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Layla
Layla
There’s a new shop opening next door, and I can’t stop thinking about the bearded, inked owner with the rough hands. One look and my lady cookie melts. But his noisy renovation work is scaring off my clientele.
Can I keep my customers, my heart, and my virginity? Or will I give it all up just to feel those rough hands on me?
Kane
I’ve got two weeks to renovate my new shop and get my business out of the red or it’s going to fold. Not even the sassy café owner with the tempting curves and freshly baked goods is going to stop me. But just one taste of her cookies and I’m craving more.
Can I save my business, save my heart, and get my hands on those curves, or will she shut me down?
Curvy Girls Can are short, sweet and steamy insta-love stories about women with big curves, big attitudes, and big dreams and the alpha men who are man enough to love them.
High heat, oh so sweet, and always with a happily ever after. Each book in the series is a standalone. No cliffhangers.
There’s a new shop opening next door, and I can’t stop thinking about the bearded, inked owner with the rough hands. One look and my lady cookie melts. But his noisy renovation work is scaring off my clientele.
Can I keep my customers, my heart, and my virginity? Or will I give it all up just to feel those rough hands on me?
Kane
I’ve got two weeks to renovate my new shop and get my business out of the red or it’s going to fold. Not even the sassy café owner with the tempting curves and freshly baked goods is going to stop me. But just one taste of her cookies and I’m craving more.
Can I save my business, save my heart, and get my hands on those curves, or will she shut me down?
Curvy Girls Can are short, sweet and steamy insta-love stories about women with big curves, big attitudes, and big dreams and the alpha men who are man enough to love them.
High heat, oh so sweet, and always with a happily ever after. Each book in the series is a standalone. No cliffhangers.
46 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 25, 2020
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Sadie King
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I write short and steamy instalove stories about strong protective men and the curvy women who steal their hearts.
My books are high-heat, oh so sweet, and always with a happily ever after.
Home is New Zealand where I live with my young son and husband.
Sign up for my newsletter for the latest news and releases and I'll send you a free ebook exclusive to my email subscribers.
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August 9, 2020
Banter and more Banter between Layla and new next door neighbor Kane when be sets up shop. Layla is annoyed with all the nose he's making that are annoying her customers for 2.5 seconds when they spot him working without a shirt lol.
As for Kane he has a deadline even if he wants to spend time with the sassy next door neighbor. But that doesnt stop him from little breaks for cookies and coffee ;)
No ow/om drama, no cheating, sexy times, Virgin gal and no manwhore
Recommend-maybe
Cover-⭐⭐
Slowinsta
Older/younger couple
Pinning
No condom
Safe
Hea
Epilogue
As for Kane he has a deadline even if he wants to spend time with the sassy next door neighbor. But that doesnt stop him from little breaks for cookies and coffee ;)
No ow/om drama, no cheating, sexy times, Virgin gal and no manwhore
Recommend-maybe
Cover-⭐⭐
Slowinsta
Older/younger couple
Pinning
No condom
Safe
Hea
Epilogue
July 15, 2020
If This Should Happen To Be Your Very First Read Of Sadie King Then It Is Only Natural That The Very First Thought To Cross The Mind After You Finish Reading Layla Is Of Bewilderment As To How Come You Never Happened To Step Into Her Exciting World Earlier Than This?
How Good Layla Actually Is And The Extent To Which It Impresses You Can Well Be Gauged From The Fact That No Sooner Is Layla Read From Cover To Cover That One Actually Craves To Lay Hands On Her Next Read And I Could Only Get Down To Do This Review After I Had Downloaded Frankie Onto My Read & Review Shelf.
What Truly Makes Layla A Feel Good Love Story With A Real Difference Is That Sadie King Actually Pushes The Envelope And Makes Her Protagonist Layla Break The Conventional Mould Of Beauty Blossom & Bloom As She Becomes The Apple Of Kane’s Eye.
For Too Long Now Beauty Has Been Falsely Pegged On Zero Size Figures And Fair Skin Advocated By Cosmetic Giants With Vested Interests.
Truly A Standing Ovation Is Well Deserved For Sadie King Who Has Actually Launched Curvy Girls Can Series With Layla Being The Introductory Read In The Series.
Layla Like All Other Heroines In The Curvy Girls Can Series Is All About Beautiful Curvaceous Women Who Are All Blessed With Big Curves, Big Attitudes & Big Dreams And It Takes A True Alpha Male Like Kane To Convince Layla That She Is No Less A Beauty But Is Extremely Desirable Too, If Only She Looks At Her Ownself Through His Eyes.
