Cupcake Overload

Cupcake Series, Book 2

By: Bethany Lopez

Narrated by: Ava Zilver

Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's Summary

One night, I was out with my girls enjoying a much-needed ladies night, wondering if one more dirty martini would push me over the edge. The next thing I knew, I was in the club’s bathroom listening to a woman screaming "no" and a man’s voice growling, "I know you want it." That asshole picked the wrong restroom, in the wrong club, at the wrong time.

Little did I know the asshole was Cade’s VP, and although we saved that woman from his clutches that night, she’d be found floating in a motel pool a month later.

Running a PI firm is a lot harder than taking pictures for one, especially when your professional life spills over into your personal one. I’m going through cupcakes like our new puppy goes through piddle pads, and if I’m not careful, there’s bound to be a Cupcake Overload.

Warning: this audiobook contains foul language, sex, some violence, and shenanigans. If none of that bothers you, grab a cupcake and listen in!

©2016 Bethany Lopez (P)2017 Bethany Lopez

Girl Posse BFF's & Cupcakes

Lila and her friends are out for girls-night when they find a young woman saying "No" to a greasy looking guy in the bathroom. Coming the the girls rescue, they think it's all over until Cade takes Lila to the compound to meet his brother MC's, only to discover the greasy guy is Cade's VP, Sledge, and Lila forgot to tell Cade about the incident. This causes Lila and Cade's first disagreement.

When Samantha, the young woman from the bathroom incident, turns up dead, all signs point to Sledge. He asks Lila to investigate and help clear his name. As Lila interviews everyone in Samantha's life, things finally start to fall into place. But will Lila and Cade make it through their first disagreement?

These books are short and sweet. I love how quickly things happen, but happen in a way that keeps you interested enough to want to keep reading. I'm looking forward to the next book. I can't wait to find out what happens in Hawaii and what's with Lila's feeling of dread. I'm also a little upset that the next book after that one doesn't come out until May. What am I going to do until then? UGH!

And all the talk of cupcakes is making me want to head over the the Sprinkles ATM near me. Yes, I live very close to a cupcake ATM... can you believe it. But I'm going to try to hold strong because I need to loose weight. LOL!

I do love this series, but think that a male voice doing the male speaking parts would give it that much more umph! Just saying...

Use caution when listening in public

OMG, this book is hilarious!! I especially loved one of Lila's cases that she was working. Sooooo funny! I received a copy of this audiobook at no charge and I have left my honest review.

I was finally able to get the next part....

Oh my so much fun. I love this series. I think it's a different narrator, but she's just as good.
I'd definitely will be listening to it again.
This book was given to me for free at my request from the publisher or author or narrator and I provided this unbiased voluntary review.

Great Read

Cupcake Overload (Delilah Horton #2) was another great read by Bethany Lopez. Lila spent a much needed ladies night out with her friends. She never expected that the night out would end with a woman in the club's bathroom listening to a woman tell a man no, while he demands that she wants it. She never would have imagined that the man would be her boyfriend Code's VP. But a month late she is found dead in a motel pool. Lila runs a PI firm and has to find out what happened to fix both her personal and professional life. I enjoyed reading this story and can't wait to read more by Bethany Lopez.

Second Book in Series..Love This Couple and Secondary Characters!

I absolutely love this characters in this series..the couple if fun, different and not what you’d expect!
Fun kids, dogs and an obsession with cupcakes when stressed. Waiting to see what the next story brings as the couple, between them, are PIs or a male me er of a motorcycle club who is in charge of protection of the club.
He is sweet, she is funny and independent. Great writing!
Fantastic narrator who does a great job with the voices and emotions and fits the hero one perfectly!
Can’t wait for the next book!
I received a free audiobook for an honest and voluntary review.

Loved the first book. Not so much this one.

I really, really, really loved the first book and could not be happier to jump back into this one. There are some startling differences between two. First, this book has a different narrator. While this narrator was good, she was not better than the narrator in book one. She also had some editing errors as well as too long a pause between chapters. Too long. Her mispronunciations, though not many, did not help my like for her either.

The story picks up where book one ends. Lila and Cade are in a relationship now. Lila owns the PI agency and the cupcake love continues. Just like the narration, the story had some issues for me. Lila gets a phone number as a clue but does not share it with her cop friend. LIla and the cop friend are outside a bar where Cade is roughing up someone for information but the cop does not intervene. Sigh.

Enjoyable Read

I enjoyed the previous story and this one was no different. Cade and Lila are so good together. Especially Cade with Lila's kids will just have you melting. Lila has come a long way from the women who was cheated on and I loved how she changed her life and became this awesome, loving bubbly person.
What I also loved about this story, is that its not just a romance story its a suspense one as well. And that was the part I loved best.
So a dead girl and another biker added to mix, what could go wrong

The narrator was not too bad. I still heard this very annoying buzzing sound on the audio, but other than that. Not a bad narration.

Cupcake Overload

I absolutely love this couple and all the friends around them.... and maybe all the cupcakes! This time, we are out to solve a murder and there are a few twists and dead ends to work around first. I loved the way it was solved and can't wait for more of this group!

Fun Fast Paced Mystery

Cupcake Overload picks up exactly where Always Room for Cupcakes leaves off continuing the story of Lila and Cade. Lila has taken over Moose's PI business. When a young woman she saved from being raped in a bathroom is found dead, the investigation quickly turns to the VP of Cade's MC. Lila is then hired by the VP to find the real killer while he maintains that he's innocent.

I enjoyed this book much more than the 1st in the series. The story seemed to flow a little better, and while it was still quick it was all there, it didn't feel like there were any holes. I really liked that it started literally where the 1st one ended, in the same club scene, and didn't immediately move on to a different couple. Cade and Lila's relationship isn't all rainbows and unicorns either, which I personally enjoy seeing in books because, that's real life. Lila also decided to call her ex-husband by his first name instead of the nickname she gave him in the 1st book which was a relief. Where this book lost a star for me was more of kids masturbating. I did appreciate that Eric talked to Lila about their son and what was going on, but didn't feel it was a necessary part of the story, it showed them as a united front I guess. At the end (possible spoiler) when Lila was running after the kid who stole something from the book store and caught him masturbating, felt wrong again. I believe he's older (teens maybe) but still, pick something else, although, I did find it funny it was historical romance he was using. Overall I did enjoy this book, but you do really need the 1st so you're not lost in this one. The narrator did a great job, it was easy to follow the dialogue, her accents were great, I would definitely listen to something else she's done.

Cupcake Overload

This is the second book in the cupcake series. Bethany Lopez is a new to me author and this is the first audio narration I've listened to by Ava Zilver. I love this series, and its progression so far. Lila is recently divorced mother of twins, after he divorce she started working for a P.I. that left her his business and home after his death. Now Lila is working her first solo case and it could get between her and her new boyfriend Cade. I love that this is a suspense series but is still pretty funny and an easy listen. Lila is a great lead character, quirky and strong willed. Plus I highly sympathise with her cupcake addiction.