The Runaway Cupcake Queen — Cheri Allan

When life and love take a detour...Helen Walker, aka the Alabama Cupcake Queen, is poised to be the next star of TV's most popular dating show, Happily Ever After. But after being dumped on last season's live finale, she's not sure she can take any more humiliation. All she ever wanted was to escape small-town Alabama, the grief of losing her mother, and an engagement to the cookie-cutter southern boy everybody loves. It all holds as much appeal as vanilla buttercream on stale cake.When a reality TV show turns Jack Adams' hometown into a three-ring circus, he leaps at the chance to escape for a long weekend in Pennsylvania at his best friend's wedding. A solo drive and time away are just what he needs to regroup and get his derailed life back on track.Everything changes when Jack discovers an ex-beauty-queen hiding in the back of his car, fleeing responsibility, paparazzi, and her future. She convinces him to take her along, but how can he figure out his life when his new passenger is determined to avoid her own? Together they discover that a road trip of detours can sometimes be the journey home.