Indeed A Refreshing Change From The Size Zero Pin Up Beauties Layla Is The Girl Next Door Who May Have Doubts About Herself Until An Alpha Male Like Kane Sweeps Her Off Her Feet For Both Of Them To Actually Live Happily Ever After Beyond A Hard To Believe Fairy Tale!!!
How Good Layla Actually Is And The Extent To Which It Impresses You Can Well Be Gauged From The Fact That No Sooner Is Layla Read From Cover To Cover That One Actually Craves To Lay Hands On Her Next Read And I Could Only Get Down To Do This Review After I Had Downloaded Frankie Onto My Read & Review Shelf.
What Truly Makes Layla A Feel Good Love Story With A Real Difference Is That Sadie King Actually Pushes The Envelope And Makes Her Protagonist Layla Break The Conventional Mould Of Beauty Blossom & Bloom As She Becomes The Apple Of Kane’s Eye.
For Too Long Now Beauty Has Been Falsely Pegged On Zero Size Figures And Fair Skin Advocated By Cosmetic Giants With Vested Interests.
Truly A Standing Ovation Is Well Deserved For Sadie King Who Has Actually Launched Curvy Girls Can Series With Layla Being The Introductory Read In The Series.
Layla Like All Other Heroines In The Curvy Girls Can Series Is All About Beautiful Curvaceous Women Who Are All Blessed With Big Curves, Big Attitudes & Big Dreams And It Takes A True Alpha Male Like Kane To Convince Layla That She Is No Less A Beauty But Is Extremely Desirable Too, If Only She Looks At Her Ownself Through His Eyes.
Indeed A Refreshing Change From The Size Zero Pin Up Beauties Layla Is The Girl Next Door Who May Have Doubts About Herself Until An Alpha Male Like Kane Sweeps Her Off Her Feet For Both Of Them To Actually Live Happily Ever After Beyond A Hard To Believe Fairy Tale!!!
March 20, 2025
1.25 stars
The whole low self esteem plus size girl act is gross, old and over played and I really hate it. First of all your a boss babe act like it! And also as a plus size girl it makes me feel down on myself when I gotta read this crap. The romance part just kinda happens outta no where. And the epilogue the daughter had 2 different names! Is it supposed to be Nikki or grace? Ugh so annoying. The only saving grace was the cute old lady and adorable cat.
The whole low self esteem plus size girl act is gross, old and over played and I really hate it. First of all your a boss babe act like it! And also as a plus size girl it makes me feel down on myself when I gotta read this crap. The romance part just kinda happens outta no where. And the epilogue the daughter had 2 different names! Is it supposed to be Nikki or grace? Ugh so annoying. The only saving grace was the cute old lady and adorable cat.
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May 27, 2020
Layla owns a reading cafe, and bakes goodies for her patrons. Kane is a woodworker, renovating the space next door for his shop, and the noise is scaring away her customers. Until he begins working without a shirt. He invites her to his grand opening, and a misunderstanding has her ducking out early, before they have a real opportunity to talk. It's nice to see the female character in the lead in this new series. Layla is strong and beautiful, a successful business owner, but she has self-doubts about her appearance. Kane is the hot hunk, so patient with her until she realizes that he's serious. Their happy ending is so sweet!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
May 26, 2020
Layla owns a reading cafe, and I must say, I love that idea! Kane is opening a shop right next door to hers. She's feisty and sassy and sweet and innocent. He's a blue collar alpha, complete with rough hands, tattoos, a burly beard, and a need for order. They initially clash, as he's remodeling his shop space, which is quite loud. But day by day, Kane wins Layla over. And at his grand opening, Kane makes his feelings known. Low on drama, sweet and sexy, this fast story is well worth reading more than once!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
March 4, 2022
The couple: Kane and Layla
Romance genre: insta-love
Series: Curvy Girls Can
Length: 42 pages
Plot: Layla runs a cafe that specializes in quiet - people go there to read their books. Then the noise starts up. She goes to complain to the shop next door, and it turns out that hot shop owner Kane is renovating his space. What's a girl to do when he takes off his shirt and distracts all of her customers?
Commentary: Kane knows what he wants, and he wants Layla. Even though she turns him down at first, he is confident enough to keep coming at her until she gives in (not in a creepy way - he just made her see that they could be good together). You could say that her customers had something to do with it though - thirsty, thirsty old women staring at the shirtless Kane!
Next book in the series: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Romance genre: insta-love
Series: Curvy Girls Can
Length: 42 pages
Plot: Layla runs a cafe that specializes in quiet - people go there to read their books. Then the noise starts up. She goes to complain to the shop next door, and it turns out that hot shop owner Kane is renovating his space. What's a girl to do when he takes off his shirt and distracts all of her customers?
