Title: The Missing Cupcake
Genre: Short Story, Contemporary Romance
Format: ebook
Pages: 23
Published: June 12, 2025
Where I got It: Kindle Unlimited
Summary:
Lucy works in marketing but dreams of opening her own bakery in the future. She loves testing recipes, posting her creations online, and sharing her most successful treats with the office staff. So when the caterer drops out of one of the corporate events she’s planning and a colleague volunteers her to supply the dessert—one hundred cupcakes—Lucy feels like she has to accept the challenge.
If she performs well, it could lead to the promotion she’s had her eye on, which should come with a pay raise that will help make her bakery dreams a reality.
But there’s a she has to make those one hundred cupcakes in the tiny kitchen of her one-bedroom, Boston-based apartment, and she has to do it in one night. And of course that one night is her anniversary with Ian.
Ian isn’t typically a planner, and Lucy knows he’s gone out of his way to make this anniversary extra special. But this opportunity could be huge for her—for her future, which she hopes Ian will be part of.
Her decision to spend the night in her kitchen instead of at a romantic dinner for two with Ian seems to put a strain on their relationship just as Lucy starts the daunting task of baking and decorating the cupcakes.
Can Lucy finish and deliver all of the cupcakes in time for the event? More importantly, can she do it and somehow save her relationship with Ian?
Review:
This was a random grab a few weeks ago. The cover was just so cute and I had to know about this missing cupcake. I didn't read the summary before jumping in.
Lucy wants to own her very own bakery. But that seems like a pipedream until a caterer drops out of her corporate event. And now she has a chance to show her skill! She has to make 100 cupcakes and if she succeeds, she might just get the promotion and pay raise so she can start saving for her bakery. Problem is....she has a small apartment and a small kitchen, and she only has one night to bake these cupcakes. Also....it is her anniversary with Ian. Will she be able to have her cake and eat it, too?
Do I remember what I read? Barely. And mind you...it was only like 23 pages. Everything went by in a blur, and the drama was silly. Why is she even concerned? It's just an anniversary that can be celebrated the next day or whatever. :S
Ian was immature.
Lucy was an overthinker, and she deserved better.
Sure, it seems Ian does "justice" by her at the end, but I would be pissed if he used one of the cupcakes. >_> DUDE, I have to make 100 cupcakes. Like wtf man.
I was hoping for some actual mystery and maybe more romance. The chemistry felt as flat as a pancake.
Maybe, just maybe, I'm not seeing the full picture with this romance. Maybe we need another short of them after she opens her bakery.
I'll give this 2 stars because I did like Lucy. She deserves the world and more. Go away, Ian.
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