{"id":34289,"date":"2025-06-15T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=34289"},"modified":"2025-06-13T08:42:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T13:42:29","slug":"wotr25-attendingauthor-smalltown-mmromance-cakes-and-cocktails-by-a-d-ellis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=34289","title":{"rendered":"#wotr25 #attendingauthor #smalltown #mmromance –Cakes and Cocktails (Men of Haven Grove #2) by: A.D. Ellis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cake & Cocktails is a steamy, M\/M age-gap romance featuring a grumpy teddy bear of a bar owner and a quirky baker just looking for love, acceptance, and a forever family.<\/b>

Henry is well-aware he\u2019s a bit of a grump. Outside of his passion for running the Riggs Family Roadhouse, and a precious few close friends and family, Henry doesn\u2019t need anything\u2014or anyone\u2014else. But when a mysterious young man walks into the bar, Henry finds himself obsessed with making sure the blue-eyed beauty is taken care of.

Determined to get far, far away, Jack fled his nightmarish home life with barely a hint of a plan. Five hundred miles later, the small town of Haven Grove might just hold the perfect recipe for healing Jack\u2019s wounded heart. Maybe he\u2019ll stay a while, especially if the cuddly bear of a man behind the bar keeps plying him with food, kindness, and sweet smiles.

Henry just wants to help the newcomer get back on his feet. Instead, for whatever reason, his interfering heart is mixing up a different plan. Jack doesn\u2019t know how he could leave when Haven Grove has all the ingredients for his happily ever after, but do Jack and Henry have what it takes to bake up their very own perfect slice of love?<\/p>\n

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I want to start by saying I have read every single one of the LGBTQIA titles by this author and have enjoyed every single one of them. I even have the name of one of their books on my arm in my MM inspired book tattoo. I think that one will forever be my favorite A.d. Ellis standalone. But Cakes and Cocktails helped the Haven Grove series steal the favorite series spot from one of her other lovable groups of men from back in the day.
Henry is a natural caregiver. Always making sure his family and friends are alright and taken care of but who is there to take care of Henry?
Jack is searching for a new place to call home when he stumbles upon Haven Grove and the owner of the Roadhouse, a brooding, sexy bear of a man named Henry Riggs.
Henry discovers someone may be eating out of the dumpster and possibly living behind his business. He starts to leave food and bedding supplies for the stranger and eventually gets him to agree to stay on Henry’s couch.
This is book #2 in The Men of Haven Grove series. Its been fun getting to know this family and their friends. I’m looking forward to the next book.<\/p>\n

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A.D. Ellis is an Indiana girl, born and raised. She spends much of her time in central Indiana as a teacher in the inner city of Indianapolis, being a mom to two amazing teens, and wondering how she and her husband of nearly two decades haven’t driven each other insane yet. A lot of her time is also devoted to phone call avoidance and her hatred of cooking.
She loves chocolate, wine, pizza, and naps along with reading and writing romance. These loves don’t leave much time for housework, much to the chagrin of her husband. Who would pick cleaning the house over a nap or a good book? She uses any extra time to increase her fluency in sarcasm.
A.D. uses she\/they pronouns.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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