This book slapped tbh.

I picked it up looked for a fun diverse read and it was a good pick. This book was a fun, sweet, pallette cleanser. It was like a cupcake, fittingly enough.
August was a very loveable guy and Sloane was a really strong loveable character and together they work super well.
As someone who's on the asexual spectrum I appreciated the balance of lust and love this book had. Like I need some emotional connection when it comes to smut and this book delivered. (Also there's only so much lusting I can listen to before I get tired and this book never crossed that line so props)
I also appreciated the lack of misogyny in this book. I only point this out because I'm rereading Anna and The French Kiss rn and this book is a breath of fresh air compared to that. I loved it.
Overall it was great! I only docked a star because the miscommunication drove me nuts. Overall 4 stars. Highly recommend if you need a pallette cleanser

Thank you to NetGalley and St.Martin's Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Jamie Wesley writes such fun romances! NFL players, a cupcake bakery, and hot boss bitches… what’s not to love? I ate this up like it was a sugar blitz cupcake and I loved it. Would recommend!

Thank you St. Martin's Griffin and NetGalley for the eARC of A Legend in the Baking! All opinions in this review are my own.

I was hooked on this book from the first chapter. The immediate tension between August and Sloane is evident from the beginning and the forced proximity only increases it. I can't wait to read the first book in this series!

Thank you to @netgalley and the author @jamiewesleywrites for my ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

First of all, this book is cruel for making me want cupcakes all day everyday. Second of all, go read this book because it is fantastic. A 🏈 football player/cupcake baker and a social media 📱 influencer? TOO CUTE. The banter in this book is so good and this story is perfectly paced with a full and dynamic cast of characters. Throw in some fake dating on the side and healthy character growth and you have yourself a great book!

This book is available now so go check it out!!

This story follows a cupcake baking football player who gets help with social media from his best friend’s sister. I really enjoyed the first book and enjoyed this one. The author did a great job writing the next book in the stories, following with the marketing of the baking. The story was fun with different conflicts and I loved seeing the community built in the book. The pacing was great and I liked the different pov.

Sloane is a social media manager and I really liked her story. However she was mostly using August for her benefit. Then we have August who wants to build his company. I have to say that I didn’t really like him. He’s sweet but also dry. There are side characters in the book and the ones from the 1st book were featured in this book. The romance is forced proximity, best friend’s little sister, and slow burn with some steamy scenes.

The ending was great and overall it was a pretty good book. I enjoyed the diversity and the overall story of this book. I recommend checking this book out and the first one if you have time.

*this book was sent to me by the publihser to give an honest review in return*

This is only my second Jamie Wesley book and it was just as good as the first. Lovable characters throughout and so sweet.

Another hit from Jamie Wesley! I really enjoyed the audiobook of Sugar Blitz book 2. I already knew August was going to be *SWOON* in book 1, but I loved seeing him be the man Sloane needs. Great for second chance lovers! Can't wait for book 3 in the series?

This book was a true slow burn and I loved every second of it. Typically, i don’t like when a story is told in third person but this was very well done. Our FMC and MMC were perfect for each other and the tension/ build up was so good. Can’t wait to see if we get another installment with Nicholas.

"A Legend in the Baking" forces a social media manager looking to move up in her job and a pro-football player / co-owner of a cupcake bakery to work together to elevate the business's game before its second location opens. While this story wasn't quite a touchdown, it had likable characters, fun banter, and tenderhearted moments that kept the pages turning.

Sloane I liked for her ambition and go-getter attitude. She never lets a bump in the road or painful rejections keep her down for long. August I liked that he always stood firm in being reasonably honest and how he stepped outside his comfort zone to help Sugar Blitz Cupcakes succeed and to help those he cares about. I also liked that Sugar Blitz Cupcakes is a heart-driven business in which the owners play to their strengths and build a positive rapport with customers on top of selling delectable-sounding cupcakes.

However, I wanted more from the reaction to August's viral pro-feminist rant than just over-the-top fangirling, which made what he said have far less of an impact than I thought it would. The plot-lines involving August and his dad's distant relationship as well as the rivalry between Sloane and a former college classmate for an open job position felt incomplete. As if we only got a beginning and a hastily wrap-upped ending.

"A Legend in the Baking" was a good story overall but, for me, missed the mark in some areas.

Tropes: sibling's best friend/best friend's sibling, forced proximity, workplace romance

Thanks again to St. Martin's Griffin and NetGalley for the e-ARC to read in exchange for an honest review!

