Published: Aug. 07, 2011
Words: 97,673 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466045569

Short description

A wedding order at The Secret Lives of Cupcakes Shop is always reason for Millie Morris to celebrate – except when the groom is her ex-boyfriend and the bride is the woman he dumped her for. When Millie gets tangled up with the bride in court and becomes the confidential sounding board for her ex, she must choose to either remain in her half-baked state of existence or finally rise above it.

Extended description

As reporter Millie Morris, 29, holds two cantaloupes to her chest in place of her God-given grapes, she makes eye contact with a gorgeous guy in the produce section of the local grocer. The magic dies when Millie ducks behind the kiwis to avoid contact with her ex in the vegetable section.

Things don’t improve the next day when Millie rides smack into a tree during a bike race. At least a knight in shining Armor All – a passing trucker – whisks her to the first-aid station. Life takes a positive turn when a bride places a huge cupcake order at Millie’s mom’s shop – The Secret Lives of Cupcakes – where Millie helps out… until the bride turns out to be fierce local lawyer, Laura M. Fracas, the woman who slept with Millie’s boyfriend and now wears his engagement ring.

Luckily, Millie’s buddies at the cupcake shop - and even that passing trucker - form the wrapper that holds Millie’s crumbling cupcake of a life together. Temperatures rise well above 350 when Milli.. (Read more) As reporter Millie Morris, 29, holds two cantaloupes to her chest in place of her God-given grapes, she makes eye contact with a gorgeous guy in the produce section of the local grocer. The magic dies when Millie ducks behind the kiwis to avoid contact with her ex in the vegetable section.

Things don’t improve the next day when Millie rides smack into a tree during a bike race. At least a knight in shining Armor All – a passing trucker – whisks her to the first-aid station. Life takes a positive turn when a bride places a huge cupcake order at Millie’s mom’s shop – The Secret Lives of Cupcakes – where Millie helps out… until the bride turns out to be fierce local lawyer, Laura M. Fracas, the woman who slept with Millie’s boyfriend and now wears his engagement ring.

Luckily, Millie’s buddies at the cupcake shop - and even that passing trucker - form the wrapper that holds Millie’s crumbling cupcake of a life together. Temperatures rise well above 350 when Millie’s ex pesters her for advice and even confides his doubts about marriage, but the icing on the cake comes when Millie must report on a headline-grabbing case in which Laura M. Fracas is the lead defense attorney.

Wending her way through this complicated recipe called life, Millie must make a choice: continue in her half-baked state of existence or finally rise above it.
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Tags

fiction, romance, humor, romantic comedy, womens fiction, chick lit, chicklit, humour, cupcakes, womens humor, chick lit romance, chick lit humor, cantaloupe

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Review by: KatesReads on March 01, 2012 :
"Our Eyes Met Over Cantaloupe" by Anne McAneny was great fun to read. The cast of characters were quirky, endearing and well developed. It was laugh out loud funny at times and enjoyable from beginning to end.

Millie Morris is a crime reporter for a local paper with aspirations of heading to Washington and the big leagues. When not reporting she helps out her mother, Grace, at her cupcake shop called The Secret Lives of Cupcakes and with her newspaper/website devoted to reconnecting people who had a chance encounter.

Much to Millie's dismay the shop's largest cupcake order is for a wedding between her ex, Sam, and the real estate lawyer he ditched her for. While Millie tries to deal with the situation with grace and dignity her ex seems to be having second thoughts.

With a supporting cast of wacky Pauline, her mother's partner, Josh, the baker pining after his own close encounter and Laura, the evil lawyer these friends will keep you turning the pages. A very entertaining read!
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Susan on Oct. 20, 2011 :
On my! ~~ What a fun book! And isn't that cover great? I loved this story and loved the characters in the story. They were all very believable and down-to-earth. Some of them maybe are a little quirky? But I love quirky!! And talking about cupcakes all through the book ~~ yummy!

This story is very well written and held my interest until the very end. Some characters I loved and others, well not so much. But that's the way some authors intend it, right?~~ Good guys and bad guys (or gals as the case may be).

I loved how I was not sure what decision Millie was going to make concerning her love life until the very end. I could see her going one way and I just wanted to scream at her. And then another way, rooting for her all the way! But I was just never sure where she was headed. Great job on that, Ms. McAneny!

I highly recommend this book - it's a great read!
(reviewed long after purchase)

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