Commentary: Kane knows what he wants, and he wants Layla. Even though she turns him down at first, he is confident enough to keep coming at her until she gives in (not in a creepy way - he just made her see that they could be good together). You could say that her customers had something to do with it though - thirsty, thirsty old women staring at the shirtless Kane!
Next book in the series: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
May 26, 2020
A sexy but very noisy neighbor is bad for business but good for her heart
Layla is the first book in the Curvy Girls Can series by Sadie King. This is a cute, sweet and sexy story about Layla and Kane. These two are real opposite but yet when it comes down to their cores they fit together nicely. For a short story there is still a build up to them getting together as move from really disliking each other to can't get enough of each other.
This is a great story to kick start this new series off with. I look forward to reading more books in this series.
Layla is the first book in the Curvy Girls Can series by Sadie King. This is a cute, sweet and sexy story about Layla and Kane. These two are real opposite but yet when it comes down to their cores they fit together nicely. For a short story there is still a build up to them getting together as move from really disliking each other to can't get enough of each other.
This is a great story to kick start this new series off with. I look forward to reading more books in this series.
May 27, 2020
This very well written, interesting and entertaining Book in the Curvy Girls Can Series that is sensitive and suspenseful guaranteed to tug on your heart. Strong characters; the chemistry between them is explosive; Curvy Woman Romance. These characters a re very well constructed with a good chemistry This book is well thought out and the drama and ups and downs make it quite the page turner.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
August 31, 2020
Books, Cookies and a Shirtless Man? SOLD!
Sadie hooked me with this one; a cafe with book readers and bookclubs and cookies! Toss in a muscled hunk who does woodworking with his hands and I was in overload.
This was a short and steamy story of two storefront neighbors with off the charts chemistry.
Throw in some sassy seniors, a cafe cat and a steamy romp or two and I left this book a happy lady.
Fair warning the book does end at 85%
Sadie hooked me with this one; a cafe with book readers and bookclubs and cookies! Toss in a muscled hunk who does woodworking with his hands and I was in overload.
This was a short and steamy story of two storefront neighbors with off the charts chemistry.
Throw in some sassy seniors, a cafe cat and a steamy romp or two and I left this book a happy lady.
Fair warning the book does end at 85%
September 12, 2020
New shop
Hes starting up a new place and doing all the work himself. His hammering is bothering her customers and she trys to work out a compromise. Then he started to come in every day for coffee and a cookie and flirting with the old ladies.. He said he would try till one day hes working outside without a shirt....lol all the ladies just stare at him...hes a very handsome devil . The night of his grand opening , hurt feelings and they work thing out.
Hes starting up a new place and doing all the work himself. His hammering is bothering her customers and she trys to work out a compromise. Then he started to come in every day for coffee and a cookie and flirting with the old ladies.. He said he would try till one day hes working outside without a shirt....lol all the ladies just stare at him...hes a very handsome devil . The night of his grand opening , hurt feelings and they work thing out.
March 11, 2025
Loved it!
Quirky side characters, a yummy guy next door opening a new shop, and Layla is loving the eye candy he's providing. So are the old ladies in the book club. Watching out the store front. I loved how they both skirt around the attraction they both feel, but misread why they haven't dated yet. I loved that Kane finally takes it upon himself to show her, exactly how he feels about her. Great HEA ending.
Quirky side characters, a yummy guy next door opening a new shop, and Layla is loving the eye candy he's providing. So are the old ladies in the book club. Watching out the store front. I loved how they both skirt around the attraction they both feel, but misread why they haven't dated yet. I loved that Kane finally takes it upon himself to show her, exactly how he feels about her. Great HEA ending.
May 26, 2020
A fantastic, well developed, funny, witty, passionate, and engaging book one in the Curvy Girls Can series. The characters are likeable; the chemistry between them is instant and sweet. Definitely recommended.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
May 31, 2020
So good!
Kayla owns a reading cafe where you can have a Hot drink, some cookies, and read in peace and quiet. Sounds heavenly. Kane buys the shop next door and makes a lot of noise. She confronts him and he likes what he sees. They play a bit of a flirt game, but she doesn't think he serious. Don't worry there is a lovely happily ever after.
Kayla owns a reading cafe where you can have a Hot drink, some cookies, and read in peace and quiet. Sounds heavenly. Kane buys the shop next door and makes a lot of noise. She confronts him and he likes what he sees. They play a bit of a flirt game, but she doesn't think he serious. Don't worry there is a lovely happily ever after.
June 4, 2020
Kane & Layla
Layla owns the reading cafe and Kane is renovating the shop nextdoor for his woodcarving business.
