Cupcakes, etc.

Women's Friendship Fiction

Friendship and a sense of community exist anywhere you make them happen.

Best friends Trudy and Niki opened a cupcake shop to fulfill their dreams and unexpectedly created a warm community environment of friendship with somewhere to belong.When they enter the highly competitive Sweets Off reality contest baking show, a filmmaker chronicles their journey through confessionals, and shares their personal trials and hurdles as women. She documents the caring relationships of their staff, customers and fellow shopkeepers and affects her own reality.
As their small town and cupcake family rallies to cheer them on, Trudy and Niki battle for victory. But when all the businesses in The Little Shoppes are threatened, the owners bolster each other to face adversity together. Win, lose or draw, will they ever be the same?
Cupcakes, etc. is the first installment of The Little Shoppes Book Series. Each book features heart-warming stories of the shop and the women who own them, as well as the undying support they give each other to fight for their livelihoods.