Kiss My Cupcake is Helena Hunting's newest, swoonworthy and delicious romance! Not only do I want a cupcake and a pint of ale, I want a very own Ronan for myself! Blaire and Ronan are neighbors in business. Two very different places, but rivals from the start. It starts with her yelling at all the noise he's making to him coming over every day to sample her cupcakes. When there's a mutual threat, they have to team up and compete together. From cohosted events to matching outfits, Ronan and Blaire wow their customer and each other. They are both in the running for the best bar and they are working together to make each other better. Ronan and Blaire are perfect for each other! They know what they want and they go after it. They are fun, sexy and just want to make something of themselves. I loved watching them fall for each other. It was so romantic and fun! Overall, I laughed, swooned, got hungry, thirsty and loved every word.

I was worried this books would be taking cheesy romance to another level. Though there was definite “sweetness” I felt it got deeper and I fell for the characters throughout the story. (Get it: Sweet -> Cupcakes? I amuse myself).

One thing I appreciated is there was no moment where the male MC had to step in and “save” the female. It’s so common and can occasionally underestimate the strength of the characters. This story allowed Blaire to remain strong and independent while Ronan could still impress in other ways.

This is my second book by Helena Hunting, and I will definitely continue to read whatever she publishes!

I think I knew this really wasn't for me when the heroine spends the first 10 or so pages talking about finding dog poop on the sidewalk in front of her beloved cupcake and cute cocktail shop.

This is a good fit for romance readers who aren't looking for too much depth, description, or character building. Its very light and quippy. I'm not a huge fan of the "hate turned to love" genre because it too often hinges on the man being a total horses ass for chapters and chapters before the woman "gets over herself" and starts realizing that all his dickish behavior is actually charming.

I kept feeling like this was the kind of story you'd see on someone's Instagram story. Its looks so perfectly perfect it seems posed and fake.

The writing is solid and the basic story line, warring small businesses joining forces to beat the big box store, is topical and more interesting than I thought it would be, but I just did not like these two enemies to lovers at all.

"I have come to rely on this author for a story filled with rich dialogue, one that allows the reader to see the connection growing between the main characters, Kiss My Cupcake delivered that in spades!
Kiss My Cupcake was filled with Trademark Helena Hunting humor and kept me glued to my kindle!
What starts out as a frien-emies relationship between cupcake and cocktails shop owner Blaire Calloway and Ronan Knight the owner of the sports bar next door develops blossoms until a relationship that will capture your hear
t and keep you engaged in this story.
Ronan and Blaire's families were both used fabulously in this story, making for memorable scenes while allowing a deeper understanding of the characters.
Watching Ronan and Blaire's friendship grow, seeing their business minds come together and ultimately experiencing them embrace the connection will have this story living in my heart for sometime to come!"
Denise - Shh Mom's Reading®

Helena Hunting delivers a delectable confection will all the feels that hits the perfect spot.

♕ Plot: Blaire Calloway’s deepest desire is to succeed on her own without all the strings the come with her family’s money and help. To achieve that goal, she’s planned every small detail of her cocktail café/bakery’s launch except for neighbor. The gorgeous intellectual lumberjack who re-opened the sports bar next door the same day she did.

Ronan Knight’s long term plan was to open his own beer brewery, but before that can happen he needed to help his grandfather manage The Knight Cap which has been in their family for three generations, but he never counted on the knockout next door who constantly tried to one-up him, until a bigger challenge made them join forces.

♕ Heroine: Blaire is a spitfire. She’s smart, sassy and strong. She’s won’t be defeated or deterred by anyone no matter how hot and tempting he might be.

♕ Hero: Ronan is charismatic and sexy, and especially swoon worthy at the end.

♕ Sexiness & Feels: Kiss My Cupcake is sweet, sexy, swoony and heartwarming slow burn. At first glance Blaire and Ronan are complete opposites, but being in each other’s business has a way of bringing them together, opening up to each other and falling deliciously in love.

♕ Facts: Kiss My Cupcake is a standalone contemporary romance by Helena Hunting. It is told from both points of view with a deliciously swoony happy ending.

