Being a Southern Belle requires more than just beauty and charm. It is a way of life for the rich and privileged women living south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Just ask Ansley Waller. As queen of her sorority at Baylor University, her main goals in life include marriage, children, and charity balls. Isn't that what every young woman dreams of?
So imagine the shame when her devoted fiancΓ©e decides to call it quits, leaving Ansley unattached and socially disgraced! With nowhere else to turn, she chooses to escape to New York City. With her tail between her legs, she moves in with her grandmother Vivian, whom she has never met and whom her mother Hattie utterly despises, in hopes of starting anew.
Arriving in the Big Apple turns out to be a drastic change of scenery for this Dallas socialite. Hoping to nurse her wounds, she seeks comfort in the arms of her grandmother. Unfortunately, Vivian has other plans in mind for her darling granddaughter, requiring her to find employment in eight weeks or simply move out.
As Ansley hits the pavement in search of a master plan, she enlists the help of a new friend named Dot to help orchestrate her next move. With her options dwindling and time running out, Ansley comes up with the bright idea to combine her love of baking with her new passion for life. Will her ambitious scheme be a recipe for disaster? Or, will Ansley finally get to savor the sweet flavor of success?
THE ICING ON THE CUPCAKE is a delicious debut novel by the talented writer and pastry aficionado Jennifer Ross. With each chapter, she shares scrumptious recipes for flavorful cupcakes with such hilarious names as Black Bottom Heartache and The Devil Made Me Do It and I Liked It. With a rich storyline and sweet romantic undertones, THE ICING ON THE CUPCAKE is a delectable treat.
In this delectable novelβcomplete with recipesβJennifer
Ross frosts a sweet story of a young woman fulfilling her
dreams, one delicious cupcake at a time.
In Ansley Wallerβs world of Southern belles and gentlemen,
getting a diamond ring isnβt just importantβitβs the
ultimate goal. So when her fiancΓ©, Parish, unceremoniously
kicks her to the curb and cancels their upcoming wedding,
Ansley is so ashamed that she decides to leave Dallas and
make a fresh start. In a surprise move, she heads to New
York City to live with her recently widowed grandmother,
Vivian, whom sheβs never met. In turn, Vivian gives Ansley a
no-nonsense ultimatum: Rather than wallow in misery, either
get a job or go home.
The Waller women have a tradition of baking their way out of
sorrow. So Ansley mixes batch after batch of creative
cupcakesβBlack Bottom Heartache, Moving Blues Banana
Caramel, Tres Leches Made Small. Before long, sheβs opening
up her own cupcake shop and even trying her hand at dating.
But the ways of Manhattanβs eligible bachelors are
altogether different from their Southern counterparts, and
Ansleyβs nearly fail-safe tactics fall flat. And worse,
someoneβs got a half-baked scheme to sabotage Ansleyβs new
life. Itβll take a cup of courage and a dash of Southern
charm, plus a few secret ingredients, if Ansley hopes to
pull off her recipe for success.
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