Dare I say the sequel was better than the first? A bit of a second chance romance meets unrequited, lingering feelings with some social media and cupcakes thrown in :). Sloane and August's inner thoughts were so perfectly captured you could easily see why both were hesitant to make a move but also just wanted to push them in a room together to watch the sparks fly. I was hooked from Sloane's first work scene and wished I saw even more of that but found her energy well matched with August. Hoping there's a Nicholas book next!

Jamie Wesley writing is like a warm hug. A legend in baking is no different. I adore that way she brings her characters to life in a unique way. Don’t get me wrong this is a romcom at its best so you know what to expect when you go into it, but the ways Jamie brings them off of the page is just one of my favorite ways. I love anything that has baking it in and this was no exception. This was just a fun quick read.

Another very fun read from Wesley - having a hard time deciding if I like this or the first book better!

The tough, football player August is also a baker, with his two teammates. His coworker and teammate’s off-limits little sister Sloane is a social media pro. When his rant about masculinity and feminism and roles in baking goes viral, he and his bros in Sugar Blitz Bakery need Sloane and her expertise to get the bakery back on track and in folks good graces. She needs a project to apply for a new job, and this one is perfect. Her brother has been trying to hire her to do it forever, anyway.

The close proximity of working with their taboo crushes is tough-going, but makes for an awesome romance read. I love how Wesley has written this and deals with everything that goes along with the difficult situations involved. It’s a fantastic story and I read it quickly. Definitely one I recommend!

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press (St. Martin's Griffin) for the early copy. This is my honest feedback.

Once I found out this book was not only a 2nd book to one of my fave reads this year but it was about the most grumpiest side character in the 1st book. Yes August got his own book. And it did not disappoint.

Once again her writing ate. Had me captivated once I started I didn’t want to stop! I love the way she writes because I always feel the emotion behind it. Whatever the characters experienced I felt as I was in there right with them.

August, Mr. Grump, SugerBae I’m glad you got your girl!! From page one I know this was going to give strong resisting tension. It was literally dripping off the pages. So once the resisting stop oh the ride I was on, I had a time!!!

Sloane was everything! From her wittiness to her passion for her career. Even tho she had her reservations for a lot of things her growth was one I loved as well. Not only finally accepting love but also realizing she was holding her self back from amazing things!

I highly suggest this ofc if you love :

❤️ Men Who Bake
🏈 Brothers Bestfriend / Bestfriends Sister
❤️ 2nd Chance Lovers
🏈 Amazing Character Development
❤️ Football Rep ( minimum )


This is the 2nd book in the Sugar Blitz Duologu but can be read as a standalone, but I suggest reading in order to get the full experience.

Thank you to Jamie Wesley and NetGalley for allowing me this arc in exchange for a review 🤭🏈❤️.

I really enjoyed this one! A Legend in the Baking by Jamie Wesley is the second standalone romance in her series Sugar Blitz about a cupcake-baking football player and his best friend’s little sister. August Hodges is the silent partner/baker at Sugar Blitz Cupcakes until his impromptu rant about how women bakers are the backbone of the industry and baking cupcakes doesn’t diminish masculinity goes viral. With a new location soon to open, August and his partners decide to capitalize on his newfound fame. But the girl who haunts his dreams is the one they hire to help them do it.

Sloane Dell is the little sister of Donovan, one of the owners and the MMC in the first book. I was excited to see how she would fit with the football players. Sloane is a social media manager and, after being passed up for another promotion, just quit her job. So when Donovan offers her a position at the bakery, she begrudgingly takes it in the hopes that it will help her land her dream job. The only problem is it puts her in close proximity with August, the man who she’s been crushing on since she was a teenager and who broke her heart twelve years earlier.

August isn’t in much better of a position. Sloane was, at one time, his closest friend, yet he ruined that by not returning her feelings when he should have. Now he pines for her from afar, but he’s going to be working with her on the social media campaign, capitalizing on his status as SugarBae. He is all outside his comfort zone. Even as a professional football player, August is not the one the reporters want to talk to, fans don’t flock to him. So this is all new.

I was so excited to start this one. I devoured Fake It Till You Bake It, the first book of this series. I liked August in it, so was even more excited when I realized it would be his book and Sloane’s. This is a classic slow burn, second chance romance. I liked how Wesley integrated chapters from the past to set the scene for the present. It added tension to the story at the right moments and slowly revealed what had gone down between August and Sloane all those years earlier.