Sweet and steamy. Sassy and swoonyy. This was SO FUN! Blaire is Super excited to finally open up her dream cupcake and cocktail business. When there is a loud boom coming from the business nextdoor she is none too pleased. When she goes to investigate she finds out that a bar is opening up next-door and the owner is a HOT lumberjack. BUT Blair is not having it, this guy no matter how hot he is he is not going to ruin her dream. Ronan is startled by how hostile Blaire is especially because she looks so sweet. What follows is a deliciously entertaining Frenemies to lovers story.

I loved every minute of this book! Blair and Ronan were super adorable together. But seriously everything Blaire did was super adorable. The girl bought matching outfits for them when they were doing events together. I have to give it to Ronan he went along with it. Blair also had the most uniquely entertaining family ever loved the Thanksgiving this couple spent with her family. Ronan on the other hand had a great family with a super loving Gramps. This was the perfect heartwarming read. And now I want a cupcake... and a craft beer.

This book in emojis 🧁 🍺 🍸 🍋 🪓 💗 🦄

*** Big thank you to Forever for my gifted copy of this book. All opinions are my own. ***

Oh my gosh, I loved this book so much! Not to mention how many different types of cupcakes I now want to try! And the characters were just so wonderful. I loved everything about them. I mean they even loved Harry Potter, both of them, and knew what house they belonged to! I know, I know that we are all not fans of JK Rowling these days because of her recent social media issues, but I will always love HP.

This was definitely the enemies to lovers, but in a fun way. While I almost wish we had more from Ronan’s point of view, the way the author spaced out his chapters definitely kept the mystery of the story and just how much he did or did not like Blaire something that kept you tagging along. I loved how all of the competition between the two was mostly good-natured and that both of them realized when something they did might hurt the other one and how that’s not really what they wanted. And you know how there are messed up families? Well, just WOW to Blaire’s family! Ronan had such a sweet grandfather and even great normal brothers though, it totally made up for it.

This story was just so sweet, I mean the title is perfect. I loved the little cupcake and booze puns at the end of each chapter too. And not only was I left wanting to try so many different types of cupcakes, I also really want a Buttercream and Booze t-shirt! A perfectly light and fluffy read, like you’d want your cupcakes to be, with the sweet romance, and it just hit the spot for a world with too much angst going on in reality.

Thank you ReadForever Pub for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review. I really liked this book. I looooooved Ronan! I loved that he is seen as this hipster cool guy and I loved how he kept pranking Blair’s. I thought this was overall a very sweet romcom!

Thanks again!

"Kiss My Cupcake" by Helena Hunting featured a fantastic enemies-to-lovers, slow burn romance between cupcake cafe owner Blaire and bar operator Ronan, otherwise known as the "Lumberjerk" to Blaire and her best friend Daphne. (I giggled every time they called him that!) I loved Blaire and Ronan's snarky banter and the way they competed against each other until they were forced to become uneasy allies when faced with a mutual threat. The attraction between them was intense from the start, but they resisted for as long as they could, and I couldn't wait for them to finally give into their feelings. Their emotional connection was equally apparent, and I particularly appreciated the way that Ronan stuck up for Blaire with her family. She could handle herself, of course, but chose not to engage most of the time, for good reason. However, Ronan couldn't just sit back and let Blaire's family dismiss everything she had achieved without benefit of their money and connections. It was very sweet, and I loved how supportive he was of Blaire and her dreams even before they officially became a couple.

Overall, "Kiss My Cupcake" was a sweet, fun, and incredibly entertaining story that put a huge smile on my face from beginning to end. I highly recommend it for all fans of contemporary romance and romantic comedy and can't wait to see what Helena Hunting writes next!

*ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions expressed are my own.

Kiss My Cupcake est une comédie romantique « enemies-to-lovers » et complètement standalone, bien qu’on ait déjà vaguement fait la connaissance de Ronan et du concept de son bar dans A Secret For A Secret (All In #3).

