to enjoy.<br /><br /><br />Erin Nicholas’s Semi-Sweet on You is a small-town second-chance story. That is like saying that the Olympics is an athletic competition. Semi-Sweet on You is a spectacular romance about Camden McCaffery and Whitney Lancaster. Their families have had a fifty-plus year feud that originally began when Letty McCaffery and Didi Lancaster disagreed over how to share their incredible baked goods with Appleby. So when Cam and Whit first acted on that spark of attraction in high school and it flares into more, it was a little Romeo and Juliet, thankfully without anyone dying ;) But while the feud seems to be dissolving, there is no magic undo button...<br /><br />Erin Nicholas takes very real characters with real-life fears and concerns and lets us watch them find their way through. It is tremendously heartening to see Cam and Whit face not only what is keeping them apart but what makes them worry. Seeing Whitney come into her own is incredible. And seeing Cam come to recognize who Whitney can be is incredibly inspiring as well. There is such pleasure in enjoying these two as they get (re)acquainted and fall all the more for each other. And to see how they and their friends and families help bring out their best selves.<br /><br />One of the best things about Semi-Sweet on You is that we see and fall in love with not just Cam and Whit, but all the people who know and love them. These two are part of an amazing community who not only cherish and nurture them, but also tease and prod and nudge and spur them on to be the best they can be. And it’s a delight to be reminded that love is absolutely all that—making you better and more you.<br /><br />The second-chance stories that convince me the characters have a shot are the ones where they aren’t in the same place they had been the first time around. And with Cam and Whitney, Ms Nicholas lets us see that journey to the extent that we’re rooting for them and convinced that being together now isn’t just an option—it’s the best possible thing for them both.<br /><br />Another delicious thing is not just Whit coming to own her smart, strong, kicka$$ self, but seeing Cam embrace his inner teddy bear. Nothing is hotter than a man who leans in to the domestic arts and does it well! Ms Nicholas had me at chocolate chip cookies ;)<br /><br />Bottom line—Semi-Sweet on You is stellar! You deserve this story! Just make sure to enjoy it with some freshly baked chocolate chip cookies in hand!

I have a mix feeling toward Semi Sweet on You. The story of second chance romance is promising. Especially the beginning of the book. I was excited to continue reading. Then my excitement sort of tamed down. <br /><br />What I like about this book:<br />I do like how Miss Nicholas brings a lot of conversation/ topic about woman in a work place especially when that work place is dominated with male. Whitney certainly a picture of every heroine inside of us struggle to find her own footing. <br />I do like how Whitney and Cam takes their time to get to know each other. A lot of conversation between them to clear the misunderstanding and understanding their dream for future. <br /><br />What I do not like is the wording. I found the wording is so stiff and sometimes, I feel like being paste and copy from other books. <br /><br />At the end, I rounded it up to 3 stars. <br /><br />3 stars

I have been waiting on this book since the beginning of the series and Erin Nicholas did not disappoint. I love second-chance romances and Whitney and Cam's story is one of the best. Former high school sweethearts, Whitney breaks up with Cam so that he can go away to school and be free. And he goes away and becomes very successful. But when he buys her family's company and he's back in her life on a daily basis, they find themselves fighting their feelings from the past. But can they love each other as who they are now? That's the real question. They need to get to know each other as adults. <br /><br />This story is so sweet (no pun intended). Also if you don't get a bit teary eyed with Cam's brother and Whitney's grandmom, you have no heart (haha). It's just the best. <br /><br />You will love this book!!!

Whitney and Cameron’s second chance romance is a perfect second chance romance. - high school sweethearts that get a second chance to fall in love - who doesn’t like that happy ending. Their families have been feuding for three generations. They had a secret year long romance in high school and she chose her family’s business over him ending their relationship when they were eighteen. Fast forward ten years and now Cam and his partners have bought Whitney’s family business, Hot Cakes, the company that started the family feud, and Cam and Whitney have to work together. Can they get past their past and learn to love again? This book has the perfect blend of funny, sweet and fan your face steamy with only a tiny bit of angst. Whitney and Cam’s love story has all the feels. It’s a second chance romance story with a bunch of extras thrown in to make it much more than a simple fluff romance - small town, family feud, difficult family dynamics, Alzheimer’s, non-traditional gender roles, friendships, and finding contentment with yourself. Sprinkled throughout this beautifully paced story of Whitney and Cam’s HEA, there are also a number of secondary characters that we have seen throughout the Hot Cakes series. Rather than being confusing, overwhelming or detracting from the main love story, these characters are central to the unfurling of Whitney and Cam’s dance of friendship, love and passion and to the perfection that is Appleby, Iowa. We learn enough about who the secondary characters are along with just enough of their stories so that they’re fully developed characters in their own right. This book is a stand alone. You can read just this book and not be confused about what you’ve missed in the the previous three books but you’ll still want to read the rest of the books in the series because they’re all just as good - desserts, love and steam - they’re a trifecta of romance. With Semi-Sweet on You, Erin Nicholas once again proves she’s a fantastic storyteller.

