And she’s certain this Lily Smith creature isn’t going to be any less a burden than the last assistant they sent her. Worse yet, her quiet, managed life has been shattered by a series of incompetent assistants. When her academic tome is treated as a viral “love manual” her ecstatic publisher books her to appear all over the U.S. But which one will she choose? Read onlineĪs a behavioral scientist, Professor Nicole Hathaway’s work strips away the foolish mystique that surrounds the human mating dance. They all offer changed circumstances, stability and a hope at forever.

Forced to live with her ailing, homophobic grandmother, she has no idea how she'll get to know any of these new women in her life. After years as a single lesbian who couldnt get a heartbeat from any woman anywhere, all this attention has Sugars head spinning. Shes Emily, and the first of the trio to make a serious play for Sugar in the morning, Sugar in the evening, and Sugar in the afternoon. Support arrives in the form of an empathetic Victims Advocate social worker named Tree, a hunky, charming firefighter named Charlie, and a dynamic, ambitious local TV producer.

Within a few hours shes got no place to live and no business, not even a bag of flour or a measuring cup. Working and baking night and day to perfect her business and her chances of winning a large bake-off prize, shes not prepared for disaster. Struggling to make ends meet, Sugar has invested everything into Cake Dreams by Sugar with hopes of becoming the most sought-after designer of event desserts in Seattle.

Wild Things by Karin Kallmaker