Dès les premiers chapitres, Blaire et Ronan, nos nouveaux entrepreneurs, se livrent une guerre sans merci bien qu’ils ne soient pas vraiment concurrents. Blaire vient tout juste d’abandonner son food-truck pour monter son salon de cocktails et cupcakes. Quant à Ronan, il reprend le bar familial et décide d’y ajouter des pistes de « lancer de haches » (axe throwing).

Leur petite guerre est plutôt drôle et sans grande conséquences. Ronan fait ressortir le côté le plus compétitif de Blaire, et cette dernière combat aussi contre son irrésistible charme.

La première partie du roman se concentre donc sur cet aspect de leur relation. Mais bien vite il va y avoir un changement d’ambiance. En effet, un concurrent plutôt féroce va s’installer dans leur quartier et mettre en péril leurs établissements. Les ennemis vont devoir faire alliance et combattre ensemble pour sauver ce qu’ils tentent de construire.

Vous l’aurez compris, ce roman regorge de joutes verbales et de petits coups bas. Je me suis régalée de leur petite guéguerre. La seconde partie amène un côté plus sentimental et l’installation d’une romance entre les protagonistes. Là encore j’ai passé un agréable moment à découvrir leurs sentiments, car ils ont su garder leurs taquineries.

La seule partie un peu loufoque (nous sommes toujours dans une romance d’Helena Hunting !) c’est la famille de Blaire. Et là encore vous ne risquez pas de vous ennuyer !

En bref, une comédie romantique drôle, sympathique et fraîche. Blaire et Ronan vont vous faire découvrir qu’on peut se chamailler comme des gosses, tomber amoureux et construire un business tout à la fois ! Si vous aimez la plume d’Helena, son petit côté loufoque et les ping-pongs verbaux irrésistibles, alors ce petit standalone est fait pour vous !

I have loved Helena Hunting's hockey series and her Clipped Wings series, so I was really hoping to love this one too. Sadly, I just really could not get in to it. I'm not sure if I just need a little more angst or if I wasn't a fan of the writing comedic style of this one but I just couldn't get myself invested enough in the characters or the story line, and found myself skimming a lot. It could very well be a case of its me, not you (the book), so if you are looking for a cute, fun read, that is low on the angsty scale, you may very well find this to be a perfect read.

Kiss My Cupcake is a great summer read that will have you smiling from ear to ear as Blaire and Ronan go from rivals to lovers.

Kiss My Cupcake is an enemies-to-lovers romance, though I would classify it more as rivals-to-lovers. Both Blaire and Ronan are opening up bars next to each other as they compete and attempt to overcome other obstacles.

Blaire and Ronan have instant chemistry though it is on the light side. They hit it off immediately despite their efforts to ignore it. Kiss My Cupcake is a fun and flirty romance, though I wish Hunting would have leaned more into their chemistry. It isn’t until more than halfway through the novel that readers really start to feel their attraction for each other.

Blaire is such a fun protagonist. Her style and vision are unique and adorable and her dedication is second to none. Blaire’s dedication to her dream is the driving force behind the novel. Watching her vision come to life was inspiring.

One of my favourite aspects of the novel was the inclusion of social media posts at the end of each chapter. They were relevant, fun, and a few made me chuckle.

Overall, Kiss My Cupcake was as adorable romance to get lost in this summer. It was laugh out loud funny, inspiring, and romantic.

HILARIOUS! This book is hilarious. Just when you think you've stopped laughing there is just a little bit more of nuttiness. I loved this absolutely sweet read. The hipster lumberjack and Alice make for a beautiful romantic comedy.

This story was so cute! I loved Blaire and Ronan!

Blaire’s dream of opening her own cupcake shop and bar is becoming a reality, Buttercream and Booze is day’s away from opening and everything going smoothly until she realises that The Knight Cap (AKA the bar next door) is reopening on the exact same day!

I should warn you that during the reading of this book you will get cupcake cravings, some of Blaire’s creations sound sooo damn good! I’d love some of the recipes! The story was lovely, the competition between Blaire and Ronan has some hilarious moments, but it’s when they start working together that the magic happens – they make a formidable team.

The romance is slow at first so if like me you're a fan of slow-burn you’ll enjoy the build-up. I thought their chemistry was spot on. I like that that both had their own individual quirks, from Blairs floaty dress to Ronan's shirts.

