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much. And I have some very specific ideas about what and where if that is part of the criteria.”

She grinned up at him. “Oh good.”

Yeah, he was definitely in love with her.

One month later…

“A toast!” Dax announced.

Everyone quieted and turned to face him. Except Maggie and Steve. They were sitting in the chaise lounge chairs off to one side. Still, they were facing Dax.

Maggie was doing great, but it was late and she still got tired easily, especially at these big group gatherings. Though she loved them more than anything.

Of course, anymore, all of their gatherings seemed to be big group gatherings.

Whitney had been amazed to find out over the past month that she was actually an extrovert. She’d thought so in high school, but the last few years, she’d been fine at home alone or just with Didi. Now though, with this group, she loved getting everyone together and talking and laughing and joking and encouraging each other.

“I don’t know what the hell we were thinking, but I’m sure glad we bought Hot Cakes,” Dax said.

Everyone laughed and raised their cups.

“Lord knows there were about a million ways we could have screwed that up,” Dax went on. “But, thankfully, we had Whitney.”

Everyone turned to hoist their cups toward her.

Whitney felt her eyes stinging.

“You are our fearless leader, our cheerleader, our visionary and… our friend.” Dax’s voice got softer on that last word and he gave her an affectionate smile. “You’ve also made our most ornery partner into a freaking teddy bear.”

Everyone looked at Cam who was, of course, right beside Whitney. She grinned at him.

“And for that we do truly believe you are magical,” Dax said.

Whitney gave a little curtsy.

Cam pinched her ass when she straightened.

She giggled.

He always acted growly when they teased about how nice and sweet and cuddly he was now, but the truth was, he freely admitted it. He was downright domestic. Not only was Didi still living with them, but they were now also fostering kittens. Or Cam was, anyway. Whitney still wasn’t entirely sure how Paige had talked him into that, but honestly, seeing the big guy with the bulging, tattooed biceps bottle-feeding a kitten was even hotter than watching him bake cookies. And that was saying something.

“So it is long past time for us to finally make you, Whitney Lancaster, an official partner at Hot Cakes,” Dax said. “Thank you for saying yes when we asked you.”

Her eyes were stinging again but she smiled widely. “I’m thrilled.”

“To Whitney,” Dax said.

Everyone repeated, “To Whitney!”

“Now can we jump in?” Henry called as everyone drank.

Whitney laughed.

“Yes, now you can jump in,” Cam said. “But stay in the—”

Didi and Henry jumped into the swimming pool at the same time, throwing water up onto the patio and making Dax and Jane jump back, laughing.

“Shallow end,” Cam finished, as he watched them head for the slide. In the deep end. “Guess I’m going in for lifeguard duty.”

Yes. The party was at Whitney and Didi, and Cam’s, house. On the back patio. At 3 a.m.

And they were grilling burgers and drinking hard root beer.

No one was going into work tomorrow.

Whitney kissed him quickly. “You’re the best.”

“If you really loved me, you’d join us. In that red bikini I got you.”

“I thought that was for swimming when it was just the two of us.”

“Okay, sunrise swim. Just the two of us. And the red bikini.”

“Deal.”

She watched him head for the pool and her grandmother and his little brother. He stripped his shirt off, tossed it to the side, and then gave her one more look over his shoulder before diving in.

Yeah, those tattoos and muscles were all hers. As were the cookies he’d made just for her, hidden inside where the friends and family who they loved—just not enough to share every single cookie with—would never find them. She was in a really good place.

Speaking of really good places… Whitney looked around the patio. Everyone was here. Even Paige and Piper and Ollie. She sighed a happy sigh.

She’d spent time with her own mother and father and brothers on this patio over the years.

But she’d never actually been with family here.

Until now.

Thank you so much for reading Semi-Sweet On You! I hope you loved Cam and Whitney’s story!

Next up is Paige and Mitch’s story in

Oh, Fudge!

It’s a Hot Cakes story with a splash of the Boys of the Bayou series! You do not have to have read that series at all to enjoy this story! But it might make you want to take a trip down south to Louisiana when you’re done!

A sassy, small town Iowa girl.

A hot, rugged Louisiana boy.

A surprise visit. A nosy family. A winter festival.

Dang, is this was falling in love feels like?

Oh, fu...fudge.

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Making Whoopie

Semi-Sweet On You

Oh, Fudge

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Erin Nicholas is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty sexy contemporary romances. Her stories have been described as toe-curling, enchanting, steamy and fun. She loves to write about reluctant heroes, imperfect heroines and happily ever afters. She lives in the Midwest with her husband who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books, her kids who will never read the sex scenes in her books, and family and friends who say they’re shocked by the sex scenes in her books (yeah, right!).

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