Alexandra Haughton

Love--and maybe some cupcake sprinkles--are in the air when a washed-up goalie can't stop craving the sultry girl next door.

She Really Takes the Cake is the fourth book in the Local Honey series. It can be read as a standalone, or enjoyed as part of this sizzling series of new romantic comedies from Alexandra Haughton.

Book One: He's a Tall Drink of Water

Book Two: He Really Melts My Butter

Book Three: She's Cool as a Cucumber

Book Four: She Really Takes the Cake

"Sure, it'll be great, they said. Get out of town, they said. You work too hard. You'll enjoy it, they said, winking and smirking to themselves while my admin was busy cancelling the rest of my meetings. Cool weather. Long walks. S'mores."

They didn't say anything about lying at the bottom of a ravine, coated in mud and talking to myself.

"Great. I'm lying here, coated in mud and talking to myself."

I tried to sit up, but either I'd broken all the bones in my torso or I was tangled up in the brambles. Or undergrowth. Or whatever the heck they called this stinging needle crap out here.

Moreover, they had the unmitigated gall to call this dump a resort. "The only thing that would get me to come back is if they offered nightly turn down service with someone to read me a dirty bedtime story and let me ride his beard so I could be asleep by nine."

The brambles-slash-undergrowth-slash-stinging nettles rustled and I wasn't sure if I was praying for it to be a carnivorous animal to put me out of my misery or for it to be what was left of my mental fortitude flying away for greener pastures.

A figure emerged. I looked up. And up. And up. Until I reached the most masculinely feral grin I'd ever seen.

"I reckon I can be over 'bout 8:30 for turn down and ride service..."

He's a Tall Drink of Water can be read as a standalone or with the rest of the Local Honey series, coming soon:

Book One: He's a Tall Drink of Water

Book Two: He Really Melts My Butter

Book Three: She's Cool as a Cucumber

Book Four: She Really Takes the Cake

Carbohydrates, bad boys, and other forbidden fantasies of a thirty-something single mom...

Abby Cooper has a master plan: head down, work hard, try to raise compassionate, well-adjusted children...and get them to college. Then (and only then) can she start to remember that she once had dreams. And things are going pretty well: her pre-teens aren't monsters (well, they're mostly human); she's got a small, but loyal customer base at the area farmers' markets; and she's too exhausted when she falls into bed each night to dream-or notice how empty her bed is. Everything is going according to plan...until her ex-husband gets mixed up in a messy investing scheme and puts the college fund-and her reputation-in jeopardy.

When Brock Wilson took his first bite of bourbon honey butter on fresh-baked bread at his best friend's engagement brunch, he was in love. And when he finds out the genius behind it is the pretty little thing who's been generating buzz at the new farmer's market, he's tempted to put his flower-plucking days behind him and pledge fealty to one queen bee.

But there's only one thing Abby wants from Brock, and that's some financial guidance. (Okay, maybe she wants something else from him-can you blame a girl?-but the master plan specifically prohibits getting involved with charming men.) She's been stung by a charmer's promises before, but opposites attract. And attract. And attract. (And, well, you get the picture.) It's not too long before she begins to think that maybe the sweetness is worth the sting...

Like sweet honey butter on forbidden carb-loaded goodness, He Really Melts My Butter, the second (standalone) in the Local Honey romantic comedy series, is where southern sass meets sizzling romance.

The Local Honey Series.... Book One: He's a Tall Drink of Water Book Two: He Really Melts My Butter Book Three: She's Cool as a Cucumber Book Four: She Really Takes the Cake