Truly, Madly, Sweetly by Kira Archer – a Review

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Description:
An inherited parking spot. That’s all it took to make Natalie Moran’s food truck dreams come true. But her dream space is attached to a bakery inherited by someone else—drop dead gorgeous Eric Schneider, a financial consultant who wouldn’t know a cupcake from a cannoli. And he wants to buy Nat out, no matter what she has to say about it.

Eric’s determined to build his own business, but he needs the super cute klutz with the cupcake truck to help. If Nat will teach him the basics of running a bakery, he’ll give her free kitchen time. Except…neither expects the heat burning between them or the possibility that their arrangement might become permanent.

When it all blows up, Nat is convinced his actions mean betrayal. It’s up to Eric to regain her trust and show her he’s a man who is truly, madly in love with her, before she disappears from his life forever.

Review:

Unlikely neighbors make for interesting bedfellows?  You know the expression.  What if you substitute unhappy business competitors?  Would things improve exponentially or does that term imply inherent animosity?  Insert whatever you’d like (tee hee, boy do they!) because Kira Archer is driving this truck called Truly, Madly, Sweetly and it’s filled with all kinds of goods to disarm any disapproval.

It’s quite the dilemma.  Natalie’s been busting her butt driving around NYC selling her scrumptious cupcakes, dreaming of owning her own store one day.  Eric had to abandon his dreams of art school to follow in his father’s exacting footsteps and this windfall (an inheritance), becoming a successful restaurateur, is a way to remove the proverbial monkey off his back.

     She stared at him, unable to think of anything else to say.  She wasn’t going to back down.  She needed this spot.
He stared back at her, probably thinking the same thing.  He needed it too…which meant they were sort of screwed.
And not in the good way.

The attraction was supposed to wear off once they succumbed (try three glorious rounds!  Who gets over that?!) Seriously, on what planet?  These two can barely restrain themselves while working alongside each other.  If one wasn’t conspiring against the other, if other meddling parties didn’t, well, meddle (and supply copious amounts of doubt), it was all within a realm of possibility.  But when first you practice to deceive…hearts break and trust shatters.  Can Nat and Eric continue to collaborate, just buy each other out…or fall in love and let it all resolve magically?  Some stories are written that way, and successfully, but Ms. Archer makes Eric and Nat work for it and the payoff is simply swoon-worthy.

When push comes to shove, is there a way to salvage something priceless?  When Nat and Eric stop listening to everyone but themselves, the room hushes to reveal hearts beating in time.  Just lovely!  Kira Archer wrote a great story about discovering an even better version of yourself when you choose to be happy and courageous.  Nat and Eric contain those special ingredients — it was mixing business with pleasure that made the difference!  Truly, Madly, Sweetly is romantic, sexy and delicious!

Reviewed by Carmen

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