Overall, I really enjoyed A Legend in the Baking. It was easy to root for Sloane and August, maybe even attempt to knock some sense into them through the pages when they were being obstinate. If you are a fan of slow burn romance, I highly recommend it.

3.5 ⭐️

Really enjoyed this slow burn. I love the inclusion of the flashback chapters but I wish it was more showing how their bond grew rather than the lead up to the downfall. None the less, the pining was real. I love the representation of a true introvert and it was great seeing a guy in a story be the kind of awkward one instead of the girl.

If you like a slow burn, this is for you. I was giggling and kicking my feet over our two MCs. They had fantastic chemistry and I was screaming at my kindle for them to HURRY UP AND KISS but in the best way.

In the atmosphere of wanting more and more spice, it was so fun to run across something sweet! The family ties between August and Sloane made this romance a cozy and easy read, imagining the "guy next door" vibe laid over this professional romance frame.

A Legend in the Baking is the second book in the Sugar Blitz series and can be read as a stand alone. The story focuses on August, the quiet one of the trio, and Sloane, Donovan’s sister. Sloane has had, and maybe still has, a life long crush on August.

Sloane just quit her job and as part of the interview process for a new social media role, she must work for a well know company for two weeks as their social media manager…just to prove herself. Good thing Sugar Blitz needs some social media help after August goes viral after a rant about toxic masculinity.

This is a slow burn romance…so much longing and pining between Sloane and August with all the little interactions between them and the overthinking that goes with it. We also have flashbacks to 12 years ago are included so we could see how their friendship, and Sloane’s crush, began. I also enjoyed how both Sloane and August have these aha! moments of how they need to put themselves out there, ask for what you want and live life.

Read this if you enjoy
🧁 Slow Burn
🧁 Workplace Romance
🧁 Forced Proximity
🧁 Open Door Romance

This was a hard one to review. I didn’t actually care for the first one so I wasn’t super excited for this one. But then I got a copy in the mail and I wanted to make sure I read it and gave it a review. For this I was thankful tho because I actually liked this one so much more!

Ok so this one is definitely a slow burn and y’all know that annoyed me lol But when they started flirting I was like fineeee ok. And then when the things started happening, they started happening lol It was like a switch flipped. The only thing was, since it was a slow burn, it was too slow. For them to be adults, I was wondering the whole book why no one opened their mouth and said “I DO like you” It was very weird how they couldn’t say anything. And yes I know that miscommunication is real, but when it’s been years and they’re not young anymore, JUST SAY IT WITH YOUR FULL CHEST LOL

The rest of the romance was pretty basic. There was nothing that really set them apart from the other one. This one also had a viral something and then they were co-workers all of a sudden. I wanted some variety since like I said I wasn’t the first one’s biggest fan. Like the story was different enough, but it just wasn’t enough of a difference for me. I DID like the flashbacks tho. That definitely helped with learning more about their backgrounds and helped fill in the blanks when they weren’t flirting yet.

The baking was cute in this one too. I love seeing the man baking and his reason why he’s doing what he does?! Whew Chile I can’t say I blame him. I DID wish there was more there tho. She basically told us the conflict with his dad and they reconciled at the same time. Why not spread that out throughout the story? Give it more depth. Because let me tell you I would have rather read about the drama with his dad than that damn lady. She was literally mad for no reason. She didn’t know them people from a can of paint and was just mad to be mad. Extra af and annoying lol Because who tf needs to do all that instead of just asking what it is they plan to do? And the husband with no spine that didn’t tell her to chill tf out was annoying too lol (If you’re wondering, yes I was very passionate about that. Like girl, let this Black man BE!)

I also saw that this has been categorized as a sports romance. And I don’t feel like it is. Sure he had a background in sports, and there’s a nod here and there when talking about him on the field etc, but it really had nothing to do with the sports. It was “off season” yeah, but it just had nothing to do with sports, so I just didn’t want to call it that. I did just say that sports were involved, but I don’t think it was enough to warrant a full genre. Is that weird? Idk how to explain it.

This book was really fun, but it wasn’t without its faults. I believe this was my favorite of the series. I hope this next one is a little different than these first two. I also lowkey hope that he acts the same way he did in this one. He was hilarious

3.5*
I liked this, I didn’t love it sadly. I like the premise of a man loving to bake and showing that it’s not just a “woman’s” thing. That’s a topic that should be talked about more. I’d still read more from this author :)