Robert Moon risked everything, including his father’s hardwon legacy, to open his beloved Honey Moon Confectionery on the busiest street in Lively St. Lemeston. Now he’s facing bankruptcy and debtor’s prison. When a huge catering order comes in, he agrees to close the sweet-shop for a week to fill it. There’s only one problem: his apprentice is out of town, so his beautiful shop-girl Betsy Piper must help Robert in the kitchen.
Betsy’s spent the last year trying to make her single-minded boss look up from his pastries and notice that she would be the perfect wife. Now the two of them are alone in a kitchen full of sweet things. With just one week to get him to fall in love with her, she’d better get this seduction started… She soon discovers that Robert brings the same meticulous, eager-to-please attitude to lovemaking that he does to baking, but can kisses—no matter how sweet—compete with the Honey Moon in his heart?
Looking for a quick, steamy retreat into the Regency to soothe the cold-savaged beast, I clicked on Lerner’s because it was set in a confectioner’s shop, promised some working class Regency peops, and there was a mention of some very good steam indeed. T
his shortie did not disappoint. Featuring a sweet and patient, and in love (but in debt) Mr. Moon who is also a V (I am a sucker for the male virgins) and his front of the house manager Miss Piper, who is sassy and also in love, this novella delivers a lot of sticky creativity for those who love food and ice involved play. It also had a surprisingly good but not overly dramatic plot, good tension, and a nice character arc for Mr. Moon.
Considering it only took a couple of hours to read, I was pleasantly surprised at how artfully crafted and full bodied this novella was. There is a sweet set up before the pages are heated up by a lot of love making. But there is also the looming threat of debt, a particularly challenging customer, and the hum of a village setting that made me feel instantly cozy.
Set in the 1810s, this book is a nice slice of life for working class villagers that shares romance, love and lust in one deliciously wrapped package. Part of a series, it worked fine as a standalone. Lerner is on point with details and dialogue, so Reg Readers will delight in settling in to the history. 
4.5 out of 6 Steamy, sticky and sweet romance between working class MCs
| Content Rating/Heat Index | |
|---|---|
| Mature Content |   |
| Not much. | |
| Intimacy | |
| Many scenes, including oral, anal play | |
| Violence | |
| Nope | |
| Overall | |
|---|---|
| Packed full of intimate scenes and some oral/anal action, its otherwise a pretty wholesome tale. | |
