"Sweet Nothings"

What better way to spend this snowy Valentine's Day than curling up with a good book or baking?  Okay, well maybe there are more romantic plans out there for the day, but seriously if reading is on your agenda for today, then "Sweet Nothings," by Janis Thomas, is just the book to read (and has the baking part too without you actually doing any!)! This is a fun, light read that is filled with romance, romantic struggles, sweet treats and an overall delicious story!  Keep on reading to read a cute excerpt from Janis and a description of the book.  Happy Valentine's Day and enjoy this sweet day!

10 Reasons A Cake is Better Than a Man
By Janis Thomas,
Author of Sweet Nothings

Don't get me wrong. I love men. Especially my husband and Hugh Jackman. Despite the notion that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, and aside from the cold, hard truth that I often think marriage was invented by a bunch of sadists, I cannot imagine my life without Alex in it.
I could say the same thing about cake. Not that it was invented by sadists, because that would be ridiculous. Obviously, cake was invented by a glorious angelic genius bent on spreading happiness and good cheer throughout the world. But I can't imagine living without cake, either.
The other day, a friend asked me a hypothetical question which inspired this post. It went something like this:
If you had to choose between cake and men for the rest of your life, which would you pick?

My husband was seated right beside me, so I quickly answered, "Oh, I'd pick men . . . specifically my man." And I gave his arm a little squeeze. (I think he bought it, although I can't be sure.)

But the question stayed with me, and I found myself mulling it over late into the night. I actually took out a notepad and created a pros/cons list for each, cakes on one side and men on the other. In so doing, I came to the conclusion that a cake really is better than a man, and here are the ten top reasons why:

10. Extreme heat makes cake smell good.9. There is such a thing as a perfect cake.
8. Cakes don't watch football.
7. Certain parts of a man are more attractive than others, whereas every slice of cake looks gorgeous.
6. Even bad cake is good.
5. A cake won't complain about crumbs on the counter.
4. A great chocolate cake is better than sex.
3. If you marry a cake, your in-laws are butter and sugar.
2. Cakes don't expect you to pick up their dirty underwear.

And the number one reason why a cake is better than a man is:

1. You don't have to talk dirty to a cake to get it to rise.

I'm not saying that men don't have good qualities too. They do. Men have the capacity for compassion and understanding, whereas cakes don't have feelings. A man is more likely to discover a cure for hair loss than a cake. When you feel sad or upset, your husband will put his arms around you and comfort you, whereas a cake pretty much just sits there. And you certainly can't ask a cake to take out the garbage.
But, I have to admit, when I'm consuming a luscious red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting and shaved dark chocolate curls decorating the top, the last thing on my mind is the overflowing trash bin.
© 2013 Janis Thomas, author of Sweet Nothings

"Sparkling, witty, and poignant. Sweet Nothings is absolutely delicious!"

-- Jane Porter, author of The Good Daughter

Sweet Nothings
By Janis Thomas
Published by Berkley Trade
Paperback: 384 pages
July 2, 2013; $16.00 US/$17.00 CAN; 9780425264829

Description

Life's sweetest moments happen when you least expect them . . .
When Ruby McMillan's husband announces one morning that he's dumping her for another woman, she's unable to decide which indignity stings the most: the dissolution of their eighteen-year marriage or the deflation of her white-chocolate soufflé with raspberry Grand Marnier sauce. Without a good-bye to their two teenaged children, Walter leaves Ruby to cope with her ruined dessert, an unpaid mortgage, and her failing bakery.
With only royal icing holding her together, Ruby still manages to pick herself up and move on, subsidizing her income with an extra job as a baking instructor, getting a "my-husband's-gone" makeover, and even flirting with her gorgeous mortgage broker, Jacob Salt. For as long as she can remember, Ruby has done what's practical, eschewing far-fetched dreams and true love in favor of stability. But suddenly single again at the age of forty-four, she's beginning to discover that life is most delicious when you stop following a recipe and just live.
Author Bio
Janis Thomas, author of Sweet Nothings, is a native Californian, lives in Orange County with her husband, their two children, and their dog, Ruby. Janis has written more than fifty songs and (with her dad) two children's books, and is also an avid baker. She is also the author of Something New.
For more information please visit http://www.janisthomas.com, and follow the author on Facebook and Twitter
Reviews
"Sparkling, witty, and poignant. Sweet Nothings is absolutely delicious!"
-- Jane Porter, author of The Good Daughter
"A breezy read."
-- Publishers Weekly
"For any woman who has ever flirted with the possibility of a different life. Or who has ever flirted, period."
-- Sally Koslow, author of The Late, Lamented Molly Marx