Sweet, steamy and full of emotion, Semi-Sweet On You is the perfect addition to the Hot Cakes series.<br /><br />Cam McCaffrey is back in town and things are about to get even hotter at the snack cake factory. Cam is finally forced to confront his feelings for the one girl who broke his heart 10 years ago. I fell in love with Cam in Chapter One. Appleby's tattooed bad-boy lawyer turns out to have a huge heart and a protective streak a mile long. He has met his match, again, in Whitney who's eager to make her mark with the new company. She's smart, sassy and very weary to get involved with her old high school sweetheart. They were the perfect combination! <br /><br />In typical Erin Nicholas fashion, this story packs humor, heat and all the emotions into one beautiful package. I will eagerly be waiting for the next book in this series!!<br /><br />

This is just the sweetest second chance romance! I enjoyed it so much! I have been anxiously awaiting Cam and Whitney’s story and am so thrilled to finally have been able to read it! It is everything I hoped it would be and so much more! <br />I think their story needed to be a very slow burn, it really works for their particular journey to their own HEA. Cam and Whitney have both changed so much over the years and need to get to know who they are now and leverage that with how they felt about each other a decade ago. So many emotions and feelings have been stirred up now that Cam is living in Appleby again and running Hot Cakes. He knows what he wants, he is very sweet on her, he just needs to get her on board. Their chemistry would have been impossible to deny forever. I think they are so adorable and sweet together! <br />I also adore Cam for what he does for Whitney’s grandmother Didi and it really shows Whitney how <br />much he has grown as a person and how he feels about her too. All the sexy banter and flirting were a pretty good indication of what Cam wanted and I loved when Whitney would allow herself to reciprocate with her own. <br />I love the characters in this series so much so I am always happy that we get more of them with each book too. This book is also very special in that we see how the relationships/friendships are mending now despite the sins of their families in the past. That’s one of the most important things that comes out of this story to me, it’s so special and heartwarming. I absolutely loved this book! I can’t wait for more sweetness!! <br />

Semi-Sweet On You was completely unexpected and hit me with all the feels. Cam and Whitney prove that second chances are well worth it and work better when the relationship bakes for the proper amount of time. <br /><br />In this second chance romance where both characters have not only had ten years apart, but had occasion to run into one another in the small town where they both grew up and then recently end up working together you would think there would be fireworks or at least a small bomb exploding when they finally decide to make a go of a relationship, but instead this beautiful slow-burn story is nothing what I expected and everything I love about returning to Appleby, IA.<br /><br />Erin Nicholas returns us to the small town of Appleby, IA with the loveable guys who bought Hot Cakes; Grant, Dax, Aiden, Oliver, and Cam.  We jump into a second chance love story between Cam and Whitney, who secretly dated in high school, but broke up ten years ago for multiple reasons, one of the main ones being that their families have been rivals for three generations.<br /><br />While Cam wants to jump back into a relationship with Whitney (admitting he's never really stopped caring about her) Whitney isn't quite as eager to make that plunge. She has a lot to prove and dating Cam, as nice as it may sound, doesn't land on her list of accomplishments. While Cam left Appleby, attended college, became a lawyer, and a millionaire with his friends, Whitney has only ever lived in Appleby and worked at Hot Cakes. Period. The end. Now that it's under new ownership she has a lot of time and ideas to make up for. She wants to prove herself and dating Cam doesn't seem like the best move to do that. That's more like a lateral move if she just allowed Cam to solve all of her problems and she's already allowed her family to keep her hidden long enough.<br /><br />Cam wants to help Whitney, but he's at a loss of how to do that. Whitney is clearly not the same girl he left when he went to college ten years ago. Gone is the confident girl and standing in her place is someone who doubts herself, which doesn't help him when all he wants to do is swoop in and take care of her. When Whitney's grandmother steps in and gives him a great idea, one that she really can't say no to, he is able to help Whitney and Hot Cakes, along with reconnecting with pieces of his family's past which in turn mends the town more than anyone could have anticipated. <br /><br />There are lots of spectacular moments in Semi-Sweet; but some of my favorite were during the bake off, then pretty much any moment with Didi (Whitney's grandmother), and lastly add in Henry (Cam's younger brother) and I was a goner. I'm a total sucker for old and young people each and every time. Add them together and I'm in love. Didi and Henry spending time together is going to melt your heart and it will leak out of your eyeballs, so have a few tissues handy (FYI).<br /><br />Overall, this book was completely unexpected and I loved every moment of it.