SUGARCOATED is a standalone read with a HEA. It is sexual if that is an issue for you. This story has a lot of angst as the two main characters come to grips with their feelings for each other and the town they live in. It is modern day and small town USA.
Zoe owns and operates the local bakery that has been in her family for generations. It is the same as when it was first established except for a few minor updates. Zoe, to me, seems stuck in old family traditions. She is afraid to step out and do something different for fear of failure and looking like a fool. There is an old family feud that has been going on for decades. Zoe's bitter enemy is the local baking products for fast snacks with long life. The difference is that her products are fresh and made by an actual baker, the enemy makes bakery items for sell to big companies for resell. They have a lot of preservatives and last for days maybe weeks. They sell in the local 7/11, gas stations, etc. They are good, everybody loves them, they are cheaper than bakery items.
Aiden is a local boy made good. He and his 4 partners created a great game and then sold it for millions. They are a good team with each having their own talent that makes the team work. They are sort of at loose ends now that their game has sold and they really have nothing to do. None of them really needs to work again but they are too young to sit around and do nothing. They are all millionaires.
Hot Cakes is up for sale. Aiden wants to buy it but there is a problem with Zoe hating the family that owns it and she feels like they are her competitor. Zoe is young but she actually acts like a bitter old maid spinster. She bears a grudge against the company and the family that owns it and she has no idea what the grudge is all about. I just felt like she was rather selfish, hoping the company would fail when over 300 locals depend on it for their livelihood. Without it, the town would probably fold because there are no job opportunities and these people depend on their jobs. She seems to only be concerned about her own welfare. She doesn't realize that if those 300 have to go elsewhere for work, her business will probably fail as well.
Aiden on the other hand wants to buy the company, upgrade the factory, increase employee benefits and make it a place that people want to go to work each day. He is definitely the hero. He wants to save his town. So, he and Zoe have a lot to work through. She is willful, not willing to see past her nose and generally an unpleasant person until....
It is a good story and I definitely recommend it. It has a HEA with a little bit of the next two characters to come together. I thought the ending was different from what I wanted to see. I didn't see that he owed her anything. She was an unpleasant, controlling person and why he would want to be like her was beyond me. It seems like it is always the men groveling when the woman was as much or more to blame for their misunderstanding. If she had been a bit softer, maybe he would have been able to talk to her and not be AFRAID of her reaction even though he knew what it was going to be. But, that is just me. Probably why I'm not a writer :-)
I was not paid for this review. I am not a writer nor do I know one. I am not kin to this author. I am a reader and this is just my opinion, nothing more, nothing less. 3/29/2020
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