Kane is attracted to Layla, but she feels like he wouldn't be into a curvy girl like her.
Will she take the chance when Kane asks her to be his?
This was a sweet short read!
Layla owns the reading cafe and Kane is renovating the shop nextdoor for his woodcarving business.
Kane is attracted to Layla, but she feels like he wouldn't be into a curvy girl like her.
Will she take the chance when Kane asks her to be his?
This was a sweet short read!
August 17, 2020
Layla : A Curvy Woman Short Romance Book 1
I'm really enjoying this series looking forward to the next book . I really liked kane an Layla , Kane lives in the Country and teaches how to plant an grow your on garden . Layla is a city girl who works in advertising her boss sends her on a retreat to unwind and that's where she meets Kane . I recommend 18 and up .
I'm really enjoying this series looking forward to the next book . I really liked kane an Layla , Kane lives in the Country and teaches how to plant an grow your on garden . Layla is a city girl who works in advertising her boss sends her on a retreat to unwind and that's where she meets Kane . I recommend 18 and up .
May 26, 2020
The story line was great, the character work was fantastic, and the book had a smooth flow to it. This was a quick, fun read which entertained from beginning to end.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
May 27, 2020
Absolutely loved this. Well written. High heat, so sweet, humorous, romantic, and a wonderful happily ever after.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
May 28, 2020
Layla has all the sweets and Kane wants them all. This is a sweet story where The start is not as sweet but Kane and Layla develop an understanding that quickly turns serious.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 3, 2020
Next Door
Layla and Kane become next door neighbors when we buys the shop next to her cafe. When she comes stomping to his shop he can't help the feelings she stirs in him and knows he wants more of her.
Layla and Kane become next door neighbors when we buys the shop next to her cafe. When she comes stomping to his shop he can't help the feelings she stirs in him and knows he wants more of her.
March 15, 2023
Worth the Noise
The quiet of Laura's reading cafe is interrupted one day by loud hammering next door when she goes to confront het.new neighbor she is greeted by sexy craftsman Kane. One look.and Kane is.hooked he just has to convince Layla in this sweet tale.
The quiet of Laura's reading cafe is interrupted one day by loud hammering next door when she goes to confront het.new neighbor she is greeted by sexy craftsman Kane. One look.and Kane is.hooked he just has to convince Layla in this sweet tale.
February 21, 2025
Holy hotness!
Holy hotness!! What a great, hot, quick read!! Initially Layla and Kane rub each other up the wrong way but Kane enjoys the sass she throws at him and sparks fly!!
Loved this!!
Holy hotness!! What a great, hot, quick read!! Initially Layla and Kane rub each other up the wrong way but Kane enjoys the sass she throws at him and sparks fly!!
Loved this!!
February 27, 2025
Fast paced
This Author sure knows what they are doing. Great characters, great storyline. A quick and easy read was just what I was looking for. The steamy romance was a wonderful read.
This Author sure knows what they are doing. Great characters, great storyline. A quick and easy read was just what I was looking for. The steamy romance was a wonderful read.
May 17, 2025
Quick read
I am glad this book doesn't have the usual rigmarole of the couple not talking to each other or one of them leaving just to come back. I enjoyed the banter and the insta love.
I am glad this book doesn't have the usual rigmarole of the couple not talking to each other or one of them leaving just to come back. I enjoyed the banter and the insta love.
June 18, 2020
This was fun
Though the “fun times” dialogue was suuuuuper cheesy. Luckily the rest was normal
And sweet so I’ll give it a pass
Though the “fun times” dialogue was suuuuuper cheesy. Luckily the rest was normal
And sweet so I’ll give it a pass
June 25, 2020
Shorty and Steamy
You can’t go wrong with this short and steamy read. Great chemistry between the characters and overall oh so deliciously yummy.
You can’t go wrong with this short and steamy read. Great chemistry between the characters and overall oh so deliciously yummy.
July 10, 2020
Another great read
Enjoyed reading this book and reading about the characters and their story. Looking forward to reading more from this author.
Enjoyed reading this book and reading about the characters and their story. Looking forward to reading more from this author.
October 4, 2020
It is what it is
There's no false advertising here, folks. This is a forty- five page Insta love. It starts, there's some angst, and it's over.
There's no false advertising here, folks. This is a forty- five page Insta love. It starts, there's some angst, and it's over.
December 22, 2020
3.5 stars
May 16, 2021
Very sexy insta love story
July 20, 2021
This was such a cute story. I just loved Layla, she really had spunk. The storyline was entertaining and a good level of steam. Just my kind of story.
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