What does one do with a matchmaking cat named Romeo?Spirited and beautiful, Jillian Parker is one of Marietta’s newest business owners. Still, her mother worries about Jillian’s bare ring finger. So in order to give her mother something else to fuss over, Jillian adopts a cat named Romeo. He turns out to be anything but a docile lap cat. One snowy night, Romeo makes a break for it. With Jillian … it. With Jillian right on his heels, they have a near miss with a passing pickup driven by Avery Wainwright, one of Jillian’s closest friends. A rodeo accident has the sexy cowboy returning home to recuperate, and he’s not happy about it.
So when Avery finds himself lassoed into the Bachelor Bake-Off, he turns to the one person who has always helped him out—Jillian. But will teaching him to take chances outside of the show ring have them both discovering that their feelings for each other run much deeper than they ever imagined?
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This is the third book in the Bachelor Bake-Off series. Each book is written by a different author and revolves around a charity baking competition involving some of the eligible bachelors in Marietta, Montana. Of course, since we’re talking romance, do we really think all of these bachelors will remain bachelors once the authors are done with them?
In Sprinkled with Love , we follow bachelor Avery who is cowboy who is home recovering from a rodeo injury. He gets roped into participating in the Bake Off and turns to Jillian for help. These two have an interesting history. When Avery’s parents passed away, Jillian stepped in to help Avery with his siblings by being a nanny. There was always some tension between the two of them, but with Jillian’s role with the family and her younger age, nothing happened. Now a few years later, the run into each other, friendship resumes and well, you guessed it, romance blossoms.
Avery’s newly home, dealing with rodeo injuries, remodeling the family home and a meddling younger sister who is the reason he’s now in the bake-off. Jillian has just opened her own shop and is dealing with a matchmaking mother…. and once Avery reenters the picture, she’s having to deal with resurfacing feelings.
I’ll admit, that there were moments when I wanted to hit these two as their internal thoughts went around and around. But that’s a pretty common theme in romance novels, so I can forgive it. In the end, I liked both characters and was rooting for them to get over their objections and finally get together. And of course, in addition to cheering on their romance, I wanted all their dreams to come true and for the bake off to be a success.
While this isn’t my favorite book by Jennifer Faye, it is a solid read and a good addition to the Bachelor Bake-Off series. I’d recommend reading this story if you enjoy small town romances.
My review originally posted at Romancing the Book.
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I saw no building of a relationship in this book. Just back and forth but no chemistry. It felt rushed.
Terrific
Another great book from Jennifer, and another great one in both series. I look forward to reading more in both.
I love a great romance and this book qualified! The characters were very well defined, so you either rooted for them to make a romantic connection or for Jillian to wake up and get rid of the jerk in her life. I loved the background stories as well, showing the character of each person and how they dealt with the ups and downs of life. Great story, loved it!
Very good read
This was a good book to sit down and relax with. It was fun and the characters were likable. He sounded just like the average man – someone you know. I love to escape with a good read like this!
Some nice twists and turns that made Reading enjoyable. I like the characters and their interactions and situations were very realistic. They is a new author for me and I enjoyed the book
Cute, sweet falling in love story. Emphasis on the sweet.
I loved the story
Good story. Always like cowboy books.
Characters a little too indecisive.
I liked the characters. They were believable. It also kept my interest.
Cute light read.
Sprinkled with Love by Jennifer Faye
First time reading this author and I enjoy her style of writing.
Very descriptive, detailed scenes and caring.
Starts out with Jillian and she finally wons the Tangled Charms Bakery where she also sells her designer jewelry.
She’s heavily involved with town events to benefit charities. Her business partner and friend Suzanne also is part owner.
Avery is recovering from his accident at the rodeo and he somehow gets roped into entering the bachelor bakeoff to raise money for Harry’s House, a local charity.
His sister Beth gets her hand into things and before you know it Jillian is teaching Avery how to cook.
Like this book for many reasons: you can do what you want in a recipe-not follow the instructions exactly or substitute for other ingredients. Like horse drawn carriage ride, hot chocolate episodes, the cats are to die for!
Misunderstandings occur and lack of communication and he might just get what he’s always dreamed on in the end.
Other excerpts from other books in the series-written by other authors are included. About the author is included at the end.
Wish the recipes were included, sound like fun ones.
A cute romance that I enjoyed. The characters had reasonable misunderstandings and a meddlesome sister.
A fun, easy read!
Sweet story with possibilities but the writing was not developed. Lots of cliche had me skipping ahead or rolling my eyes.
Really enjoyed this book
Easy to read..happily ever after…good
Loved this book