Helen Walker, aka the Alabama Cupcake Queen, is poised to be the next star of TV's most popular dating show, Happily Ever After. But after being dumped on last season's live finale, she's not sure she can take any more humiliation. All she ever wanted was to escape small-town Alabama, the grief of losing her mother, and an engagement to the cookie-cutter southern boy everybody loves. It all holds as much appeal as vanilla buttercream on stale cake.
When a reality TV show turns Jack Adams' hometown into a three-ring circus, he leaps at the chance to escape for a long weekend in Pennsylvania at his best friend's wedding. A solo drive and time away are just what he needs to regroup and get his derailed life back on track.
Everything changes when Jack discovers an ex-beauty-queen hiding in the back of his car, fleeing responsibility, paparazzi, and her future. She convinces him to take her along, but how can he figure out his life when his new passenger is determined to avoid her own? Together they discover that a road trip of detours can sometimes be the journey home.
*** Mild Sexual Content, Mild Language, No Violence ***
Cheri Allan writes kissing books about love and other shenanigans from her charming fixer-upper in rural New Hampshire. She is often distracted by social media, reality television, and a menagerie of cats and dogs. If you find her whizzing down the slopes at the nearby mountain with her family or inadvertently killing perennials in her garden, bring her coffee. She will gratefully provide the conversation and chocolate.
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