I absolutely adored Hunting's novel "Meet Cute." When I saw she had a new romantic comedy coming I knew I needed to devour it pronto.

This story was a riot. It was so fun to watch Blaire and Ronan have battles with one another. They own bars right next door to one another. The competition to do well is heavy.

Once I started getting the back story I wanted both to succeed so much. As the story developed I crossed my fingers real hard and flew threw the pages.

Thank you so much Forever Pub and Netgalley for access to this advanced copy in exchange for honest feedback.

4.5/5*

Thank you netgelley for granting my wish and the publishers for this e arc***

Super cute, definitely had the enemies to lovers, trope mixed in with a tint of friendship in between along with both family members playing interesting roles in their lives. If you’re a sucker for those then this will be for you. This is my second book that I’ve read from the same author so i knew i was in for a fun ride when reading this. Not to mention cupcakes and alcohol? What other good combination can top that?

oh Ronan, I wish you were real!
This book was so sweet and entertaining. The banter between Blaire and Ronan was fun and electrifying. The big heart on Ronan and his family life was easy to get behind. Blaire and her quirky family was some weird stuff. The small business ventures was something I hadn’t read much about in a book but it was nice to see the hard work being put in by our main characters. This was Helena Hunting at her best.

This was a charming, slightly odd, and wonderfully entertaining book!

First, I want to talk about the two main characters, Blaire and Ronan, and their relationship. They had a wonderful enemies-to-lovers trope going on that was chock-full of good banter and great fun. Sometimes, I would find myself getting worked up for them, egging their rivalry on and encouraging one to get the other back for their prank. It was clear from the beginning that this banter was the making for some good chemistry.

It took me a minute to warm up to Blaire and her personality, but once I did, I was completely on her side. It helped that I was able to find out her back story and more about her family. While odd, it helped put her as a character more into perspective.

I liked learning about Ronan as well. I didn't expect to get his POV sometimes as well so that was a nice surprise. It also helped to understand his motivation behind things and just made him more endearing in general.

Also, I was so happy that this was a slow burn romance for the most part. Although I am partial to slow burns, I think it was great for this story because, as I reader, I needed time to learn more of the backstory behind the two main characters. As well, it was important that the two get some time to work towards their goals without being in a relationship.

Now, there were other parts that I didn't like as much, but I'm still not sure how to categorize my dislike. I think it was just some awkward dialogue here or there or some odd moments that couldn't quite be categorized as good or bad. Because I can't quite put a finger on what I didn't like, I'd say it was more a me problem a less a book problem.

One thing, though, that I feel pretty neutral about is the pace of the story. In the first half of the book, the author seems to be establishing the characters and their relationship. While the second half really gets into the plot of the book. I feel very neutral about this because I wasn't bored during either of the halves and pretty much enjoyed both equally. I think it was just a different way of establishing the story that I didn't expect.

Overall, this book contained a great dynamic duo, a wonderful storyline, and true humor throughout the entire book. 3.5 stars from me.

I loved Kiss My Cupcake by Helena Hunting. I have enjoyed all her books and this one didn’t disappoint. This is a fun, cute and sweet story, I highly recommend this book. Thanks Netgalley for this ARC.

Kiss My Cupcake stars Blaire Calloway, a new business owner as she launches her cupcake and cocktails bar, and clashes with neighboring bar-owner Ronan Knight. The two collide right from the very beginning when Ronan’s impromptu construction work knocks one of Blaire’s whimsical martini glass off a shelf and shatters it. To make matters worse, they both realize they’re competing for the title of Best Bar in Seattle. As the competition heats up, the tensions rise and the two suddenly realize their undeniable chemistry. But can they put aside their competition?

Told in alternating first-person POV between Blaire and Ronan, this is a classic enemies to lovers story, filled with sexual tension, and witty repartee. I was laughing from the first chapter onwards. The story is filled with so much banter, pranks, and cupcake and cocktail puns, and I loved it.

If you’re looking for a hilarious and sweet romantic comedy, this one is for you! Just prepare to crave cupcakes while you read!